Demarco Murray carries a look of determination. Determination not necessarily to set any records, but rather to just play hard and stay healthy.
Despite a fluid running style (and the promise of greatness presented by such talent), Murray’s football career as a Sooner running back is marked more by his injuries than by his yardage.
Murray returns for his senior year, bringing hopes of an injury-free season and the possibility of breaking records of some Oklahoma greats.
But as you can see the video interview below, he knows this is his last chance to show everyone what he can do.
Murray starts the season with a career mark of 2,471 yards in three seasons. He got Sooner fans’ attention early, in 2007, when he ran for the third longest rush in Oklahoma history — a 92-yarder against Utah State. Near the end of 2007 he injured his knee returning a kickoff in the Texas Tech game and missed the Fiesta Bowl.
The high water mark was in 2008, when Murray rushed for more than 1,000 yards, scored 14 touchdowns and had five 100-plus yards games. But he suffered a hamstring injury in the opening kickoff of the Big 12 Championship and later missed playing in the BCS Championship game. 
Murray is No. 2 in OU history for receiving yards and receptions by a running back with 977 career yards on 86 receptions … No. 5 all-time at OU in career TDs … No. 4 at OU in career all-purpose yards.
Muray also has a chance to move into the top five of Sooner rushing leaders.
“I think anything is possible,” Murray said. “But, I’m not looking forward to breaking anyone’s records or anything like that. That’s not one of my goals to do. I just try to stay healthy.
“It’s all a part of God’s plan…I don’t have control over it. If I play one game, five, 10 or 12 — whatever I do whenever I’m out there I’m going to play hard as I can and play like it’s my last down,” he said.
Murray is currently No. 13 on the Sooner career rushing records:
| RK | Player | Pos | Seasons | Yards | Att | TD | Y/A | 100Y | 200Y | |||||||||
| 1. | Billy Sims | RB | 1975-79 | 4,118 | 593 | 53 | 6.94 | 20 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2. | Joe Washington | RB | 1972-75 | 4,071 | 675 | 39 | 6.03 | 19 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3. | Adrian Peterson | RB | 2004-06 | 4,045 | 747 | 41 | 5.41 | 22 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4. | Steve Owens | RB | 1967-69 | 4,041 | 958 | 57 | 4.22 | 23 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5. | Quentin Griffin | RB | 1999-02 | 3,938 | 744 | 44 | 5.29 | 16 | 4 | |||||||||
| 6. | De’Mond Parker | RB | 1995-98 | 3,403 | 579 | 21 | 5.88 | 16 | 5 | |||||||||
| 7. | Stanley Wilson | RB | 1979-82 | 3,198 | 567 | 15 | 5.64 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 8. | Greg Pruitt | RB | 1970-72 | 3,122 | 422 | 38 | 7.40 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||
| 9. | Chris Brown | RB | 2006-09 | 2,923 | 627 | 42 | 4.66 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10. | Lydell Carr | RB | 1984-87 | 2,910 | 563 | 21 | 5.17 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 11. | Mike Gaddis | RB | 1987-91 | 2,726 | 443 | 30 | 6.15 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||
| 12. | Jamelle Holieway | QB | 1985-88 | 2,713 | 539 | 32 | 5.03 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13. | DeMarco Murray | RB | 2006-10 | 2,471 | 477 | 35 | 5.18 | 9 | 0 |
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