Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Byron Murphy II, the No. 16 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, very nearly had a heart attack on Tuesday night during a team dinner.
As is customary, Murphy was handed the bill to pay for the dinner. What Murphy saw stopped him dead in his tracks. The final bill came to $155,788.77, including a tip of $22.6K.
Seahawks PRANKED rookie Byron Murphy II with a fake dinner tab for $155K 🤣🧾
(via @UchennaN_42) pic.twitter.com/96TSxwbyDp
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 3, 2025
As his teammates were hooting and hollering, Murphy could do nothing but stare wide-eyed with his mouth agape.
Although Murphy signed a four-year, $16.08 million rookie contract, he’ll earn just $2.92 million before taxes this season. Needless to say, a $155K bill would hurt the wallet a bit.
Luckily for Murphy, his teammates were just pranking him and the final bill was nowhere close to that number. Not to say it was cheap, though, as he was still forced to shell out $38,015.82 for a dinner that included eight shots of D’Usse 1969 scotch ($1,200 each), Louis XIII brandy ($8,050), and a tip of around $6,300.
It was also significantly more expensive than the 2023-2024 team dinner that cost the rookies $22,203.60.
Murphy will earn plenty of money over the duration of his contract but won’t soon forget Tuesday night’s prank. However, he can look forward to next year when he’ll be in on the joke.
In 13 games this season, Murphy has recorded 36 tackles (12 solo, two for a loss), one QB hit, and 0.5 sacks, while earning an overall Pro Football Focus grade of 58.8.
