John Murphy Named Director of Player Development

March 16, 2005

Jack Hart, executive director of the East-West Shrine Game, is pleased to announce that John Murphy, Vice President of Player Development at NextLevel Scouting, has joined the East-West Shrine Game staff as Director of Player Development. Murphy will join the current Player Selection Committee and focus on developing and growing the Game's contacts throughout the college football community.

Murphy's appointment to join the East-West Shrine Game player selection process will help continue the advancement of the East-West Shrine Game's contacts throughout all aspects of player selection - senior prospects, college coaches, player agents, NFL scouts and staff members. He will be part of the selection process by providing profiles and information on players for the Game, previewing the Game, reviewing daily practices for the East-West Shrine Game website, and communicating broadly with all parties. The goal is to ensure the Game itself is the biggest benefactor of his work.

"We have worked together the past three years, and each year John has become more involved in helping the East-West Shrine Game attract the top players from the top programs and conferences in America. Formally joining our staff is a natural next step," said Hart.

"It's a great opportunity to work with a terrific staff of people I have grown to know over the past three years…the East-West Shrine Game has 80 years of strong tradition behind them, and I'm pleased to be involved and anxious to help," said Murphy.

Murphy's own company, NextLevel Scouting, provides evaluation and scouting reports which are received by all 32 NFL teams, as well as respected members of the agent community and national media outlets. Murphy can be reached at 504.415.9979, john@shrinegame.com, and you can also visit his company website at www.nlscouting.com.