There’s no shortage of chatter when it comes to opinions of how high Myles Murphy might go or how far how he might fall when the NFL Draft rolls around later this month.

Clemson’s former defensive end believes his showing Tuesday did the loudest talking.

“The thing I was trying to get across was that I’m the real deal honestly,” Murphy said in a pool interview. “And I think I did exactly what I needed to do to show that.”

Murphy had been dealing with a hamstring injury that kept him from working out for NFL teams at the scouting combine and again at Clemson’s pro day last month. When he finally got his chance in a private workout on Clemson’s campus Tuesday, Murphy didn’t disappoint the 22 teams in attendance nor himself in displaying his skills and speed.

The latter was the most important for Murphy, who said last month his primary objective was to show teams just how fast he was. Even at 6-foot-5 and 268 pounds, Murphy said then he planned to run the 40-yard dash in less than 4.55 seconds.

In his only attempt of the day, Murphy clocked a 4.51, which would’ve ranked among the top 6 times at his position at the combine. He also recorded times of 4.28 and 7.22 seconds in the pro agility and three-cone drills, respectively. Of the Clemson players who participated in the school’s pro day, only linebacker Trenton Simpson posted faster times in those events.

“Every single drill I did (Tuesday), the first one just felt like the best one,” Murphy said. “So I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to the next drill.’ Because it just felt great.”

Murphy led Clemson in sacks each of the past two seasons and finished his three-year collegiate career with 17.5 sacks and 37 tackles for loss. Yet draft projections for Murphy are all over the board.

NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah has called Murphy a “tricky” prospect for teams to evaluate, adding that a lack of consistency is a concern with the former five-star recruit. Yet Jeremiah and ESPN’s Todd McShay are among those who still expect Murphy to come off the board in the top half of the first round. Others, such as CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco, have him in danger of slipping out of the first round all together.

Murphy said his friends and family pay more attention to mock drafts than he does. He admitted it’s a neat feeling when he sees his name pop up on his phone after they send him texts with the latest projections, but “at the end of the day, it’s just noise,” Murphy said.

“Right now, I’m just worrying about what I can control really,” he said. “I can’t control what a (general manager) thinks of me. I can’t control what other teams think of me and if they want me or not. All I can do is put my best foot forward and have them pick off of that.”

That’s exactly what Murphy felt like he accomplished Tuesday.

“I know there’s a lot of talk and people saying different things, but I know who I am and what my abilities are,” he said. “And I felt like exactly what I needed to do to show those abilities.”

Murphy said last month he’s scheduled to visit the New Orleans Saints on April 14 and that more team visits would likely be lined up before the draft, which is slated to begin April 27 in Kansas City.

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