[6] Murray was overlooked for the second year in a row in the 2020 AFL draft, but in December while working at a family friend's farm he was invited to train with the Adelaide Football Club.
[6] Murray won out and signed a rookie contract with the team on 7 March 2021 as part of the pre-season supplemental selection period.
And now he's playing Buddy [Franklin]..."[12] Murray's actions near the end of Adelaide's Round 10 game against Melbourne became a source of controversy in the following days.
With the underdog Crows leading by single digits and with 32 seconds left on the clock Murray recovered the ball near the boundary line.
If the umpires had given a free kick against Murray for deliberately handballing the ball out of bounds,[b] Melbourne would have had a chance to either level the scores or take the lead.
[14][15] Commentators, including former AFL players Kane Cornes and Jason Dunstall, believed that a free kick should have been paid to Melbourne, but Murray's teammate Tom Doedee disagreed, saying, "I was ready to take it; it wasn't deliberate.
[15] The Monday after the game, the AFL released a statement saying that a free kick should have been given to Melbourne because Murray "did not display sufficient intent to keep the ball in play.
At the conclusion of the season, Murray swapped his 28 guernsey number for 9, recently vacated by club legend Rory Sloane.