Byron Murphy cut it all off.

His prodigious hair is all gone.

“I just got tired of the dreads,” the Seahawks defensive tackle said on his way out of the locker room to practice Wednesday. “And then also, too, I’m like, ‘Man, I’m getting older.’”

Yeah, Murphy is ancient. Last week, Seattle’s first-round draft choice last year just turned 23 years old.

But he really is growing up. He and his fiancée, Maya Hurd, are expecting their first child in early January. So he wants to look like a dad.

“And, also to my to have a daughter, so I was just thinking, like, I need a new look,” Murphy said. “New look, new me.”

The new-look Murphy is becoming a new force in the middle of the Seahawks’ defensive front.

This is not a rookie defensive tackle anymore.

Murphy made his 11th career start last

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