Linebacker, Arkansas, 2017–⁠21

Grant Morgan

Number
No. 31
Height
5′11″
Weight
230 lb
Class (2021)
Senior
Hometown
Greenwood, AR
Born
Jan 23, 1998

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Grant Morgan played linebacker at Arkansas (2017–⁠21). He won the 2021 Burlsworth Trophy.

At a glance

Best season
111
Tackles, 2020 (Arkansas, 3–⁠7)
Best game
19 tackles
Vs. Ole Miss, week 7, 2020: No. 1 defensive game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 3
In FBS in tackles, 2020

Career highs

19tackles, career hightwice; last vs. LSU, 2020

Honors

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2017Arkansas38223.51022
2018Arkansas2482.50012
2019Arkansas39931000
2020Arkansas111407.52152
2021Arkansas1014170.5136
Career31312023.54.521112

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2017Arkansas31LBYr 1
2018Arkansas31LBYr 2
2019Arkansas31LBYr 3
2020Arkansas31LBYr 4
2021Arkansas31LBSr. (Yr 5)5′11″230

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 Arkansas 13 games, 101 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 4vs.RiceW 38–⁠17100000
Sep 11vs.TexasW 40–⁠211342.50.500
Sep 18vs.Georgia SouthernW 45–⁠10620001
Sep 25vs.Texas A&MW 20–⁠10541001
Oct 2atGeorgiaL 0–⁠371271000
Oct 9atOle MissL 51–⁠521330000
Oct 16vs.AuburnL 23–⁠38711000
Oct 23vs.Arkansas–Pine BluffW 45–⁠3310000
Nov 6vs.Mississippi StateW 31–⁠28710011
Nov 13atLSUW 16–⁠131181.5000
Nov 20atAlabamaL 35–⁠421150000
Nov 26vs.MissouriW 34–⁠17720000
Jan 1 ✦vs.Penn StateW 24–⁠10530000
2020 Arkansas 9 games, 111 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 26vs.GeorgiaL 10–⁠371340000
Oct 3atMississippi StateW 21–⁠141540.5001
Oct 10atAuburnL 28–⁠30500000
Oct 17vs.Ole MissW 33–⁠211953112
Oct 31atTexas A&ML 31–⁠42631.5001
Nov 7vs.TennesseeW 24–⁠131250000
Nov 14atFloridaL 35–⁠631570000
Nov 21vs.LSUL 24–⁠271971.5101
Dec 5atMissouriL 48–⁠50751000
2019 Arkansas 12 games, 39 tackles, 1 sack
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.Portland StateW 20–⁠13421000
Sep 7atOle MissL 17–⁠31510000
Sep 14vs.Colorado StateW 55–⁠34411.5100
Sep 21vs.San José StateL 24–⁠31100000
Sep 28vs.Texas A&ML 27–⁠31100.5000
Oct 12atKentuckyL 20–⁠24400000
Oct 19vs.AuburnL 10–⁠51420000
Oct 26atAlabamaL 7–⁠48510000
Nov 2vs.Mississippi StateL 24–⁠54100000
Nov 9vs.Western KentuckyL 19–⁠45720000
Nov 23atLSUL 20–⁠56200000
Nov 29vs.MissouriL 14–⁠24100000
2018 Arkansas 10 games, 24 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 1vs.Eastern IllinoisW 55–⁠20510.5001
Sep 8atColorado StateL 27–⁠34400.5000
Sep 15vs.North TexasL 17–⁠44321000
Sep 29vs.Texas A&ML 17–⁠24100000
Oct 6vs.AlabamaL 31–⁠65530.5000
Oct 13vs.Ole MissL 33–⁠37110000
Oct 20vs.TulsaW 23–⁠0100000
Oct 27vs.VanderbiltL 31–⁠45200000
Nov 17atMississippi StateL 6–⁠52100000
Nov 23atMissouriL 0–⁠38110000
2017 Arkansas 10 games, 38 tackles, 1 sack
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.Florida A&MW 49–⁠7520001
Sep 9vs.TCUL 7–⁠28310.5000
Sep 30vs.New Mexico StateW 42–⁠24330001
Oct 7atSouth CarolinaL 22–⁠48330000
Oct 14atAlabamaL 9–⁠41420000
Oct 21vs.AuburnL 20–⁠52441000
Oct 28atOle MissW 38–⁠37310000
Nov 4vs.Coastal CarolinaW 39–⁠38100000
Nov 18vs.Mississippi StateL 21–⁠28422100
Nov 24vs.MissouriL 45–⁠48840000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2022
Height5′11⅛″
Weight224 lb
Arm length30½″
Hand size9⅝″
Wingspan74⅝″
40-yard dash4.90 s
10-yard split1.68 s
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump9′4″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.14 s
20-yard shuttle4.22 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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