Career Honors
2016 Gene Upshaw Award
2x AP Little All-America First Team (2015, 2016)
2x D2Football.com All-America First Team (2015, 2016)
2x AFCA All-America Team First Team (2015, 2016)
2016 D2CCA All-America First Team
2016 Don Hansen Gazette All-America First Team
2016 PSAC East Offensive Athlete of the Year
2017 Chambliss Academic Achievement Award Silver Medal
2017 KU Male Senior Athlete of the Year
2017 KU Male Athlete of the Year
2014 D2Football.com All-America Honorable Mention
2x Don Hansen Gazette All-Region Team (2016 First Team, 2015 Third Team)
3x All-PSAC East First Team (2014, 2015, 2016)
2x Team Captain (2015, 2016)
2x Team MVP (2014, 2016)
2016 (Game-by-Game): The First Team All-America offensive lineman started in all 11 games for KU in his redshirt-senior season. Morgan blocked in KU's record-setting game against East Stroudsburg where the offense broke the school-record for rushing yards with 459. He started in all 43 of his appearances in the last four seasons, continuously making a huge impact on the offensive line and racking up several accolades during his Golden Bear career. This season he was became the first offensive lineman in PSAC history to be named PSAC East Offensive Athlete of the Year. Morgan was named to the PSAC East First Team for the third consecutive season and became the first Golden Bear in program history to win the Gene Upshaw Award, which is given to the top lineman in Division II...All-Region First Team...Blocked in record-setting game against East Stroudsburg where offense broke school-record for rushing yards with 459 (10/15)....Named Preseason All-American by Sporting News, Lindy's magazine and D2Football.com.
2015 (Game-by-Game): D2Football.com All-America First Team selection (1/28)...Named to the
Don Hansen Gazette All-Region Third Team (1/12)...Named to the AP Little All-America First Team, KU's first First Team selection since 1995, and the AFCA All-America Team, the first Golden Bear to do so since 1997...Earned his second straight
All-PSAC East First Team honor (11/19)...Started in all 11 games for KU in his redshirt-junior season. Entering his senior year, Morgan has started at left tackle in 31 of Kutztown’s last 32 games, including an active streak of 13 consecutive starts
...Named to the 2015 Lindy's Sports Preseason All-Division II First Team and the
D2Football.com Preseason All-America Second Team.
2014 (Game-by-Game): Named to the D2Football.com All-America honorable mention team (1/29)...Started in all 10 of his appearances for the Golden Bears during his redshirt sophomore season. Named to the All-PSAC East First Team (11/19). Started in each of his 10 games at left tackle.
2013 (Game-by-Game): Started in all 11 games for the Golden Bears. He started all 11 games at left tackle.
2012: Redshirt year.
The Morgan File
Nickname: J Smooth
Sheetz or Wawa: Wawa
What Was Your High School Mascot?: Bulldog
Favorite Social Media Platform: Instagram
Goal for 2016-17: Win the PSAC
