Senior linebacker for UConn. 2021: 18 tackles.
6′2″ · 226 lb · Norwalk, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 477 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for UConn. 2021: 18 tackles.
D.J. Morgan
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. D.J. Morgan has played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Fresno State, Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at UConn, 69 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Randy Edsall → Lou Spanos. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #567 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | UConn | 18 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | UConn | 49 | 20 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 69 | 34 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-45@ Fresno State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 28-38vs Holy Cross | — | — | — | — | — | — | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 0-49vs Purdue | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-52@ Army | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 22-24vs Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-30@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-27@ Massachusetts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-44@ Clemson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-49@ UCF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jayson Gilliom’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jayson Gilliom's sophomore season at Kansas (2021).
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Player DNA