D.J. Morgan: LB · UConn · #41.
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D.J. Morgan
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. On tape: 6 tackles against Fresno State, Week 1, 2021.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 1 pass 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-45@ Fresno State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 28-38vs Holy Cross | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
18tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
6%1 pass breakups18 tackles.
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
Lou Spanos
Pass share
53.0%
435 pass / 386 run
Plays / game
68.4
12 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
428 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #567 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Notre Dame and UConn, 69 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2021
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Brian Kelly, Randy Edsall and Lou Spanos.
