6′0″ · 205 lb · Greenwood, SC
Octavious Morgan: DB · Texas Tech · #5.
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Octavious Morgan
Erases the deep middle of the field. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Texas, Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 8 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Texas Tech | 40 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
| Career | 40 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-10vs Eastern Washington | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-45vs Arizona State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24@ Houston | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-41vs No. 15 Oklahoma State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 65-19@ Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-31vs Iowa State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-49@ No. 10 Oklahoma | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-42vs Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-27vs No. 11 TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-23@ Texas | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 34-38@ No. 23 South Florida | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 8 |
Week 13 · 2017
W 27-23
at Texas
1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles · 5 solo tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
20%8 pass breakupsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL40 tackles · 1 for loss · 8 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kliff Kingsbury
Pass share
54.6%
541 pass / 449 run
Plays / game
76.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
589 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Texas Tech, 40 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kliff Kingsbury.
