Countdown To Kickoff - 2024 New Orleans Saints
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August 25th, 2024 - Stanley Morgan - Number 14
Saints Season Opener Is Two Weeks From Today!
Here's everything we know about the player currently wearing the number 14 for the Saints.
Morgan attended St. Augustine High School in New Orleans and played three seasons with the Purple Knights, tallying 173 receptions for 2,774 yards and 34 touchdowns. Morgan was chosen first-team Class 5A all-state his senior year and second-team Class 5A all-state his junior year.
Morgan's mother, Monique Jason, told NOLA.com back before the 2019 NFL Draft that Morgan thought he wanted to be an NFL player when his rec league had the opportunity to take the field at halftime during a game between two of his future teams, the Cincinnati Bengals and the New Orleans Saints, in 2006. "After the halftime show, he came up to me and said, 'Mom, I think this is what I want to do for my life. I like the crowd, I like the fans, and I like the lights,'" Jason said.
Morgan joined the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers where he cemented his name in the record books, setting the mark for career receptions (189), career receiving yards (2,747), season receiving yards (1,004 in 2018), season receptions by a wide receiver (70 in 2018), season 100-yard receiving games (five in 2017) and consecutive games with a reception (38) over his four seasons. He was named second-team All-Big Ten for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
Morgan went undrafted in 2019 but would sign on with the Bengals where he'd play from 2019-2023. Morgan had a limited role as a receiver with the Bengals, bringing in five receptions for 29 yards, but carved out a role for himself on special teams. In this role, he had 909 special teams snaps and tallied 30 tackles (20 solo) in 51 games.
Morgan played in four postseason contests for Cincinnati including in Super Bowl LVI during the 2021 season, recording one coverage stop in the 2022 playoffs.
New Orleans born and raised Stanley Morgan, Jr. is in a tough battle to make the 53-man roster at WR. It's doubtful at this point that Morgan makes the initial cut unless the Saints decide to keep 6 WRs and view Morgan as a value to the special teams unit. Most likely he will be cut and be asked to return to the practice squad where he could be called upon from time to time as an elevated player during the season.
Sources of information: neworleanssaints.com / pro-football-reference.com / ras.org / overthecap.com
August 25th, 2024 - Stanley Morgan - Number 14
Saints Season Opener Is Two Weeks From Today!
Countdown to Kickoff: Stanley Morgan is the Saints Player of Day 14
Former St. Augustine Purple Knight joins his hometown team
- Name (Age): Stanley Morgan, Jr. - 27
- Position: WR
- Height, weight: 6'0", 205 pounds
- Relative Athletic Score: 8.62
- 2024 salary cap hit: $985,000
- College: Nebraska
- Drafted: Undrafted 2019
- NFL experience: 5 Years
Here's everything we know about the player currently wearing the number 14 for the Saints.
Morgan attended St. Augustine High School in New Orleans and played three seasons with the Purple Knights, tallying 173 receptions for 2,774 yards and 34 touchdowns. Morgan was chosen first-team Class 5A all-state his senior year and second-team Class 5A all-state his junior year.
Morgan's mother, Monique Jason, told NOLA.com back before the 2019 NFL Draft that Morgan thought he wanted to be an NFL player when his rec league had the opportunity to take the field at halftime during a game between two of his future teams, the Cincinnati Bengals and the New Orleans Saints, in 2006. "After the halftime show, he came up to me and said, 'Mom, I think this is what I want to do for my life. I like the crowd, I like the fans, and I like the lights,'" Jason said.
Morgan joined the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers where he cemented his name in the record books, setting the mark for career receptions (189), career receiving yards (2,747), season receiving yards (1,004 in 2018), season receptions by a wide receiver (70 in 2018), season 100-yard receiving games (five in 2017) and consecutive games with a reception (38) over his four seasons. He was named second-team All-Big Ten for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
Morgan went undrafted in 2019 but would sign on with the Bengals where he'd play from 2019-2023. Morgan had a limited role as a receiver with the Bengals, bringing in five receptions for 29 yards, but carved out a role for himself on special teams. In this role, he had 909 special teams snaps and tallied 30 tackles (20 solo) in 51 games.
Morgan played in four postseason contests for Cincinnati including in Super Bowl LVI during the 2021 season, recording one coverage stop in the 2022 playoffs.
New Orleans born and raised Stanley Morgan, Jr. is in a tough battle to make the 53-man roster at WR. It's doubtful at this point that Morgan makes the initial cut unless the Saints decide to keep 6 WRs and view Morgan as a value to the special teams unit. Most likely he will be cut and be asked to return to the practice squad where he could be called upon from time to time as an elevated player during the season.