Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2021UConn
D.J. Morgan
LB • 6'2" • 226 lbs • Norwalk, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
D.J. Morgan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UConn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 8
- Program Path
- Notre Dame • UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
D.J. Morgan built his college career from 2014 through 2021 as a linebacker from Norwalk, CA wearing No. 41, spending time with Notre Dame and UConn. The clearest part of D.J. Morgan's career was his defensive...
Read the storyD.J. Morgan, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UConn. D.J. Morgan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 69
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 2
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
D.J. Morgan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UConn · LB
- Career Tackles
- 69
- Tracked sample
- 8 unique seasons · 8 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · UConn
- Top game
- Illinois
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · LB 615th (top 49%) · FBS Independents 116th (top 36%) · National 2,103rd (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | UConn | 9 | 49 | 7 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | 68.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | UConn | 9 | 18 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 8.2 |
Related Context
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D.J. Morgan played LB for Notre Dame and UConn. Across 8 tracked seasons, D.J. Morgan recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UConn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
UConn paired 12 primary output with 36 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Notre Dame, UConn.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · UConn
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
9.5
Usage
1.4
Consistency
3.7
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Holy Cross: 0. Fresno State: 0. Purdue: 1. Army: 0. Wyoming: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Clemson: 0. UCF: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fresno State: 6 by 25. Purdue: 4 by 26.7. Army: 1 by 4.2. Wyoming: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 2 by 8.3. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/20 | @ UCF | L 17-49 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | @ Clemson | L 7-44 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Massachusetts | L 13-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Vanderbilt | L 28-30 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Wyoming | L 22-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Army | L 21-52 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Purdue | L 0-49 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Holy Cross | L 28-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 8/28 | @ Fresno State | L 0-45 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
D.J. Morgan story
D.J. Morgan built his college career from 2014 through 2021 as a linebacker from Norwalk, CA wearing No. 41, spending time with Notre Dame and UConn. The clearest part of D.J. Morgan's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives D.J. Morgan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Notre Dame
2014-2018
Opening stop
- 2
UConn
2019-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UConn | 12 | 36 | 16.7 | 12 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | — | — | -12 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UConn | 1 | 9.5 | 1.4 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Illinois
Week 2 · L 23-31
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
96.9 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 96.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Temple
Week 14 · L 17-49 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
57.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.6 takeover score.
#3
vs East Carolina
Week 13 · L 24-31 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
57.2 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Purdue
Week 2 · L 0-49
1
Havoc Plays
48.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Tulane
Week 7 · L 7-49 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
47 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · UConn
12 primary output · 36 efficiency · 16.7 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Notre Dame
40.3
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.5 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · UConn
8.2
1 primary · 9.5 efficiency · 1.4 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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