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per the Louisville Courier Journal:
Over four years as a starter at both Hazard High and then Ryle, Morgan racked up ridiculous passing statistics — over 10,000 yards and 100 touchdowns — but other numbers had a greater influence on his college recruitment process: 247 Sports listed him at 6-foot-1, not a dazzling height for a quarterback, especially one clocked at 5.1 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
“Coach said there were a lot of coaches that told him I was a little bit short, but it is what it is,” Morgan told The Courier Journal. “And I’m very thankful that it happened because it all led to me being here and being at the elite University of Minnesota.”
Power 5 coaches and even some in the Mid-American Conference told Ryle coach Michael Engler that Morgan was too short to play for them. Kentucky never offered Morgan, for example, and while Louisville did offer, it did not heavily pursue him.
“I bet you some of the other schools around here that didn’t recruit him that need quarterbacks are probably shooting themselves in the foot now for not recruiting him,” Engler said.
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...tucky-native-tanner-morgan-excels/2569089001/
Go Gophers!!
Over four years as a starter at both Hazard High and then Ryle, Morgan racked up ridiculous passing statistics — over 10,000 yards and 100 touchdowns — but other numbers had a greater influence on his college recruitment process: 247 Sports listed him at 6-foot-1, not a dazzling height for a quarterback, especially one clocked at 5.1 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
“Coach said there were a lot of coaches that told him I was a little bit short, but it is what it is,” Morgan told The Courier Journal. “And I’m very thankful that it happened because it all led to me being here and being at the elite University of Minnesota.”
Power 5 coaches and even some in the Mid-American Conference told Ryle coach Michael Engler that Morgan was too short to play for them. Kentucky never offered Morgan, for example, and while Louisville did offer, it did not heavily pursue him.
“I bet you some of the other schools around here that didn’t recruit him that need quarterbacks are probably shooting themselves in the foot now for not recruiting him,” Engler said.
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...tucky-native-tanner-morgan-excels/2569089001/
Go Gophers!!