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Tanner Morgan’s 302 passing yards in the Gophers’ 38-31 victory over Indiana last Friday were the most ever by a University of Minnesota freshman quarterback making his first start.
Morgan has completed 30 of 46 passes for 551 yards, three touchdowns and three picks this season, and his performance last week earned him the chance to start on Saturday at Illinois.
It was the first big game in what already has been a long journey for the Kentucky native, who wasn’t recruited heavily out of Ryle High School despite throwing for 10,411 yards as a four-year starter at two schools.
Morgan had committed to playing for coach P.J. Fleck at Western Michigan in April of his junior year in high school.
Tanner Morgan’s 302 passing yards in the Gophers’ 38-31 victory over Indiana last Friday were the most ever by a University of Minnesota freshman quarterback making his first start.
Morgan has completed 30 of 46 passes for 551 yards, three touchdowns and three picks this season, and his performance last week earned him the chance to start on Saturday at Illinois.
It was the first big game in what already has been a long journey for the Kentucky native, who wasn’t recruited heavily out of Ryle High School despite throwing for 10,411 yards as a four-year starter at two schools.
Morgan had committed to playing for coach P.J. Fleck at Western Michigan in April of his junior year in high school.
“I really wasn’t a big-time recruit. If you can’t tell, a lot of programs questioned my height, overall speed and things like that,” the 6-2, 210-pound redshirt freshman said. “All it took was I had a couple of offers but the right one came to me and that was Western Michigan from coach Fleck. I knew that was where I needed to be with this coaching staff.”
When Fleck took the Gophers job in January of 2017, Morgan committed to the U, sight unseen.
“I had never talked to Minnesota and Minnesota was never a thought until coach got the job,” Morgan said. “I knew this was an outstanding school, a Big Ten school, and I knew there was going to be elite things here. But the culture is just something I had to be a part of.
“I had never been anywhere in Minnesota or close, really. But when coach took this job I knew this was an elite opportunity to follow him. The overall thing was I wanted to be a part of this culture, the Row the Boat culture, the Hyper culture, and I wanted to be with those guys and people I love so much.”
Is he liking being in Minnesota now?
“I enjoy beautiful Minnesota, going to lakes, the Coughlins’ [family] cabin, things like that,” he said. “I love fishing, I love golfing, but really just being around people that I love.”
http://www.startribune.com/unrecruited-tanner-morgan-shows-mettle-as-gophers-qb/499085041/
Go Gophers!!
Tanner Morgan’s 302 passing yards in the Gophers’ 38-31 victory over Indiana last Friday were the most ever by a University of Minnesota freshman quarterback making his first start.
Morgan has completed 30 of 46 passes for 551 yards, three touchdowns and three picks this season, and his performance last week earned him the chance to start on Saturday at Illinois.
It was the first big game in what already has been a long journey for the Kentucky native, who wasn’t recruited heavily out of Ryle High School despite throwing for 10,411 yards as a four-year starter at two schools.
Morgan had committed to playing for coach P.J. Fleck at Western Michigan in April of his junior year in high school.
Tanner Morgan’s 302 passing yards in the Gophers’ 38-31 victory over Indiana last Friday were the most ever by a University of Minnesota freshman quarterback making his first start.
Morgan has completed 30 of 46 passes for 551 yards, three touchdowns and three picks this season, and his performance last week earned him the chance to start on Saturday at Illinois.
It was the first big game in what already has been a long journey for the Kentucky native, who wasn’t recruited heavily out of Ryle High School despite throwing for 10,411 yards as a four-year starter at two schools.
Morgan had committed to playing for coach P.J. Fleck at Western Michigan in April of his junior year in high school.
“I really wasn’t a big-time recruit. If you can’t tell, a lot of programs questioned my height, overall speed and things like that,” the 6-2, 210-pound redshirt freshman said. “All it took was I had a couple of offers but the right one came to me and that was Western Michigan from coach Fleck. I knew that was where I needed to be with this coaching staff.”
When Fleck took the Gophers job in January of 2017, Morgan committed to the U, sight unseen.
“I had never talked to Minnesota and Minnesota was never a thought until coach got the job,” Morgan said. “I knew this was an outstanding school, a Big Ten school, and I knew there was going to be elite things here. But the culture is just something I had to be a part of.
“I had never been anywhere in Minnesota or close, really. But when coach took this job I knew this was an elite opportunity to follow him. The overall thing was I wanted to be a part of this culture, the Row the Boat culture, the Hyper culture, and I wanted to be with those guys and people I love so much.”
Is he liking being in Minnesota now?
“I enjoy beautiful Minnesota, going to lakes, the Coughlins’ [family] cabin, things like that,” he said. “I love fishing, I love golfing, but really just being around people that I love.”
http://www.startribune.com/unrecruited-tanner-morgan-shows-mettle-as-gophers-qb/499085041/
Go Gophers!!
