No. 67 – New York Giants | |||||
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Position: | Center | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, U.S. | June 9, 1998||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 303 lb (137 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania) | ||||
College: | Pittsburgh (2016–2020) | ||||
NFL draft: | 2021 / Round: 7 / Pick: 230 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||
Roster status: | Active | ||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
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Player stats at PFR |
James David Morrissey IV (born June 9, 1998) is an American professional football center for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Pittsburgh.
Morrissey grew up in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania and attended La Salle College High School. He was named All-Philadelphia Catholic League as a junior and as a senior, when he was also named All-City by the Philadelphia Daily News . [1] Morrissey was lightly recruited coming out of high school and received no NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision offers. He chose to enroll at the University of Pittsburgh as a preferred walk-on over offers from Lehigh, Bucknell and Colgate. [2]
Morrissey walked-on to Pittsburgh's football team and redshirted his true freshman season. He was named the Panthers' starting center and awarded a scholarship going into his redshirt freshman season and started all 12 of the team's games. [1] Morrissey started the first 11 games of his redshirt sophomore season before suffering a season-ending injury and was named third-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). [3] He was named first-team All-ACC as a redshirt junior. [4] As a redshirt senior, Morrissey started all 11 of Pittsburgh's games, including one at right guard after an injuries to that position, and was named second-team All-ACC and was awarded the Burlsworth Trophy as the best player in Division I football who began his college career as a walk-on. [5] [6]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 3+1⁄4 in (1.91 m) | 303 lb (137 kg) | 32+3⁄4 in (0.83 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | 5.29 s | 1.68 s | 3.00 s | 4.47 s | 7.39 s | 31.0 in (0.79 m) | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) | 26 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [7] [8] [9] |
Morrissey was selected by the Las Vegas Raiders in the seventh round, 230th overall, of the 2021 NFL draft. [10] He signed his four-year rookie contract with Las Vegas on May 17. [11] He was waived on August 31, 2021 and re-signed to the practice squad the next day. [12] [13]
Morrissey was signed off the Raiders' practice squad by the Houston Texans on October 19, 2021. [14] He made his NFL debut on November 7, 2021, as the team's starting center in a 9–17 loss to the Miami Dolphins. [15]
On August 30, 2022, Morrissey was waived by the Texans and signed to the practice squad the next day. [16] [17] He was promoted to the active roster on September 21. [18]
On August 29, 2023, Morrissey was waived by the Texans and re-signed to the practice squad. [19] [20] He was not signed to a reserve/future contract after the season and thus became a free agent when his practice squad contract expired. [21]
On January 23, 2024, Morrissey signed a reserve/future contract with the New York Giants. [22]
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