Mike Morton (linebacker)

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Mike Morton
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Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1972-03-28) March 28, 1972 (age 52)
Concord, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school: A.L. Brown (Kannapolis, North Carolina)
College: North Carolina
NFL draft: 1995  / round: 4 / pick: 118
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:183
Sacks:1.0
Fumble recoveries:4
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Michael Anthony Morton (born March 28, 1972) is a National Football League (NFL) official and former American football linebacker. Morton played college football for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and went on to play for four teams in a seven-year NFL career. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1995 NFL Draft. [2] During his NFL career. Morton played in 103 games (17 starts) and recorded 120 tackles, 50 assists, four fumble recoveries, and two interceptions. He was a member of the 1999 St. Louis Rams team that won Super Bowl XXXIV in January 2000.

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Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 3+34 in
(1.92 m)
231 lb
(105 kg)
30+34 in
(0.78 m)
9+78 in
(0.25 m)
4.74 s1.74 s2.83 s4.25 s34.5 in
(0.88 m)
9 ft 5 in
(2.87 m)
16 reps

Since his retirement from playing in the NFL, Morton has become a dentist and has opened his practice in Kannapolis, North Carolina. [3]

Morton has been a football official since at least 2014, working in the Atlantic Coast Conference. [4] As of 2019, Morton is also an official in the Alliance of American Football, working as an umpire on the crew led by referee Brandon Cruse. [4] Morton worked his first NFL game on September 11, 2022, when the Atlanta Falcons hosted the New Orleans Saints, making him the first NFL official that also won a Super Bowl as a player. [5] He works on Alex Kemp's crew. [6]

In 2025 Morton was named to the officiating crew for Super Bowl LIX. [7] He will be the first to officiate a Super Bowl after having won one as a player, [7] and the second to officiate a Super Bowl after playing in one (joining Terry Killens).

Morton and his wife are the parents of a son, as well as quadruplets. [3]

NFL career statistics

Legend
Won the Super Bowl
BoldCareer high

Regular season

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GPGSCombSoloAstSckIntYdsTDLngFFFRYdsTD
1995 OAK 1203300.000000100
1996 OAK 1664329141.02130130000
1997 OAK 11117552230.000000100
1998 OAK 1600000.000000200
1999 STL 160251960.000000000
2000 GNB 16015870.000000000
2001 IND 160221390.000002000
10317183124591.02130132400

Playoffs

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GPGSCombSoloAstSckIntYdsTDLngFFFRYdsTD
1999 STL 305500.000001000
305500.000001000

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