A 2019 Bengals college free agent signee, Morgan has developed into one of Cincinnati's top special teams contributors ... Recorded 11 tackles on special teams in both the 2021 and '22 seasons ... Led team in special teams snaps in 2021 (312), before ranking fifth in '22 (254) ... Reserve WR known for his blocking, he played just under seven percent of offensive snaps (77 of 1106) during 2022 regular season ... Played in all three postseason games in 2022 ... Enters 2023 having played 853 combined special teams snaps in 48 career games, and has 30 tackles ... Spent time on both Cincinnati's active roster and practice squad in 2019 and '20, before earning a roster spot for full '21 season ... Left Nebraska with school records in career receptions (189) and receiving yards (2747), single-season receiving yards (1004 in '18) and 100-yard receiving games (five in '17), and consecutive games with a reception (38).
Signed with Cincinnati as college free agent on 5-10-19 ... Waived by Bengals on 8-31-19 ... Signed to Bengals practice squad on 9-1-19 ... Signed to Bengals roster on 10-2-19 ... Waived by Bengals on 9-5-20 ... Signed to Bengals practice squad on 9-6-20 ... Signed to Bengals roster on 12-12-20 ... Bengals contract expired on 3-16-22; received no qualifying offer and became free agent ... Re-signed with Bengals as free agent on 3-28-22.
2019—Played in 11 games for the Bengals ... Totaled three catches for 18 yards on the season, and had five tackles on special teams ... Spent Games 1-4 on practice squad, before being called up to active roster on Oct. 2 to take place of injured WR John Ross III ... Played in Games 5-15, seeing action on offense (143 snaps) and special teams (177 snaps) ... Inactive for season finale vs. Cleveland due to concussion ... Made NFL debut on Oct. 6 vs. Arizona, and made his first career catch (six-yarder from QB Andy Dalton).Â
2020—Played in six games for Cincinnati ... Saw 18 snaps on offense (no statistics), and 110 snaps on special teams (three tackles) ... Spent majority of season on Bengals' practice squad, before signing to the active roster for the final four games ... Practice squad protected player for 12 of Cincinnati's first 13 games, with only outlier coming when he was on Reserve/COVID-19 list (Nov. 20-Dec. 2) ... Posted two special teams tackles on Dec. 6 at Miami.Â
2021—Played in 17 regular-season games (one start) and one postseason game for Cincinnati ... Led team in both snaps (312 of 473) and tackles (11) on special teams during regular season ... Reserve WR played 12 percent of offensive snaps (135 of 1098) during regular season and had two catches for 11 yards ... Made first career start in regular-season finale at Cleveland, as Bengals rested usual starters for playoffs, and had one catch for eight yards along with a special teams tackle ... Missed Bengals' first three playoff games due to hamstring injury, but returned to play 10 special teams snaps in Super Bowl LVI vs. L.A. Rams.Â
2022—Played in 14 regular-season games and all three postseason contests as key special teams contributor ... Inactive for Games 7-8 due to hamstring injury ... Saw action on 254 of 433 special teams snaps during regular season, tying for team lead with 11 ST tackles ... Also played 77 offensive snaps as a reserve WR ... Recorded three special teams tackles on Dec. 18 at Tampa Bay ... Had one postseason special teams tackle on 48 snaps.
College:Spent four seasons (2015-18) at Nebraska ... Played in 49 career games, and missed just one contest due to injury ... Re-wrote receiving record books, leaving with school records in career receptions (189) and receiving yards (2747), single-season receiving yards (1004 in '18) and 100-yard receiving games (five in '17), and consecutive games with a reception (38) ... Also tied for second in career receiving TDs (22) ... His 1004 receiving yards in 2018 made him the first-ever Nebraska player to top 1000 receiving yards.
High school/personal:Hometown is New Orleans, La. ... Attended St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, where as a senior he totaled 46 catches for 891 yards and eight TDs, despite missing two games with a shoulder injury ... Also lettered in basketball ... Known for his work in the community at Nebraska, he volunteered with the Nebraska Football Road Race, Husker Heroes, Red Cross, the Lincoln Marathon and local hospital and school outreach events ... Child, youth and family studies major at Nebraska.
