2015 Football Roster
Roster
Wayne Morgan
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Brooklyn, N.Y.
- High School:
- Erasmus Hall
Career Overview: Played in 46 games over five seasons as a reserve cornerback, kick returner and member of the kickoff coverage team ... Tallied 56 career tackles (38 solo) and ran back five kickoffs for 70 yards (14.0 avg.) ... Received a medical redshirt in 2014 ... Four letters.
Senior Year (2016): Played in five games, mostly on special teams ... Did not record any statistics.
Junior Year (2015): Played in all 12 games at cornerback and on special teams ... Credited with 16 tackles (12 solo) and broke up two passes ... Made two tackles and broke up a pass versus Wake Forest (9/12) ... Recorded a career-best four tackles (all solo) versus Central Michigan (9/19) ... Logged three tackles, including 0.5 for a loss, against LSU (9/26) ... Had two tackles and one pass breakup at Virginia (10/17) … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.
2014: Awarded a medical redshirt after suffering a season-ending injury ... Played in three games and recorded five tackles before getting hurt … Against Villanova (8/29), made a pair of tackles … At Central Michigan (9/13), totaled three tackles, including two solo.
Sophomore Year (2013): Played in all 13 games and totaled 21 tackles (16 solo) ... Made at least one tackle in 11 contests ... Tied his season high with three tackles against Wagner (9/14), at NC State (10/12), and versus Pittsburgh (11/23).
Freshman Year (2012): Played in all 13 games and recorded 14 tackles … Against USC (9/8), recorded his first career tackle …  At Minnesota (9/22), tallied one tackle and returned two kickoffs for 24 yards … Against Louisville (11/10), made a season-high three tackles … At Temple, returned one kickoff for 15 yards … Against West Virginia (12/29) in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, tied his season best with three solo tackles, including one for a loss. Also had two kick returns for a personal-best 31 yards, including a career-long return of 24 yards, versus the Mountaineers.
High School: Coached at Erasmus Hall by Danny Landberg … Ranked the No. 11 safety nationally by ESPN.com … Rated the fourth-best player in New York by SuperPrep … Competed in the 2011 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl … 2011 New York State Class AA First Team selection … Named to the 2011 New York Post All-City First Team and All-Brooklyn Team … Led Erasmus Hall to a 9-3 record and a berth in the PSAL championship game … Recorded 45 tackles, a sack, one interception, two fumble recoveries, and scored two defensive touchdowns … Completed 45 passes for 763 yards and four touchdowns, and rushed for 600 yards and six touchdowns.
Personal: Wayne E. Morgan … Born in January 1993 … Son of Wayne Morgan Sr. and Sharon Ellis … Two sisters, one brother … Received his bachelor’s degree in sport management and is pursuing a master’s degree in instructional design, development and evaluation.
