C.J. Morgan: S · Mississippi State · #29.
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C.J. Morgan
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at Mississippi State: Dan Mullen and Joe Moorhead. On tape: 9 tackles against Tennessee, Week 7, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 59 | 31 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 20 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 84 | 48 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-28vs Louisiana | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-15vs Southern Miss | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31vs Kansas State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-13vs Kentucky | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 23-56@ No. 7 Auburn | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-20@ Tennessee | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-36vs No. 2 LSU | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 9 | L 30-49@ Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-38vs No. 4 Alabama | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 31 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
14%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL59 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 8 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Road3g | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
37.5%
315 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
64.5
13 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
More tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Mississippi State, 84 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dan Mullen, Joe Moorhead, and Mike Leach. Multi-era developmental context.
