Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowl | W 17-10vs UNLV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#13
DJ Morton
Sophomore safety on Ohio's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 191 lb · Lawrence Central
Returning to Ohio for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 2808 nationally · Signed with Ohio
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 safety on Ohio's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio in 2024.
DJ Morton
DJ Morton has been at Ohio through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 1 tackles against UNLV — Bowl, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Ohio3-star out of Lawrence Central
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Ohio
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
Ohio
2025era →
Brian Smith
Ohio
Coaching transition mid-career: Tim Albin → Brian Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Ohio11-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-heavy
2025Ohio9-4HC: Brian Smith · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
John Hauser
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Ohio
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Ohio
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +3 net (19 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ohio · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #129 · 2026 recruiting class #107
Background
2025: Appeared in 12 games 2024: Played in four games. Prior to Ohio: Played for Lawrence Central High School’s football and basketball teams.
The secondary · Ohio
- #5Adonis Williams Jr.75 tackles · 2025
- #2DJ Walker55 tackles · 2025
- #7Tank Pearson49 tackles · 2025
- #9Michael Mack II35 tackles · 2025
- #13DJ Morton1 tackle · 2025
27 more on the roster · Ohio team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology