#12

James Morgan

Former quarterback at Florida International. 2019: 2,560 passing yards, 14 TD, 5 INT.

QB · Florida International · Sr. · #12

6′4″ · 213 lb · Green Bay, WI

New York — drafted 2020, Rd 4, Pick 19, #125 overall

The story

Former quarterback at Florida International. 2019: 2,560 passing yards, 14 TD, 5 INT.

Drafted round 4 by the New York in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida International, 8,629 passing yards — drafted at #125 overall by New York.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Drafted by New Yorkround 4, pick 125

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #125

New York · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Ron Turner

Florida International

2017–2019

Butch Davis

Florida International

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ron Turner → Butch Davis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 7th NFL season

#125Rd 4 · Pick 19

New YorkEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Bowling Green4-8HC: Mike Jinks · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Bowling Green2-10HC: Mike Jinks · Balanced

2018Florida International9-4HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning

2019Florida International6-7HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (13th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#64 / 177 · 64th pct

2560

Interceptions#60 / 177 · 60th pct

Pass TDs#77 / 177 · 55th pct

Rush TDs#77 / 177 · 50th pct

Yards / att#102 / 177 · 42nd pct

7.2

Completion %#124 / 177 · 30th pct

58.0%

Fumbles lost#113 / 166 · 24th pct

Rush yards#154 / 177 · 13th pct

-34

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	168	1.2	7.1	0.0
Road6g	258	1.2	7.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	227	1.3	7.4	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	200	1.0	6.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Simmons

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Florida International	207	357	58.0%	2,560	7.2	14	5	128.4	--	--	--
2018	Florida International	213	326	65.3%	2,727	8.4	26	7	157.6	--	--	--
2017	Bowling Green	96	212	45.3%	1,260	5.9	9	7	102.6	--	--	--
2016	Bowling Green	183	326	56.1%	2,082	6.4	16	15	116.8	--	--	--
Career		699	1,221	57.2%	8,629	7.1	65	34	128.6	--	--	--

Season	Team
2019	Florida International	31	-34	-1.1	2	--
2018	Florida International	29	-40	-1.4	1	--
2017	Bowling Green	26	-37	-1.4	0	--
2016	Bowling Green	45	-72	-1.6	0	--
Career		131	-183	-1.4	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2019

W 30–24

vs Miami

160 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · -13 rush yds (2 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With T. Heatherly — 40 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 44 LONG · A. Jones — 112 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week