Javier Morton is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Temple.
Morton moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Army — Week 11, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-10@ Massachusetts | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-7vs Howard | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-42vs No. 13 Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-14@ Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-37@ Tulsa | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-45vs East Carolina | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-14@ Army | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 13-37vs No. 24 Tulane | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 25-52@ No. 21 North Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | 27 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 55-7
vs Howard
1.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Dominant 48-point win at home against Howard.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL40 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
K.C. Keeler
Pass share
47.0%
348 pass / 392 run
Plays / game
61.7
12 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #337 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #25 of 38 American Athletic Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 20 games over three seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
5 coachesPlayed for 5 head coaches at 2 schools: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph, Matt Rhule, Stan Drayton and K.C. Keeler.
