Stanley Morgan Jr.

Senior wide receiver for Nebraska. 2018: 70 catches, 1,004 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Nebraska · Sr. · #8

6′1″ · 200 lb · New Orleans, LA

Nebraska 2018 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Nebraska. 2018: 70 catches, 1,004 receiving yards, 7 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Nebraska, 2,747 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 185 yds at Penn State.Penn State · L 44-562017

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Nebraska

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2017

Mike Riley

Nebraska

2018

Scott Frost

Nebraska

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Riley → Scott Frost. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Nebraska6-7HC: Mike Riley · Balanced

2016Nebraska9-4HC: Mike Riley · Run-leaning

2017Nebraska4-8HC: Mike Riley · Pass-leaning

2018Nebraska4-8HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (94th percentile). Strength: receptions (93rd percentile). Concern: rush yards (28th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#35 / 550 · 94th pct

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Receptions#35 / 550 · 93rd pct

Rec TDs#71 / 550 · 86th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Long catch#116 / 550 · 78th pct

Yards / catch#193 / 550 · 65th pct

14.3

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Rush yards#192 / 277 · 28th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.1	93.0	15.2	1.0
Road5g	5.4	70.6	14.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	65.5	15.4	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	7.2	102	14.2	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Nebraska	70	1,004	14.3	7	--
2017	Nebraska	61	986	16.2	10	--
2016	Nebraska	33	453	13.7	2	--
2015	Nebraska	25	304	12.2	3	--
Career		189	2,747	14.5	22	--

Season	Team
2018	Nebraska	1	4	--	19	--
2017	Nebraska	1	2	15	1	--
2016	Nebraska	1	--	--	--	--
2015	Nebraska	--	--	324	5	--
Career		3	6	339	25	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2018

W 9–6

vs Michigan State

4 rec · 67 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With I. Armstrong — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 53 LONG · A. Martinez — 145 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 18 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 28-33vs Colorado	5	75	15.0	0	25
Wk 3	L 19-24vs Troy	5	64	12.8	1	33
Wk 4	L 10-56@ Michigan	3	61	20.3	0	32
Wk 5	L 28-42vs Purdue	4	69	17.3	0	26
Wk 6	L 24-41@ Wisconsin	8	93	11.6	0	25
Wk 7	L 31-34@ Northwestern	2	31	15.5	0	26
Wk 8	W 53-28vs Minnesota	10	163	16.3	2	67	Season-high 163 yds
Wk 9	W 45-9vs Bethune-Cookman	7	82	11.7	2	27	2 TD catches
Wk 10	L 31-36@ Ohio State	7	87	12.4	0	46
Wk 11	W 54-35vs Illinois	8	131	16.4	2	37	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 9-6vs Michigan State	4	67	16.8	0	35
Wk 13	L 28-31@ Iowa	7	81	11.6	0	22
Total		70	1004	14.8	7	67

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology