2017 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 90
Grant Morgan
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 283
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Oshkosh, Wis.
- High School:
- Oshkosh North HS
* 2017 William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
* 2016, 2017 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2015, 2016, 2017 MVFC Honor Roll
2017 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in all 15 games at defensive tackle...Made 19 tackles and assisted on pair of sacks and four tackles for loss...Season-high three tackles in the homecoming win over Missouri State...Semifinalist for the National Football Foundation's William V. Campbell Trophy...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll and earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.
2016 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in all 14 games at defensive tackle...Moved into a starting role the final five contests in place of injured Nate Tanguay...Charted 24 tackles on the season...Career-high five stops against Indiana State and James Madison...Credited with 3.5 tackles for loss including two in the playoffs against South Dakota State and JMU...Scored a safety in the NCAA quarterfinal win over SDSU...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll and earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.
2015 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in 12 games at defensive tackle...Totaled 11 tackles on the season...Tied a career-high with three tackles in the regular-season opener at Montana and the NCAA quarterfinal against Northern Iowa...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.
2014 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in all 16 games in the rotation at defensive tackle...Made 11 stops including a season-high three tackles at Missouri State...Credited with two quarterback hurries.
2013 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
HIGH SCHOOL: All-Northwestern Area, all-region and all-conference performer for Oshkosh North High School and head coach Chris Kujawa...Three-year starter...Played defensive end, defensive tackle, offensive tackle and tight end for the Spartans...Honorable mention on 2012 Wisconsin Football Coaches Association all-state team...Led team to state playoff appearance...Set school record in the 300-yard shuttle run (48 seconds) in his weight class...Two-year letterwinner in the shot put and discus for Oshkosh North.
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2017 with a bachelor's degree in sport management...Son of Joel and Jennifer Morgan...Has three sisters, Amanda, Allison and Annika...Married in 2016 to former NDSU volleyball player Morgan (Samec) Morgan...The couple's first child, Paisley, was born nine days prior to the national championship game his senior year.
* 2016, 2017 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2015, 2016, 2017 MVFC Honor Roll
2017 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in all 15 games at defensive tackle...Made 19 tackles and assisted on pair of sacks and four tackles for loss...Season-high three tackles in the homecoming win over Missouri State...Semifinalist for the National Football Foundation's William V. Campbell Trophy...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll and earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.
2016 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in all 14 games at defensive tackle...Moved into a starting role the final five contests in place of injured Nate Tanguay...Charted 24 tackles on the season...Career-high five stops against Indiana State and James Madison...Credited with 3.5 tackles for loss including two in the playoffs against South Dakota State and JMU...Scored a safety in the NCAA quarterfinal win over SDSU...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll and earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.
2015 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in 12 games at defensive tackle...Totaled 11 tackles on the season...Tied a career-high with three tackles in the regular-season opener at Montana and the NCAA quarterfinal against Northern Iowa...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.
2014 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in all 16 games in the rotation at defensive tackle...Made 11 stops including a season-high three tackles at Missouri State...Credited with two quarterback hurries.
2013 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
HIGH SCHOOL: All-Northwestern Area, all-region and all-conference performer for Oshkosh North High School and head coach Chris Kujawa...Three-year starter...Played defensive end, defensive tackle, offensive tackle and tight end for the Spartans...Honorable mention on 2012 Wisconsin Football Coaches Association all-state team...Led team to state playoff appearance...Set school record in the 300-yard shuttle run (48 seconds) in his weight class...Two-year letterwinner in the shot put and discus for Oshkosh North.
PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2017 with a bachelor's degree in sport management...Son of Joel and Jennifer Morgan...Has three sisters, Amanda, Allison and Annika...Married in 2016 to former NDSU volleyball player Morgan (Samec) Morgan...The couple's first child, Paisley, was born nine days prior to the national championship game his senior year.
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