Morgan was selected as Jason Witten’s semi-finalist colleague of the year

Football 10/11/2021 6:58:00 AM

University of Minnesota quarterback Tanner Morgan was named one of 20 semi-finalists for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award. Now in its fifth year, the award is the first tribute to college football that focuses primarily on player leadership both on and off the field.

Morgan has his third full season as a Minnesota beginner and has proven to be one of the best signal players to have ever used Maroon and Gold goals. Morgan is 24-11 as a beginner and has completed 507 passports (fifth most in school history) from 824 companies (seventh most in school history) at 7,385 yards (third most in school history). His career completion rate of 0.615 ranks first in school history and his 52 career touchdowns rank fourth. Morgan owns a dozen school records and has been selected in his career as an All-Big Ten Second Team, Manning Award finalist and Davey O’Brien Award semi-finalist.

Morgan is a two-time academic All-Big Ten performer with a degree in staff development and is working toward a master’s degree in sports management. He is also always featured in Minnesota’s community service projects, which include hospital visits, the team’s annual turkey trip, Hope Kids events, and youth camps. Morgan is passionate about Athletes in Action and leads a Bible study team.

The other 19 semi-finalists are: Grant Morgan (Arkansas), Brandon Martin (Ball State), James Empey (BYU), Elijah Hicks (California), Desmond Ridder (Cincinnati), Darien Rencher (Clemson), Jake Bobo (Duke), Vederian Lowe (Illinois), Skylar Thompson (Kansas State), Joshua Paschal (Kentucky), Austin Williams (Mississippi State), Adrian Martinez (Nebraska), Patrick Fields (Oklahoma), Sean Clifford (Penn State), Nick Figueroa (Southern California) , Kingsley Jonathan (Syracuse), Tony Bradford, Jr. (Texas Tech), Bryce Harris (Toledo) and Brock Hoffman (Virginia Tech).

Three finalists will be nominated for the award on Wednesday, December 15th. The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony in Frisco, Texas on February 17, 2022.

The winner of the Jason Witten College Man of the Year Award will also receive a $ 10,000 donation to his school’s sports scholarship fund. The donation is made by the Jason Witten SCORE Foundation, the official charity of Jason and his wife Michelle. Founded in 2007, the SCORE Foundation has made a positive impact on tens of thousands of children and families in Texas and Tennessee over the past 14 years. The foundation maintains a nationally recognized SCOREkeepers program that places trained male mentors to work with children in shelters for domestic violence in nine shelters in both states.