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DAJUAN MORGAN #38

DaJuan Morgan #38
PositionSafety
Height6-0
Weight203
Years Experience2
Birthdate10/21/1985
HometownRiviera Beach, FL
CollegeNorth Carolina State
Current statusActive
Games Started0
Games Played15

Pro Career

Hard-hitting safety and special teams performer embarks on his second training camp with Kansas City … Gifted athlete has the ability to play both safety positions … Owned a pair of blocked punts at the collegiate level and was a solid special teams contributor for the Chiefs as a rookie … Saw duty in 15 games, registering 19 tackles (16 solo) and 10 special teams stops … Entered the 2008 NFL Draft with a year of eligibility remaining.

Transactions: Signed with Kansas City (7/18/08) ... Entered the NFL as the third of Kansas City’s three third-round picks (82nd overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft.

2008

Saw action in 15 games on special teams and 10 contests on defense … Was inactive for one game … Had 19 tackles (16 solo) with one for loss and 10 special teams stops … Totaled a career-high six tackles with one for loss at Carolina (10/5) ... Posted three tackles and two special teams stops vs. Tennessee (10/19) ... Was inactive with a thigh injury at San Diego (11/9) ... Tallied three tackles vs. New Orleans (11/16) ... Collected four tackles vs. Buffalo (11/23) ... Accumulated two special teams stops at Oakland (11/30).

College Bio

Saw action in 38 games (12 starts) at North Carolina State … Recorded 245 tackles (169 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss, six interceptions, 19 passes defensed and two special teams tackles … Also contributed nine special teams tackles and a 44-yard rush on a fake punt … Added one reception for six yards … Played in 12 games (11 starts) as a junior … Opened five games at strong safety and six contests at free safety … Produced 117 tackles (83 solo) with three interceptions, 13 passes defensed, one forced fumble and one special teams stop … Registered a career-high 16 tackles vs. Wake Forest … Appeared in 12 contests (one start) as a sophomore in 2006 … Tallied 82 tackles (53 solo), an interception, four passes defensed, two QB pressures and one forced fumble … Also had two special teams tackles and a blocked punt … Played in 12 games as the club’s rover and on special teams as a redshirt freshman … Registered 46 tackles (33 solo) and two passes defensed … Also had one blocked punt, a 44-yard run on a fake punt and six special teams tackles … Saw action in the first two games of his freshman season in 2004, catching one pass for six yards before redshirting with a hip injury … Majored in Sport Management at North Carolina State.

Personal Bio

• Missed his entire senior year at Suncoast High School in Riviera Beach, Florida after dislocating his hip in a car accident prior to the season.

• Totaled 2,760 receiving yards, 27 TDs, 600 rushing yards, seven TDs, 1,100 passing yards and seven TDs during his prep career.

• Added 67 tackles, 2.0 sacks and three INTs on defense.

• Was also a track and baseball standout, winning the 2A state title in the 400-meter dash as a senior.

• Full name: DaJuan Jamar Morgan.

• Single.