2010-11 Football
Giorgio Morgan
- Class:
- Redshirt
- Hometown:
- East Pointe, Ga.
- High School:
- Tri-Cities
2010 Junior Season
• Appeared in 10 games
• Completed 11-of-19 passes for 165 yards and two touchdowns
• Ran for 48 yards on five carries against Army, while throwing for 122 yards and a pair of touchdowns
2009 Redshirt Sophomore Season
• Slipped to number two on the depth chart at quarterback after suffering a severe ankle sprain in the season opener that limited his mobility
• Played in six games, starting four times
• Threw for 279 yards, completing 50.0 percent of his passes (36-72)
2008 Sophomore Season
• Redshirted
2007 Freshman Season
• Forced to give up redshirt season due to multiple injuries at the quarterback position
• Made first career start against Central Michigan on Oct. 27
• Was 18-of-28 (64.3 pct.) for 247 yards and three touchdowns on the day
• Threw a 22-yard strike to Andre Flowers for his first career touchdown pass
• Was 5-of-8 for 27 yards the next game against Northern Illinois Nov. 10 before a leg injury forced him to leave midway through the second quarter
• Scored the first touchdown of his young career against the Huskies, a 10-yard run for the game’s first points
• Had a 155.32 efficiency rating in those two games
• Earned a varsity letter, one of nine true freshmen to do so
Prior to Kent State
• Named second-team all-region, team offensive MVP, and selected to the Atlanta Journal Constitution Top 50 Players in Georgia as a senior at Tri-Cities High School
• Passed for more than 1,500 yards for the second consecutive season in 2006
• Also rushed for more than 700 yards that same season
• Totaled 17 touchdowns as a senior
• Earned four varsity letters in football and also lettered three times in basketball
• Coached by Morris Starr
Personal
• Born Sept. 25, 1988
• Parents are Leonard Morgan and Maple Terry
• Majoring in communication
• First name is pronounced JOR-jee-oh
