Grant Morgan, Arkansas Football News: Draft Scout Player News

08/18/21 - ILB Grant Morgan, rSr/2022, Arkansas

Arkansas senior linebacker Grant Morgan could have easily disappeared into the sunset at the end of the 2020 season. Instead he chose to saddle up again for the Razorbacks, one of nine players who took advantage of the extra year the NCAA afforded to players who were affected by the covid-19 pandemic. Morgan's return was due in large part to Arkansas coach Sam Pittman, who Morgan said brought toughness back to the program. "Pittman, he brought back football like Arkansas is supposed to be, the hard-working, the tough, the physical," Morgan said. "You go look at any good Arkansas team, like Darren McFadden was fast, but he would run people over...Felix Jones, the same thing. "You go look at Arkansas at its prime, you go look at smash-mouth football and that's what we want to be. We want to be a team that hits hard. You want to be a team that is not afraid of anybody, bring them to our house or we go there. "It is a simple game. We just have to make it simple and run and hit again."

Morgan praised the professionalism Pittman brought in his first season leading the Razorbacks in 2020. "It just shows you well of an organization this is run by Pittman," Morgan said. "It means a ton to us. All the older guys that came back and decided that we can do it now. To have other guys buy in, like [offensive lineman] Myron Cunningham and other guys, it is a really big step in the right direction." Arkansas linebackers coach Michael Scherer said Morgan is the leader of the team, not just of the linebackers. "Grant makes my job very easy, especially this summer," Scherer said. "I know if I said 'Hey, Grant, get the guys together and do this and this and this,' it is going to get done and done right. That is the same for all the seniors I have in my room. They are just great kids and good leaders, and everyone in the room looks up to him." - Northwest Arkansas Times

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