Jimmy Morrissey

Jimmy Morrissey
Pittsburgh Panthers – No. 67
Position	Center
Class	Redshirt Senior
Career history
College	Pittsburgh (2016–present);
High school	La Salle College; (Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania)
Personal information
Born:	June 9, 1998
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	305 lb (138 kg)
Career highlights and awards
	Burlsworth Trophy (2020); First team All-ACC (2019); Second team All-ACC (2020); Third team All-ACC (2018);
	Stats at ESPN.com;

James David Morrissey IV (born June 9, 1998) is an American football center for the Pittsburgh Panthers.

Early life and high school

Morrissey grew up in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania and attended La Salle College High School. He was named All-Philadelphia Catholic League as a junior and as a senior, when he was also named All-City by the Philadelphia Daily News.[1] Morrissey was lightly recruited coming out of high school and received no Division I FBS offers. He chose to enroll at the University of Pittsburgh as a preferred walk-on over offers from Lehigh, Bucknell and Colgate.[2]

College career

Morrissey walked-on to Pittsburgh's football team and redshirted his true freshman season. He was named the Panthers' starting center and awarded a scholarship going into his redshirt freshman season and started all 12 of the team's games.[1] Morrissey started the first 11 games of his redshirt sophomore season before suffering a season-ending injury and was named third team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[3] He was named first team All-ACC as a redshirt junior.[4] As a redshirt senior, Morrissey started all 11 of Pittsburgh's games, including one at right guard after an injuries to that position, and was named second team All-ACC and was awarded the Burlsworth Trophy as the best player in Division I football who began his college career as a walk-on.[5][6]

References

Juliano, Joe (September 7, 2017). "Jimmy Morrissey starting at center for Pitt, and no longer a walk-on". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
DiPoala, Jerry (August 29, 2017). "Father knows best: Former walk-on center Jimmy Morrissey earns scholarship". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
Gorman, Kevin (August 25, 2019). "Center Jimmy Morrissey might be Pitt's most pivotal player". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
"Three Pitt Panthers Named To The All-ACC Football First Team". KDKA-TV. December 3, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
McGonigal, John (December 14, 2020). "Pitt captain Jimmy Morrissey reflects on collegiate career after declaring for 2021 NFL draft". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
McGonigal, John (January 4, 2021). "Pitt's Jimmy Morrissey wins Burlsworth Trophy as college football's top former walk-on". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

External links

Pittsburgh Panthers bio

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[starting-1] Juliano, Joe (September 7, 2017). "Jimmy Morrissey starting at center for Pitt, and no longer a walk-on". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[2] DiPoala, Jerry (August 29, 2017). "Father knows best: Former walk-on center Jimmy Morrissey earns scholarship". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[3] Gorman, Kevin (August 25, 2019). "Center Jimmy Morrissey might be Pitt's most pivotal player". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[4] "Three Pitt Panthers Named To The All-ACC Football First Team". KDKA-TV. December 3, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[5] McGonigal, John (December 14, 2020). "Pitt captain Jimmy Morrissey reflects on collegiate career after declaring for 2021 NFL draft". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[6] McGonigal, John (January 4, 2021). "Pitt's Jimmy Morrissey wins Burlsworth Trophy as college football's top former walk-on". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved January 5, 2021.