Quincy Morgan
Quincy Demond Earl Morgan is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats, earning first-team All-American honors in 2000. With the Steelers, he won Super Bowl XL over the Seattle Seahawks.
Early life
Morgan attended South Garland High School in Garland, Texas. In football, he was a three-year letterman. As a junior, he was named All-State by The Dallas Morning News. As a senior, he received Team's Most Valuable Player, All-Area, All-Conference, All-State and prep All-American honors.College career
Morgan enrolled at Kansas City Kansas Community College during the spring of 1998, where he ran track. He transferred to Blinn Community College at the end of the year. As a freshman, he helped the team win the Junior College National Championship. As a sophomore, he had 38 receptions for 645 yards, 9 touchdowns and was considered one of the top wide receivers in Junior College. He transferred to Kansas State University after the season.As a junior, he posted 42 receptions for 1,007 yards, a 24-yard average and 9 touchdowns. As a senior, he registered 64 receptions for 1,166 yards, an 18.2-yard average and 14 touchdowns.
Morgan finished his college career with 106 receptions, 2,173 yards, a 20.5-yard average and 23 touchdowns. He became one of only seven KSU players to catch more than one hundred passes, one of only four players with more than 2,000 receiving yards, second with eight 100-yard games. He was also the only Wildcat to notch 1,000 receiving yards in two consecutive seasons.
Professional career
Cleveland Browns
Morgan was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft. As a rookie, he passed Dennis Northcutt on the depth chart and started 9 games. He made 30 receptions for 432 yards and 2 touchdowns. Late in the season, against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Morgan was involved in a controversial ruling when he bobbled a fourth-down pass from Tim Couch; although Couch subsequently spiked the ball on the next play, officials reviewed Morgan's catch afterward and ruled he did not have possession of the ball. The verdict prompted angry Browns fans to throw beer bottles onto the field in an incident dubbed "Bottlegate".In 2002, he had his best season as a professional, recording 56 receptions for 964 yards, a 17.2-yard average and 7 touchdowns, while helping the team make the playoffs. In the season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, he had 9 receptions for 151 yards and 2 touchdowns, but his effort was lost after linebacker Dwayne Rudd committed what is known in Browns lore as "Helmetgate", after taking off his helmet to celebrate with less than 10 seconds left on the clock and the Browns clinging to a 39–37 lead, which drew a critical unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. His most memorable catch was a Hail Mary touchdown reception with no time left against the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 8, sealing a 21–20 win.
In 2003, he started 15 games, collecting 38 receptions for 516 yards and 3 touchdowns.
In 2004, he started 5 games, collecting 9 receptions for 144 yards and 3 touchdowns. On October 19, he was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for wide receiver Antonio Bryant, following a public dispute between Bryant and Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells.