Jordan Morgan
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Morgan in 2012 with Michigan.
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| No. 32 – Canton Charge | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | NBA Development League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 15, 1991 Scott Air Force Base, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 246 lb (112 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | University of Detroit Jesuit (Detroit, Michigan) |
| College | Michigan (2010–2014) |
| NBA draft | 2014 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| 2014–2015 | Virtus Roma |
| 2015–2016 | Hermine de Nantes Atlantique |
| 2016 | Paris-Levallois |
| 2016–present | Canton Charge |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jordan Daniel Morgan (born September 15, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Canton Charge of NBA Development League. He played college basketball at Michigan.
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Early life and high school career
Morgan was born Jordan Daniel Konkoly in Scott Air Force Base in Illinois to Meredith Morgan née Konkoly and Bobby Deloach on September 15, 1991. His biological father was largely absent in his life from birth. His mother raised him as a single mother until she married his adoptive father, Jim in 2001. Jim adopted him when he was 12 years old and he took his last name. Morgan graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy At Detroit Jesuit, Morgan played on the varsity basketball team all four years and was a starter for three. Over his high school career, he averaged 14.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game. During his senior year Jordan averaged 20 points per game.[1]
Morgan verbally committed to Michigan on December 18, 2007; other scholarship offers were from Central Michigan, Oakland, and Xavier.[2]
| Name | Home town | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Jordan Morgan C |
Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Jesuit HS | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 240 lb (110 kg) | Dec 18, 2007 | |
Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 75 |
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| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 32 (national C), 5 (MI C) 247Sports: 9 (MI) | ||||||
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College career
At the University of Michigan, Morgan redshirted his freshman season on the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team due to a knee injury.[1] Morgan then played 142 games for Michigan from the 2010–11 to 2013–14 seasons as power forward. He made 63.1% of his field goal attempts and scored 973 points in his Michigan career.[3] As a junior on the Michigan team that became runners-up in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game, Morgan earned Big Ten All-Defensive honors.[1]
Morgan completed his B.S.E. in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan College of Engineering in April 2012, after his third year at Michigan.[1] He was also selected to the Michigan honor society Order of Angell. In 2014, Morgan earned his M.S. in manufacturing engineering also from Michigan.[4] When President Barack Obama spoke at the University of Michigan in April 2014 to advocate raising the federal minimum wage, Obama praised Morgan for undertaking graduate studies in engineering and being a student-athlete at Michigan. The White House also sent Morgan a letter signed by Obama congratulating Morgan for his academic achievements and describing him as "part of an elite community of scholars and leaders."[4]
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Morgan played with the Minnesota Timberwolves for NBA Summer League. On July 27, 2014, Morgan signed with Pallacanestro Virtus Roma of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.[5] In 34 games, he averaged 8.1 points and 6.5 rebounds.[6]
On July 23, 2015, Morgan signed with Hermine de Nantes Atlantique.[7] He averaged 9.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. On January 26, 2016, Morgan signed with Paris-Levallois.[8] On March 22, he parted ways with Paris-Levallois.[9] Three days later, he was acquired by the Canton Charge of the NBA Development League.[10] On March 26, he made his debut for the Charge in a 122–111 win over the Erie BayHawks, recording one point, six rebounds, two assists and one steal in 11 minutes off the bench.[11]
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Basketball players at the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from Illinois
- Basketball players from Michigan
- Canton Charge players
- Centers (basketball)
- Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players
- Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players
- People from St. Clair County, Illinois
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Sportspeople from Detroit, Michigan
- University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy alumni
