FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas linebacker Grant Morgan has committed to play in the NFL Players Association’s Collegiate Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., next month, according to the NFLPA’s Twitter account.
Morgan, a sixth-year senior from Greenwood, had had a busy week. The 5-11, 235-pound linebacker won the Burlsworth Trophy on Monday as the nation’s top player who began his career as a walk-on.
On Tuesday, Morgan was in Las Vegas as a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, won by Iowa State tight end Charlie Kolar, which is given to the top scholar-athlete in the country and is commonly referred to as college football’s academic Heisman Trophy.
Morgan will enter the bowl season ranked second on the team with 96 tackles and also has 7 tackles for loss, 6 quarterback hurries, 3 pass breakups and 1 interception.
He tied the FBS lead in 2020 with 12.3 tackles per game when he had 111 stops in nine games.