Mike Morton (American football)

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Mike Morton
No. 50, 51, 53, 58
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1972-03-28) March 28, 1972 (age 52)
Concord, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school:A.L. Brown (Kannapolis, North Carolina)
College:North Carolina
NFL draft:1995 / Round: 4 / Pick: 118
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:151
Sacks:1
Forced fumbles:2
Player stats at NFL.com

Michael Anthony Morton (born March 28, 1972) is a

University of North Carolina Tar Heels and went on to play for four teams in a seven-year NFL career. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1995 NFL Draft.[1] During his NFL career. Morton played in 103 games (17 starts) and recorded 120 tackles, 50 assists, four fumble recoveries, and two interceptions. He was a member of the 1999 St. Louis Rams team that won Super Bowl XXXIV
in January 2000.

Since his retirement from playing in the NFL, Morton has become a dentist and has opened his practice in Kannapolis, North Carolina.[2]

Morton has been a

football official since at least 2014, working in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[3] As of 2019, Morton is also an official in the Alliance of American Football, working as an umpire on the crew led by referee Brandon Cruse.[3] Morton worked his first NFL game on September 11, 2022, when the Atlanta Falcons hosted the New Orleans Saints, making him the first NFL official that also won a Super Bowl.[4] He works on Alex Kemp's crew.[5]

Morton and his wife are the parents of a son, as well as

quadruplets.[2]

References

  1. ^ "1995 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  2. ^ a b "Mike Morton speaks at Carson". Salisbury Post. Salisbury, North Carolina. July 30, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Austro, Ben (February 7, 2019). "Officiating crews for the 2019 AAF season". footballzebras.com. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  4. Charlotte Observer
    . Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Week 1 referee assignments". Football Zebras. September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.

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