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University of Toronto Athletics

2017 Football Roster

9 TJ Morton

  • Position Punter
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 196
  • Class 5th Year
  • Hometown Baltimore, Md.
  • Highschool Salesianum School

Biography

High School: Named to the first team all conference and all state all-star teams...ranked atop the best punters nationally coming out of Salesianum.

Previous post-secondary: Played two seasons with the NCAA Division III Susquehanna University Crusaders...twice earned all-centennial conference selections and was also named a second team all-American...averaged 41.1 yards, punting 50 times for 2,143 yards in 2013.

Varsity:
2017:
Led the OUA with a 45.1 punting average...punted 87 times and set a new OUA single-season record in punting yards (3,921)..,posted the longest punt of the season in the OUA with a 77 yard bomb vs Windsor on Sept. 4...broke every Varsity Blues punting record in his career finale...holds the school records for: most punts in a career (231), most punts in season (87), most punting yardage in a career (9871), most yards punting in a season (3921), highest career punting average (42.7) and highest single-season punting average (45.1)...named an OUA first team all-star and U SPORTS first team all-Canadian. 

2016: Led the OUA and ranked second in U SPORTS with a 42.3 punting average...punted 76 times for 3214 yards, including a season-long 75-yard punt at Windsor on Oct. 1...14 of his punts laded inside the 20-yard line...named an OUA first team all-star and a U SPORTS second team all-Canadian. 

2015: Led the OUA with a 40.2 punting average...ranked fifth with 68 punts and second with 2736 yards, including an OUA-season long 68-yard punt at Waterloo on Oct. 17...led the OUA with 17 of his punts landing inside the 20-yard line...named an OUA first team all-star. 

Career Statistics
GP PUNT YDS AVG LG IN20 TB
2015-16 7 68 2736 40.2 68 17 5
2016-17 8 76 3214 42.3 75 14 3
2017-18 8 87 3921 45.1 77 8 1
Total 23 231 9871 42.7 77 39 9

Personal: Mother, Janet, participated in track and field at Mount St. Marys College...Father, Monte Morton, played hockey at Clarkson College.
    Favourite professional team: Baltimore Ravens
    Favourite professional athlete: LeBron James
    Favourite food: Sushi
    Favourite music: Hip Hop
    Favourite movie: Cool Runnings
    Favourite actor/actress: Denzell Washington


Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    20152nd Year

    Punter
    6'2" 203 lbs
    15
  • 9

    20164th Year

    Punter
    6'2" 203 lbs
    9
  • 9

    20175th Year

    Punter
    6'2" 196 lbs
    9