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A former Arkansas defensive lineman signed a free agent contract following the conclusion of the 2024 NFL Draft on Saturday night.

Arkansas defensive lineman John Morgan officially signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent on Saturday evening. The news comes following the conclusion of the 2024 NFL Draft, which saw two Razorbacks selected.

The 6-2, 270-pound, Maryland native spent just one season at Arkansas after a four-year career at Pittsburgh. He appeared in 11 games for the Hogs and racked up 15 tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks, a forced fumble and pass deflections. For his entire collegiate career, Morgan appeared in 64 games across five seasons. He recorded 89 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, 16 sacks, four forced fumbles and three pass breakups.

Morgan is the second Razorback player to sign an undrafted free agent contract following this year’s draft. He joins Dwight McGlothern, who signed with the Minnesota Vikings earlier on Saturday night.

2023 (*REDSHIRT SENIOR): Competed in 11 games tallying 15 tackles, four tackles for loss and two sacks while also forcing a fumble and pass deflection … Appeared in 64 games in his career along with eight starts totaling 89 tackles, 27 TFL, 16 sacks, forced four fumbles and three pass deflections … Made his first tackle as a Hog in the season opener vs. WCU (Sept. 2) … Recorded a pair of tackles as well as a tackle for loss and a sack in the home opener against Kent State (Sept. 9) … Forced a fumble while gathering a tackle for loss, sack and tackle against BYU (Sept. 16) … Secured another tackle in Dallas against Texas A&M (Sept. 30) … In a win at Florida (Nov. 4), he contributed a pair of stops … Batted down his first pass on the season and logged three tackles against FIU (Nov. 18) … Recorded a season-high against Missouri (Nov. 24) with five tackles and a tackle for loss.

2022 (REDSHIRT SENIOR): Played in 12 games with five starts … Racked up 19 total tackles with 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks … Credited with six quarterback hurries … Logged two forced fumbles … Matched his career-high with four stops, including a career-best three tackles for loss, against West Virginia (Sept. 1) … Recorded a sack and a forced fumble against the Mountaineers … Also credited with three quarterback hurries … Had two tackles with one tackle for loss against Rhode Island (Sept. 24) … Made two tackles and forced a fumble against Virginia Tech (Oct. 8) … Carded a pair of tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss at Virginia (Nov. 12), matching his career high with 1.5 sacks against the Cavaliers … Transferred to Arkansas following the season and participated in spring practice.

2021 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Played in all 14 games, starting three at defensive end … Starting assignments came against Massachusetts (Sept. 4), at Tennessee (Sept. 11) and vs. Michigan State (Dec. 30) in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl … Totaled 27 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks and a forced fumble … Two tackles for loss at Georgia Tech (Oct. 2) … Logged a career-high four stops against Miami (Oct. 30) … Had a career-high 1.5 sacks against Virginia (Nov. 20) … Forced a Michigan State fumble that was returned for a 26-yard touchdown by teammate Cam Bright in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.

2020 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in all 11 games as a reserve defensive end … Collected 13 tackles, seven tackles for loss and four sacks on the year … Had a season-high three tackles on two occasions: Austin Peay (Sept. 12) and at Miami (Oct. 17) … Two tackles for loss, including a sack, at Miami … Also logged sacks against Syracuse (Sept. 19), at Florida State (Nov. 7) and at Georgia Tech (Dec. 10).

2019 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in all 13 games as a reserve defensive end … Totaled 14 tackles, four tackles for loss and two sacks … Had a season-best two tackles for loss against UCF (Sept. 19) … Had a season-high three total stops on two occasions: at Duke (Oct. 5) and at Syracuse (Oct. 18) … Had sacks at Georgia Tech (Nov. 2) and at Syracuse.

2018 (FRESHMAN): Played in three games as a true freshman, preserving a redshirt … Made appearances at defensive end against Virginia Tech (Nov. 10), vs. Clemson (Dec. 1) in the ACC Championship and vs. Stanford (Dec. 31) in the Sun Bowl … Had one tackle against the Hokies.

PERSONAL: Son of John and Tisa Morgan Jr. … Has one brother and one sister… Father, John, played football at Bowie State … Grandfather played basketball and ran track at Alabama A&M … Birthdate: June 6, 2000.