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Steelers Bring Mt. Lebanon QB Home for Rookie Camp
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Seth Morgan, New Hampshire Athletics
The Pittsburgh Steelers have invited Mt. Lebanon native and New Hampshire quarterback Seth Morgan to their rookie minicamp as a tryout, his agency announced on Instagram on Monday.
Morgan had a six-year collegiate career, starting with four seasons at VMI, then one at Division-II Shepherd (W.Va.) before his final season at New Hampshire.
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With the Wildcats in 2024, Morgan played in 12 games, finishing second in the CAA with 22 passing touchdowns and third with 2,382 passing yards. He completed 244 of 384 passes for a 64% completion percentage and had just eight interceptions, maintaining a 130.4 passer rating.
The 6-foot-2 5/8, 214-pound Morgan led the Wildcats to an 8-5 record an No. 23 national FCS ranking. They lost to UT Martin in the first round of the 2024 NCAA FCS Football Tournament.
Seth Morgan, New Hampshire Athletics
Before joining the Wildcats, he started the 2023 season for Shepherd, earning an All-PSAC nod by completing 239 of 364 passes for 2,970 yards and 24 touchdowns, finishing 12th in all of Division -II in passing yards, 14th in completion percentage (65.7%) and 15th in completions per game (19.9).
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After redshirting as a true freshman in 2019, Shepherd spent two and a half seasons as the starter at VMI. He replaced injured starter Reece Udinski in the 2020-21 season, leading the Keydets to their first SoCon title since 1977 and first-ever FCS playoff game.
As a senior at Mt. Lebanon in 2018, Morgan thew for 2,188 yards and 15 touchdowns while leading the Blue Devils to WPIAL Class-6A semifinals. Seth's father, Doug Morgan, played linebacker at UTEP in the late 1980s.
The Steelers will invite a number of players to tryouts for their three-day rookie minicamp, which will be held the second weekend of May at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex.
Over the last few seasons, the Steelers have typically signed one or two players to contracts from rookie camp invitees. Among the team's rookie camp tryout successes have been quarterback Devlin Hodges in 2019. Last year, vets Anthony Averett and Jonathan Ward made the team after trying out at rookie camp.
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Morgan is the fourth player to be revealed as a tryout, joining Pitt outside linebacker Nate Matlack , Rhode Island RB/WR Tommy Smith and William & Mary QB/WR Hollis Mathis.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now : Steelers Bring Mt. Lebanon QB Home for Rookie Camp
