Wide receiver Teldrick Morgan spent three seasons at New Mexico State, earning second-team All-Sun Belt honors in 2014, but the university announced Tuesday the Hanover native will play his final season with the Maryland football team as a graduate transfer.
After graduating from New Mexico State with a criminal justice degree in May, Morgan is eligible to play immediately.
“Teldrick brings a great deal to our program and we’re excited that he’s a part of our family,” coach DJ Durkin said in a release. “It’s always great to bring a local kid back home, and on top of that he’s very skilled and brings a wealth of experience to our receivers unit.”
Morgan caught 75 passes for 905 yards and seven touchdowns in 2014, garnering a spot on the 2015 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, given annually to the top receiver in college football.
At 6-foot and 195 pounds, Morgan will look to help Maryland’s offense, which finished 13th out of 14 Big Ten teams in passing yards per game (174.3) last season.
Morgan will join a receiving corps that returns five of their top six wide outs from 2015, including wide receiver Levern Jacobs, who led the team with 425 receiving yards and three touchdowns. While the Terps boast 6-foot-4 tight end Avery Edwards, Morgan will be the team’s lone wide receiver who’s at least six-feet tall.
The Meade product’s skill set extends beyond the offensive side of the ball, too.
Morgan, along with defensive back Will Likely, was named to the 2015 Paul Hornung Award Watch List, honoring the country’s most versatile player, after ranking fourth in the Sun Belt with 1,361 all-purpose yards in the 2014 season.
Morgan redshirted his first season at New Mexico State in 2013. He missed three games due to injury last season but finished second on the team in receiving yards (543) and tallied four touchdowns.
