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2011: The speedy Morgan will compete for playing time at tailback as a redshirt freshman in 2011.
2010: Morgan redshirted as a freshman tailback in 2010, his first year at USC. He won USC's Service Team Offensive Player of the Year Award.
HIGH SCHOOL: His 2009 honors included Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Sporting News Top 100, Prep Star Dream Team, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State second team, All-L.A. City first team, All-L.A. City Division I Offensive Player of the Year and Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team as a senior running back and linebacker at Taft High in Woodland Hills (Calif.). He had 1,453 yards on 157 carries (9.3 avg.) with 23 TDs, caught 23 passes for 251 yards (10.9 avg.) with 2 TDs and threw a touchdown pass on offense and made 39 tackles (with 3 sacks), 2 interceptions and 2 forced fumbles on defense despite tearing a knee ligament late in the 2009 season.
As a junior in 2008, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass first team, All-L.A. City, Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team and All-West Valley League MVP. He had 1,841 yards on 212 carries (8.8 avg.) with 26 TDs and caught 32 passes for 583 yards (18.2 avg.) with 7 TDs in 2008.
As a sophomore in 2007, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore first team and All-L.A. City first team. He ran for 1,185 yards with 10 TDs and caught 21 passes for 235 yards (111.2 avg.) with 3 TDs in 2007.
Incoming Trojan Antwaun Woods also prepped at Taft.
He also was on Taft's track team, where he won the 2009 California state 110-meter high hurdles title and placed second in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles as a junior. He also won the 2009 L.A. City 110-meter high hurdles title. In the summer of 2009, he won the 110-meter high hurdles at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Italy in 13.28 (the No. 5 all-time performance) in his under-17 age group. As a sophomore, he won the 2008 L.A. City titles in the 100 meters, 110-meter high hurdles and 300-meter intermediate hurdles. He had bests of 10.6 in the 100, 21.8 in the 200, 37.6 in the 300 hurdles and 22-9 in the long jump.
PERSONAL: He's a public policy, management and planning major at USC with a B- average (2.77 GPA). His initials stand for Dale Jr.
