Darryl Morrison

{{Short description|American football player (born 1971)}}

{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Darryl Morrison

| number = 37, 38

| position = Safety

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|5|19}}

| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 196

| high_school = Central (Phoenix, Arizona)

| college = Arizona

| draftyear = 1993

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 155

| pastteams =

| statlabel1 = Tackles

| statvalue1 = 165

| statlabel2 = Interceptions

| statvalue2 = 1

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 7

}}

Darryl Lamon Morrison (born May 19, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons with the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats and was selected in the sixth round of the 1993 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1993 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1993/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 5

| height in = 10 7/8

| weight = 185

| dash = 4.70

| ten split = 1.62

| twenty split = 2.72

| shuttle = 4.14

| vertical = 38.0

| broad ft = 10

| broad in = 2

| bench = 18

| arm span = 30 7/8

| hand span = 9 3/8

}}

Personal life

Darryl and his wife, JoAnn, have five children. His two sons, Samuel and Benjamin, both play football. Samuel played at Arizona and San Diego State. Benjamin played at Notre Dame.{{Cite web|url=https://irish.nbcsports.com/2021/12/15/notre-dame-gets-the-letters-cornerbacks-benjamin-morrison-and-jayden-bellamy/|title = Notre Dame gets the letters: Cornerbacks Benjamin Morrison and Jayden Bellamy|date = 15 December 2021}} All three of his daughters are also college athletes; his daughter Faith was a gymnast at Washington (2013–2016), his daughter Grace was a volleyball player at Appalachian State (2017–2021), and his daughter Naomi is an All-American gymnast at Michigan and a member of their national championship-winning team in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/womens-gymnastics/roster/naomi-morrison/22659|title=Naomi Morrison – Women's Gymnastics }}

Darryl earned a Master’s in Divinity and is now the pastor of a Phoenix church.{{Cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/darryl-morrison-8880a98 |title=Darryl Morrison LinkedIn |website=LinkedIn.com |access-date=November 24, 2022}}

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