Former NFL linebacker Kirk Morrison serves as an analyst for ESPN and ABC’s college football coverage. Morrison is also the radio color analyst for the Las Vegas Raiders, the same franchise that selected him in the 2005 NFL Draft, and a host and analyst for SiriusXM NFL Radio.
Morrison played his first five NFL seasons with the Oakland Raiders, making an immediate impact after the team selected him in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft. As a rookie, he registered 116 tackles and recovered two fumbles. Morrison was traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2010, played one season there, and signed with the Buffalo Bills as a free agent in 2011. After retiring from the National Football League, Morrison transitioned into supporting other players’ post-NFL success through his leadership role as a captain for the NFL Players Association Trust.
Morrison was born in Oakland, Calif., and attended Bishop O’Dowd High School, where he helped lead his team to two Northern California Section 3A championships before accepting a scholarship to play football at San Diego State University. At SDSU, Morrison became one of the program’s most decorated players since Marshall Faulk, earning two-time All-America honors and becoming the first Aztec to achieve that feat since Faulk from 1991-93.