Mikey Ward’s first impression of the freshman didn’t exactly portend an NFL future:
“He was pretty scrawny,” Ward said.
Undersized for a linebacker, sure, but fast. Ward, a senior at the position, quickly saw that, too. In the first quarter of his first college game, against Millikin University, Nicholas Morrow jumped in front of a 5-yard out route near the sideline for an interception — a “freak play” that Ward said few players at Greenville College would, or could, have made.
“This is us projecting back on memories, but I think a couple seniors were looking at each other like, ‘This guy’s special,’” Ward said by phone.