Pitt center Jimmy Morrissey was honored on Monday afternoon as the winner of the Burlsworth Trophy for the 2020 season. The award is issued annually to the most outstanding college football player in the nation who began their career as a walk-on.
Morrissey’s career at Pitt began in 2016, when he joined the team as a walk-on at training camp. Prior to that, he had been a largely overlooked offensive line recruit out of La Salle College High School in the Philadelphia Catholic League, and he had not been assigned a star rating by Rivals, 247Sports or ESPN.