The Pittsburgh Power Roster Now Numbers One

The Pittsburgh Power's first player in team history is a quarterback from Marshall. Is it Byron Leftwich? Not quite. QB Bernard Morris, who played at Marshall from 2003-2007, officially became the team's first player under contract when he signed with the team on Monday. Undrafted out of college, Morris landed with the af2 Arena League's Arkansas franchise in 2008, then made the jump to Arena Football 1 in January of this year when he signed with Jacksonville. It was in Arkansas that he played for current Power coach Chris Siegfried, who was the team's offensive coordinator at the time. When Siegfried got the job as Jacksonville's head coach, Morris once again joined him. It sounds as if they've become sort of like a player/coach package deal, a modern-day minor-league version of Bill Parcells and Richie Anderson if you will. Morris goes 6'4", 215 pounds, and played QB, LB, WR, and special teams for Jacksonville last season. He started at Marsha...