The Steelers will end up adding some quarterback help this offseason, signing undrafted Minnesota quarterback Tanner Morgan, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.
After setting several Golden Gopher records, Morgan will try to make his mark at the NFL level.
Morgan became a starter at Minnesota about halfway through his true freshman year after initially losing a quarterback competition to walk-on true freshman Zack Annexstad. Once Morgan took the reins, though, he didn’t give them back, becoming the Golden Gophers’ go-to passer for the next four years.
Morgan would go on to win a Gopher-record 33 games and set Minnesota single-season records for passing yards and touchdowns in 2019. He missed some games down the stretch for Minnesota but had shown some toughness with 46 straight starts before missing any time with injury.
Morgan slipped out of the draft due to concerns over his lack of an NFL arm. His accuracy really suffers the further downfield he throws. Morgan is a true competitor, though, who showed development and improvement in each passing year.
In Pittsburgh, Morgan joins a quarterbacks room that lost Mason Rudolph to free agency but still rosters second-year starter Kenny Pickett and veteran Mitchell Trubisky.
With only two quarterbacks on the roster, there’s no reason to believe that Morgan can’t stick on the roster, at the very least on the practice squad. He’s shown that he can improve and compete when instructed, and he’ll get the chance to do so in the Steel City.
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