Jordan Daniel Morgan (born September 15, 1991) is an American-born naturalized Slovenian professional

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player for

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of the Turkish

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(BSL). He played college basketball at

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. He represents the Slovenia basketball team internationally.

Early life and high school career

Morgan was born Jordan Daniel Konkoly in

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to Meredith Morgan née Konkoly and Bobby Deloach on September 15, 1991. His biological father was largely absent in his life from birth. His mother raised him as a single mother until she married his adoptive father, Jim Morgan in 2001. He was adopted by his stepfather when he was 12 years old and he took his last name. Morgan graduated from the

University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy The University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy was founded in 1877, and is one of two Jesuit high schools in the city of Detroit, Michigan, the other being Loyola High School. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, the sc ...

. At Detroit Jesuit, Morgan played on the varsity basketball team all four years and was a starter for three. Over his high school career, he averaged 14.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game. During his senior year Morgan averaged 20 points per game. Morgan verbally committed to

on December 18, 2007; his other scholarship offers were from

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, and Xavier.

College career

At the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, Morgan redshirted his freshman season on the

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team due to a knee injury. Morgan then played 142 games for Michigan from the 2010–11 to 2013–14 seasons at the

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position. 142 games was a school record that was tied by

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, and later surpassed by

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(144) during the 2017–18 season. He led the Big Ten Conference in field goal percentage 66.1% (Big Ten), 62.7% (all games). He made 63.1% of his field goal attempts and scored 973 points in his Michigan career. During his sophomore season, the team clinched a share of the 2011–12 Big Ten Conference season regular season championship. As a junior on the Michigan team that became runners-up in the

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, Morgan earned Big Ten All-Defensive honors. During his senior season, Michigan clinched its first outright (unshared) Big Ten Conference championship since 1985–86. Morgan completed his B.S.E. in industrial and operations engineering from the

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in April 2012, after his third year at Michigan. He was also selected to the Michigan honor society

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. In 2014, Morgan earned his M.S. in manufacturing engineering, also from Michigan. When President

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spoke at the University of Michigan in April 2014 to advocate raising the

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, Obama praised Morgan for undertaking graduate studies in engineering and being a student-athlete at Michigan. The White House also sent Morgan a letter signed by Obama congratulating Morgan for his academic achievements and describing him as "part of an elite community of scholars and leaders."

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Morgan played with the

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for

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. On July 27, 2014, Morgan signed with

Pallacanestro Virtus Roma Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, commonly known as Virtus Roma, was an Italian professional basketball club based in Rome, Lazio. It competed in the first division of Italian basketball, the LBA, for the last time in the 2020–21 season. It was form ...

of the Italian

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. In 34 games, he averaged 8.1 points and 6.5 rebounds. On July 23, 2015, Morgan signed with

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. He averaged 9.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. On January 26, 2016, Morgan signed with

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. On March 22, he parted ways with Paris-Levallois. Three days later, he was acquired by the

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of the

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. On March 26, he made his debut for the Charge in a 122–111 win over the Erie BayHawks, recording one point, six rebounds, two assists and one steal in 11 minutes off the bench. On August 23, 2016, Morgan signed with Kymis of the

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. On July 4, 2017, he signed a one-year deal with Slovenian club Olimpija. On July 26, 2019 he has signed a contract with

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of the Turkish

. Morgan signed with Russian club

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on June 15, 2020. On January 16, 2022, he signed with

Reyer Venezia S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball in ...

of the

. On June 27, 2022, he has signed with

of the Turkish

(BSL).

Charitable Endeavors

After graduating from the University of Michigan, Morgan registered a charitable organization under the nam
Jordan Morgan Foundation
whose stated mission is "To inform, empower, and inspire academically disadvantaged and socially underserved youth."

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