Johnnie Morton

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Johnnie Morton
Date of birth	October 7, 1971 (age 35)
Place of birth	Torrance, California
Position(s)	Wide receiver
College	USC
NFL Draft	1994 / Round 1/Pick 21
Statistics	Pro Football Reference DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1994-2001 2002-2004 2005	Detroit Lions Kansas City Chiefs San Francisco 49ers

Johnnie James Morton (born October 7, 1971 in Torrance, California) is a wide receiver in the NFL. He is currently a free agent after being released by the San Francisco 49ers in 2006. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (21st overall) in the 1994 NFL Draft. He played there until 2002, when he signed with the Kansas City Chiefs. He played there for three years. He then signed with the 49ers and only played the 2005 NFL season with them. Morton is the latest to jump to MMA and will make his debut at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum June 2nd during Dynamite!! USA card.

1 College career
2 Personal
3 Miscellaneous
4 External links
5 See also

[edit] College career

He played at the University of Southern California. Morton managed to break USC and Pac-10 records for receptions and yards. He was essential for USC in the mid 90's and parlayed his college career into an NFL career of moderate success, mainly due to his lack of NFL speed.

[edit] Personal

Johnnie's younger brother, Chad Morton, also played at USC.

The Mortons are of mixed ethnicity, African-American and Japanese.

Johnnie had a brief cameo appearance in the movie Jerry Maguire.

Johnie Morton is currently training to compete in mixed martial arts and is scheduled to make his MMA debut in the K-1 Hereos promotion on June 2nd in Los Angeles, California at the L.A. Coliseum.^[1]

[edit] Miscellaneous

During the 2001 season, comedian Jay Leno had been poking fun at the Lions' 0-12 record. When the Lions won their first game of the season 27-24 against the Minnesota Vikings, Morton, who knew of Leno's comments, said, "I want Jay Leno to kiss my ass." Morton would later appear on The Tonight Show [1], during which Leno proceeded to kiss a donkey.