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Chris Morton was a three-year starter, a two-time all-American and the 2006 winner of the Rimington Award honoring NCAA Division II's top center. Morton, who hails from Norfolk, Nebraska, competed in 40 games from 2004-07 for the Coyotes. He is a two-time all-NCC honoree and was a finalist for the Gene Upshaw Award in 2006, which honors the division's top offensive lineman.
 
Morton helped the Coyotes to an NCC championship and a nine-win season in 2005, and to the NCAA playoffs in 2006. He didn't allow a sack during his senior season in 2007. The Coyotes' offense averaged 31 points with Morton manning the trenches. He was rewarded by being selected to compete in the 2008 Cactus Bowl, an all-star game for Division II graduates. Morton was also named USD's male athlete of the year in 2007.
 
Morton earned his master's degree at University of Missouri and worked as a compliance coordinator there for two years before becoming a defensive graduate assistant coach for Tigers football. He was an assistant coach at Wisconsin-Stout for two years before moving to Missouri State where he served as a defensive line coach. Morton currently works for OCI Insurance in Omaha, Nebraska. He and his wife, Carla, have a son, Caiden, and a daughter, Cora.

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