More than 10 years before former Ashwaubenon High School quarterback James Morgan became the first Green Bay native since 1988 to have his named called at the position on the NFL draft’s virtual stage, he distinguished himself on a much smaller one: Wilder Park in Green Bay, a half-mile from his childhood home.
Every day during the offseason of the St. Phillips Falcons club football program, 12-year-old James and his father Brian Morgan ran to the park to work out. On their pilgrimage they pushed a Burley children’s bike trailer, once used to tow baby James but which now overflowed with footballs, cleats and cones.
“Keeping up with him was a challenge, especially as he got older,” Brian, a former St. Norbert College running back, said. “James can be quite fast if he wants to be.”
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