{"id":504411,"date":"2026-02-28T03:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/504411\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T03:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:18:12","slug":"montreal-alouettes-release-quarterback-james-morgan-bgmsportstrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/504411\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Alouettes release quarterback James Morgan \u2013 BGMSportsTrax"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Montreal<\/a>
\nMontreal Alouettes<\/p>\n

The Montreal Alouettes released quarterback James Morgan on Friday according to the CFL Transactions<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

James Morgan<\/a> is six foot four and weighs 229 pounds. The 28-year-old from Green Bay, Wisconsin, re-signed with the Montreal Alouettes on December 11, 2024. In 2025, he completed 55 of 93 passes (59.1%) for 547 yards, two touchdowns, four interceptions, and six carries for 17 yards in 10 games.<\/p>\n

The New York Jets drafted Morgan in the fourth round (125th pick) of the 2020 NFL Draft. In 2021, Morgan completed 19 of 35 passes (54.3%) for 208 yards, two touchdowns, one interception, and six carries for -13 yards in three preseason games. The Jets released him on August 31, 2021. He also spent time with the Carolina Panthers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts, and Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n

The Pittsburgh Maulers signed Morgan on January 14, 2023. In 2023, Morgan completed 23 of 48 passes (47.9%) for 210 yards, three interceptions, and five carries for seven yards in three games.<\/p>\n

The Montreal Alouettes signed Morgan on January 16, 2024. In 2024, he completed 15 of 23 passes (65.2%) for 146 yards, one interception, six carries for four yards, and one touchdown in two preseason games.<\/p>\n

In 2024, he dressed for three games but did not record any stats. The Alouettes released him on September 10, 2024. Morgan re-signed with the Alouettes on October 8, 2024. He dressed for an additional game but did not see any action. The Alouettes released him on November 10, 2024. Montreal re-signed him on November 22, 2024.<\/p>\n

Collegiately, Morgan played three seasons at Bowling Green<\/a> (2015-17), completing 279 of 538 passes (52%) for 3,342 yards, 25 touchdowns, 22 interceptions, and 71 carries for -109 yards in 21 games for the Falcons.<\/p>\n

Then, he transferred to Florida International University<\/a> (2018-19), completing 420 of 683 passes (61%) for 5,287 yards, 40 touchdowns, 12 interceptions, 59 carries for -59 yards, and three touchdowns in 25 games for the Panthers. He was named an All-C-USA Honorable Mention in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes released quarterback James Morgan on Friday according to the CFL Transactions page. James…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,941,82],"class_list":["post-504411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-montreal-alouettes","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}