ATLANTA, Ga. – Former Colorado State University Pueblo defensive lineman Morgan Fox recently signed a two-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons. Fox's contract is potentially worth more than 8.5 million dollars according to a release from the Falcons.
Fox, who played for the ThunderWolves from 2012-15 and was named a finalist for the 2015 Cliff Harris Small College Defensive Player of the Year and was the runner-up for the Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year Award, played the past three seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers.
In his eight-year NFL career, Fox has played every game in all but one season – his rookie campaign and has made 34 starts, including 12 with the Chargers in 2022. In 2024, Fox played 17 games and made three starts for the Chargers and recorded 27 tackles, 3.5 sacks, four tackles for a loss, and six quarterback hits. He played in 53 percent of the Chargers' defensive snaps and 17 percent of their special teams' snaps.
For his eight-year NFL career that is spread across three teams, Fox has played in 130 games and has recorded 27.5 sacks, 33 tackles for a loss, 51 quarterback hits, and 183 tackles. Additionally, he has recorded at least 1.5 sacks every season since assisting in his first sack during the Los Angeles Rams' 2017 Week 2 loss to the Washington Commanders.
An undrafted free agent, Fox spent his first four seasons in the NFL with the Rams, before playing the 2021 season with the Carolina Panthers. In his one season with Carolina, Fox played in 17 games with nine starts and recorded 34 tackles, 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. He was released by the Panthers on March 14, 2022, and signed with the Chargers on May 18, 2022.
Fox, who is from Fountain, Colo., and played high school football at Fountain-Fort Carson High School, has played in 86 games for three different franchises and has recorded 141 total tackles, including 90 solo stops, and has had 18.5 sacks, four forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries. In addition, he has played in four career NFL playoff games and has recorded 11 tackles, including 10 solo stops and 1.5 sacks.
In his four-year career at CSU Pueblo, Fox played in 47 games and recorded 154 tackles, 46.5 tackles for loss, and 34.5 sacks and recorded two forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries. As a senior in 2015, he was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year, and was first in NCAA Division II in sacks per game at 1.42, while his 128 sack yards led Division II. He totaled 17 sacks and averaged 1.8 tackles for loss per game and had 21.5 tackles. He is the Pack's single-season and career leader in sacks with 17 and 36.
