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Morton following family tradition
USC tailback Chad
Morton is the last of five
star athlete brothers
By Tim Pyle
Oregon Daily Emerald
For the Morton family, athletics
are more than a pastime.
They are a way of life.
So it is not surprising that Chad
Morton, Southern California’s
starting tailback, will play a key
role in the Trojans' bid to ruin Ore
gon’s homecoming game Satur
day.
The Mortons have come to ex
pect athletic excellence.
Michael and Stanley Morton —
the two older half-brothers of Eric,
Johnnie and Chad — started this
family business. Both played
sports professionally. Michael
was a running back for the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers. Meanwhile, pro
fessional baseball was Stanley’s
g‘g
Then came Eric, who was a
wide receiver at Dartmouth.
And last before Chad was John
nie, who to this point has been the
most successful in the Morton
family trade. Johnnie ranks first in
pass receptions in Trojan history
with 201 and has lined up at wide
out for the Detroit Lions ever since
they made him a first-round draft
pick in 1994.
After following in Johnnie’s
footsteps by choosing USC, Chad
now has his chance to shine as the
Trojans’ tailback.
The youngest Morton says years
of competing with and watching
his brothers perform have pre
pared him to uphold the family
name.
"We had three-on-three games
[with my brothers and three
cousins] in the streets growing up
through the years,” says Morton,
who is from South Torrance, Calif.
"That’s where it all started, I
guess.”
Academically, it all started with
Morton’s parents. Although still a
junior in athletic eligibility, Morton
is scheduled to earn a sociology ma
jorthisspringandhasa3.41 GPA.
USCAthletic Department
Chad Morton is the second member of his family to excel for the Trojan football team.
He was named to the Pacific-10
Conference’s all-Academic first
team in 1997 and also received the
Bob Chandler Award asUSC’stop
underclassmen athlete, student
and leader.
“Everything is important to [my
parents],” says Morton, a candi
date for Academic all-America
honors. “They made sure I con
centrated on grades before football
started. They wouldn’t hesitate to
yank me off the field if I didn’t.”
The Trojan coaches have not al
ways had Morton tabbed for the
most prestigious position at a
school appropriately nicknamed
“Tailback U.,” from the days of
O.J. Simpson, Marcus Allen and
Charles White. When Morton first
arrived on the USC campus in
1995, he was redshirted as a cor
nerback.
In 1996, he began the season by
contributing to the team in nearly
every possible fashion, providing
depth at comerback and tailback
and also covering and returning
kicks on special teams.
When he got an extended op
portunity to produce at tailback,
Morton riddled Oregon State’s de
fense for career highs of 143 yards,
including a 73-yard touchdown
dash.
But Morton returned to full
time defensive and special-team
duties for the second half of the
season. He started three late-sea
son games at comerback before in
juring his back and finished fifth
in the conference with a punt-re
turn average of 9.3 yards.
After beginning die 1997 season
as a backup comerback, Morton
started four mid-season games at
free safety. In that stretch, he
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