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A little insight into Dan Morgan's career path

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Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy is making an effort to get more former players into scouting via an annual "Senior Bowl Scout School" that was started by previous bowl leader Phil Savage.

Lucky for us, one of the more successful examples Nagy can offer to prospective students is our own Dan Morgan.

In Albert Breer's latest MMQB column, Nagy talks a little about how Morgan got to where he is:

Nagy saw it first as a young Patriots scout working with Marvin Allen, who’s ascended to the role of assistant GM in Miami. And more recently, in his last gig, he saw it working with Dan Morgan, an ex-Pro Bowl linebacker, who worked his way up to pro scouting director in Seattle over eight years there. Eventually, the Bills poached him from Seattle to be their director of personnel, then the Panthers poached him from Buffalo to be assistant GM.

“Dan Morgan’s such a great example,” Nagy said. “He really started at the bottom, didn’t want shortcuts, didn’t expect shortcuts and did the grunt work. And he’s respected around the league, because didn’t ride his name as an ex-Pro Bowler to a big title. And Marv was great in New England. They do provide unique insight into a player’s mindset. And [Seattle GM] John Schneider was great at leaning on Dan—asking things like, ‘What would the locker room think?’ It’s a really valuable role they can play. They bring great perspective.

Even as a player, Morgan was never someone who expected to just have things handed to him. What he got, he earned. And I suspect he'll try to pass that same mentality down to current Panthers players and staff.

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