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Former Pitt OL Sticks With Texans Practice Squad

Former Pitt Panthers center Jimmy Morrissey will spend another season on the Texans practice squad.

Stephen Thompson

Former Pitt OL Sticks With Texans Practice Squad
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PITTSBURGH -- Former Pitt Panthers offensive lineman Jimmy Morrissey didn't need to look around the league for another home after the Houston Texans cut him this week.  

Morrissey, who has spent the past two seasons on the Texans practice squad, will be back for a third in 2023 after they brought him back following this week's cuts.  

The addition of former Steelers offensive lineman Kendrick Green, who the Texans traded for hours before announcing they had cut Morrissey, likely pushed the former Panther out of his spot on the 53-man roster. But he'll have yet another chance to prove himself to the Texans coaching staff. 

Morrissey, a former walk-on and first-team All-ACC selection at Pitt, was drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders in the seventh round of the 2021 NFL Draft and then signed to the practice squad after being released in the final round of roster cuts. Morrissey then went on to spend two seasons with the Texans working his way up to the active roster in 2021 and 2022. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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