Jimmy Morrissey

Early life

Morrissey grew up in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania and attended La Salle College High School. He was named All-Philadelphia Catholic League as a junior and as a senior, when he was also named All-City by the Philadelphia Daily News. Morrissey was lightly recruited coming out of high school and received no NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision offers. He chose to enroll at the University of Pittsburgh as a preferred walk-on over offers from Lehigh, Bucknell and Colgate.

Personal life

Morrisey is married to Nicole Scola as of March 2024. She is the daughter of Michael Scola, founder of Boston Sword & Tuna. The two expect their first child in 2025.

College career

Morrissey walked-on to Pittsburgh's football team and redshirted his true freshman season. He was named the Panthers' starting center and awarded a scholarship going into his redshirt freshman season and started all 12 of the team's games. Morrissey started the first 11 games of his redshirt sophomore season before suffering a season-ending injury and was named third-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He was named first-team All-ACC as a redshirt junior. As a redshirt senior, Morrissey started all 11 of Pittsburgh's games, including one at right guard after an injuries to that position, and was named second-team All-ACC and was awarded the Burlsworth Trophy as the best player in Division I football who began his college career as a walk-on.