Don Morrison played 123 NFL games in nine seasons, including 94 games and 92 starts with the New Orleans Saints from 1971-77, and was a standout offensive lineman at Texas-Arlington who was inducted into the school's Hall of Honor in 2018.

But the most likely source to have provided that information probably would have been anyone but Morrison, because he wasn't interested in sharing it unsolicited.

"He never would talk about it, his football life," said his son, Chris Morrison. "He would talk about his professional life with us if we asked him, but he never brought it up. He never wanted to outshine whatever we were doing."

Don Morrison, New Orleans' fourth-round draft pick (No. 98 overall) in 1971, died peacefully on Monday. He was 75.

"He was my hero, he was my John Wayne," Chris Mo

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