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ASU: Former University of Florida transfer who was moved from defensive end to defensive tackle in the spring...was inactive during spring drills due to injury, but figures to return for the fall in full health and will compete to help replace four departed lettermen at defensive tackle...tall, athletic lineman with remarkable size.
2006: Played in nine games...totaled six solo tackles and a 10-yard sack...was injured against UCLA on Nov. 18, and missed the remainder of the season...made two solo tackles against No. 12 Oregon on Sept. 30...sacked Washington State quarterback Alex Brink for a 10-yard loss on Nov. 11...was listed as a preseason third-team All-Pac-10 selection and the No. 5 Pac-10 Impact Newcomer for 2006 by Athlon Sports.
2005: Sat out the season while serving on the defensive scout team.
LAST COLLEGE: Saw action
in 11 games as a reserve defensive end at the University of Florida n 2004
(every game except the Peach Bowl vs. Miami)...participated in 232 plays...saw the
first action of his career vs. Eastern Michigan, playing 42 snaps...had a
career-high three tackles vs. LSU...six of his 12 tackles on the season came in a
three-game stretch (LSU, Middle Tennessee State and Mississippi State)...also saw
action on punt return and field goal and extra point block teams...worked with the
scout team at defensive end in 2003...dressed for two games (FAMU, SJSU) but did
not see action.
HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of Braddock High School in Miami,
Fla....considered the ninth-best strongside defensive end prospect in the south
and the 23rd-best in the nation by rivals.com...had 19.5 sacks as a senior...had 58
tackles and 25 tackles for loss through nine games of his senior
season...recorded 12 sacks in just six games as a junior...finished with 36
tackles, four forced fumbles and two fumbles recovered for touchdowns...averaged
17 points and 15 rebounds a game as a junior on the basketball team.
PERSONAL:
Majoring in business...is interested in a career in law enforcement...mother
is Denice Morant of Miami, Fla....has an older brother, James Biggers Jr. (28),
and twin sisters, Dashawnda and Lashawnda (21)...his cousin, Udonis Haslem, plays
for the Miami Heat, and his cousin, Johnny Dingle, is a sophomore defensive end
at West Virginia...enjoys fishing, scuba diving and playing Madden Football on
Playstation...worked with the canine unit of the Alachua County Sheriff's
Department in Florida...born on Sept. 15, 1984 in Miami, Fla....full name is Tranell
Demetrium Morant.
Morant's Career Statistics
TACKLES G UA A Total TFL-Yds PD FF FR Blkd
2006................ 9 6 0 6 1.0-10 0 0 0 0
TOTAL............... 9 6 0 6 1.0-10 0 0 0 0
SACKS G UA A Total Yds
2006................ 9 1 0 1.0 10
TOTAL............... 9 1 0 1.0 10
