Mike Morris is a former long snapper

Long snapper

In American football and Canadian football, the term long snapper refers to a player who is a specialized center during punts, field goals, and extra point attempts. His job is to snap the ball as quickly and accurately as possible....

 for the Minnesota Vikings

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, a current radio host on KFAN

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 in Minneapolis, and Strength and Conditioning Coach for Concordia University (Saint Paul).
Morris was a four-year starter

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 at Northeast Missouri State

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, and entered the National Football League

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 as an undrafted

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 free agent

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. He played brief stints for the Arizona Cardinals

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, the Kansas City Chiefs

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, the New England Patriots

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, the Seattle Seahawks

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, and the Cleveland Browns

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 before settling in as the long snapper for the Vikings, where he played consistently throughout the 1990s.
During the 1998 playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons for the Minnesota

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 Vikings, he was blamed by Dennis Green

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 for the snap being too high leading to Gary Anderson's only missed field goal of the year.
Following the end of his career, Morris took over the morning drive time

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 slot on sports radio

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 station KFAN after the failure of Dan Cole’s show necessitated a replacement.