Michael Anthony Morton (born March 28, 1972) is a National Football League (NFL) official and former American football linebacker. Morton played college football for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and went on to play for four teams in a seven-year NFL career. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1995 NFL Draft. During his NFL career. Morton played in 103 games (17 starts) and recorded 120 tackles, 50 assists, four fumble recoveries, and two interceptions. He was a member of the 1999 St. Louis Rams team that won Super Bowl XXXIV in January 2000.

Since his retirement from playing in the NFL, Morton has become a dentist and has opened his practice in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

Morton has been a football official since at least 2014, working in the Atlantic Coast Conference. As of 2019, Morton is also an official in the Alliance of American Football, working as an umpire on the crew led by referee Brandon Cruse. Morton worked his first NFL game on September 11, 2022, when the Atlanta Falcons hosted the New Orleans Saints, making him the first NFL official that also won a Super Bowl as a player. He works on Alex Kemp's crew.

In 2025 Morton was named to the officiating crew for Super Bowl LIX. He became the first person to officiate a Super Bowl after having won one as a player, and the second to officiate a Super Bowl after playing in one, joining Terry Killens.

Morton and his wife are the parents of a son, as well as quadruplets.

NFL career statistics Legend Won the Super Bowl Bold Career high

Regular season Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sck Int Yds TD Lng FF FR Yds TD 1995 OAK 12 0 3 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1996 OAK 16 6 43 29 14 1.0 2 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 1997 OAK 11 11 75 52 23 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1998 OAK 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1999 STL 16 0 25 19 6 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000 GNB 16 0 15 8 7 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2001 IND 16 0 22 13 9 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 103 17 183 124 59 1.0 2 13 0 13 2 4 0 0

Playoffs Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sck Int Yds TD Lng FF FR Yds TD 1999 STL 3 0 5 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

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External links http://www.mikemortondentistry.com