Temple Football head coach Stan Drayton continues to build his football team with the additions of four players to his initial recruiting class. Temple added four players from the transfer portal with college football playing experience.
Joining the Owls are: redshirt senior P Mackenzie Morgan, redshirt juniors OL Peace Addo and QB Quincy Patterson, and redshirt sophomore DT Joseph Appiah Darkwa. All four will join the team this summer and are eligible immediately.
Peace Addo
OL 6-6 345
Silver Spring, MD / St. Frances Academy / Duke
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in eight games as a reserve offensive tackle ... 2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw action in one game against Virginia Tech ... 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in six games seeing action versus North Carolina A&T, Middle Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Syracuse and Wake Forest ... 2018 (Freshman): Made his collegiate debut versus Temple in the Walk-On's Independence Bowl … redshirted … High School: Played one season at St. Frances Academy under coaches Biff Poggi and Henry Russell ... helped St. Frances to 13-0 record including a 41-3 win over Bingham (Utah) in the GEICO State Champions Bowl Series in Phoenix, Ariz. ... member of St. Frances squad that captured the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association championship with a 44-7 win over Gilman, earned the state's No. 1 ranking and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the final USA Today Super 25 poll ... prior to enrolling at St. Frances, played at Springbrook High School under coach Jason Lomax ... also played basketball at Springbrook … Personal: Born Peace Addo ... parents are Ayeshetu Amado and Andrew Addo … majoring in cultural anthropology while minoring in education.
Joseph Appiah Darkwa
DT 6-5 295
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany/Don Bosco Gym/Penn State
College: Spent his first three seasons at Penn State … 2021 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see any game action ... named the coaching staff's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Week following the Iowa game … was an Academic All-Big Ten selection … 2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see any game action ... named the coaching staff's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Week following the Illinois game … 2019 (Freshman): Redshirted … High School: Played for Duesseldorf Panthers U19 team and head coach Allan Verbraeken ... helped lead Duesseldorf to back-to-back appearances in the Junior Bowl, which is the championship for the German Football League – Junior (GFLJ) ... was named the MVP of the 2018 Junior Bowl ... rated as the No. 82 defensive tackle and No. 2 prospect in Germany by 247Sports … Personal: Born Joseph Appiah Darkwa in Essen, Germany ... parents are Regina Amoah and Isaac Appiah Darkwa ... has one brother, Bernard Appiah Darkwa ... is a fan of Harry Potter, both book and movie … enjoys cooking … criminology major.
Mackenzie Morgan
P 6-2 220
Trigg, Australia/Sacred Heart College/Weber State
2021 (Redshirt Junior): Punted for 51 times for 2,085 yards (40.9) in 11 games for Weber State … landed 18 inside the 20 and had three for 50+ yards … completed two passes for a total of 45 yards … also rushed once for 10 yards … 2021 Spring (Redshirt Sophomore): Punted for Weber State in all six games during the spring season, helping Weber State to a fourth straight Big Sky title ... finished seventh in the Big Sky in punting at 41.3 yards per punt (31 punts for 1,281 yards) ... had a season-long punt of 65 yards in the win over Idaho State ... had 17 punts inside the 20-yard line and had six punts of 50 or more yards… 2018-19 (North Carolina State): Spent his first two seasons at North Carolina State but did not see game action. …. High School: Graduated from Sacred Heart College High in Australia … was a state representative in Australian Rules Football for Western Australia for three years ... participated in Prokick, Australia, which is the same program that produced Tom Hackett, Mitch Wishnowsky and former Wildcat punter Doug Lloyd … Personal: Born Mackenzie Morgan in Trigg, Western Australia ... parents are Dean and Lyn Morgan ... communication major at Weber State.
Quincy Patterson
QB 6-3 242
Chicago, IL / Solorio Academy / North Dakota State
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started first seven games for NDSU and posted a 7-0 record before an injury forced him out of the starting lineup … NDSU went 14-1 and won the FCS national title … was 55-101 passing for 813 yards and six touchdowns … also rushed 113 times for 660 yards and seven scores … 2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in three games during the fall semester for Virginia Tech … completed 7 of 10 passes for 93 yards and two touchdowns ... also rushed 15 times for 67 yards and one score ... came on in relief duty vs. NC State throwing for two TDs and rushing for another, registering 122 total yards ... 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in seven games for Virginia Tech including one start ... registered 50 carries for 241 yards with two TDs and also completed 14 passes for 257 yards with two scores ... saw his first duty of the season with one carry vs. Duke … came on in relief of injured QB Hendon Hooker in the second half vs. North Carolina, setting career highs with 21 carries for 122 yards, including a 53-yard TD ... completed three passes for 54 yards, including an 18-yard TD and scored the game-winning two-point conversion in a 43-41, six-overtime win that was the longest game in ACC history, earning a spot on the PFF College Team of the Week for his efforts ... made his first career start the following week at Notre Dame, completing nine passes for a career-best 139 yards with an eight-yard TD and also ran for 77 yards ... completed two passes for 64 yards at Georgia Tech and also ran the ball nine times for 40 yards with a two-yard TD … 2018 (Freshman): Saw action in three games during a redshirt season at Virginia Tech ... rushed twice for 11 yards in his first career appearance at North Carolina ... had two carries for 10 yards vs. Boston College … registered five carries and completed a nine-yard pass at Pitt … High School: Played quarterback at Solorio Academy in Chicago for head coach Matthew Erlenbaugh … Quarterback MVP at Nike's The Opening Regional ... earned an invitation to participate in Elite 11, the nation's premier quarterback competition, in Beaverton, Oregon ... winner of the 2018 Watkins Award, given to the nation's top African-American high school senior male student-athlete ... made the Presidential honor roll all four years ... selected to play in the 2018 Blue-Grey All-American Bowl and represented USA Football in International Bowl IX ... threw for 1,359 yards and 15 touchdowns, and rushed for 1,146 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior … Personal: Born Quincy Patterson … parents are Kimberly and Quincy Patterson ... has three sisters, Kimberly, Kalah and Kia … university studies major.
