Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders looks over the depth chart while speaking at Spring Football Media Day at the Champions Center at the University of Colorado Boulder on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. . (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)
Chris Morris has come a long way during his college football career so far.
The former four-star recruit plans to return as he verbally committed to the Colorado Buffaloes on Monday to play under head coach Deion Sanders and new offensive line coach Phil Loadholt. are doing.
Morris, a 6-foot-4, 290-pound offensive lineman who grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, came to the University of California with two years of eligibility remaining.
“I've been counted out so many times, but I'm still in the game!” he wrote to X on Monday. “I'm ready to go to work!”
This past season, Morris played in 12 games for East Mississippi Community College and earned All-MACCC honorable mention recognition.
Morris graduated from PURE Academy in Memphis in 2020 and was rated as a four-star prospect coming out of high school by 247Sports. After he played his junior year at Freedom Prep, he transferred to West Memphis High School for his senior year.
Morris received 35 scholarship offers out of high school and signed with Texas A&M in early spring 2020. He also visited Mississippi State and Tennessee before signing with A&M.
Morris did not play a game at A&M as a true freshman and left the team in the spring of 2021. He played at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College in 2022, appearing in four games.
Morris then signed with Memphis and went through spring practice with the Tigers in 2023, but he put his name back into the transfer portal last summer. He was with EMCC last season but opted to transfer last month.
“After much consideration, I have made the decision to take the plunge and enter the transfer portal for a fresh start in college football,” he wrote on April 16.
With the addition of Morris, the Buffs will have 15 offensive linemen on scholarship next season, 10 of whom were added through transfers this offseason.
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