Anthony Morris (American football)
Free agent | |
---|---|
Position: | Offensive tackle |
Personal information | |
Born: | Memphis, Tennessee | March 25, 1992
Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Weight: | 290 lb (132 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Germantown (TN) |
College: | Tennessee State |
NFL Draft: | 2015 / Round: 7 / Pick: 218 |
Career history | |
| |
Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Anthony Morris (born March 25, 1992) is an American football offensive tackle who is a free agent. He played college football for Tennessee State. He was selected in the seventh round (218th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders.
College career[]
As a freshman at Tennessee State, Morris played in eight games. As a sophomore, he played in five games. He was named a full-time starter as a junior in 2013, when he played in 11 games. As a senior, he appeared in 11 games, with 10 starts.[1]
Professional career[]
Morris was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the 7th round (218th overall) of the 2015 NFL draft. He signed his rookie contract on May 12, 2015.[2] He was released during final cuts on September 5, 2015 with an injury designation.[3][2] On September 6, he was placed on injured reserve.[2] He was taken off of injured reserve on September 28 when he was released.[2]
Morris signed with the Toronto Argonauts on March 2, 2017.[4]
He signed with the Memphis Express of the AAF in 2018 for the 2019 season.[5] He was placed on injured reserve on March 7, 2019, and activated from injured reserve on April 1. The league ceased operations in April 2019.[6]
Morris was drafted in the 10th round in phase 2 of the 2020 XFL Draft by the Los Angeles Wildcats.[7] He was placed on injured reserve on December 17, 2019.[8][9] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[10]
Morris signed with the Conquerors of The Spring League in May 2021.[11]
References[]
- ^ "Anthony Morris, OT, Tennessee State, NFL Draft". CBSSports.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Anthony Morris Transactions: Signings, Trades & More". FoxSports.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "Raiders Cut Ponder Among Others; Finalize Regular Season Roster". September 5, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "Signing: Argos Add RB Hunter, OT Morris". argonauts.ca. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
- ^ Nichols, Meagan. "Memphis' pro football roster taking shape". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ Michael Rothstein, Seth Wickersham (June 13, 2019). "Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ "OFFENSIVE LINEMEN DRAFT TRACKER". XFL.com. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ "WILDCATS ANNOUNCE MINICAMP TRANSACTIONS". XFL.com. December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ "XFL Injured Reserve". XFL.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ @TheSpringLeague (May 3, 2021). "First look at the #TSLConquerors roster at #TSL2021!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Twitter.
External links[]
- 1992 births
- Living people
- American football offensive linemen
- American players of Canadian football
- Canadian football offensive linemen
- Players of American football from Memphis, Tennessee
- Players of Canadian football from Memphis, Tennessee
- Memphis Express (American football) players
- Oakland Raiders players
- Tennessee State Tigers football players
- Toronto Argonauts players
- Los Angeles Wildcats (XFL) players
- The Spring League players