Anthony Morris (American football)

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Anthony Morris
Free agent
Position:Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1992-03-25) March 25, 1992 (age 29)
Memphis, Tennessee
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[]

  1. ^ "Anthony Morris, OT, Tennessee State, NFL Draft". CBSSports.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Anthony Morris Transactions: Signings, Trades & More". FoxSports.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "Raiders Cut Ponder Among Others; Finalize Regular Season Roster". September 5, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  4. ^ "Signing: Argos Add RB Hunter, OT Morris". argonauts.ca. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  5. ^ Nichols, Meagan. "Memphis' pro football roster taking shape". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. ^ Michael Rothstein, Seth Wickersham (June 13, 2019). "Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  7. ^ "OFFENSIVE LINEMEN DRAFT TRACKER". XFL.com. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  8. ^ "WILDCATS ANNOUNCE MINICAMP TRANSACTIONS". XFL.com. December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  9. ^ "XFL Injured Reserve". XFL.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ @TheSpringLeague (May 3, 2021). "First look at the #TSLConquerors roster at #TSL2021!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Twitter.

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