2023 Football Roster
Roster
Chandler Morris
- Position:
- QB
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Hometown:
- Highland Park, Texas
- High School:
- Highland Park High School
- Prev School:
- Oklahoma
- 2022 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention Player of the Week, vs. SMU
- 2021 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, vs. Baylor
- 2021 Manning Award Star of the Week, vs. Baylor
- 2021 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week, vs. Baylor
2023 | SOPHOMORE
Started the opening six games before being sidelined by injury ... his 65.5 completion percentage (133-of-203) placed fourth for a season at TCU ... closed his TCU career ranked first in program history with a 65.7 completion percentage (201-of-306) ... had a career-best three touchdown passes while completing 24-of-33 attempts for 265 yards with no interceptions in a 34-17 win over SMU ... added 38 yards rushing on six carries ... passed for at least two scores in the opening five games of the season, becoming the first TCU quarterback to accomplish the feat since at least 1996 ... the streak tied for third overall at TCU dating back to 1996 ... had three contests with touchdowns via rushing and passing ... his 86.7 completion percentage (26-of-30) against Nicholls tied for the third-best single-game mark in TCU history ... totaled 326 yards (263 passing, 63 rushing) and three touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) in the 41-6 win ... returned from injury to play in the late-season 42-17 win over Baylor.
2022 | REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
Made the start in the season opening 38-13 win at Colorado ... left the game in the third quarter due to injury ... completed 13-of-20 passes for 111 yards while adding 18 yards rushing on four carries ... did not return to action until Nov. 5 in the 34-24 win over Texas Tech ... completed 5-of-6 passes for 34 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown to Jordan Hudson, in the 62-14 regular-season finale victory against Iowa State ... also saw action versus Georgia in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
2021 | REDSHIRT
Played in four games, preserving a redshirt season ... made his first career start in the 30-28 win over Baylor and earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors after totaling 531 yards of offense (461 passing, 70 rushing), the second-best total in TCU history ... the 461 yards passing were the fourth-most in a game by a Horned Frog and ranked third in Big 12 history for a player in his first career start ... it was also the third-most nationally since 2012 for a player in his first career start ... had TCU’s first 400-yard passing game since Kenny Hill threw for 449 versus Oklahoma in 2016 ... scored his first touchdown as a Horned Frog in the Baylor game on a 12-yard first-quarter keeper, finishing the contest with 70 yards rushing on 11 carries ... also had a 7-yard reception in the game ... started the following week at Oklahoma State before a season-ending injury ... made his TCU debut in the opener against Duquesne and had a 20-yard touchdown pass on his first career attempt ... came off-the-bench to complete 9-of-14 passes for 111 yards while rushing for 38 yards on eight carries at Kansas State.
Saw action in five games at quarterback … completed 3-of-5 passes for 39 yards and rushed five times for 44 yards and two touchdowns … completed 1-of-2 pass attempts for 2 yards in a 55-20 Cotton Bowl win over No. 10 Florida ... scored on a 2-yard touchdown run on the first drive of the Big 12 Championship win over No. 8 Iowa State … ran for a 13-yard touchdown versus Kansas … rushed once for 4 yards at Texas Tech … completed both pass attempts for 37 yards (14 and 23) and rushed twice for 25 yards in his collegiate debut against Missouri State.
HIGH SCHOOL
An Under Armour All-American … four-star quarterback by ESPN and three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals … ranked as the No. 196 recruit in the country by ESPN and No. 517 by 247Sports … the No. 7 dual-threat quarterback by ESPN and No. 17 by 247Sports … the No. 32 recruit in the state of Texas by ESPN, No. 66 by 247Sports and No. 109 by Rivals … went 27-2 as a starter his final two seasons when he accounted for 7,694 passing yards, 88 passing touchdowns, 1,286 rushing yards and 37 rushing TDs … led Highland Park to a 16-0 record and Class 5A-1 state title as a junior in 2018 when he threw for 4,036 yards and 46 touchdowns with just six interceptions ... completed 64.4 percent of his passes ... ran for 651 yards and 20 scores … named state championship game Most Valuable Player after completing 23-of-35 passes for 262 yards and three touchdowns in a 27-17 win over Alvin Shadow Creek … threw for 3,658 yards and 42 touchdowns as a senior in 2019 while adding 635 rushing yards and 17 scores en route to being named district MVP by coaches … his father, Chad, is a longtime football coach and former head coach at SMU and Arkansas … originally chose Oklahoma over Arkansas, Auburn, USC and many others.
