David Morris

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
6-3
Weight:
210
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Sherwood, Ore.
High School:
Sherwood

CAREER
• Has played in 24 games, making 14 starts
• Enters 2021 with 120 tackles, including 4.5 tackles for loss. Has one interception, two forced fumbles and three pass breakups
• Named to the 2017 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention squad

2020 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in the season opener versus Washington State, recording one tackle

2019 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Played in 10 games, making six starts
• Totaled 43 tackles, including half a tackle for loss. Added two forced fumbles and a pass breakup
• Posted a season-best seven tackles three times: versus California, Arizona State and Oregon
• Forced fumbles versus California and Arizona State. Fumble versus the Sun Devils came at the Oregon State 1-yard-line and helped OSU to a one-point win
• Recorded at least one tackle in nine of his 10 games
• Member of the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll

2018 (SOPHOMORE)
• Played in two games due to injury and utilized his redshirt
• Made one tackle versus Oregon and recovered an onside kick at Washington

2017 (FRESHMAN)
• Played in 11 games, making seven starts
• Totaled 75 tackles, tying for second on the team, with four going for a loss. Added one interception and one pass breakup
• Made 17 tackles against Minnesota, the most by a freshman player in the Pac-12 Conference and third-most nationally
• Made nine tackles against Colorado, with half for a loss, and eight against Oregon in the season finale. Two of the eight went for a loss
• Picked off a pass and returned it 6 yards against Washington
• First career TFL went for 10 yards against Portland State, one of his six tackles on the afternoon
• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention

SHERWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
• Highly recruited by numerous Power 5 schools
• No. 3 prospect in the state of Oregon per 247Sports and a four-star recruit by Scout
• Oregon 6A Defensive Player of the Year and Second Team all-state running back as a senior
• Second team all-state on both sides of the ball as a junior
• 2015 and ’16 USA Today Oregon First Team on defense
• Tacoma News Tribune Western 100
• During his three-year varsity career accumulated 3,484 all-purpose yards as a running back and returner with 37 touchdowns
• 184 career tackles with eight interceptions
• Tacoma News Tribune Northwest Nuggets “Best of the Rest”
• Also a sprinter and javelin thrower on the track and field team

PERSONAL
• Son of Dave and Cristin
• Has two brothers, Jayden and Cristian, and two sisters, Bella and Janessa
• Brother, Cristian Morris, played football at Idaho State
• Enjoys playing basketball
• Studying digital communication arts