Tyler Morris (born November 18, 2003) is an American

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for the

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. He previously played for the

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, where he won a

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in 2023.

Early life

Morris was born on November 18, 2003, in

Bolingbrook, Illinois Bolingbrook is a village in Will County, Illinois, Will and DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago on Interstate 55 in Illinois, I-55 and U.S. Route 66 in Illinois, Historic Rou ...

. He attended Nazareth Academy in

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, where he was high school teammates with

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. McCarthy and Morris connected for 68 receptions, 1,237 yards, and 17 touchdowns in Morris’ sophomore season in 2019. In 2020, Morris missed his junior season due to the

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pandemic, and tore his ACL in the spring of 2021, missing his entire senior season. He was a four-star recruit, ranked as the No. 18 wide receiver and the No. 104 overall prospect in the nation in

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College career

Michigan

In 2022, Morris enrolled at the

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. As a freshman, he saw limited playing time in eight games, tallying three receptions for 25 yards. In 2023, as a sophomore, Morris played wide receiver and returned punts for Michigan’s national championship team. Morris appeared in all 15 games for the Wolverines, finishing the season with 13 receptions for 197 yards and his first career touchdown; a 38-yard touchdown reception thrown by his former high school teammate,

, that helped secure a

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victory against

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. In 2024, Morris entered his junior season as Michigan’s No. 1 wide receiver, following the departures of Roman Wilson and Cornelius Johnson to the

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(NFL). In week five against

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, Morris caught his first touchdown of the season, an 11-yard reception with an acrobatic dive into the end zone. In week ten versus

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, he caught three passes for 38 yards and his second touchdown of the season. Morris finished his junior year with 23 catches for 248 yards and two touchdowns. On December 3, 2024, he entered the

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after three seasons with the Michigan Wolverines. In that time, Morris had a 35-6 team record, won two Big Ten championships and a national championship.

Indiana

On January 4, 2025, Morris transferred to

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for his final season. On April 1, 2025, it was announced that Morris suffered a non contact knee injury, and required surgery that would result in him missing the entirety of the season.

References

External links

Michigan Wolverines bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Tyler 2003 births Living people American football wide receivers Michigan Wolverines football players People from Bolingbrook, Illinois Players of American football from Illinois