2021 Football Roster
Roster
Morrison, Myron

Jersey Number 33
Myron Morrison
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 206
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Humble, Texas
- High School:
- Atascocita
Bio
Honors at Rice
2024
Saw action in 10 games (nine starts) in his sixth season with the Owls… Finished the season with 34 tackles and concluded his career with 234… Top tackle effort was seven at Tulane (five unassisted, two assists)… Posted a career-best grade of 91.4 from PFF and named to PFF's National Team of the Week vs. UTSA with five tackles while tying his career-high with two TFL… Fourth on the team with 6.0 TFL this, .5 shy of his career-best set in 2022… Ended Owls’s thrilling 29-24 win over the Roadrunners (their first in eight years) by forcing a fumble on UTSA’s final play of the game… Fourth on the team with 14 total pressures and tied for fourth with 10 hurries, including a pair in his final game vs. USF.
2023
2023 Co-captain who earned Honorable Mention All-AAC honors while finishing second with 80 tackles and playing in a career-best 682 defensive snaps… Started all 13 games in 2023 and brings a streak of 18 consecutive starts into 2024… Third on the team with 20 total pressures, coming on only 81 pass rushes (1/4.1 pass rushes)… Tied for second with five QB hits, including a pair against both Texas Southern and East Carolina… Recovered a fumble and returned it for three yards at Tulsa and forced a fumble vs. SMU… Top tackle game was 11 at South Florida, his second-career, double-figure game… Credited with nine at UTSA along with a shared sack ... Wuerffel Trophy nominee... Phil Steele Preseason 3rd team All-AAC... Athlon Sports Preseason 4th team All-AAC... PFF Preseason 2nd team All-AAC... College Football Network Preseason 3rd team All-AAC.
2022
Jess Neely Defense Award winner for linebackers as selected by his teammates after setting career highs for tackles (73), tackles for loss (6.5), sacks (1.5), interceptions (2), PBU (5), fumble recoveries (2) and starts (10)… Tied for the team lead and was the first Rice linebacker with more than one interception in a season since Cam Nwosu had a pair in 2012….Picked off his first pass at Houston (no return) and his second vs. UTSA which he returned for 16 yards… Tied his career high with two TFL vs. UAB… Did not start the first half in the opener at USC due to a targeting ejection in the final game of 2021 and then started the next five… Had Credited with a career-high 15 tackles at FAU, but missed the next two games with an injury… Returned to action with nine stops vs. UTEP, including his first career sack… Closed the year with seven tackles (one for loss) and a fumble recovery in the Lending Tree Bowl.
2021
Third among linebackers with 34 tackles while starting the first five games... Moved into the starter's role vacated by Blaze Alldredge with a strong spring and fall camp and was credited with nine tackles in his starting debut at Arkansas... Knocked down Southern Miss’ Hail Mary attempt on the last play of the game for his first career PBU... Credited with his first two TFL at UTSA and added his first career forced fumble vs. the Roadrunners.
2020
Saw action in all five games and picked up his first career tackle on kickoff coverage at Southern Miss.
2019
True freshman who saw action in four games on special teams and defense while preserving his redshirt… Made his debut vs. Baylor and saw action vs. LA Tech, Middle Tennessee, and UTEP… Credited with his first career tackle on kickoff coverage vs. LA Tech... A member of Mike Bloomgren's second recruiting class who signed in February.
Atascocita High School
All-District 22-6A selection for coach Craig Stump as the Eagles repeated as district champions… Named team and defensive MVP… Semifinalist for the Touchdown Club of Houston’s Defensive Player of the Year… Credited with 127 tackles and a pair of interceptions as a senior… A two-year starter for the Eagles… Academic All-State Honorable Mention and National Society of High School Scholars.
Personal
Full name: Myron Cole Morrison... Born: April 22 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents: Myron J. Morrison and Tonia Morrison... One brother… Father played defensive back at Southern… Rice major: Sport Management. Rice College: Lovett

Lovett College
- Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll 2021, 2022, 2023
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society 2024
- AAC All-Academic 2024, 2025
- Team Captain 2023
- Jess Neely Defense Award 2023
- All-AAC (2023 Coaches Honorable Mention)
- OJ Brigance Award 2024
2024
Saw action in 10 games (nine starts) in his sixth season with the Owls… Finished the season with 34 tackles and concluded his career with 234… Top tackle effort was seven at Tulane (five unassisted, two assists)… Posted a career-best grade of 91.4 from PFF and named to PFF's National Team of the Week vs. UTSA with five tackles while tying his career-high with two TFL… Fourth on the team with 6.0 TFL this, .5 shy of his career-best set in 2022… Ended Owls’s thrilling 29-24 win over the Roadrunners (their first in eight years) by forcing a fumble on UTSA’s final play of the game… Fourth on the team with 14 total pressures and tied for fourth with 10 hurries, including a pair in his final game vs. USF.
2023
2023 Co-captain who earned Honorable Mention All-AAC honors while finishing second with 80 tackles and playing in a career-best 682 defensive snaps… Started all 13 games in 2023 and brings a streak of 18 consecutive starts into 2024… Third on the team with 20 total pressures, coming on only 81 pass rushes (1/4.1 pass rushes)… Tied for second with five QB hits, including a pair against both Texas Southern and East Carolina… Recovered a fumble and returned it for three yards at Tulsa and forced a fumble vs. SMU… Top tackle game was 11 at South Florida, his second-career, double-figure game… Credited with nine at UTSA along with a shared sack ... Wuerffel Trophy nominee... Phil Steele Preseason 3rd team All-AAC... Athlon Sports Preseason 4th team All-AAC... PFF Preseason 2nd team All-AAC... College Football Network Preseason 3rd team All-AAC.
2022
Jess Neely Defense Award winner for linebackers as selected by his teammates after setting career highs for tackles (73), tackles for loss (6.5), sacks (1.5), interceptions (2), PBU (5), fumble recoveries (2) and starts (10)… Tied for the team lead and was the first Rice linebacker with more than one interception in a season since Cam Nwosu had a pair in 2012….Picked off his first pass at Houston (no return) and his second vs. UTSA which he returned for 16 yards… Tied his career high with two TFL vs. UAB… Did not start the first half in the opener at USC due to a targeting ejection in the final game of 2021 and then started the next five… Had Credited with a career-high 15 tackles at FAU, but missed the next two games with an injury… Returned to action with nine stops vs. UTEP, including his first career sack… Closed the year with seven tackles (one for loss) and a fumble recovery in the Lending Tree Bowl.
2021
Third among linebackers with 34 tackles while starting the first five games... Moved into the starter's role vacated by Blaze Alldredge with a strong spring and fall camp and was credited with nine tackles in his starting debut at Arkansas... Knocked down Southern Miss’ Hail Mary attempt on the last play of the game for his first career PBU... Credited with his first two TFL at UTSA and added his first career forced fumble vs. the Roadrunners.
2020
Saw action in all five games and picked up his first career tackle on kickoff coverage at Southern Miss.
2019
True freshman who saw action in four games on special teams and defense while preserving his redshirt… Made his debut vs. Baylor and saw action vs. LA Tech, Middle Tennessee, and UTEP… Credited with his first career tackle on kickoff coverage vs. LA Tech... A member of Mike Bloomgren's second recruiting class who signed in February.
Atascocita High School
All-District 22-6A selection for coach Craig Stump as the Eagles repeated as district champions… Named team and defensive MVP… Semifinalist for the Touchdown Club of Houston’s Defensive Player of the Year… Credited with 127 tackles and a pair of interceptions as a senior… A two-year starter for the Eagles… Academic All-State Honorable Mention and National Society of High School Scholars.
Personal
Full name: Myron Cole Morrison... Born: April 22 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents: Myron J. Morrison and Tonia Morrison... One brother… Father played defensive back at Southern… Rice major: Sport Management. Rice College: Lovett

Lovett College
Louisiana Postgame
Sunday, August 31
2025 February Signing Day
Thursday, February 06
Scott Abell 2024 December Signing Day
Wednesday, December 04
USF postgame
Sunday, December 01