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Jersey Number 3
Ty Morris
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 229
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Dekaney
Pronunciation Guide
Honors at Rice
2025
Led the team with 9.5 TFLs and 827 snaps and second with 88 tackles (all career highs), while serving as a captain and starting all 13 games… Had a TFL in nine of 13 games, including a career-best three vs. Florida Atlantic… Tied for sixth in the conference with two forced fumbles… Broke up a UConn pass on third down in the second overtime to force a field goal and set up the Owls to win it on their second possession… Credited with eight stops at Charlotte, including a sack and forced fumble for a loss of 17 yards at the end of the third quarter to set up the Owls’ final touchdown… Led the Owls with a career-best 15 tackles (six in the first quarter) in the Bayou Bucket vs. Houston, his first career double-digit tackle game and the most by a Rice defender since Myron Morrison had 15 against Florida Atlantic in 2022.
2024
Second team All-AAC by College Football News after leading the team with a career-best 56 tackles and four sacks… Second on the squad with 7.5 TFL, tied for fourth in QB hits (3) and fifth in total pressures (13)… Saw action in all 12 games (429 snaps) and made the first four starts of his career (Houston, UConn, Navy, Memphis)… Three of his four sacks and five of his TFLs came on the road… Credited with a career-best eight tackles at Army… Recorded a career-best four unassisted stops vs. UTSA and matched that total the following game at Tulane… Credited with 1.5 tackles for loss at Tulane, including a sack for a loss of 16 yards.
2023
True freshman who joined his older brother Elroyal in action with the Owls, playing in 12 games on special teams and nine on defense… Credited with nine tackles and a shared sack in his debut season… Credited with his first two career tackles in action vs. Texas Southern and added a pair of assists the following week at South Florida… Saw his most extensive action vs. SMU with 26 defensive snaps and was credited with a career-high three tackles and also broke up a pass… Teamed with DJ Arkansas on a combined sack vs. Florida Atlantic for his first tackle for loss.
DeKaney HS
Joins his brother Elroyal at Rice after earning District14-6A Co-Defensive MVP as a senior for coach Anthony Williams helping spark the Wildcats to the third round of the 2022 6A D2 playoffs… A member of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Hot 300… Credited with 149 tackles, 22 for loss (2 sacks) as a senior and amassed 300 tackles (31 for loss, five sacks) in his career… District MVP as a shortstop in baseball as a senior and a two-time, all-district pick…in the top 1% of his class… Named Dekaney’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year and graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Personal Full name: Ty Anthony Morris … Born: July 13… Parents: Elroyal and Tanya Morris… one brother.. Rice Major: Health Sciences... Rice College: Brown.
Brown College
Honors at Rice
- American Conference All-Academic 2024, 2025
- All-AAC 2024 (CFN, second team)
- Jess Neely Defensive Award 2024
Led the team with 9.5 TFLs and 827 snaps and second with 88 tackles (all career highs), while serving as a captain and starting all 13 games… Had a TFL in nine of 13 games, including a career-best three vs. Florida Atlantic… Tied for sixth in the conference with two forced fumbles… Broke up a UConn pass on third down in the second overtime to force a field goal and set up the Owls to win it on their second possession… Credited with eight stops at Charlotte, including a sack and forced fumble for a loss of 17 yards at the end of the third quarter to set up the Owls’ final touchdown… Led the Owls with a career-best 15 tackles (six in the first quarter) in the Bayou Bucket vs. Houston, his first career double-digit tackle game and the most by a Rice defender since Myron Morrison had 15 against Florida Atlantic in 2022.
2024
Second team All-AAC by College Football News after leading the team with a career-best 56 tackles and four sacks… Second on the squad with 7.5 TFL, tied for fourth in QB hits (3) and fifth in total pressures (13)… Saw action in all 12 games (429 snaps) and made the first four starts of his career (Houston, UConn, Navy, Memphis)… Three of his four sacks and five of his TFLs came on the road… Credited with a career-best eight tackles at Army… Recorded a career-best four unassisted stops vs. UTSA and matched that total the following game at Tulane… Credited with 1.5 tackles for loss at Tulane, including a sack for a loss of 16 yards.
2023
True freshman who joined his older brother Elroyal in action with the Owls, playing in 12 games on special teams and nine on defense… Credited with nine tackles and a shared sack in his debut season… Credited with his first two career tackles in action vs. Texas Southern and added a pair of assists the following week at South Florida… Saw his most extensive action vs. SMU with 26 defensive snaps and was credited with a career-high three tackles and also broke up a pass… Teamed with DJ Arkansas on a combined sack vs. Florida Atlantic for his first tackle for loss.
DeKaney HS
Joins his brother Elroyal at Rice after earning District14-6A Co-Defensive MVP as a senior for coach Anthony Williams helping spark the Wildcats to the third round of the 2022 6A D2 playoffs… A member of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Hot 300… Credited with 149 tackles, 22 for loss (2 sacks) as a senior and amassed 300 tackles (31 for loss, five sacks) in his career… District MVP as a shortstop in baseball as a senior and a two-time, all-district pick…in the top 1% of his class… Named Dekaney’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year and graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Personal Full name: Ty Anthony Morris … Born: July 13… Parents: Elroyal and Tanya Morris… one brother.. Rice Major: Health Sciences... Rice College: Brown.
Brown College
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