Chandler Morris

PRIOR TO VIRGINIA (OKLAHOMA/TCU/NORTH TEXAS)
2024 (North Texas): Second Team All-AAC selection … named a team captain in his lone season at UNT … 1 of 35 quarterbacks selected to the Davey O’Brien Award Class of 2024 … started all 12 regular season games at quarterback on the No. 3 offense in the country (488.7 yds/gm) … was 322-for-512 (62.9%) with 3,774 yards passing and 31 TDs … added 330 yards on the ground with four rushing TDs … finished No. 4 nationally with 31 TD passes behind only Shedeur Sanders (Colorado), Cam Ward (Miami) and Cade Klubnik (Clemson) …  Led the nation with four 400-yard passing games … ranked in the top-10 in the country in completions per game (3rd – 26.83/gm), passing touchdowns (4th – 31), total offense (4th – 334.7), passing yards (5th – 3,774), passing yards per game (5th – 314.5) FBS in passing … broke single-season school records for passing attempts (512), passing yards per game (314.5), total offense (4,104) and TD responsibility (35) set a program record with five straight 300-yard games from Sept. 21-Oct. 26 … UNT went 6-6 on the season and accepted a bid to play in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl  2023 (TCU): Appeared in seven games with six starts … started each of the first six games of the year for the Horned Frogs … finished the season 133-203 for 1,532 yards and 12 touchdowns while also rushing 45 times for 249 yards and three TDs … averaged over 250 yards of total offense per game in his seven appearances … went 26 for 30 with a pair of passing TDs while also rushing six times for 63 yards and a score against Nicholls on Sept. 9 … threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 53 yards in a win at Houston on Sept. 16  … finished 24 of 33 with three TDs in a win over SMU (Sept. 23)… posted nearly 350 yards of total offense with three TDs against WVU on Sept. 30. 2022 (TCU) Played in four games  while making one start … Made the start in the season-opening win over 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 … completed 5 of 6 passes for 34 yards and a touchdown in the regular-season finale victory against Iowa State on Oct. 7 … also saw action vs. Georgia in the CFP National Championship … 2021 (TCU): Played in four games and made a pair of starts with the Horned Frogs … preserved a redshirt season … made his first career start in a 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 … started the following week at Oklahoma St. 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 St. 2020 (Oklahoma): Appeared in five games on the year for the Sooners … completed 3 of 5 passes for 39 yards and rushed five times for 44 yards and two touchdowns on the year … went 1 for 2 for 2 yards in the 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 St. … ran for a 13-yard touchdown versus Kansas … completed both pass attempts for 37 yards and rushed twice for 25 yards in his collegiate debut against Missouri State.

HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Prepped at Highland Park HS and was an Under Armour All-American … ranked 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-I 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 MVP after completing 23-of-35 passes for 262 yards and three touchdowns in a 27-17 win over 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 the current pass game coordinator at Texas State, former head coach at SMU and Arkansas and was on staff with Virginia head coach Tony Elliott at Clemson.