Senior quarterback for Texas. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 201 lb · Carrollton, GA · Carrollton
The numbers
passing yards · 2025
1 TD · 4 INT · 5.1 per attempt
3 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 39 pass yds, 1 TD, 10 rush yds, at App State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for Texas. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
MJ Morris
Operates within the system without forcing anything. MJ Morris has played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. 2022 brought the first one: ACC Rookie Player of the Week. One game to point at: 163 pass yds, 15 rush yds against Virginia — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Texas
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (91st percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
2.25202 of 206 QBsSack rate
1.6%12 of 206 QBsRarely sacked (12 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (202 of 206).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 62.5% completion on 56 attempts · 66% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 102 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 3.0 |
| Road2g | 101 | 0.5 | 12.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 132 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 39.0 | 1.0 | 19.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 35 | 60 | 58.3% | 304 | 5.1 | 1 | 4 | 93.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Maryland | 36 | 61 | 59.0% | 350 | 5.7 | 5 | 5 | 117.9 | 35 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | NC State | 63 | 113 | 55.8% | 719 | 6.4 | 7 | 5 | 120.8 | 49 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | NC State | 52 | 86 | 60.5% | 648 | 7.5 | 7 | 1 | 148.3 | 44 | -- | -- |
| Career | 186 | 320 | 58.1% | 2,021 | 6.3 | 20 | 15 | 122.4 | 44 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Maryland | 28 | 12 | 0.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | NC State | 32 | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | NC State | 49 | 88 | 1.8 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 120 | 146 | 1.2 | 2 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-48@ Virginia | 20/36 | 163 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 13.2 | Season-high 163 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 13-0vs Charleston Southern | 13/22 | 102 | 0 | 3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 8 | W 45-37@ App State | 2/2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 19.5 | 100.0 | |
| Total | 35/60 | 304 | 1 | 4 | 9.5 | 39.3 |
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Bryson Barnes’s 2023 season.
Matches Bryson on
Differs from Bryson on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kirk Francis’s path through Tulsa.
Matches Kirk on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Bryson Barnes's sophomore season at Utah (2023).
Matches Bryson on
Differs from Bryson on
Player DNA
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peaked at #105 this season.
A first-year quarterback from Carrollton, Ga … transferred to Texas from Coastal Carolina in spring 2026 … previously played at Maryland and NC State … played in four games for Coastal Carolina … appeared in seven games for Maryland, starting in one … played in nine games over two seasons with NC...