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OFFSEASON · SUMMER 2026 · COMMITMENT SEASON

MJ Morris

QB · Coastal Carolina · Jr · #7

One of Usas of 2026-06-22

MJ Morris arrives at Coastal Carolina with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.

304PASS YDS1PASS TD31RUSH YDS

4★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT

No.417

recruiting national rank

Coastal Carolina fans claim him as family first and a player second.

low confidence1 source

Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.

Read the story so far

MJ Morris arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.417 recruit nationally. He lines up at QB for Coastal Carolina.

On the field, the headline is 304 pass yds, with 1 pass td.

Coastal Carolina fans claim him as family first and a player second.

The number to watch: No.417 — 4★ · national recruit.

Why nowHe changed programs heading into 2026 — a fresh fit to prove out.
  • season totals
  • recruiting national rank
  • compiled from tagged fan discourse

AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data

2026 TRANSFERTransferred Coastal Carolina → Texas for 2026

Where He Ended Up · Transfer

Transferred to Texas

2025Coastal Carolina
2026Texas

QB · COASTAL CAROLINA · SUN BELT

MJ Morris

  • 3
  • #7
  • 6-1 | 209 lb
  • Carrollton, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

23

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 74th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#352

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP QB AWARD

Davey O'Brien

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · passing yards

2022–2025
6482022
7192023
3502024
3042025

-53%

Sharp dropoff (-53%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#417 national
CFB
College
3 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionQB
Class3
Jersey7
Measurements6-1 | 209 lb
HometownCarrollton, GA
Primary teamCoastal Carolina

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 417 recruit
Composite rating 0.8909 HighSchool
Signed with NC State 2022
Origin Carrollton Carrollton, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 4-star | 0.8909 No. 417 recruit | HighSchool | NC State

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 3 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Texas 2026
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 22, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Coastal Carolina -> Texas 3-star | 0.8500 | Immediate
2025 Maryland -> Coastal Carolina 3-star | 0.8500 | Immediate
2024 NC State -> Maryland 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#352Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#380Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to NC State

Composite

0.8909

#417 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on MJ Morris

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

88

Grounded Optimism

Sample 4 mentions
Confidence LOW

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 4 mentions · belief +75 · "Texas Longhorns fans get crucial updates on Arch Manning’s recovery as head coac"Own fansNational: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "\[Source\](https://www.on3.com/college/texas-longhorns/news/coastal-carolina-tra"National
  • Own fans · n=4
  • National · n=1

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about MJ Morris

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the passing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 3g
304Pass yards
1Pass TDs
4INT
Per game
101.3Pass yards
0Pass TDs
1INT
Projected (13g)
1,317Pass yards
4Pass TDs
17INT

To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 304): needs 269.6/game over remaining 10.

To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 304): needs 369.6/game over remaining 10.

To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 1): needs 2.4/game over remaining 10.

To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 1): needs 2.9/game over remaining 10.

To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 1): needs 3.4/game over remaining 10.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

MJ Morris's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Coastal Carolina, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #352 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 31.9% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 417 recruit

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

QB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Pass yards 304 1 TD | 4 INT | #205/382 (47th pct)
Completion rate 58.3% 35/60 completions | #243/383 (37th pct)
Yards/attempt 5.1 Explosiveness through the air | #306/382 (20th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Balanced quarterback against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Passing Efficiency

CMP
35 50th
ATT
60 53rd
CMP%
58.3% 37th
Y/A
5.1 20th

Passing Production

YDS
304 47th
TD
1 44th
INT
4 36th

Rushing

CAR
11 38th
YDS
31 48th
YPC
2.8 51st
TD
0 44th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 3 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCMP/ATTYDSTDINTYPAQBRNote
Wk 1L 7-48@ Virginia20/36163014.513.2Season-high 163 yds
Wk 2W 13-0vs Charleston Southern13/22102034.64.83 INTs — rough day
Wk 8W 45-37@ App State2/2391019.5100.0
Total35/60304149.539.3
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced
2023NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning
2024Maryland4-8HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning
2025Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Coastal Carolina356058.3%3045.11493.1----
2024Maryland366159.0%3505.755117.9----
2023NC State6311355.8%7196.475120.8----
2022NC State528660.5%6487.571148.3----
Career4 loaded seasons18632058.1%2,0216.32015122.4----
SeasonTeam
2025Coastal Carolina11312.80--
2024Maryland28120.41--
2023NC State32150.50--
2022NC State49881.81--
Career4 loaded seasons1201461.22--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Passing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.

Role share

How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Rush impact 31 0 rush TD | #213/408 (48th pct)
Usage 31.9% 67.9% pass share | 6.8% rush share | #174/428 (60th pct)
Passing WEPA +0.32 Opponent-adjusted passing value | #62/200 (70th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Passing Passing yards 304 #205/382 47th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Pass TD 1 #228/407 44th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Passing Completions 35 #193/383 50th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Completion % 58.3% #243/383 37th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Passing Yards / attempt 5.1 #306/382 20th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing yards 31 #213/408 48th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Value Passing WEPA +0.32 #62/200 70th pct Opponent-adjusted passing value | 74 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Usage Role share 31.9% #174/428 60th pct Share of team offensevs FBS QB
Passing Attempts 60 #193/407 53rd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Interceptions 4 #263/407 36th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB
Rushing Carries 11 #254/408 38th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing LONG 11 #281/391 28th pct Metricvs FBS QB
Rushing Yards / carry 2.8 #202/407 51st pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rush TD 0 #230/408 44th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Usage Pass share 67.9% #144/428 67th pct Air-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage Passing-down usage 45.2% #169/428 61st pct Known-passing sharevs FBS QB
Usage 3rd-down usage 39.5% #182/428 58th pct Money-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage 2nd-down usage 33.8% #166/428 61st pct Middle-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage 1st-down usage 26.4% #175/428 59th pct Early-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Standard-down usage 26.1% #178/428 59th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS QB
Usage Rush share 6.8% #234/428 46th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS QB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/258 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 3 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Home1g1020.04.63.0
Road2g1010.512.00.5

Win vs Loss

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Wins2g70.50.512.11.5
Losses1g1630.04.51.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Weeks 1-72g1320.04.52.0
Weeks 8+1g39.01.019.50.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

23Below cohort
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (91st). Concern: pass yards (0th).

Fumbles lost#1 / 174 · 91st pct
0fumb
Interceptions#44 / 183 · 74th pct
4pass
Rush yards#131 / 183 · 29th pct
31rush
Completion %#139 / 183 · 23rd pct
58.3%pass
Rush TDs#150 / 183 · 9th pct
0rush
Yards / att#176 / 183 · 4th pct
5.1pass
Pass TDs#180 / 183 · 1st pct
1pass
Pass yards#184 / 183 · 0th pct
304pass

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Pass Profile · Completion depth (PBP)

Where the throws are landing

33/57 (57.9%) · 1 TD · 4 INT

Short

0–9 yds
64%of completions
21 comp4.9 yds avg

Middle

10–19 yds
15%of completions
5 comp13.4 yds avg

Deep

20+ yds
21%of completions
7 comp27.3 yds avg1 TD

Overall 57.9% completion on 57 attempts.

Advanced Savant · QB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
MJ MorrisCoastal CarolinaNick VattiatoMiddle Tennessee· 65% simDrake LindseyMinnesota· 59% simLogan FifeNew Mexico State· 55% sim
Fumbles lost
91
Morris
66
Vattiato
91
Lindsey
18
Fife
Interceptions
74
Morris
44
Vattiato
56
Lindsey
5
Fife
Rush yards
29
Morris
27
Vattiato
1
Lindsey
20
Fife
Completion %
23
Morris
41
Vattiato
56
Lindsey
13
Fife
Rush TDs
9
Morris
39
Vattiato
59
Lindsey
26
Fife
Yards / att
4
Morris
13
Vattiato
16
Lindsey
19
Fife
Pass TDs
1
Morris
64
Vattiato
72
Lindsey
45
Fife
Pass yards
0
Morris
57
Vattiato
61
Lindsey
58
Fife

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Tim Beck

Pass share

46.3%

399 pass / 463 run

Plays / game

66.3

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.2%

290 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Chad Staggs
Coastal Carolina
2023
Tim Beck
Coastal Carolina
era →
2024
Tim Beck
Coastal Carolina
2025
Tim Beck
Coastal Carolina

Coaching transition mid-career: Chad Staggs → Tim Beck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownCarrollton, GA
Height6'1"
Weight209 lb
Class3
PositionQB
Jersey7

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Maryland QB3 #352 #380 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten
2023 NC State QB3 #355 #318 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | ACC
2022 NC State QB3 #268 #296 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt QB 3 No. 7 | 6-1 | 209 lb | Carrollton, GA
2024 Maryland Big Ten QB 3 No. 7 | 6-1 | 209 lb | Carrollton, GA
2023 NC State ACC QB 3 No. 7 | 6-1 | 209 lb | Carrollton, GA
2022 NC State ACC QB 3 No. 7 | 6-1 | 209 lb | Carrollton, GA