Patrick McMorris

Former defensive back at California. 2023: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 88 tackles.

DB · California · Sr. · #9

6′0″ · 210 lb · Santa Ana, CA

CFB Index 80 · #42 of 538 safetiesLow confidenceMiami — drafted 2024, Rd 6, Pick 22, #198 overall

The story

Former defensive back at California. 2023: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 88 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to San Diego State in 2019.
Transferred from San Diego State to California in 2023.
Drafted round 6 by the Miami in 2024.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 3178 nationally · Signed with San Diego State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at California, 248 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #198 overall by Miami.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with San Diego State2-star out of Santa Ana

202113 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westfirst

202211 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

202313 games

Entered the portal

2024

Drafted by Miamiround 6, pick 198

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3178 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #198

Miami · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Justin Wilcox

California

Played his entire career under Justin Wilcox.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 3rd NFL season

#198Rd 6 · Pick 22

MiamiEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-leaning

2020San Diego State4-4HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2022San Diego State7-6HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

80All-Conference level #42 of 538?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (97th percentile). Strength: tackles (97th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#83 / 2842 · 97th pct

Tackles#92 / 2842 · 97th pct

Passes defended#95 / 2842 · 96th pct

Tackles for loss#459 / 2842 · 82nd pct

5.5

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

QB hurries#902 / 2842 · 58th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.5	0.2	0.2	1.0
Road7g	7.0	0.6	0.0	0.1

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	6.5	0.4	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	7.2	0.5	0.2	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tosh Lupoi

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #42 of 538 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #42 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	California	88	50	5.5	1.0	7	1	--
2022	San Diego State	59	28	2.5	0.0	5	1	--
2021	San Diego State	90	53	2.5	0.0	9	4	--
2020	San Diego State	10	5	1.5	0.0	1	--	--
2019	San Diego State	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		248	137	12.0	1.0	22	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2023

W 33–7

at UCLA

6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 PD

Dominant 26-point win on the road against UCLA.

With J. Ott — 80 rush yds (21 car) · L. Wilson — 52 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 73 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week