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2022 Football Roster

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11 Jonah Morris

  • Position WR
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 220
  • Hometown Akron, Ohio
  • High School Hoban
  • Prev School Northern Colorado
  • Instagram jumpmane22
  • Twitter Jumpmane22

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2022 Senior

  • CSC Academic All-District
  • NFF Hampshire Honor Society
  • Played in six games
  • Four receptions for 555 yards on the season
  • Season-long 21-yard reception in Illinois’ 9-6 victory over Iowa 10/8/22

2021 Junior (Northern Colorado)

  • 20 receptions for 143 yards and one touchdown
  • Season highs in receptions (8), receiving yards (74), and touchdowns (1) against Houston Baptist

2019 Junior (Akron)

  • President’s List for perfect 4.0 GPA
  • Dean’s List
  • Missed the 2019 season following an injury in training camp
  • 2019 Phil Steele Preseason All-MAC fourth team

2018 Sophomore (Akron)

  • Started all 12 games at wide receiver
  • 26 receptions for 381 yards and a touchdown on the season
  • Third on the team in receiving yards (381)
  • Four receptions for 94 yards and a touchdown in his Akron debut against Morgan State 
  • Three receptions for 51 yards, including a 43-yard catch, in a win at Northwestern

2017 Redshirt Freshman (Indiana)

  • Played in nine games, primarily on special teams
  • Indiana's Special Teams Player of the Game against Illinois

2016 Freshman (Indiana)

  • Redshirted the season
  • Indiana's Scout Team Player of the Week against Purdue

High School

  • Three-year letterwinner, team captain, and three-year starter for head coach Tim Tyrell at Archbishop Hoban
  • MaxPreps All-American
  • Player of the Year by the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron Touchdown Club
  • Northeast Ohio Inland Defensive Player of the Year
  • All-State first team, All-District, and All-League selection
  • 2015 Blue-Grey All-American Bowl
  • Led Hoban to the 2015 state championship, the first in program history
  • Team won a school-record 14 games and finished 14-1
  • No. 228 prospect overall and the No. 1 athlete in the Midwest by Scout
  • No. 18 athlete nationally and the No. 13 prospect in Ohio by 247Sports
  • Also lettered in basketball and track and field

Personal

  • Born December 4
  • Son of Aleste Gaiter and John R. Morris, Jr.

Statistics

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