Alfred Morris (American football)
Morris with the Washington Redskins in 2015
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| No. 46 Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 12, 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Pensacola, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Pensacola (FL) Pine Forest | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Florida Atlantic | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2012 / Round: 6 / Pick: 173 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 4,956 |
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| Average: | 4.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 31 |
| Receptions: | 50 |
| Receiving yards: | 376 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 0 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Alfred Bruce Morris (born December 12, 1988) is an American football running back for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida Atlantic and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Morris attended Pine Forest High School in Pensacola, Florida, where he was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In football, he saw action on both sides of the ball. As a senior, he rushed for 1,049 yards with 17 touchdowns and added 147 tackles and five interceptions on defense. He was named North West Florida MVP, first-team All-State and was a game MVP. He also participated in the PSA All-Star Game. Academically, he was named the student-athlete of the month for Pine Forest. While he was in sixth grade, he played youth football against future Pensacola football stars, wide receiver Doug Baldwin and running back Trent Richardson. Alfred and Trent would meet again in their rookie seasons as the Redskins would travel to Cleveland to take on the Browns.
In track, Morris was one of the state's top performers in the jumping events. At the 2007 FHSAA 1A-2A Outdoor State Finals, he earned a tenth-place finish in the triple jump event, after clearing a career-best mark of 13.40 meters. He also got a PR of 6.48 meters in the long jump and ran the 200 meters in 23.46 seconds.
In Morris’s 2009 season at Florida Atlantic University, he ran the ball 236 times for 1,392 yards. He also scored 11 touchdowns with a career long run of 48 yards. In his 2010 season, Morris rushed the ball 227 times while gaining 928 yards averaging 4.1 yards-per-carry. He also scored a rushing touchdown seven times that season.
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