From Western Australia, Morrell played his early senior football for West Perth.
After the 2003 season, Morrell was traded, along with David Teague, to the Carlton Football Club in exchange for Corey McKernan.
In 2008, he shifted to the Box Hill Hawks, before retiring from playing at the end of the season.
In September 2023 Pascoe Vale announced that Morrell would no longer coach the Club and had been replaced by Leigh Tudor.
[3][4] He currently teaches physical education at the Parade College Bundoora campus in Melbourne.