Morris participated in basketball, track and football at Donald A Wilson Secondary School in Whitby, Ontario.

[1] Morris played for the Westshore Rebels of the Canadian Junior Football League from 2011 to 2012.

He set the single-game CJFL rushing record when he ran for 405 yards and four touchdowns on 24 attempts in an October 2012 game against Kamloops.

[4][5] Morris played in ten games for the New Mexico Military Institute Broncos in 2013, rushing for 995 yards and seven touchdowns on 151 attempts.

[9] He was promoted to the active roster on September 6 and played in nine games for the team during the 2015 season.

[10][3] The Eskimos won the 103rd Grey Cup against the Ottawa Redblacks by a score of 26–20 on November 29, 2015.