[1][2] He signed a professional contract with United on 24 December 1997 before making 26 league appearances and scoring six goals for the first team.
[1] This caught Derby County's attention and in the winter of 1999 he transferred for a then club record fee of £3 million, making him the 4th most expensive teenager in British football history.
Lee left Yeovil on 11 March 2008 owing to injuries, before joining Burton Albion in August 2008, initially on non-contract terms.
On 9 July 2009, Morris featured as a trialist for Hereford United, their pre-season friendlies against Pegasus Juniors and Bristol City, scoring in both games.
[9][10] Morris made his debut for the England national under-18 team in a 2–1 away defeat to Russia in a 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying match on 26 October 1997.
[11][12] He was capped four times by the under-18s from 1997 to 1999 before making his only appearance for the England national under-21 team in a 1–0 away win over Bulgaria in a 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification on 8 June 1999.
Lee managed the side to a respectable 14th-place finish in the Northern Premier League Division One South.
[13] Morris quit Loughborough Dynamo in September 2015 after being appointed under 16s joint coach at Derby County.