Morrison came through the youth academy at Bolton Wanderers and was part of the England U16 victory shield squad featuring Wes Brown, Steven Gerrard & Michael Owen.
He joined Scunthorpe United in 2000 making 18 senior appearances before his career was cut short as the result of a serious injury sustained in a game v Grimsby Town in 2001, after which he became a football agent.
[3] He remained at the Reebok Stadium until May 2000, when with a year still left on his Bolton contract, he joined Scunthorpe United, hoping for regular first-team football.
[6] Upon his premature retirement, Morrison embarked upon a career as a licensed football agent working for YMU Group in Manchester.
On 7 November 2017, Morrison was convicted at Carlisle Crown Court of causing death by dangerous driving, following an incident on the M6 motorway in Cumbria on 21 February 2016 when Adam Gibb, a Highways England Traffic Officer was killed and his Traffic Officer colleague Paul Holroyd was left paralysed from the chest down after being struck by a Mercedes 4x4 driven by Morrison.