Morris grew up on his family's farm in the Victorian town of Toolern Vale, 39 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.

[5] Morris was passed over in successive drafts in 2006 and 2007 before making the decision to leave home and take a chance to play the SANFL.

[2] Morris was signed to Richmond ahead of the 2011 draft period in a deal involving Greater Western Sydney.

GWS agreed to swap picks with Richmond in exchange for claiming Morris and immediately on-trading him to the Tigers.

He probably does a lot of things that don't show up on the stats sheet, but people at the club just love him and he makes his teammates come on stronger.

Though his statistical output dropped, his ability to negate opposition forwards was praised by numerous footballing greats and media experts.

[1] Through 21 rounds of the 2013 season, Morris ranked second on Champion Data's list of fewest goals conceded by a small or medium sized defender.

[17] Morris finished the season having played 21 matches, including in the team's second straight final series appearance.

Coach Damien Hardwick revealed that Morris had fought all season through the injury sustained in the last match of the year's pre-season competition.

[20] But this wasn't the only change facing Morris in 2015, with coach Hardwick earmarking him for a role as a defensive small forward in the vein of the recently retired Jake King.

[26] Morris was lauded for his work ethic, with coach Hardwick labeling his string of form as good as any he had played at the club to date.

[12] In the first quarter of the club's Round 11 loss to North Melbourne, Morris would suffer a serious knee injury, later confirmed to be a rupture of his anterior cruciate ligament.