Virginia QB Chandler Morris' transfer journey began with his dad's firing from an SEC school

Billy Heyen

Virginia QB Chandler Morris' transfer journey began with his dad's firing from an SEC school image

The college football journey for Chandler Morris could've been very different.

In high school, Morris committed to play at Arkansas for his dad, Chad Morris.

But then Chad was fired by the Razorbacks, and everything changed.

The QB Morris instead went to Oklahoma, and then from there, to TCU, where he spent three seasons playing for the Horned Frogs.

From there, Morris moved on to North Texas, where he put up some of the most prolific passing numbers in the country.

And now, Morris has transferred again to suit up for the Virginia Cavaliers.

It's been a journey that may have played out so very differently if Chad had remained the Arkansas coach. There's no telling if it would've been for better or worse, but it certainly wouldn't have been the same.

It's quirky that sports can work out like that sometime.

And now Morris is drawing attention in big games in the ACC, like on Friday night against the Florida State Seminoles.

Morris isn't the biggest QB, but he's got a strong and accurate right arm. The Cavaliers brought him in to throw early and often, and that's what he's done so far.

Virginia certainly is happy to have ended up with Morris at the end of his long, winding college football journey.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle