Continuing a trend that is becoming all too common in the modern college football landscape, DFW native and former TCU quarterback Chandler Morris is now pleading for more time in school after a six-year college football career.
Quarterback Chandler Morris spent three of his six college football seasons in Fort Worth with the TCU Horned Frogs.
Continuing a trend that is becoming all too common in the modern college football landscape, Morris is now seeking more time in school.
His agent told ESPN that Morris, who played most recently for Virginia, is taking the NCAA to court and pleading for a seventh year of collegiate eligibility for 2026.
The Dallas product (Highland Park High School) Morris, 25, makes this move after his initial request for a medical redshirt was denied.
"Morris and his attorneys filed a lawsuit in Charlottesville Circuit Court seeking a preliminary injunction in his continued quest to be approved for one more season of eligibility after his medical redshirt waiver and appeal were denied by the NCAA in January," Max Olson reports.
He played a career-high 14 games last season for the Cavaliers and recorded 3,000 passing yards and 16 touchdowns. It was one year removed from starring in his one season at North Texas with air-raid numbers of 322-of-512 completion, 3,774 yards and 31 touchdowns - each leading the American Conference.
At TCU from 2021-2023, Morris appeared in just 15 total games. He threw for 2,394 yards and 15 touchdowns for the Horned Frogs after initially beginning his college career at Oklahoma out of high school in 2020.
Morris applied for a medical redshirt in 2022 after a knee injury had reportedly impacted his mental health. That season, Morris was injured in the season-opener, allowing backup Max Duggan to take over and lead the Horned Frogs to 13 wins and a run to the national championship game. Duggan was a Heisman Trophy finalist at the end of the season.
As Olson dates, Morris returned to dress out for three games as a backup to Duggan that 2022 season, but since Morris had already redshirted the 2021 season, the year counted against his eligibility - as did his true freshman season that saw him play in five games (above the four-game maximum to save a redshirt).
Says Olson: "His attorneys contend the 26 snaps Morris played over the three appearances were part of a medically prescribed mental health treatment plan and that the NCAA disregarded mental health documentation submitted by Virginia on Morris' behalf in denying his eligibility waiver."
ESPN claims that Morris is still enrolled in Virginia, and has not entered the upcoming NFL Draft process, which includes the Scouting Combine beginning in Indianapolis this week.
This story comes after numerous high-profile players have taken legal action against the NCAA in search of extra eligibility.
Most notably, Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss was granted a preliminary injunction in Mississippi in order to return to the field in 2026.