2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 11
Jonah Morris
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 220
- Hometown:
- Akron, Ohio
- High School:
- Hoban
- Prev School:
- Northern Colorado
2022 Senior
- CSC Academic All-District
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society
- Played in six games
- Four receptions for 555 yards on the season
- Season-long 21-yard reception in Illinois’ 9-6 victory over Iowa 10/8/22
2021 Junior (Northern Colorado)
- 20 receptions for 143 yards and one touchdown
- Season highs in receptions (8), receiving yards (74), and touchdowns (1) against Houston Baptist
2019 Junior (Akron)
- President’s List for perfect 4.0 GPA
- Dean’s List
- Missed the 2019 season following an injury in training camp
- 2019 Phil Steele Preseason All-MAC fourth team
2018 Sophomore (Akron)
- Started all 12 games at wide receiver
- 26 receptions for 381 yards and a touchdown on the season
- Third on the team in receiving yards (381)
- Four receptions for 94 yards and a touchdown in his Akron debut against Morgan State
- Three receptions for 51 yards, including a 43-yard catch, in a win at Northwestern
2017 Redshirt Freshman (Indiana)
- Played in nine games, primarily on special teams
- Indiana's Special Teams Player of the Game against Illinois
2016 Freshman (Indiana)
- Redshirted the season
- Indiana's Scout Team Player of the Week against Purdue
High School
- Three-year letterwinner, team captain, and three-year starter for head coach Tim Tyrell at Archbishop Hoban
- MaxPreps All-American
- Player of the Year by the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron Touchdown Club
- Northeast Ohio Inland Defensive Player of the Year
- All-State first team, All-District, and All-League selection
- 2015 Blue-Grey All-American Bowl
- Led Hoban to the 2015 state championship, the first in program history
- Team won a school-record 14 games and finished 14-1
- No. 228 prospect overall and the No. 1 athlete in the Midwest by Scout
- No. 18 athlete nationally and the No. 13 prospect in Ohio by 247Sports
- Also lettered in basketball and track and field
Personal
- Born December 4
- Son of Aleste Gaiter and John R. Morris, Jr.
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