Early life

Morris attended Pine Forest High School in Pensacola, Florida, where he was a letterman in football, basketball and track. In football, he saw action on both sides of the ball. As a senior, he rushed for 1,049 yards with 17 touchdowns, and added 147 tackles and five interceptions on defense. He was named North West Florida MVP, first-team All-State and was a game MVP. He also participated in the PSA All-Star Game. Academically, he was named the student-athlete of the month for Pine Forest. While he was in sixth grade, he played youth football against future Pensacola football stars, wide receiver Doug Baldwin and running back Trent Richardson. Alfred and Trent would meet again in their rookie seasons as the Redskins would travel to Cleveland to take on the Browns.

In track, Morris was one of the state's top performers in the jumping events. At the 2007 FHSAA 1A-2A Outdoor State Finals, he earned a tenth-place finish in the triple jump event, after clearing a career-best mark of 13.40 meters. He also got a PR of 6.48 meters in the long jump, and ran the 200 meters in 23.46 seconds.

College career

In Morris’ 2009 season at Florida Atlantic University, he ran the ball 236 times for 1392 yards. He also scored 11 touchdowns with a career long run of 48 yards. In his 2010 season, Morris rushed the ball 227 times while gaining 928 yards averaging 4.1 yards-per-carry. He also scored a rushing touchdown seven times that season.

College Stats

Career Totals

Year	GMS	Att	Yds	Avg	TDs	Long	Avg/G
2008	11	7	23	3.3	0	9	2.1
2009	12	236	1392	5.3	11	48	116.0
2010	12	227	928	4.1	7	38	77.3
Total	35	497	2343	4.7	18	48	66.9

Career Game Highs

Rush Attempts	29	UNT (10/17/09)
Rush Yards	183	ULL (10/24/09)
Rush TDs	2	5X
Rush Long	48	Troy (11/21/09)
Receptions	3	MTSU (10/31/09)
Receiving TDs	1	ASU (11/14/09), FIU (11/28/09)
Receiving Long	38	ULL (10/24/09)

100-Yard Games

Dates	Yards	Game Vs.
10/24/09	183	ULL
11/28/09	158	FIU
10/17/09	147	UNT
11/21/09	137	Troy

Professional career

2012 NFL Combine

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	Arm length	Hand size	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP
5 ft 9⅞ in	219 lb	31⅜ in	10¼ in	4.63 s	1.60 s	2.55 s	4.19 s	7.01 s	35½ in	9 ft 9 in	16 reps

Washington Redskins

2012 season

Morris was selected in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. The sixth round draft pick that Washington selected him with was from a trade on July 27, 2011 from the Vikings for Donovan McNabb. He was officially signed by the Redskins to a four-year, $2.22 million contract with a $154,000 signing bonus on May 6, 2012. After having impressive preseason performances, where he started two out of four of the Redskins' preseason games, he emerged as a dark horse in the running back competition with Roy Helu, Evan Royster, and Tim Hightower. He was guaranteed a spot on the final 53-man roster for the start of the 2012 season after Morris sat out of the last preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the rest of the Redskins' starters.

The day before the season opener, coach Mike Shanahan announced that Morris would be the starting running back. In his NFL debut and first career start, he rushed for 96 yards on 28 carries and scored two touchdowns against the New Orleans Saints. Despite the Redskins losing to the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 3, Morris put on a great display, recording 78 rushing yards on 17 carries and scoring a touchdown, and was even nominated for NFL Rookie of the Week. The next week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he had his first 100-yard game; recording 113 yards on 21 carries and one touchdown. On October 7, versus the Atlanta Falcons, Morris rushed for his second career 100 yard game. He was named Rookie of the Week after his performance in Week 7 against the New York Giants, where he rushed for 120 yards on 22 carries. He would later have three consecutive 100-yard performances starting in the Week 12 game against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving. Morris would be named Rookie of the Week for the second time after his performance against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 14.

In the final game of the regular season, Morris ran 33 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, setting two new Redskins franchise records. His effort helped lead the Redskins to a 28-18 victory over their division rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, to win the NFC East for the first time since 1999 and earn a playoff spot for the first time since 2007. Finishing the season with a total of 1,613 rushing yards and thirteen touchdowns, he broke Clinton Portis’ rushing record for a single-season of 1,516 yards and Charley Taylor's record of most touchdowns scored in rookie season of ten touchdowns. Morris also became the fourth player in NFL history to ever record over 1,600 rushing yards in his rookie year; ultimately ranking third behind Eric Dickerson and George Rogers, respectively.

With Morris' 1,613 rushing yards combined with 815 rushing yards attained by Robert Griffin III, the two rookies accounted for 90% of the Redskins' total rushing yards for the 2012 regular season, which led the Redskins to finish first in the league in rushing. In the regular season, he also finished second in the league in total rushing yards, only behind Adrian Peterson, and second in league in rushing touchdowns behind Arian Foster.

2013 season

Prior to the 2013 season, Morris was named to the NFL Network's Top 100 Players of 2013 at #64. Although not as productive as the previous season, Morris finished 4th in the league in rushing yardage with 1,275. On January 17, it was announced that Morris would play in the 2014 Pro Bowl, after originally being selected as an alternate.

2014 season

Morris achieved his third consecutive season of 1,000+ rushing yards by the end of the 2014 season. With this achievement, he became the fourth running back in the Redskins' franchise history to have at least three 1,000-yard seasons along with John Riggins, Clinton Portis, and Stephen Davis. He went to the 2015 Pro Bowl as an alternate for LeSean McCoy.

2015 season

Morris remained the starter for the Redskins, splitting carries with rookie Matt Jones, and Chris Thompson. The Redskins' rushing scheme in their offense was noticeably poor causing Morris' statistics to be particularly lower compared to his past seasons.

Dallas Cowboys

2016 season

On March 22, 2016, Morris signed a two-year, $3.5 million contract with the Dallas Cowboys, with the potential to earn up to $5.5 million.

Statistics

		Rushing							Receiving				Fumbles
Season	Team	GP	Att	Yds	Avg	Yds/G	Long	TD	Rec	Yds	Long	TD	Fum	Lost
2012	WAS	16	335	1,613	4.8	100.8	39T	13	11	77	20	0	4	3
2013	WAS	16	276	1,275	4.6	79.7	45T	7	9	78	17	0	5	4
2014	WAS	16	265	1,074	4.1	67.1	30	8	17	155	26	0	2	1
2015	WAS	16	202	751	3.7	46.9	48	1	10	55	12	0	0	0
	Total	64	1078	4,713	4.4	73.6	48	29	47	365	26	0	11	8

Personal

Morris is the son of Ronald and Yvonne Morris. He has six brothers. Morris is a Christian.

Despite being able to afford a new car, he still drives his 1991 Mazda 626, which he nicknamed "Bentley". He drove this car from Boca Raton, Florida to his new D.C. home. Due to the positive publicity, Mazda refurbished the car free of charge. As part of the refurbishment, the car received a new radio featuring a CD player and a navigation system, but otherwise was restored to factory floor condition.

Morris had swapped jerseys with his idol Earl Campbell after Campbell became impressed with his performance in his rookie season.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]