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Former Oklahoma LB Jamal Morris Announces Transfer Destination

A three-year reserve at OU, Morris entered the transfer portal on Dec. 14 and has decided to return home to continue his college football career.

John E. Hoover

Former Oklahoma LB Jamal Morris Announces Transfer Destination
Former Oklahoma LB Jamal Morris Announces Transfer Destination /

Former Oklahoma linebacker Jamal Morris has picked his transfer destination.

Morris, a Houston native, announced Saturday via Twitter that he’ll play next at the University of Houston.

Morris announced his entry into the transfer portal on Dec. 14.

Morris was a consensus 4-star safety recruit in the 2019 class out of Fort Bend Bush High School and even earned Under Armour All-America honors.

But Morris redshirted in 2019 and appeared in just one game, then he moved to linebacker and played in 10 games during the 2020 season and finished with five tackles. Last season, finished with just three tackles while playing in eight games. 

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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