Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Duke
Nick Morris Jr.
LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Austin, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nick Morris Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
79
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Nick Morris Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Austin, TX wearing No. 36, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Nick Morris Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 90...
Read the storyNick Morris Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Duke. Nick Morris Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 90
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Nick Morris Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Duke · LB
- Career Tackles
- 90
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Duke
- Top game
- Illinois
- Latest roster
- No. 36 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · LB 617th (top 49%) · ACC 285th (top 36%) · National 2,224th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Duke | 5 | 14 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12 |
| 2023 Postseason | Duke | 10 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Duke | 10 | 55 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 33.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duke | 4 | 18 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 56.9 |
Related Context
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Nick Morris Jr. played LB for Duke. Across 5 tracked seasons, Nick Morris Jr. recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Duke paired 5.5 primary output with 32.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 32.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Duke
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
32.5
Usage
7.3
Consistency
34.8
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Elon: 1.5. Illinois: 4. Tulane: 0. NC State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Elon: 4 by 31.7. Illinois: 8 by 73.3. Tulane: 5 by 20.8. NC State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 2 · -1.3 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 2 · +1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs Illinois
Player Story
Nick Morris Jr. story
Nick Morris Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Austin, TX wearing No. 36, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Nick Morris Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Nick Morris Jr.'s production has multiple signals. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.
The arc is straightforward: Nick Morris Jr. moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Duke
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Duke | 0.5 | 12.7 | 2.4 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Duke | 3 | 26.8 | 5 | 2.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Duke | 3 | 26.8 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Duke | 0.5 | 9.2 | 1.5 | -2.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duke | 5.5 | 32.5 | 7.3 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 24 Illinois
Week 2 · L 19-45 · Ranked opponent
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
@ North Carolina
Week 11 · L 45-47 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Pittsburgh
Week 13 · W 30-19 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
51.9 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Wake Forest
Week 10 · W 24-21 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
51.1 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.
#5
vs North Carolina A&T
Week 3 · W 49-20
0.5
Havoc Plays
45.3 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Duke
5.5 primary output · 32.5 efficiency · 7.3 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · Duke
33.2
3 primary · 26.8 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Duke
33.2
3 primary · 26.8 efficiency · 5 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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