Wayne Morris
Wayne Lee Morris
Born: May 3, 1954
Dallas, TX USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 207
College: SMU
High School: South Oak Cliff (Dallas, TX)
Career: 1976-1984
Drafted: 1976 in Round 5, #141 overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Wayne Morris played from 1976 to 1984 during his career with the San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Cardinals. Morris ran for 3,387 yards in his career on 899 attempts, scoring 38 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 156 passes for 1,190 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 64 | 292 | 4.6 | 27 | 3 |
| 1977 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 165 | 661 | 4.0 | 35 | 8 |
| 1978 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 174 | 631 | 3.6 | 27 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 106 | 387 | 3.7 | 16 | 8 |
| 1980 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 117 | 456 | 3.9 | 24 | 6 |
| 1981 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 109 | 417 | 3.8 | 14 | 5 |
| 1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 274 | 3.3 | 11 | 4 |
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 257 | 3.4 | 17 | 2 |
| 1984 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 1 |
| Totals | 899 | 3387 | 3.8 | 35 | 38 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 19 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 222 | 9.2 | 34 | 1 |
| 1978 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 298 | 9.0 | 33 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 237 | 6.8 | 20 | 1 |
| 1980 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 24 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 19 | 165 | 8.7 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 156 | 1190 | 7.6 | 34 | 5 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 181 | 20.1 | 34 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 300 | 20.0 | 34 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1976 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1977 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| 1978 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1979 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1980 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1984 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 7 |
| 1978 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 13 |
| 1979 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 15 |
| 1980 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 13 |
| 1982 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 8 |
| 1983 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 11 |
| 1984 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 3 |
