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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> signed undrafted free-agent quarterback Chandler Morris on Sunday following the NFL draft, adding another name to the mix in the competition to become 2-time Pro Bowler Baker Mayfield<\/a>\u2018s top backup.<\/p>\n The Buccaneers haven\u2019t drafted a quarterback since taking former backup Kyle Trask<\/a> in the 2nd round (No 64 overall) in 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cSource: The Buccaneers are signing former Virginia quarterback Chandler Morris,\u201d NFL reporter Matt Zenitz wrote<\/a> on his official X account on Sunday. \u201cThrew for 3,000 yards last season \u2026 Morris was a starting QB at TCU and North Texas before transferring to Virginia. Threw for 3,774 yards and 31 touchdowns at North Texas in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n Morris, 6-foot and 190 pounds, is the son of former SMU and Arkansas head coach Chad Morris.<\/p>\n \u201c(Virginia) QB Chandler Morris gets an NFL<\/a> chance with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,\u201d Virginia beat reporter Greg Madia<\/a> wrote on his official X account. \u201cMorris threw for 3,000 yards and 16 TDs this past fall. Bucs have three QBs on roster in Baker Mayfield, Jake Browning<\/a> and Connor Bazelak<\/a>, but they did not draft a QB. Interesting landing spot for Morris.\u201d<\/p>\n Morris Took Circuitous Journey to NFL<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to gauge what Morris\u2019 draft stock would have been if he\u2019d fully participated in the pre-draft process.<\/p>\n Morris didn\u2019t announce he was putting his name in the draft until April 9, when the Charlottesville (Virginia) Circuit Court denied him a 7th year of eligibility. He played his freshman season at Oklahoma in 2020 before 3 seasons at TCU, 1 season at North Texas, and 1 season at Virginia in 2025.<\/p>\n From CBS Charlottesville<\/a>: \u201cFormer Virginia quarterback Chandler Morris announced Wednesday night that he\u2019s declaring for the 2026 NFL Draft. This news comes about a week after a judge in the Charlottesville Circuit Court denied him his seventh year of eligibility when he took the NCAA to court \u2026 In one season with the Cavaliers<\/a>, Morris threw for 3,000 yards with 16 touchdowns. He also had a completion rate of 64.7%. Morris led the Hoos to a program record 11 wins and one of their most successful seasons in years. \u201d<\/p>\n In 6 college football seasons, including only 3 as a full-time starter, Morris threw for 9,207 yards, 63 touchdowns, and 26 interceptions to go with 887 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n Bucs Shied Away From Offense in 2026 Draft<\/p>\n xxxx<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tTony Adame<\/a> covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos. A veteran sports writer and editor since 2004, his work has been featured at Stadium Talk, Yardbarker, NW Florida Daily News and Pensacola News Journal. More about Tony Adame<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Chandler Morris. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed undrafted free-agent quarterback Chandler Morris on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2077],"tags":[211,7,6,704,250,2597,2596],"class_list":{"0":"post-875297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-buccaneers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-tampa-bay","12":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","13":"tag-tampabay","14":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116471905943547741","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}