title: Jontavius Morris
text: # Jontavius Morris
  
  Jontavius Morris (born December 16, 1993) is an American football coach and former defensive tackle. He is a graduate assistant at Purdue University. Morris played college football at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for coaches Garrick McGee and Bill Clark from 2012 to 2014 and at Western Kentucky University for coach Jeff Brohm and played in the National Football League (NFL) in 2012.
  
  ## College career
  
  Morris played college football for three years at the University of Alabama in Birmingham until the school suspended its football program in 2014. He transferred to Western Kentucky in 2015.
  
  ## Professional career
  
  ### Pre-draft
  
  Pre-draft measurables :
  
  | Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 309 lb (140 kg) | 5.27 s | 1.94 s | 3.03 s | 4.85 s | 7.71 s | 24 in (0.61 m) | 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m) | 23 reps |
  | All values from WKU Pro Day ||||||||||
  
  ### Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  
  On May 1, 2016, Morris was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent.
  
  ## Coaching career
  
  In 2018, Morris became a graduate assistant at Purdue University.
  
  