Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 1981 61 OL 6-3 240 Fr Altamonte Springs 1982 61 OL 6-2 241 So Longwood 1983 61 OL 6-1 238 So-R * Longwood 1984 61 OG 6-1 243 Jr-R * Longwood
| Dan Morris |
Full Name: Daniel Leroy Morris
Born: August 2, 1963, Sanford, Fla.
Died: December 3, 2024, Monticello, Fla.
School: Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Florida
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| FSU Career |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 1981 61 OL 6-3 240 Fr Altamonte Springs 1982 61 OL 6-2 241 So Longwood 1983 61 OL 6-1 238 So-R * Longwood 1984 61 OG 6-1 243 Jr-R * Longwood |
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| Comments |
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Daniel Leroy Morris Obituary. Published by Monticello News/Jefferson County Journal from Dec. 5 to Dec. 6, 2024. He was born on Aug. 2, 1963, in Sanford, Fla., to Herman Ernest Morris, Sr. and Nancy O'Hara Richards Morris. He was raised on a large ranch in Satsuma, Fla., moving to Longwood, Fla., during his high school years. He graduated from Lake Brantley High School in 1981. He secured a football scholarship under Bobby Bowden with Florida State University and headed to Tallahassee to begin his life as a Seminole. As a member of the football team, he developed lifelong relationships and personal character traits that served him throughout his life and career. Dan lettered two years, grinding it out as an offensive lineman. He won the Don Powell Award for Leadership at FSU. He hung up his cleats after the Citrus Bowl in 1984, and asked his college sweetheart, Sharon, to be his bride. They married in 1985, moved to Mobile, Ala., and began their family. Dan found sales to be his comfort zone, building strong friendships with clients as he honed his craft. Building these relationships became his goal, and he developed these bonds throughout his career. He worked with AntiqueWeek newspaper of Knightstown, Ind., as Advertising Director for 23 years and truly loved the auctioneers and other clients he met at conventions and on the road. Dan returned to FSU in 1996 to complete his Bachelor's degree, as he had promised himself. Dan fished the flats of North Florida and enjoyed the beauty of God's creation. He truly loved coaching in recreational league baseball and flag football, encouraging the kids to learn the game, but more importantly, to have fun while doing it. Dan was a member of and served in many roles at Central Baptist Church, including song leader, Sunday School Director and deacon. He had a servant's heart and enjoyed visiting the sick and infirm. He also loved throwing the order of services in chaos as a song leader by calling for "Hugging time." He felt the human touch was one of God's gifts and a good hug was good medicine. Dan was predeceased by his father, H. Ernest
Morris, Sr.; his brother, H. Ernest Morris, Jr.; and his father and
mother-in-law, Bill and Dee Counts. He is survived by his cherished wife of
39 years, Sharon Counts Morris; his sons, Daniel L. Morris, Jr. (Crystal)
of Monticello, Fla., William Ernest Morris (Shannon) of Tallahassee, Fla.,
and Jacob Morris of Middleburg, Fla.; his mother, Nancy Richards Morris, of
Live Oak, Fla.; sister, Carre Morris of Mt. Dora, Fla.; brother, Jeffrey
Robert Morris (Barbette) of Longwood, Fla.; grandchildren, Peyton and
Austin Morris of Monticello, Fla., and Wyatt and Allison Morris of
Tallahassee, Fla.; uncle and aunt, Tim and Betty Richards of Deltona, Fla.;
several nieces and nephews; and dearest friends, Dave and Tonya Roberts of
Monticello, Fla. |
| FSU Statistics |
| Football |
Season Statistics
Defense
| Tackles | Sacks | Fumble | Pass Defense | Blkd | PAT Attempts | | | |
Year GP | ua a Tot tfl-yds | no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick | kick rsh rcv | fg | saf dxp | td | pts
---------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
1981 5 | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 0- 0 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0
1982 | 0 0 0 0.0- | 0.0- | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 0- 0 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0
1983 10 | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 0- 0 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0
1984 11 | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 0- 0 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0
---------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot 26 | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 0- 0 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0
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Offense/Kick and Punt Returns
| Rushing | Receiving | Passing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | all
Year GP | no yds avg td lg | no yds avg td lg | cmp- att-int yds td lg | no yds avg td lg | no yds avg td lg | purp
---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
1981 5 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0- 0 - 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0
1982 | 0 0.0 | 0.0 | - - | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1983 10 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0- 0 - 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0
1984 11 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0- 0 - 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0
---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Tot 26 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0
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| Football |
Game Participation
| Starts
1981 | GP Off Def
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Sep 5 Louisville | 1
Sep 12 Memphis State | 1
Oct 24 Louisiana State | 1
Nov 14 Southern Mississippi | 1
Nov 28 Florida | 1
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Tot | 5 0 0
| Starts
1983 | GP Off Def
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Sep 3 East Carolina | 1
Sep 10 Louisiana State | 1
Sep 17 Tulane | 1 OG
Oct 1 Auburn | 1
Oct 15 Cincinnati | 1
Oct 20 Louisville | 1
Oct 29 Arizona State | 1 QG
Nov 5 South Carolina | 1
Nov 12 Miami | 1 QG
Dec 3 Florida | 1
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Tot | 10 3 0
| Starts
1984 | GP Off Def
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Sep 1 East Carolina | 1 SG
Sep 15 Kansas | 1 SG
Sep 22 Miami | 1 SG
Sep 29 Temple | 1 LG
Oct 6 Memphis State | 1 SG
Oct 13 Auburn | 1 SG
Oct 20 Tulane | 1 SG
Nov 3 Arizona State | 1 SG
Nov 10 South Carolina | 1 SG
Nov 17 UT-Chattanooga | 1 SG
Dec 1 Florida | 1 LG
Dec 22 Georgia | 1 SG
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Tot | 12 12 0
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Career Tot | 27 15 0
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Game Statistics |
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Daniel L. Morris, Sr., aged 61,
finished his course in this life on Dec. 3, 2024. He lived his life fully,
with laughter, joy and song, serving his Lord and giving love and care to
all he met. He never met a stranger and greeted each day with the
excitement of living.