Morris was in the same role at Louisiana for the last two seasons under Billy Napier.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Braxton Morris joined the Gators staff in the role of quality control – defense on Thursday, head coach Billy Napier announced.
He was in the same role at Louisiana for the last two seasons (2020-21) under Napier. Morris helped the Ragin’ Cajuns place 2nd in defense pass efficiency (100.8), 3rd in interceptions (16), and 6th in passing yards allowed (170.6) in 2020. He worked with two All-Sun Belt selections in both seasons as UL led the conference this season in lowest opponent completion percentage (53.1) and scoring defense (18.5).
Before Morris joined Napier’s staff in Lafayette, he played football overseas for two seasons (2019-20).
Morris first played professional baseball after graduating from Morehead State in 2018 for the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League and Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers of the USPBL. A native of Albertville, Ala., he played four seasons (2015-18) on the Eagles baseball team and was part of the winningest four-year senior class in program history while he started 221 of 227 games he appeared in.
