Known by his alias "Elf" on the Texas Tech football team, the 5-foot-9, 177-pound Morris said coach Mike Leach christened him with the alter ego a while back.

"He calls me the evil elf because he has all these different things; elves are small; they're generally pretty mean and they corner well," Morris said. "They're good with a dagger; he goes on and on about how elves have different traits, and he thinks that I fit the traits of an elf. He thinks that I do well with the football in my hands and calls the football my dagger."