First-year Arkansas head coach Chad Morris has caught most of the Razorback football headlines since his hiring last December, but another Morris, walk-on wide receiver Tyson Morris, was likely the spring’s biggest surprise, turning heads in practice and in scrimmages.

Sitting out last season as a redshirt, Tyson finally has his first real opportunity to make a name for himself this year. The walk-on made the most of the snaps he received throughout spring drills. In the first scrimmage of the spring, Tyson shocked everyone by leading all receivers with 60 yards through the air on two receptions. The 6-1 pass catcher scored the first points of the scrimmage, taking a screen pass over 50 yards for a scoring scamper. After that practice, the head Hog acknowledged the contributions of the other Morris.

“Tyson Morris did a couple of good things early on, made a couple of guys miss, caught a ball in traffic,” Morris said also pointing out room for improvement. “But he needs to finish through the goal line. He let up early and that’s not what we’re about. He’ll continue to get better on it.”

The head coach wasn’t satisfied with simply showing out in practice though, carrying over his efforts into the annual Red-White Spring Game. In the contest, Tyson finished second on the team to only La'Michael Pettway with four catches for 58 yards on the day. Playing his high school ball across the street under head coach Daryl Patton at Fayetteville High, Morris earned all-conference honors as both a sophomore and junior then added all-state accolades as a senior.

To begin his collegiate football career, Morris chose to attend the University of Central Oklahoma. After one season with the Bronchos, the wideout found himself back home with the Hogs. As the son of former Razorback and 1992 Miami Heat draft pick Isaiah Morris, Tyson has Razorback red in his bloodline, so a chance to play for the home state Hogs was too good to pass up.

To say Tyson Morris was an underrated prospect would be an understatement. The Helena-West Helena (Ark.) native was tabbed as a two-star recruit and rated the No. 39 player in the state of Arkansas, the No. 484 wide receiver in the country and the No. 3,413 product in all of America. Though he has yet to prove anything in actual game action in Fayetteville, it's fairly clear that purely from a talent standpoint Morris is underserving of such an underwhelming recruiting score.

Even though Morris currently sits at third team on the Razorback post-spring depth chart at the flanker position, it's difficult to argue he wasn't one of the Hogs most productive athletes during spring practice. He may be a long shot to ever see the field in meaningful minutes, but Morris has certainly done enough to make Razorback fans learn his name and keep an eye out for him heading into fall camp and the 2018 season.