{"id":377088,"date":"2025-11-14T00:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/377088\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T00:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:15:16","slug":"chandler-morris-injury-update-latest-on-virginia-qb-status-vs-duke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/377088\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandler Morris injury update: Latest on Virginia QB, status vs. Duke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to On3\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/user\/petenakos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pete Nakos<\/strong><\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/cavs-corner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Cavaliers<\/a><\/strong> quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/chandler-morris-19920\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chandler Morris<\/a><\/strong> is questionable heading into the matchup against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/devils-illustrated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duke<\/a><\/strong>. Morris left the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/deacons-illustrated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wake Forest<\/a><\/strong> game after taking a late hit while sliding, putting his status for Saturday into question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSources tell <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/On3sports\">@On3sports<\/a> that Virginia QB Chandler Morris remains in concussion protocol and is viewed as questionable for Saturday against Duke,\u201d Nakos <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeteNakos\/status\/1989117418493395267\">said<\/a> via X. \u201cThere is legitimate hope he can play this weekend. Will continue to be evaluated leading up to gametime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morris joined Virginia this offseason, being a big-time get out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/transfer-portal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NCAA transfer portal<\/strong><\/a>. He has helped them turn in the best season under head coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/coach\/tony-elliott-134456\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Elliott<\/a><\/strong> thus far. In 10 games, Morris has thrown for 2,088 yards, 12 touchdowns, and five interceptions. His legs are always a valuable weapon too, adding 214 yards and four touchdowns on the ground. Leaving the Wake Forest game early, Morris only put up six passes for 19 yards. <\/p>\n<p>If Morris cannot go, backup <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/daniel-kaelin-145433\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Kaelin<\/a><\/strong> will get the nod. He was another portal addition, coming via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/nebraska-cornhuskers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nebraska<\/a><\/strong>. Virginia struggled to get anything going with Kaelin out there vs. Wake Forest, a game they eventually lost. With a little more time to prepare, everyone will be hoping for better results if Kaelin does have to play.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the whole team, UVA sits with an 8-2 record. They are right in the hectic mess that is the ACC Championship race, only holding one conference loss. A trip to Charlotte is certainly still possible, something they have done just once in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>More on Chandler Morris, performance throughout 2025<\/p>\n<p>Virginia might not be the first stop for Morris during his college football season but it will be his last. After starting out at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/oklahoma-sooners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oklahoma<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/tcu-horned-frogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TCU<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/north-texas-mean-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Texas<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0have also been considered home. Morris got the opportunity to play at the power conference level again in 2025 and chose UVA.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership has worked out with a great deal of success. Not a bad way for Morris to go out in his final season of eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Two games remain on the Virginia schedule, beginning with the trip to Durham to face off against Duke. A bye week then takes place before hosting\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/virginia-tech-hokies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Tech<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in a massive rivalry game. You know UVA is hoping to have its star quarterback available as the push for an ACC Championship and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/category\/college-football-playoff\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>College Football Playoff<\/strong><\/a> spot continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to On3\u2019s Pete Nakos, Virginia Cavaliers quarterback Chandler Morris is questionable heading into the matchup against Duke.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":377089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[33361,1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-377088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-chandler-morris-20-highland-park","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}