Wanya
Morris.
Wanya
Morris.
Oklahoma· 6'5"· 307 lb· 5.10s 40
"A five-star frame that never became a five-star tackle: Kansas City bought the length and the feet at pick 92, got sixteen honest starts out of it, and let the rest go."Pre-draft read
Morris is a long, high-cut left tackle who wins with reach rather than torque. He plays with a wide base and a smooth kick-slide that covers ground to the arc without hopping, and his 35-inch arms let him land the first hand on speed rushers before they can reduce their surface. In the run game he is best on reach and angle blocks, where he can climb, run his feet and cover a defender up rather than displace him.
The secondary trait is recovery: beaten early, he has the hip flexibility to redirect and ride a rusher past the pocket instead of surrendering an inside path. He is a better protector than a people-mover, and his pads rise when he tries to generate power. The signature is length, twitch and flexibility at both tackle spots.
Outside-zone or wide-zone running scheme that asks its tackles to reach, climb and block in space, paired with a quick-game passing attack that shortens the time he has to hold the edge.
Year 1: sixth lineman and swing tackle who can cover both edges for a few starts. Ceiling: fringe starting left tackle on a team that helps him with chips and play-action depth.
A gap/power run scheme that asks him to down-block a 340-pound nose and drive him off the ball, or a deep drop-back offense that leaves him isolated against long-levered bull rushers for seven-step protections.
His value climbs on any offense that lets him move laterally and drops sharply on any offense that asks him to hold ground.
Wanya Morris Prospect Breakdown | Scouting Report
Pre-draft breakdown of the Oklahoma tape: kick-slide, length on the arc and the anchor questions against power.
Why The Chiefs Traded Wanya Morris To the Falcons
Three-year review of his Kansas City run, the 2024 starting stretch at left tackle and why the roster moved on in 2026.
Kansas City Chiefs Trade Rumors: Wanya Morris Trade Destinations
Market read on his swing-tackle value heading into the trade that sent him to Atlanta.
A five-star recruit out of Grayson High who arrived in Knoxville with first-round expectations and never quite grew into them, Morris entered the 2023 class as a length-and-tools tackle rather than a finished product. He started 19 of 22 games at Tennessee across 2019 and 2020, almost all of them at left tackle, then transferred to Oklahoma and needed a full season to reclaim a starting job.
The 2022 tape is what got him drafted. He was the Sooners' primary starting tackle, earned second-team All-Big 12 honors and finished the year among the more efficient pass protectors in the conference by pressure rate, playing both sides of the line as the staff shuffled the front. The flags were just as visible: he could be walked back by long-levered power, his hands arrived late against inside counters, and the Kent State game in particular was cited in evaluation circles as a night when the technique came apart.
Boards mostly landed him in the third-to-fourth-round range as a developmental swing tackle with starter upside. Kansas City took him at 92 with a specific plan attached — sit him behind a veteran line, let him play both tackle spots on the practice field, and see whether the length and feet translated once the technique caught up.
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Length on the arc
35-inch arms let him land the first strike on speed rushers and keep their hands off his frame before the corner.
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Kick-slide fluidity
smooth, coordinated depth out of his stance with no hopping, covering the width of the pocket without losing his base.
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Recovery hips
beaten early, he can redirect and ride a rusher past the quarterback rather than surrender the inside path outright.
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Positional flexibility
logged real snaps at both tackle spots in college and in the NFL, which is the trait that keeps a swing lineman employed.
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Movement in space
comfortable climbing to the second level and blocking on the run, where his stride length and body control show up.
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Anchor against power
long-levered bull rushers get under his pads and walk him into the pocket before he can reset his feet.
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Hand timing
his punch arrives late and lands wide, letting inside counters get into his chest and turn his shoulders.
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Pad level
plays tall for a 307-pounder, which drains the power he does have on down blocks and short-yardage displacement.
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Consistency week to week
the flashes were never stacked, and a handful of collapsed games followed him from Norman into the league.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 5.10sp50
- Vertical
- 28.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 111inp50
- Three-cone
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- Shuttle
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- Bench
- —rep
Offensive linemen do not accumulate box-score statistics. Verified participation totals: 37 career games and 27 starts (Tennessee 2019-2020: 22 games, 19 starts, nearly all at left tackle; Oklahoma 2021-2022: 15 games, 8 starts, all in 2022). No official source publishes a single-season games/starts split, so per-year rows are left out rather than estimated.
Honors
- Second-team All-Big 12 (2022)
- SEC All-Freshman (2019)
Athletic swing tackle who bounces between rosters, gives a team six to ten emergency starts a year and never locks a job down.
Long, scheme-flexible tackle who took several years and a change of address to turn into a dependable full-season starter.
Pedigreed tackle whose anchor and availability issues shortened the career well before the tools ran out.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Sixteen career starts across three Chiefs seasons, including 11 at left tackle in 2024. Traded to Atlanta in June 2026 and released before the 2026 season opener.
His first three seasons in Kansas City were a long audition. He played 14 games with four starts as a rookie in 2023, mostly as an emergency plug at either tackle spot, and finished the year with a Super Bowl LVIII ring earned largely from the sideline. In 2024 he got the real chance: with Kingsley Suamataia benched early, Morris took over at left tackle and started 11 games, holding the job through a knee injury in November before the line was reshuffled again. In 2025 the team moved past him — 12 games, one start, work across left tackle, right tackle and even right guard, then injured reserve in December. Kansas City traded him to Atlanta in June 2026 in a late-round pick swap, and the Falcons released him at the end of August before he played a snap for them.
The honest read is that the third-round call was reasonable and the outcome was ordinary. Morris was exactly the player the tape suggested — a long, athletic tackle whose hands and anchor never stabilized enough to survive a full season as a starter. He gave a contender sixteen starts and real swing-tackle insurance, which is close to market value at pick 92, but the developmental leap that would have justified the pedigree never arrived.
Data note: from Cincinnati