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UVA Football: Morris, Taylor among 10 ‘Hoos signing NFL rookie deals

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Chandler Morris. Photo: Mike Ingalls/AFP

Former UVA Football QB Chandler Morris, rebuffed in his effort to get a seventh year of college eligibility by a local judge last month, has signed a free-agent contract with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Safe to say, he won’t get anywhere near the $1.5 million that he was paid last season at Virginia, even if he were to make the team out of camp.

The NFL rookie minimum is $885,000.

That’s, of course, if you make the team.

A free-agent deal is just an invite to mini-camp.

Other 2025 ’Hoos signing NFL free-agent deals


  • DT Jahmeer Carter: Los Angeles Chargers
  • TE Sage Ennis: Miami Dolphins
  • LB James Jackson: Tennessee Titans
  • DE Mitchell Melton: Indianapolis Colts
  • S Devin Neal: Jacksonville Jaguars
  • LS Bryce Robinson: Indianapolis Colts
  • CB Jordan Robinson: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • WR Cam Ross: Denver Broncos
  • RB J’Mari Taylor: Jacksonville Jaquars

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