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Full nameJames William Morris
PositionFull-back
NationalityEngland
Age24
Date of birth23 Nov 2001
Height183 cm
Shirt number#3
ClubLeyton Orient
Full-backalso played DEF
17
Appearances
2
Goals
2
Assists
1530
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Leyton Orient.

Also this season

Earlier this season at WatfordFA Cup: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 90 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Leyton Orient; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
League One172215306.86
FA Cupat Watford100904.9
Championshipat Watford200156.6

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Full-back

J. Morris is a 24-year-old full-back at Leyton Orient, rated 43.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 149th of 481 on scout potential in the League One. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (37% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.71 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Morris.

Judged on this season alone, Morris graded 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 48th of 79 of the 79 full-backs in the League One, on 4 clean sheets and 4.706 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 10 → 18). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 44, top 25% of the 79 full-backs in the League One. At 24 Morris is in his prime years, and a market index of 9.7 reflects that trajectory.

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Morris is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistent
Current potentialTop 25% full-backs · League OneCurrent season48th of 79 full-backs · League One48th-best full-back in the League One149th in the League One · potential19th-highest potential full-back in the League One
43.5
Ratingi
19th of 79 full-backs
17.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
37%
Minutes
rotation minutes
4.71
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Leyton Orient finished 20th of 24 · a lower-table side

4.71
Def. / 90
49
Tackles
20
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

4.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (20th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.24 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
  • Defensive volume. 4.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 37% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 43.5, Morris carries the 19th-highest potential of the full-backs in the League One (top 25%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Leyton Orient finished 20th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.