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Morris sends message to NFL teams if they pass on Watson

Former Clemson offensive coordinator, now SMU head football coach, Chad Morris has a message for NFL coaches and general managers when it comes to the decision of drafting or not drafting Deshaun Watson in April’s NFL Draft.

“I wouldn’t pass on him,” Morris told the Dallas Morning News. “He’s going to hurt you if you pass on him.”

Morris knows Watson as well as anyone. Before going to SMU, he recruited Watson to Clemson and coached him his freshman season. The two have stayed in close touch since Morris left to take over the SMU job following the end of the 2014 regular season.