 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Morant akatanga kunyoresa pane radar yevamwe vaongorori muzhizha remwaka wake wechipiri mugore ra2018. Akanga ari mumwe wavatambi 20 vakakokwa kuChris Pauls Elite Guard Camp, iyo Morant akadana kuti, ropafadzo. Apo mwaka wake wechipiri wakatanga, Morant akafungidzira basa rinotungamirira reMurray State nekubva kwevatambi vakuru Jonathan Stark naTerrell Miller. Mumwaka wake wekutanga, akarekodha mapoinzi makumi maviri nematanhatu uye gumi nerimwe anobatsira mukukunda makumi manomwe neshanu neshanu vachipesana neWright State. Musi waNovember 24, 2018, Morant akaisa mapoinzi makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe, mwaka wakakwira gumi nematatu, uye gumi nemaviri anobatsira mukukunda 77 66 pamusoro peMissouri State, achiva mutambi wekutanga weMurray State kuti anyore zvakapetwa katatu-kaviri. Mumutambo wake unotevera, akawana zvibodzwa makumi matatu nesere mumwaka wepamusoro-soro mukurasikirwa 78-72 kuAlabama, gumi nemaviri-epamusoro-soro-mutambo mumwe chete nemutambi munhoroondo yechikoro. Pakazosvika muna Zvita 2018, Morant akafungidzirwa zvakabatana sechisarudzo chepamusoro-chishanu mu2019 NBA dhizaini, uye mukupera kwaNdira 2019, kanenge imwe nzira yekutengesa yakamufungidzira seye yekutanga sarudzo. Panguva iyoyo, ipapo-Yahoo Sports mutori wenhau Pat Forde akanyora, Zvinoratidzika kunge zviri pachena kuti ndiye wekutanga wepamusoro-gumi kubva kuchikoro chepakati-chikuru mumakore mashanu Elfrid Payton, Louisiana-Lafayette, uye anogona kunge ari wekutanga wepakati-chikuru kusarudza pakati pevashanu vepamusoro kubvira Michael Olowokandi wePacific akaenda Nhamba 1 muna 1998. 