Tanner Mordecai

Tanner Mordecai (born November 8, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers.

Tanner Mordecai
Wisconsin Badgers – No. 8
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Redshirt
Senior
Personal information
Born: (1999-11-08) November 8, 1999
Waco, Texas, U.S.
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight218 lb (99 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolMidway (Waco, Texas)
Career highlights and awards

High school career

Mordecai attended Midway High School in Waco, Texas. During his career he passed for 4,797 yards and 51 touchdowns. He committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.[1]

College career

Oklahoma

Mordecai played at Oklahoma from 2018 to 2020. In his first year he appeared in two games as a backup to Kyler Murray and took a redshirt. In 2019 he competed with Jalen Hurts to be the starter but lost the job and was the backup to Hurts for the season.[2][3] In 2020 he again competed for the starting job, this time with Spencer Rattler, but again lost the job and spent the year as his backup.[4] Overall he played in 12 games at Oklahoma, completing 50 of 70 passes for 639 yards and four touchdowns.

SMU

In 2021, Mordecai transferred to Southern Methodist University.[5] In his first year at SMU, he was named the starter.[6] In his first start, he threw for a then school-record seven passing touchdowns in a 56–9 victory over Abilene Christian.[7] Following the 2021 season, Mordecai was selected to the American's All-Conference Second Team.[8]

On November 5, 2022, against the Houston Cougars, Mordecai threw for a school-record 9 touchdowns, 7 of which came in the first half.[9] The Mustangs won the game 77–63, breaking the FBS record for highest-scoring regulation game.[10] For his performance, Mordecai was named The American's offensive player of the week.[11]

Wisconsin

On December 30, 2022, Mordecai announced his intent to transfer to the University of Wisconsin. [12]

Statistics

As of October 14, 2023:[13]

Season Games Passing Rushing
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
Oklahoma Sooners
2018 20—2450.0379.300127.7000.00
2019 60—162661.52078.020153.84164.00
2020 40—324080.03959.921174.511-14-1.30
SMU Mustangs
2021 12128–430845467.83,6288.03912158.0742022.72
2022 12126–628844365.03,5248.03310151.9591001.72
Wisconsin Badgers
2023 664–211417963.71,1276.333118.8511613.24
Career423018–127601,14966.38,9187.87926149.91994652.38

References
  1. "From Midway magic to Sooner magic: QB Tanner Mordecai ready to start next chapter with Oklahoma". Oklahoman.com. December 20, 2017.
  2. "OU football: Jalen Hurts beats out Tanner Mordecai in 'closest' quarterback competition". Oklahoman.com. August 20, 2019.
  3. CLIFF BRUNT. "'Tanner Mordecai did a phenomenal job' – but Jalen Hurts gets Oklahoma QB nod". WacoTrib.com. Associated Press.
  4. Spencer Rattler named starting QB for No. 5 Oklahoma
  5. Staff report. "Ex-Midway QB Mordecai commits to SMU after leaving Oklahoma". WacoTrib.com.
  6. "Source: SMU names Oklahoma transfer Tanner Mordecai starting QB". Dallas News. August 29, 2021.
  7. "Tanner Mordecai breaks SMU single-game passing TD record in win over Abilene Christian". Dallas News. September 5, 2021.
  8. "American Announces 2021 Football Award Winners and All-Conference Teams". American Athletic Conference. December 1, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  9. "Mordecai's 9 passing TDs send SMU past Houston 77-63". Toronto Star. November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  10. Werner, Barry (November 5, 2022). "Houston, SMU combine for 906 passing yards, 16 TD throws". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  11. "SMU's Mordecai, Tulane's Williams, Temple's Price Named Players of the Week". American Athletic Conference. November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  12. "Tanner Mordecai transfers to Wisconsin". CBS Sports.
  13. "Tanner Mordecai College Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
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