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American football player (born 1999)

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

High school career[edit]

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[edit]

Oklahoma[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

As of December 17, 2022:[13]

Season Games Games
started 		Record Passing Rushing
Comp Att Yards Pct. TD Int Pass Eff Att Yards Avg TD

Oklahoma Sooners
2018 2 0 0–0 2 4 37 50.0 0 0 127.7 0 0 0.0 0
2019 6 0 0–0 16 26 207 61.5 2 0 153.8 4 16 4.0 0
2020 4 0 0–0 32 40 395 80.0 2 1 174.5 11 -14 -1.3 0

SMU Mustangs
2021 12 12 8–4 308 454 3,628 67.8 39 12 158.0 74 202 2.7 2
2022 12 12 6–6 288 443 3,524 65.0 33 10 151.9 59 100 1.7 2

Wisconsin Badgers
2023 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0
Career 36 24 14–10 646 967 7,791 66.8 76 23 155.7 148 304 2.1 4

References[edit]

  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. ^ Press, CLIFF BRUNT Associated. “‘Tanner Mordecai did a phenomenal job’ – but Jalen Hurts gets Oklahoma QB nod”. WacoTrib.com.
  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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