Tanner Mordecai

Tanner Mordecai is an American football quarterback for the SMU Mustangs.

Tanner Mordecai
SMU Mustangs – No. 8
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Junior
Personal information
Born: (1999-11-08) November 8, 1999
Waco, Texas
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight218 lb (99 kg)
Career history
College
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

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.

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 school-record seven passing touchdowns in a 56–9 victory over Abilene Christian.[7]

Statistics
Year Team GP Passing Rushing
CmpAttPctYdsY/ATDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2018Oklahoma 22450.0379.300127.7000.00
2019Oklahoma 6162661.52078.020153.84164.00
2020Oklahoma 4324080.03959.921174.511-14-1.30
2021SMU 1230845467.83,6288.03912158.0742022.72
Career2435852468.34,2678.14313158.8892042.32

Source:[8]

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. 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. "Tanner Mordecai College Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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