No. 4 – San Francisco 49ers | |
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Position: | Quarterback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Waco, Texas, U.S. | November 8, 1999
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 218 lb (99 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Midway (Waco, Texas) |
College: | Oklahoma (2018–2020) SMU (2021–2022) Wisconsin (2023) |
Undrafted: | 2024 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
Tanner Mordecai (born November 8, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, SMU Mustangs and Wisconsin Badgers. He signed with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent after the 2024 NFL draft.
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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
Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
Oklahoma Sooners | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 127.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | — | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 207 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 153.8 | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
2020 | 4 | 0 | — | 32 | 40 | 80.0 | 395 | 9.9 | 2 | 1 | 174.5 | 11 | −14 | −1.3 | 0 | |
SMU Mustangs | ||||||||||||||||
2021 | 12 | 12 | 8–4 | 308 | 454 | 67.8 | 3,628 | 8.0 | 39 | 12 | 158.0 | 74 | 202 | 2.7 | 2 | |
2022 | 12 | 12 | 6–6 | 288 | 443 | 65.0 | 3,524 | 8.0 | 33 | 10 | 151.9 | 59 | 100 | 1.7 | 2 | |
Wisconsin Badgers | ||||||||||||||||
2023 | 10 | 10 | 6–4 | 204 | 314 | 65.0 | 2,066 | 6.6 | 9 | 4 | 127.1 | 90 | 302 | 3.4 | 4 | |
Career | 46 | 34 | 20–14 | 850 | 1,281 | 66.4 | 9,857 | 7.7 | 85 | 27 | 148.7 | 238 | 606 | 2.5 | 8 |
Professional career
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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6 ft 1+5⁄8 in (1.87 m) |
210 lb (95 kg) |
31+5⁄8 in (0.80 m) |
8+7⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
4.46 s | 1.63 s | 2.67 s | 4.23 s | 7.00 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) |
9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) | ||
All values from Pro Day[14][15] |
On April 27, 2024, Mordecai signed with the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent after he was not selected in the 2024 NFL Draft.[16][17]
References
- ^ Pryor, Brooke (December 20, 2017). "From Midway magic to Sooner magic: QB Tanner Mordecai ready to start next chapter with Oklahoma". The Oklahoman. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ Mussatto, Joe (August 20, 2019). "OU football: Jalen Hurts beats out Tanner Mordecai in 'closest' quarterback competition". The Oklahoman. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ Brunt, Cliff (August 20, 2019). "'Tanner Mordecai did a phenomenal job' – but Jalen Hurts gets Oklahoma QB nod". WacoTrib.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ Spencer Rattler named starting QB for No. 5 Oklahoma
- ^ Staff report. "Ex-Midway QB Mordecai commits to SMU after leaving Oklahoma". WacoTrib.com.
- ^ "Source: SMU names Oklahoma transfer Tanner Mordecai starting QB". Dallas News. August 29, 2021.
- ^ "Tanner Mordecai breaks SMU single-game passing TD record in win over Abilene Christian". Dallas News. September 5, 2021.
- ^ "American Announces 2021 Football Award Winners and All-Conference Teams". American Athletic Conference. December 1, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "Mordecai's 9 passing TDs send SMU past Houston 77–63". Toronto Star. November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ Werner, Barry (November 5, 2022). "Houston, SMU combine for 906 passing yards, 16 TD throws". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ "SMU's Mordecai, Tulane's Williams, Temple's Price Named Players of the Week". American Athletic Conference. November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Tanner Mordecai transfers to Wisconsin". CBS Sports.
- ^ "Tanner Mordecai College Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ "2024 NFL Draft Scout Tanner Mordecai College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ "How every Badger performed at the 2024 Wisconsin football pro day". BadgersWire.USAToday.com. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ "Wisconsin football: Tanner Mordecai goes undrafted at NFL draft, signs with 49ers". jsonline.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ "49ers Sign Draft Picks and Undrafted Rookie Free Agents". 49ers.com. May 10, 2024.