Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2018Georgia
Mecole Hardman
WR • 5'11" • 183 lbs • Bowman, GA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Mecole Hardman reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Georgia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Georgia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Player Story
Mecole Hardman built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Bowman, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Mecole Hardman's career was his receiving role: 59...
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- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 24
- Overall
- No. 56
- NFL Team
- Kansas City Chiefs
Mecole Hardman, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Georgia. Mecole Hardman reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 950
- Receptions
- 59
- Touchdowns
- 15
Featured Highlight
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Mecole Hardman Georgia Highlights
2018 · Georgia · Player Highlight
Mecole Hardman college highlights at Georgia.
- Season
- 2018
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Mecole Hardman quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 950
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Georgia
- Top game
- South Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Elbert County · Georgia
- High school pipeline
- Elbert County · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 2 · Pick 24 · Kansas City Chiefs
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Junior
- 2018 Receiving yards rank
- 532 receiving yards · WR 199th (top 20%) · SEC 24th (top 11%) · National 213th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2017 Postseason | Georgia | 15 | 3 | 95 | 2 | 62.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia | 15 | 22 | 323 | 4 | 62.4 |
| 2018 Postseason | Georgia | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 72.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia | 14 | 33 | 529 | 8 | 72.1 |
Related Context
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Mecole Hardman played WR for Georgia. Across 3 tracked seasons, Mecole Hardman recorded 97 rushing yards, 950 receiving yards, and 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Georgia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Georgia paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 75.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2018 Postseason · Georgia
Games
14
Receiving Yards / G
38
Efficiency
75.3
Usage
15.6
Consistency
61
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 3. Austin Peay: 63. South Carolina: 103. Middle Tennessee: 21. Missouri: 60. Tennessee: 43. Vanderbilt: 45. LSU: 23. Florida: 10. Kentucky: 0. Auburn: 39. Massachusetts: 68. Georgia Tech: 44. Alabama: 10
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 1 by 20. Austin Peay: 2 by 100. South Carolina: 6 by 100. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 35. Missouri: 2 by 100. Tennessee: 4 by 71.7. Vanderbilt: 4 by 75. LSU: 2 by 76.7. Florida: 2 by 33.3. Auburn: 2 by 100. Massachusetts: 3 by 100. Georgia Tech: 1 by 100. Alabama: 1 by 66.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins45.1 · Games = 11 · +33.1 vs Losses
Losses12 · Games = 3 · -33.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
100 vs Georgia Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1/2 | vs Texas | L 21-28 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Sat 12/1 | vs Alabama | L 28-35 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/24 | vs Georgia Tech | W 45-21 | — | 1 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 44 |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Massachusetts | W 66-27 | — | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 22.70 | 1 | 57 |
| Sun 11/11 | vs Auburn | W 27-10 | — | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 0 | 32 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Kentucky | W 34-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Florida | W 36-17 | — | 2 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ LSU | L 16-36 | — | 2 | 23 | 7.7 | 11.50 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Vanderbilt | W 41-13 | — | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Tennessee | W 38-12 | — | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 10.80 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Missouri | W 43-29 | — | 2 | 60 | 16.5 | 30 | 1 | 54 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 49-7 | — | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 5.30 | 1 | 7 |
| Sat 9/8 | @ South Carolina100 receiving yards | W 41-17 | — | 6 | 103 | 19 | 17.20 | 1 | 42 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Austin Peay | W 45-0 | — | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 31.50 | 1 | 59 |
Player Story
Mecole Hardman story
Mecole Hardman built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Bowman, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Mecole Hardman's career was his receiving role: 59 catches, 950 receiving yards, 11 touchdowns, and 97 rushing yards across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Georgia. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 97 rushing yards, 11 tackles, and 1,467 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia.
The arc is straightforward: Mecole Hardman moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Georgia
2016-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Georgia | 418 | 81.3 | 15.3 | 418 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia | 418 | 81.3 | 15.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Georgia | 532 | 75.3 | 15.6 | 114 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia | 532 | 75.3 | 15.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ South Carolina
Week 2 · W 41-17 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
103
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
103 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ Auburn
Week 14 · W 28-7 · Conference game
67
Receiving Yards
89 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
67 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Georgia Tech
Week 13 · W 38-7
51
Receiving Yards
82.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
51 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Alabama
Week 1 · L 23-26 · Postseason · Conference game
80
Receiving Yards
80.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
80 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Massachusetts
Week 12 · W 66-27
68
Receiving Yards
79.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
68 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Georgia
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2018 Postseason · Georgia
72.1
532 primary · 75.3 efficiency · 15.6 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Georgia
72.1
532 primary · 75.3 efficiency · 15.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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