Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Wisconsin
Tanner Mordecai
QB • 6'2" • 218 lbs • Waco, TX, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Tanner Mordecai is a balanced quarterback profile with 25.1 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a quarterback
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Reliability
82
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
82
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Oklahoma • SMU • Wisconsin
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
Player Story
Tanner Mordecai built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a quarterback from Waco, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Oklahoma, SMU, and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Tanner Mordecai's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Oklahoma
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Tanner Mordecai, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · SMU. Tanner Mordecai is a balanced quarterback profile with 25.1 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 10,463
- Passing yards
- 9,856
- Rushing yards
- 607
- Touchdowns
- 93
Quick Answers
Tanner Mordecai quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wisconsin · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 10,463
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Florida Atlantic
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Midway · Oklahoma
- High school pipeline
- Mountain Brook · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2023 Total offense rank
- 2,368 total offense · QB 79th (top 20%) · Big Ten 6th (top 4%) · National 79th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 2 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 29.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 6 | 223 | 207 | 16 | 2 | 30.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 4 | 381 | 395 | -14 | 2 | 38.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 3,830 | 3,628 | 202 | 41 | 72.2 |
| 2022 Postseason | SMU | 12 | 200 | 218 | -18 | 2 | 66.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 3,424 | 3,306 | 118 | 33 | 66.9 |
| 2023 Postseason | Wisconsin | 10 | 375 | 378 | -3 | 3 | 65.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 10 | 1,993 | 1,687 | 306 | 10 | 65.8 |
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Tanner Mordecai played QB for Oklahoma, SMU, and Wisconsin. Across 6 tracked seasons, Tanner Mordecai recorded 9,856 passing yards, 607 rushing yards, and 14 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2021 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
SMU paired 3,830 primary output with 63.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 63.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma, SMU, Wisconsin.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · SMU
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
319.2
Efficiency
63.7
Usage
18.5
Consistency
83.9
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Abilene Christian: 317. North Texas: 344. Louisiana Tech: 446. TCU: 282. South Florida: 329. Navy: 326. Tulane: 461. Houston: 296. Memphis: 244. UCF: 410. Cincinnati: 57. Tulsa: 318
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Abilene Christian: 31 by 67. North Texas: 40 by 66.3. Louisiana Tech: 56 by 76.8. TCU: 32 by 70.8. South Florida: 49 by 64.8. Navy: 44 by 59.4. Tulane: 49 by 76.2. Houston: 43 by 55.7. Memphis: 38 by 57.9. UCF: 59 by 71.3. Cincinnati: 32 by 44.7. Tulsa: 55 by 53.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins364.4 · Games = 8 · +135.6 vs Losses
Losses228.8 · Games = 4 · -135.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
Best efficiency game
76.8 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs Tulsa | L 31-34 | 26 | 46 | 298 | 56.5 | 1 | 2 | 53.8 | 9 | 20 | 2.20 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Cincinnati | L 14-48 | 15 | 26 | 66 | 57.7 | 1 | 0 | 44.7 | 6 | -9 | -1.50 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 11/13 | vs UCF300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 55-28 | 37 | 54 | 377 | 68.5 | 3 | 1 | 71.3 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Memphis | L 25-28 | 19 | 28 | 262 | 67.9 | 2 | 1 | 57.9 | 10 | -18 | -1.80 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Houston300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 37-44 | 24 | 37 | 305 | 64.9 | 3 | 1 | 55.7 | 6 | -9 | -1.50 | 0 | 11 |
| Thu 10/21 | vs Tulane300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 55-26 | 30 | 42 | 427 | 71.4 | 3 | 0 | 76.2 | 7 | 34 | 4.90 | 1 | 16 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Navy300-yard game | W 31-24 | 30 | 40 | 324 | 75.0 | 2 | 1 | 59.4 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs South Florida300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 41-17 | 29 | 42 | 301 | 69.0 | 4 | 1 | 64.8 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 9/25 | @ TCU3+ TD | W 42-34 | 17 | 28 | 245 | 60.7 | 4 | 3 | 70.8 | 4 | 37 | 9.30 | 1 | 17 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Louisiana Tech300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 39-37 | 36 | 48 | 395 | 75.0 | 5 | 0 | 76.8 | 8 | 51 | 6.40 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs North Texas300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 35-12 | 21 | 33 | 311 | 63.6 | 4 | 2 | 66.3 | 7 | 33 | 4.70 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Abilene Christian300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 56-9 | 24 | 30 | 317 | 80.0 | 7 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player Story
Tanner Mordecai story
Tanner Mordecai built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a quarterback from Waco, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Oklahoma, SMU, and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Tanner Mordecai's career was his passing role: 9,856 passing yards, 85 touchdown passes, 1,281 attempts, and 607 rushing yards across 46 career games in the available record. His career also includes 607 rushing yards, 14 receiving yards, and 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Tanner Mordecai's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Oklahoma
2018-2020
Opening stop
- 2
SMU
2021-2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Wisconsin
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20182019202020212022202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 37 | 66.7 | 0 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 223 | 63.2 | 3.4 | 186 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 381 | 62.4 | 7.1 | 158 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 3,830 | 63.7 | 18.5 | 3,449 |
| 2022 Postseason | SMU | 3,624 | 63.6 | 14.9 | -206 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 3,624 | 63.6 | 14.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Wisconsin | 2,368 | 61.6 | 25.1 | -1,256 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 2,368 | 61.6 | 25.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 1 · W 63-14
Win with 37 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.
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Total Offense
100 takeover
37 total offense with 100 efficiency.
#2
vs South Dakota
Week 2 · W 70-14
114
Total Offense
95.9 takeover
Win with 114 yards of offense and 91.7 efficiency.
114 total offense with 91.7 efficiency.
#3
vs Navy
Week 7 · W 40-34 · Conference game
410
Total Offense
83.9 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
410 total offense with 93.5 efficiency.
#4
@ LSU
Week 1 · L 31-35 · Postseason
375
Total Offense
82.2 takeover
Loss with 375 yards of offense and 61.6 efficiency.
375 total offense with 61.6 efficiency.
#5
vs Houston
Week 10 · W 77-63 · Conference game
433
Total Offense
73.6 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
433 total offense with 82.1 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · SMU
3,830 primary output · 63.7 efficiency · 18.5 usage
72.2
#2
2022 Postseason · SMU
66.9
3,624 primary · 63.6 efficiency · 14.9 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · SMU
66.9
3,624 primary · 63.6 efficiency · 14.9 usage
Milestones
21
250+ passing yards
14
300+ total offense
14
3+ TD games
26
Above avg efficiency
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