Player Dossier

2023-2025

Fresno State

Mordecai Hines

DL • 6'5" • 290 lbs • Palmdale, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Mordecai Hines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Player Story

Mordecai Hines built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Palmdale, CA wearing No. 89, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Mordecai Hines' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8469

Highland · Palmdale, CA

Committed To
Fresno State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Mordecai Hines, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Fresno State. Mordecai Hines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
11
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1

Quick Answers

Mordecai Hines quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · DL
Career Tackles
11
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Fresno State
Top game
New Mexico State
Recruit profile
3-star · Highland · Fresno State
High school pipeline
Highland · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 89 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
4 tackles · DL 838th (top 78%) · Mountain West 322nd (top 61%) · National 3,933rd (top 64%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonFresno State00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonFresno State371.51--048.7
2025 PostseasonFresno State31-0--022.3
2025 Regular SeasonFresno State3310--022.3

Related Context

Mordecai Hines played DL for Fresno State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Mordecai Hines recorded 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Fresno State paired 2.5 primary output with 18 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 8.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Fresno State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

8.9

Usage

3.5

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Wyoming

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): 0. Wyoming: 1. Utah State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami (OH): 1 by 4.2. Wyoming: 1 by 14.2. Utah State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wyoming

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Wyoming

Result
Sat 12/27vs Miami (OH)W 18-311000
Sun 11/23vs Utah StateL 17-2822000
Sun 11/16vs WyomingW 24-311100

Player Story

Mordecai Hines story

Mordecai Hines built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Palmdale, CA wearing No. 89, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Mordecai Hines' career was his defensive production: 11 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 6 career games in the available record. That gives Mordecai Hines' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Fresno State

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonFresno State0
2024 Regular SeasonFresno State2.5185.52.5
2025 PostseasonFresno State18.93.5-1.5
2025 Regular SeasonFresno State18.93.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico State

Week 3 · W 48-0

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 110 Wyoming

Week 12 · W 24-3 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

59.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.

#3

@ New Mexico

Week 4 · W 38-21 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

30 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 30 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 79 Utah State

Week 13 · L 17-28 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

7.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.

#5

@ UNLV

Week 5 · L 14-59 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Fresno State

2.5 primary output · 18 efficiency · 5.5 usage

48.7

#2

2025 Postseason · Fresno State

22.3

1 primary · 8.9 efficiency · 3.5 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Fresno State

22.3

1 primary · 8.9 efficiency · 3.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games