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Mordecai Earns Plethora Of National Honors

Nov 8

DALLAS (SMU) – Tanner Mordecai was today named the National Player of the Week by the Maxwell Award, Davey O'Brien Award and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.

He has already received National Player of the Week accolades from the CFPA and Walter Camp Awards and was named the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week.

In SMU's record-setting, 77-63 win over Houston, Mordecai went 28-37 passing for 379 yards and nine TDs, while also going 8-54 rushing with a TD for 433 yards of total offense. The nine TD passes and 10 total TDs responsible for were both AAC and SMU records, while the seven passing TDs in the first half tied the NCAA record. According to ESPN Stats and Info, he is the only player in FBS history to have seven passing TDs and a rushing TD in a half.

He currently ranks in the top-10 nationally for points responsible for per game (6th, 20.2), passing TDs (8th, 25), passing yards per game (8th, 312.5) and points responsible for (10th, 162).

Mordecai now has an SMU-record 13 300-yard passing games and is top-10 in career passing TDs (2nd, 64), passing yards (6th,128), completions (6th, 496) and total offense (6th, 6,429).

The Mustangs travel to Tampa, Florida, Saturday for an 11 a.m. CT match-up with USF.
 
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