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2022 Football Roster

8 Tanner Mordecai

  • Position QB
  • Cl-Exp SR-1L
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 214
  • Hometown Waco, Texas
  • Previous School Oklahoma / Midway

Biography

Senior (2022): Started all 12 games played… Completed 288 passes for 3,524 yards (18th NCAA) and 33 TDs (8th NCAA)… Registered five 300-yard games … Had 10 total TDs (9 passing) in the win over Houston… Was also top 15 in the FBS for completions per game (24.00), passing yards/game (293.7), and total offense (302.0)... RECORDS: Single-game passing TDs (9) and TDs responsible for (10)… Career TD passes (72)… TD passes for a senior (33)… Career TDs responsible for (76)… Career games with 4+ TDs (7)… Career 300-yard games (13)… AWARDS: Davey O'Brien Award Semifinalist... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist... CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy Midseason Watch List... Walter Camp Award Watch List... Maxwell Award Watch List... William V. Campbell Trophy nominee... Manning Award Watch List... Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List... PFF All-AAC Third Team... Phil Steele All-AAC Fourth Team... CFPA National Performer of the Week (Nov. 6)... Walter Camp Award National Player of the Week (Nov. 6)... AAC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 7)... Maxwell Award Player of the Week (Nov. 8)... Davey O'Brien National QB of the Week (Nov. 8)... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week (Nov. 8)... PFF Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 8)... AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Oct. 17, Sept. 5)... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention (Oct. 18, Sept. 6)... Manning Award Star of the Week (Nov. 7, Sept. 6)... Davey O'Brien Great 8 (Nov. 7, Sept. 6)... Preseason: Phil Steele Second-Team All-AAC… Athlon Sports First-Team All-AAC... DCTF All-Texas Second Team, Lone Star 50: No. 7... PFF Top 50 FBS QBs: No. 20, Second-Team All-AAC... CFN Top 30 Players: No. 9... East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 List.

Junior (2021): Started all 12 games... Was 308-for-454 (.678, 15th NCAA) passing for 3,628 yards (12th NCAA, 1st AAC, 3rd SMU) and a school-record 39 TDs (5th NCAA, 1st AAC)... His 308 completions rank second at SMU, while his 454 attempts rank ninth... Posted eight 300-yard games and five games with 4+ passing TDs... Registered six games with 4+ total TDs... His seven passing TDs in the season opener against ACU set the SMU single-game record... The 427 yards against Tulane are ninth for a Mustang... Had a 75% or better completion rate in three games (ACU, at LaTech, Navy)... Also ranked in the top 10 nationally and led the conference in points responsible for (248, 6th NCAA), points responsible for per game (20.7, 6th NCAA), completions per game (25.67, 8th NCAA), passing yards per game (302.3, 10th NCAA) and total offense (319.2, 10th NCAA)… His 41 TDs responsible is a single-season record for SMU... Rushed for 202 yards and two TDs off 74 carries... Finished with 3,830 yards of total offense (4th SMU)... AWARDS: Maxwell Award Semifinalist... Davey O'Brien Award Semifinalist... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist... Second-Team All-AAC... Manning Award Watch List... CFPA National Performer of the Year Watch List... DCTF All-State College First Team... PFF All-AAC Third Team... Phil Steele All-AAC Third Team...  AAC Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 15, Oct. 25, Sept. 20, Sept. 6)... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week (Sept. 21, Sept. 7)... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Honor Roll (Nov. 15, Oct. 5)... CFPA Honorable Mention National Performer of the Week (Sept. 19, Sept. 6)... PFF College Team of the Week (Sept. 6)... Davey O'Brien Great 8 (Oct. 25, Sept. 20, Sept. 7)...  Manning Award Star of the Week (Oct. 25, Sept. 20)... PFF Top Breakout Quarterback... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2020 (Sophomore at Oklahoma):
Played in four games… Went 32-for-40 for 395 yards and two TDs… Bested his career-high in passing yards with 157 against Missouri State.

2019 (Freshman at Oklahoma): Saw action in six games… Went 16-for-26 for 207 yards and two TDs… Had a career-high 114 yards and two TDs against South Dakota… AWARDS: Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2018 (at Oklahoma): Redshirted… Played in two games… Went 2-for-2 passing for 37 yards.

Prep: Four-star recruit by ESPN and three-star by 247Sports and Rivals… Threw for 4,797 yards in his high school career with 51 touchdowns on 334-of-567 passing... Had 247 carries for 1,511 yards and 20 TDs... Also had offers from Georgia, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss and others.

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