Tanner Mordecai

Position:
QB
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Height:
6-2
Weight:
211
Hometown:
Waco, Texas
High School:
Midway HS

2020
An Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree … played in four games … completed 32 of 40 passes (80%) for 395 yards and two touchdowns with one interception … compiled a 174.45 passing efficiency rating … was 7 of 8 for 128 yards (including a season-long 33-yard completion) and a score vs. Kansas (11/7) … completed 6 of 8 passes for 58 yards at Texas Tech (10/31) … played most of the second quarter vs. No. 22 Texas (10/10) and was completed 5 of 7 passes for 52 yards and led a touchdown drive … completed 14 of 17 passes (82%) for 157 yards and a touchdown in season opener vs. Missouri State (9/12).

2019
Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... played in six games as primary backup quarterback … completed 16 of 26 passes (60.0%) for 207 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions … went 2 for 4 for 47 yards in a victory over West Virginia (10/19) … completed three passes for 28 yards at Kansas (10/5) … went 6 for 8 and threw for a career-high 114 yards and two touchdowns against South Dakota (9/7) … also saw action in games against Texas Tech (9/28), UCLA (9/14) and Houston (9/1).

2018
Redshirted ... played in season's first two games ... was 2 of 2 passing for 37 yards (including a 33-yard completion) in the season opener against Florida Atlantic (9/1) ... named one of squad’s offensive scout team players of the year.

HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as a four-star recruit by ESPN and a three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals ... tabbed the No. 151 overall prospect in the country by ESPN and No. 315 by 247Sports ... touted as the No. 19 dual-threat quarterback by 247Sports and No. 17 by Rivals ... ranked as the No. 10 pocket-passing quarterback in the country by ESPN ... rated the No. 23 player in the state of Texas by ESPN, No. 59 by Rivals and No. 78 by 247Sports ... threw for 4,797 yards in his high school career with 51 touchdowns and just 13 interceptions on 334-of-567 passing ... also ran for 1,511 yards and 20 touchdowns on 247 carries ... also received offers from Georgia, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss and others.

PERSONAL
Major is management.