No. 4 – San Francisco 49ers | |
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Position: | Quarterback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Waco, Texas, U.S. | November 8, 1999
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 218 lb (99 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Midway (Waco, Texas) |
College: | Oklahoma (2018–2020) SMU (2021–2022) Wisconsin (2023) |
Undrafted: | 2024 |
Career history | |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Roster status: | Practice squad |
Career highlights and awards | |
Player stats at PFR |
Tanner Mordecai (born November 8, 1999) is an American professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, SMU Mustangs and Wisconsin Badgers. He signed with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent after the 2024 NFL draft.
Mordecai attended Midway High School in Waco, Texas. During his career he passed for 4,797 yards and 51 touchdowns. He committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football. [1]
Mordecai played at Oklahoma from 2018 to 2020. In his first year he appeared in two games as a backup to Kyler Murray and took a redshirt. In 2019, he competed with Jalen Hurts to be the starter but lost the job and was the backup to Hurts for the season. [2] [3] In 2020 he again competed for the starting job, this time with Spencer Rattler, but again lost the job and spent the year as his backup. [4] Overall he played in 12 games at Oklahoma, completing 50 of 70 passes for 639 yards and four touchdowns.
In 2021, Mordecai transferred to Southern Methodist University. [5] In his first year at SMU, he was named the starter. [6] In his first start, he threw for a then school-record seven passing touchdowns in a 56–9 victory over Abilene Christian. [7] Following the 2021 season, Mordecai was selected to the American's All-Conference Second Team. [8]
On November 5, 2022, against the Houston Cougars, Mordecai threw for a school-record 9 touchdowns, 7 of which came in the first half. [9] The Mustangs won the game 77–63, breaking the FBS record for highest-scoring regulation game. [10] For his performance, Mordecai was named The American's offensive player of the week. [11]
On December 30, 2022, Mordecai announced his intent to transfer to the University of Wisconsin. [12]
Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
Oklahoma Sooners | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 127.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | — | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 207 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 153.8 | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
2020 | 4 | 0 | — | 32 | 40 | 80.0 | 395 | 9.9 | 2 | 1 | 174.5 | 11 | −14 | −1.3 | 0 | |
SMU Mustangs | ||||||||||||||||
2021 | 12 | 12 | 8–4 | 308 | 454 | 67.8 | 3,628 | 8.0 | 39 | 12 | 158.0 | 74 | 202 | 2.7 | 2 | |
2022 | 12 | 12 | 6–6 | 288 | 443 | 65.0 | 3,524 | 8.0 | 33 | 10 | 151.9 | 59 | 100 | 1.7 | 2 | |
Wisconsin Badgers | ||||||||||||||||
2023 | 10 | 10 | 6–4 | 204 | 314 | 65.0 | 2,066 | 6.6 | 9 | 4 | 127.1 | 90 | 302 | 3.4 | 4 | |
Career | 46 | 34 | 20–14 | 850 | 1,281 | 66.4 | 9,857 | 7.7 | 85 | 27 | 148.7 | 238 | 606 | 2.5 | 8 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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6 ft 1+5⁄8 in (1.87 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | 31+5⁄8 in (0.80 m) | 8+7⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.46 s | 1.63 s | 2.67 s | 4.23 s | 7.00 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) | 9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) | ||
All values from Pro Day [14] [15] |
On April 27, 2024, Mordecai signed with the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent after he was not selected in the 2024 NFL draft. [16] [17] He was also selected by the DC Defenders in the ninth round of the 2024 UFL draft on July 17. [18] He was waived on August 27, and re-signed to the practice squad. [19] [20]
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