Tanner Mordecai

Tanner Mordecai (born November 8, 1999) is an American professional football quarterback. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, SMU Mustangs and Wisconsin Badgers. He signed with the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent after the 2024 NFL draft.

Early life 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.

College career Oklahoma 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. 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. Overall he played in 12 games at Oklahoma, completing 50 of 70 passes for 639 yards and four touchdowns.

SMU In 2021, Mordecai transferred to Southern Methodist University. In his first year at SMU, he was named the starter. In his first start, he threw for a then school-record seven passing touchdowns in a 56–9 victory over Abilene Christian. Following the 2021 season, Mordecai was selected to the American's All-Conference Second Team.

On November 5, 2022, against the Houston Cougars, Mordecai threw for a school-record 9 touchdowns, 7 of which came in the first half. The Mustangs won the game 77–63, breaking the FBS record for highest-scoring regulation game. For his performance, Mordecai was named The American's offensive player of the week.

Wisconsin On December 30, 2022, Mordecai announced his intent to transfer to the University of Wisconsin.

Statistics

Year Team Games Passing Rushing GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD 2018 Oklahoma 2 0 — 2 4 50.0 37 9.3 0 0 127.7 0 0 0.0 0 2019 Oklahoma 6 0 — 16 26 61.5 207 8.0 2 0 153.8 4 16 4.0 0 2020 Oklahoma 4 0 — 32 40 80.0 395 9.9 2 1 174.5 11 −14 −1.3 0 2021 SMU 12 12 8–4 308 454 67.8 3,628 8.0 39 12 158.0 74 202 2.7 2 2022 SMU 12 12 6–6 288 443 65.0 3,524 8.0 33 10 151.9 59 100 1.7 2 2023 Wisconsin 10 10 6–4 204 314 65.0 2,066 6.6 9 4 127.1 90 302 3.4 4Career 46 34 20–14 850 1,281 66.4 9,857 7.7 85 27 148.7 238 606 2.5 8

Professional career

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. He was also selected by the DC Defenders in the ninth round of the 2024 UFL draft on July 17. Mordecai was waived on August 27, and re-signed to the practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract with San Francisco on January 6, 2025.

On August 4, 2025, Mordecai was waived by the 49ers. He was re-signed three days later, but was waived again on August 11. Mordecai re-signed with the 49ers on August 21, but was waived/injured by the team on August 25.