Tanner Mordecai Breakdown

LET FICKELL COOK!!!

Mordecai wasn’t even in the Portal…to my knowledge. So how he and Longo got this done is beyond me. But we’ve got our Plug & Play guy for 2023, and let me tell you….he’s an absolute STUD.

Mordecai Career Stats:

ATTs: 968 | COMP %: 66.7% | YDS: 7,791 | YPA: 8.05 | TD:INT Ratio: 3.30

Mordecai 2022 Stats:

ATTs: 444 | COMP %: 64.9% | YDS: 3,524 | YPA: 7.94 | TD:INT Ratio: 3.30

Mordecai 2021 Stats:

ATTs: 454 | COMP %: 67.8% | YDS: 3,628 | YPA: 8.00 | TD:INT Ratio: 3.25

How is this in comparison to the Most Productive & Successful UW QBs??

In terms of QB “Production” Mordecai in his time at OU and SMU, would be second only to R. Wilson. His YPA is right in-line with Stocco & Tolzien but his TD:INT Ratio frankly blows them out of the water! Extrapolating the production of those other UW QBs to their Win % and we’re looking at an almost guaranteed 10 Win season next year with Mordecai! If you look at just their best season Win %….you’re looking at an 11-Win Average.

Now that’s really all surface-level stuff! How does Mordecai fit into Longo’s System?

Well, we know Longo loves his PA/RPO:

Historically Longo has liked to use about a 42% PA/RPO Mix in his Pass Attempts, this year with Drake May specifically that dropped to about 27% of Pass ATTs using Play-Action or Run-Pass Option Concepts. But Mordecai is comfortable playing in a less PA/RPO intense style and heavy PA/RPO Style.

Let’s take a look at it by Season and then OU vs. SMU:

You’ll see why but my contention is that Mordecai will THRIVE in a Longo heavy PA/RPO system!!!

The Why:

If you look at COMP % he’s almost dead even in SB vs. PA/RPO Concepts, but where the separation begins to form is in the efficiencies of those Passes. Over his career, Mordecai averages about 9.29 Y/A on PA/RPO throws while only averaging 7.62 Y/A on Straight DBs. a 1.67 Y/A Difference.

Not Just that!