The 2023 college football season is on the horizon and Luke Fickell and his Badgers are now 39 days away from their season opener versus Buffalo on Sept. 2. Joining Fickell in Madison will be new signal-caller Tanner Mordecai, who had two monster seasons with SMU before transferring, the first of which included 39 passing touchdowns.
In 2021, Mordecai transferred from Oklahoma to SMU, playing under head coach Sonny Dykes with the Mustangs. During his first season with the squad, the quarterback threw for 3,628 yards and 39 scores over 12 games.
He followed up his impressive 2021 performance the next year with 3,524 passing yards and 33 touchdowns through the air. Following the 2022 campaign, he entered the transfer portal and ended up at Wisconsin with new head coach Luke Fickell and offensive mastermind Phil Longo and his “Air Raid” scheme.
The Badger record for passing yards stands at 3,175 yards (Russell Wilson – 2011) and the touchdown record is 33 (Russell Wilson – 2011), both of which could be within Mordecai’s grasp in 2023.
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