Wisconsin HC Luke Fickell on QB Tanner Mordecai: “He’s done a phenomenal job”

The Wisconsin Badgers have been all around the information headlines on this school soccer offseason, primarily as a result of hiring of head coach Luke Fickell from Cincinnati.

And this offseason has in all probability been probably the most thrilling in years for Badgers followers too.

Following the departure of three-year beginning quarterback Graham Mertz, the quarterback place has been a serious matter.

Had been the Badgers going to usher in a switch or was it Myles Burkett’s flip to take over the reins?

Not solely did head coach Luke Fickell herald a veteran QB, however he introduced within the Davey O’Brien semi-finalist, Tanner Mordecai, to be the brand new starter at Wisconsin.

Not solely has Mordecai given Badger followers recollections of when Russell Wilson transferred from NC State, however head coach Luke Fickell has been impressed as nicely.

“Tanner, particularly, he’s completed an exceptional job. He has been every little thing that I’d hope for. That means within the sense that he got here in, type of saved his mouth shut, went to work, and proved lots of issues.”

Mordecai, the incoming senior from SMU, has drawn a lot consideration within the offseason so far.

He has already been named as a possible Heisman candidate this season and is a serious motive why the Badgers now have one of many strongest QB rooms within the Large Ten.

Nevertheless, transferring into a serious Large Ten program might not at all times be the best transition.

However Fickell remained constructive about the kind of particular person Mordecai has confirmed himself to be throughout the workforce.

“I believe he’s embraced the distinctive cultures and the fellows in that locker room and hasn’t walked in and anticipated to be handed something. He’s simply completed it in a very humble means with an unimaginable work ethic.”

With three highly-rated quarterbacks transferring in and the addition of OC Phil Longo, the Badgers had been capable of entice a great deal of WR expertise as nicely.

It is going to be thrilling to observe Mordecai and the remainder of this revamped offense in spring ball all through April, and hopefully, a brand new face at QB will present a lift to a just lately struggling offense.