Oklahoma State University Athletics
2025 Cowboy Football Roster
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Mordecai McDaniel
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Fort Washington, MD
- High School:
- St. John's
2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
An addition from the transfer portal with one year of eligibility remaining as a super senior in 2025.
2024 (Senior at Charlotte): Played one season at Charlotte, appearing in all 12 games with four starts that each occurred in the final five games ... Finished fifth on the team with 43 total tackles and 28 solo stops ... Credited with 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, three pass breakups and a quarterback hurry ... His 12 tackles at Memphis marked the most for any Charlotte player in a game all season ... Recorded his sack against Tulane.
Junior College: Spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons at Iowa Western CC but was not on the football roster.
2021 (Sophomore at Florida): Saw action in all 13 games at safety and special teams and made one start ... Finished the season with 15 tackles, seven solo stops and one interception ... Made his first career start in the season opener against FAU and tallied six tackles to mark his most in a game during his time at Florida … Finished with at least one tackle in seven games and multiple stops in three games ... Made his first career interception against Samford and his first career quarterback hurry against USF ... Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2020 (Freshman): Appeared in 10 games as a true freshman at Florida and tallied four tackles ... Made collegiate debut in the season opener at Ole Miss ... Made his first tackle against Alabama and then had three tackles with two solo stops in the Cotton Bowl against Oklahoma ... Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Played both sides of the ball at St. John’s College High School, seeing time at wide receiver, cornerback and safety ... Two-time 2019 D.C. State Athletic Association Track and Field Indoor Championships Gold Medalist for the 55 meters and 300 meters ... Competed in Iceland at the Reykjavik International Games with National Scholastic Athletics Foundation team ... A four-star prospect ... Held offers from more than 15 Division I programs, including Alabama, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and Penn State, Tennessee and Florida.
Personal: Son of Darryl and Donna McDaniel.
