In The News
- A Different Path (Deseret News)
- Stanford’s prize QB signee just returned from a Latter-day Saint mission. But the pandemic has changed everything (Deseret News)
Career Accolades
- Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022)
- Gundelach Award (2022)
- All-Pac-12 honorable mention quarterback - Coaches (2021)
- 2021 Davey O'Brien QB Class (2021)
- Two-time Manning Award Star of the Week (Sept. 11, 2021; Oct. 2, 2021)
- Two-time Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 (Sept. 11, 2021; Oct. 2, 2021)
- Two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Sept. 11, 2021; Oct. 2, 2021)
- Rose Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week (Oct. 2, 2021)
- Irving S. Zeimer MVP (2021)
As a Junior (2022)
- Team Captain
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Gundelach Award
- Stanford Offensive Player of the Game (Week 7- Notre Dame)
- Ended 2022 season with the ninth-most passing yards by a Cardinal quarterback in a single season (2,947 yards), tied for 5th-most pass completions in a single season (264), and third-most pass attempts in a single season (426)
- Started all 12 games under center, throwing for 2,947 yards off 264-of-426 (62.0%)
- Scored 13 touchdowns, averaging 245.6 yards/game in the air
- Rushed for two touchdowns
- Marked his second career 300-yard game against Colgate (Sept. 3) ... finished 22-of-27 for 308 yards and two touchdowns
- Led the Cardinal to its most first downs (33) in a single game in 25 years against USC (Sept. 10) (last time, 34 against Notre Dame, 1997)
- Went 17-for-26 with 3 TDs and 286 yards at Washington (Sept. 24)
- Finished 20-of-36 for 269 yards and two touchdowns against Oregon State (Oct. 8) ... Moved into 17th in school history for career passing yards with 3,641 ... 9th career multi-TD passing game and 11th career 200-yard passing game
- Went 26-of-38 for 288 yards in Stanford's win at Notre Dame (Oct. 15) ... Recorded season-highs in both completions and attempts ... 26 completions was one off career high 27 ... Moved up to 15th on Stanford’s career passing lists with 3,929 passing yards, surpassing Dick Norman (1958-60) and T.C. Ostrander (2004-07)
- Finished a career-high 33-of-57 for 320 yards, marking his third career 300-yard passing game (second this season) in Stanford's win over ASU (Oct. 22) ... His 57 passing attempts was fifth-most in school history, and most since T.C. Ostrander’s 59 vs. UCLA in 2007, while his 33 completions was tied for eighth-most in school history and the most since Davis Mills’ 33 at Washington State in 2019 ... Surpassed Mike Boryla (1970-73) for 14th-most on Stanford’s career list (now has 4,249 career passing yards)
- Went 23-of-40 passing for 236 yards against Washington State (Nov. 5) ... Surpassed 4,600 career passing yards, good for 12th-most in school history
- Recorded second rushing touchdown of the season at Utah (Nov. 12)
- Finished 31-of-40 for 313 yards and a touchdown in Stanford's season finale vs. BYU (Nov. 26) ... Recorded fourth career 300-yard passing game
As a Sophomore (2021)
- All-Pac-12 honorable mention quarterback - Coaches
- Davey O'Brien QB Class
- Two-time Manning Award Star of the Week (Sept. 11, 2021; Oct. 2, 2021)
- Two-time Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 (Sept. 11, 2021; Oct. 2, 2021)
- Two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Sept. 11, 2021; Oct. 2, 2021)
- Rose Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week (Oct. 2, 2021)
- Irving S. Zeimer MVP (2021)
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
- Two-time Stanford Offensive Player of the Game (Week 2- USC; Week 5- Oregon)
- Started nine games, making 10 appearances on the season
- Only the third freshman quarterback to throw for 2,000 yards in a season, throwing for 2,327 off 206-of-315 (65.4%)
- Scored 19 total touchdowns, the most by a freshman quarterback in program history
- His 15 passing touchdowns tied Steve Stenstrom's freshman record
- Had five games with at least 3 total touchdowns -- third most in program history
- Threw his first career touchdown against Kansas State, finishing the game 15-of-18 for 118 yards while splitting time under center (Sept. 4)
- Became the 13th FBS quarterback since 2012 to beat a ranked opponent on the road in their first career start at No. 14 USC . . . went 16-of-23 for 234 yards, with two passing touchdowns, no interceptions, and one rushing touchdown . . . three total touchdowns are tied with Kevin Hogan (2012) for the most total touchdowns by a Stanford quarterback in their first career starts, dating back to 2003 (Sept. 11)
- 19-of-29 for 218 yards and two touchdown passes at Vanderbilt, adding a rushing touchdown . . . six total touchdowns through first two career starts is the most by a Stanford quarterback since 2003 (Sept. 18)
- Had three touchdown passes and 293 passing yards against No. 24 UCLA . . . also added 42 yards on the ground (Sept. 25)
- Led the Cardinal to a comeback win over No. 3 Oregon . . . led a game-tying touchdown drive in the final 1:59, throwing the game-tying touchdown with 0:00 on the scoreboard and the game-winning touchdown in overtime . . . had three touchdowns for the fourth straight game . . . became the first freshman quarterback since 2019 to defeat a Top-5 team (Oct. 2)
- First career 300-yard passing game (356) came at No. 22 Arizona State (Oct. 8)
- Had three touchdowns, two passing and one rushing, at Washington State (Oct. 16)
As a Freshman (2020)
- Played in one game
- Finished 3-of-7 for 62 yards passing
- Made collegiate debut and finished 3 of 7 passing for 62 yards at No. 12 Oregon (Nov. 7)
Prior to Stanford
- Spent two years before enrolling at Stanford on an LDS mission in Brazil
- Prepped at Centennial (Calif.) under head coach Matt Logan
- Four-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports, ESPN and PrepStar
- Nation's 38th-best recruit by 247Sports, 58th by PrepStar, 76th by ESPN, 78th by Rivals
- Nation's third-best pro-style quarterback by 247Sports, fourth by Rivals
- Nation's fourth-best pocket passer by PrepStar, fifth by ESPN
- California's fifth-best recruit by 247Sports, seventh by ESPN, 10th by PrepStar, 11th by Rivals
- 2,150 yards passing and 23 touchdowns, 675 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns as a senior
- 3,755 yards passing and 39 touchdowns, 539 yards rushing and 17 touchdowns as a junior
- 709 yards passing and 74 yards rushing as a sophomore
- Finished prep career as school's all-time leader in completion pct. (.730), second all-time in passing yards
- School's record-holder for longest pass play from scrimmage (96 yards)
- School's single-game record holder for rushing yards by a quarterback (209 yards)
- 2018 Army All American Game
- 2018 Polynesian Bowl MVP
- Elite 11 Finalist
- 2017 all-state
- 2017 All-CIF
- 2017 Big VIII MVP
- 2016 all-state second team
- 2016 All-CIF
- 2016 Big VIII Player of the Year
- Led team to two CIF titles
- Led team to two league titles
- Also competed in basketball and volleyball
Personal
- Full name is Tanner Jeremie McKee
- Born in Irvine, Calif.
- Son of Jeremie and Layna McKee
- Has three siblings, Kayla, Alexa and Caden
- Married to wife, Lauren, in June 2022