
Receiver, Georgia, 2016–18
Mecole Hardman
- Number
- No. 4
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 183 lb
- Class (2018)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Bowman, GA
- Born
- Mar 12, 1998, in Bowman, Georgia
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Mecole Hardman played receiver at Georgia (2016–18). The Kansas City Chiefs took Hardman in round 2, No. 56 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
6catches, career highat South Carolina, 2018103receiving yards, career highat South Carolina, 2018Honors
Team titles: SEC champions, 2017
Receiving
Returns
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Georgia | 44 | 0.97 | 94th (n=507) | 0.52 | 42.6 | 5% |
| 2018 | Georgia | 59 | 0.57 | 58th (n=497) | 0.53 | 33.8 | 7% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2018 Georgia 14 games, 34 catches, 532 yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 45–0 | 2 | 63 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 8 | at | W 41–17 | 6 | 103 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. | W 49–7 | 4 | 21 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 22 | at | W 43–29 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 91 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | vs. | W 38–12 | 4 | 43 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 6 | vs. | W 41–13 | 4 | 45 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Oct 13 | at | L 16–36 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Oct 27 | vs. | W 36–17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 1 |
| Nov 3 | at | W 34–17 | – | – | – | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Nov 10 | vs. | W 27–10 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | vs. | W 66–27 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 2 |
| Nov 24 | vs. | W 45–21 | 1 | 44 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Dec 1 | vs. | L 28–35 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 2 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 21–28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28 | – |
2017 Georgia 15 games, 25 catches, 418 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 31–10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | – |
| Sep 9 | at | W 20–19 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 2 |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 42–14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 23 | vs. | W 31–3 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | at | W 41–0 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Oct 7 | at | W 45–14 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 14 | vs. | W 53–28 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 66 | – |
| Oct 28 | vs. | W 42–7 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 4 | vs. | W 24–10 | 3 | 41 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 11 | at | L 17–40 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 142 | 3 |
| Nov 18 | vs. | W 42–13 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | at | W 38–7 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 3 |
| Dec 2 | vs. | W 28–7 | 4 | 67 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 54–48 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 1 |
| Jan 8 ✦ | vs. | L 23–26 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 2 |
2016 Georgia 4 games, 6 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | at | L 14–45 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 15 | vs. | L 16–17 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. | L 10–24 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 35–21 | – | – | – | 1 | 17 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10¼″ | |
| Weight | 187 lb | |
| Arm length | 30¼″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| Wingspan | 71⅝″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.33 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.48 s | |
| Vertical jump | 36½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ | |
| Bench press | 17 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.75 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.25 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 78 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.
Pro Bowl: 2019 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2019
All-Pro teams: AP second team 2019.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 26 | 538 | 6 |
| 2020 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 41 | 560 | 4 |
| 2021 | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 59 | 693 | 2 |
| 2022 | Kansas City Chiefs | 8 | 25 | 297 | 4 |
| 2023 | Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 15 | 124 | 0 |
| 2024 | Kansas City Chiefs | 12 | 12 | 90 | 0 |
| 2025 | Buffalo Bills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 78 | 178 | 2,302 | 16 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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