Mecole Hardman

Former wide receiver at Georgia. 2018: 34 catches, 532 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Georgia · Jr. · #4

5′11″ · 183 lb · Bowman, GA

Kansas City — drafted 2019, Rd 2, Pick 24, #56 overall

Recruiting

5★

ATH recruit

No. 12 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Georgia. 2018: 34 catches, 532 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Georgia in 2016.
Drafted round 2 by the Kansas City in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia, 950 receiving yards — drafted at #56 overall by Kansas City.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20164 games

Signed with Georgia5-star out of Elbert County

2019

Drafted by Kansas Cityround 2, pick 56

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#12 national

CFB

College

Georgia

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #56

Kansas City · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Kirby Smart

Georgia

Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Kansas CityEntering 8th NFL season

#56Rd 2 · Pick 24

Kansas CityEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kirby Smart — 32-10 over that span.

2016Georgia8-5HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2017Georgia13-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2018Georgia11-3HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (86th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#71 / 550 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#131 / 550 · 76th pct

15.6

Rush yards#69 / 277 · 75th pct

Long catch#170 / 550 · 69th pct

Rec yards#198 / 550 · 64th pct

532

Receptions#230 / 550 · 58th pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#91 / 223 · 37th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home10g	2.4	34.6	16.3	0.5
Road4g	2.5	46.5	19.6	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.1	45.1	15.1	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	28.5	20.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Georgia	34	532	15.6	7	--
2017	Georgia	25	418	16.7	4	--
2016	Georgia	--	--	--	--	--
Career		59	950	16.1	11	--

Season	Team
2018	Georgia	5	36	353	321	1
2017	Georgia	8	61	505	271	--
2016	Georgia	--	--	17	--	--
Career		13	97	875	592	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2018

W 27–10

vs Auburn

2 rec · 39 yds

With D. Swift — 186 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · J. Fromm — 193 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 5 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week