Career Honors

• 2026 All-America honorable mention (Associated Press and USBWA)
• 2026 All-SEC first team (Coaches and AP)
• 2026 SEC All-Defensive team
• 2026 NABC All-District first team
• 2026 SEC All-Tournament Team
• 2026 Lute Olson Award Finalist

As a Sophomore (2025-26) 

• Averaged team-leading 19.5 points per game, becoming just the second Commodore to ever score 700 points in a season (702)
• Set the single-season Vanderbilt records with 184 assists and 86 steals
• Finished with 19.5 points, 5.1 assists and 2.4 steals per game. Only player in the nation to average better than 19 points, 5.0 assists and 2.0 steals on the season
• Averaged 21.5 points, 5.5 assists and 2.3 steals in SEC play, becoming the only player in the league to surpass 21/5/2 in the past 30 seasons
• Earned honorable mention All-American honors from the Associated Press and USBWA
• 2026 All-SEC first team, SEC All-Defensive team, NABC All-District first team, SEC All-Tournament team
• 2026 Lute Olson Award National Player of the Year finalist
• Produced a Vanderbilt single game record 14 assists in win at South Carolina
• 86 steals led all high-major players in the country
• Scored in double figures in 35-of-36 games on the season, including 19 games of 20-plus points and a pair of 30-point performances
• Career-high 37 points against Oklahoma (2/7/2026)

As a Freshman (2024-25)

• Played in all 33 games in his first season at Vandy, averaging 20.4 minutes
• Averaged 5.7 points while shooting 46.5% from the field
• Captured the Vanderbilt freshman steals record with 55 takeaways
• Only major conference player with 60+ assists and 15 or less turnovers
• Led all of power conferences with 4.2 assist/turnover ratio (63:15)
• 1-of-4 major conference freshmen to record more than 50 assists and 50 steals (Cooper Flagg, Jeremiah Fears, VJ Edgecombe)
• Only player in the country to record over 50 assists, 50 steals and less than 15 turnovers
• Only player in college basketball since at least 1996-97 with 50 assists, 50 steals and less than 15 turnovers
• Produced a season-high 16 points against New Orleans (Dec. 30)
• Had seven games with three or more steals, including a season-best five in the win over TCU in the Coast-to-Coast Challenge
• Did not commit a single turnover in nonconference play, going over 320 minutes before turning the ball over

High School

• Two-time Gatorade Tennessee Boys Basketball Player of the Year (2022-23, 2023-24)
• 2024 TSSAA Division II-AA Mr. Basketball
• Played for Brentwood Academy, leading the Eagles to the 2023 state title and the 2024 championship game
• Averaged 26.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 3.3 assists as a senior
• Scored 19.6 points and averaged 4.2 rebounds, 3,8 assists and 3.1 steals as a junior
• Ranked as the No. 1 recruit in Tennessee and a top-150 player in the country
• Joins former Dores Darius Garland, John Jenkins and Derrick Byars as Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year winners since 2000

Personal

• Son of D’Wayne and Jenifer Tanner
• Both mom and dad played collegiate basketball at Rice
• Dad, D’Wayne, owns the Southwest Conference record with 291 career steals and is Rice’s career and single-season (95) steals record holder
• Sister, Amber, ran track at Georgia where she was part of the 2019 NCAA Indoor 1600m Relay national championship squad, the 2020 SEC Indoor Champion in the 800m run, 2021 SEC Outdoor Champion in the 800m, a three-time All-American and owns the school records in both the indoor and outdoor 800m events