Tulane Football AutoNation Cure Bowl Media Guide by TulaneGreenWave

FOOTBALL

1893-2018

FOOTBALL

GAME THIRTEEN

145 NFL DRAFT PICKS | 93 ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS | EIGHT NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION HALL OF FAMERS | 12 BOWL APPEARANCES

TULANE (6-6, 5-3 AAC) vs. LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE (7-6, 5-3 SUN BELT) AUTONATION CURE BOWL | 12.15.18 | 12:30 PM (CT) | ORLANDO, FLA. | CAMPING WORLD STADIUM (65,000) TULANE GREEN WAVE Head Coach: Willie Fritz Record at TU: 15-21 (Third year) Overall: 208-95-1 (26th year)

UL LAFAYETTE RAGIN’ CAJUNS Head Coach: Billy Napier Record at ULL: 7-6 (First year) Overall: 7-6 (First year)

TULANE SEEKING FIRST BOWL WIN SINCE 2002 • It’s off to Orlando for the Green Wave on Dec. 15 as Tulane will face Sun Belt Conference Championship runner-up UL Lafayette in the AutoNation Cure Bowl. • Tulane won four of its final five games of the season to earn its bowl eligibility, defeating Tulsa, USF, East Carolina and Navy to finish the regular season 6-6. • Tulane last played UL Lafayette in 2016, a 41-39 win in four overtimes for the Green Wave. Tulane also played the Ragin’ Cajuns in the 2013 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Tulane’s last bowl appearance. • The Cure Bowl will be the first bowl appearance for 19 of Tulane’s 20 seniors. OL Noah Fisher played in a bowl game while at South Alabama.

The American Athletic Conference recognized four Green Wave defensive players with spots on the AllConference Second Team: LB Zachery Harris, CB Donnie Lewis Jr., S Roderic Teamer Jr. and DE Patrick Johnson. Four players ties for the most Tulane has ever had recognized since joining The American in 2014.

Tulane will be playing in its 12th bowl game all-time. Tulane is 4-7 lifetime in bowl games with its most recent win coming in the 2002 Hawaii Bowl. Tulane has not played in a bowl game since the 2013 R+L Carriers New Orleans bowl.

6-6, 5-3 THE AMERICAN DATE AUG. 30 SEPT. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 SEPT. 28 Oct. 6 OCT. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 NOV. 10 Nov. 15 NOV. 24 Dec. 15

OPPONENT WAKE FOREST (THU.) NICHOLLS at UAB at Ohio State MEMPHIS (FRI.)* at Cincinnati* SMU* at Tulsa* at USF* EAST CAROLINA* at Houston (Thu.)* NAVY* vs. UL Lafayette

TIME/RESULT L, 17-23 (OT) W, 42-17 L, 24-31 L, 6-49 W, 40-24 L, 21-37 L, 23-27 W, 24-17 W, 41-15 W, 24-18 L, 17-48 W, 29-28 12:30 p.m.

TV CBSSN ESPN3 Facebook BTN ESPN2 ESPNU ESPNU ESPNU CBSSN ESPNEWS ESPN ESPNU CBSSN

* American Athletic Conference game All times Central | Home games in BOLD CAPS

UL LAFAYETTE SCHEDULE/RESULTS

FIRST AND 10 1. At 5-3 in conference play following its win over Navy, Tulane earned a share of The American West Division title. Tulane’s 5-3 record also marked the first time since 2014 that the Green Wave finished with a winning league record. 2. Tulane enters the AutoNation Cure Bowl playing in its first bowl game since the TE Charles Jones II snared a late 2-point 2013 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl and its sixth bowl since 1980. Tulane is conversion in Tulane’s win over Navy to 4-7 lifetime in bowl games. make the Green Wave bowl-eligible for 3. Tulane’s rushing attack has gained 100 yards or more on the ground in each of the first time since 2013. the last 39 games. Tulane is averaging 208.2 rushing yards per game this year. 4. Junior Darius Bradwell is Tulane’s leading rusher this season with 984 yards on 166 carries. Bradwell has scored a team-high nine touchdowns. Bradwell ranks ninth in The American with 82.0 yards per game and is 37th nationally with 5.93 yards per carry. He is also tied for 15th nationally with 12 rushes of 20 yards or longer. 5. Bradwell needs just 16 yards to reach 1,000 yards rushing for the season, while WR Darnell Mooney needs just 13 yards receiving to reach 1,000 yards receiving for the year. Only once in the last 70 years has Tulane featured a 1,000-yard running back and a 1,000-yard receiver in the same season (2009). 6. Tulane is 4-1 since Justin McMillan took over as the team’s starting QB. In his last start against Navy, McMillan passed for three touchdowns and rushed for another while leading Tulane on a game-winning drive in the final five minutes. Since taking over as the starter, McMillan has 13 TDs (nine passing, four rushing) and just three interceptions. 7. The Green Wave lead the nation in passes defensed with 84 total and 7.0 per game. 8. Sophomore DE Patrick Johnson tops Tulane with 10.0 sacks, a number that puts him second in the league and first in the nation among sophomores. He leads Tulane with 15.5 tackles for loss and has recorded at least one TFL in 10 of the last 11 games. 9. Tulane had four players named to American Athletic Conference All-Conference teams. DE Patrick Johnson, LB Zachery Harris, CB Donnie Lewis Jr. and S Roderic Teamer Jr. all earned spots on the All-Conference Second Team. This year is the second straight that Tulane has had four players honored, tying the program best since joining The American in 2014. 10. Tulane’s 2018 regular-season slate was been the 29th-toughest schedule at the FBS level based on FBS opponent winning percentage. Tulane’s 2018 opponents had a combined winning percentage of .580 and won 76 combined games.

TULANE SCHEDULE/RESULTS

1,000

Tulane RB Darius Bradwell and Tulane WR Darnell Mooney are likely to reach 1,000 rushing and receiving yards on the season, respectively, during the bowl game. If they do, they would be just Tulane’s second rusher/receiver combo to go over 1,000 yards each in the last 70 years.

7-6, 5-3 SUN BELT CONFERENCE DATE SEPT.1 Sept. 15 SEPT. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 OCT. 13 Oct. 20 OCT. 27 Nov. 3 NOV. 10 NOV. 17 Nov. 24 Dec. 1 Dec. 15

OPPONENT GRAMBLING at Mississippi State COASTAL CAR.* at #1 Alabama at Texas State* NEW MEXICO STATE at Appalachian State* ARKANSAS STATE* at Troy* GEORGIA STATE* SOUTH ALABAMA* at ULM* vs. Appalachian State vs. Tulane

TIME/RESULT W, 49-17 L, 10-56 L, 28-30 L, 14-56 W, 42-27 W, 66-38 L, 17-27 W, 47-43 L, 16-26 W, 36-22 W, 48-38 W, 31-28 L, 19-30 12:30 p.m.

TV ESPN3 ESPN2 ESPN+ SECN ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN3 ESPN+ ESPN CBSSN

* Sun Belt Conference game All times Central | Home games in BOLD CAPS SERIES: Tulane leads 22-6 First Result........................................................1911, Tulane won 27-0 Last Result............................................. 2016, Tulane won 41-39 (4OT) Current Streak:................................................................... Tulane, W1 TV: CBS Sports Network Play-by-Play............................................................... Carter Blackburn Analyst............................................................................... Aaron Taylor Sideline..................................................................................Jenny Dell RADIO: SPORTS 1280 NEW ORLEANS AND ON 101.1 FM HD2 Play-by-Play................................................................Todd Graffagnini Analyst.............................................................................. Steve Barrios Sideline...........................................................................Gus Kattengell NATIONAL RADIO: TOUCHDOWN RADIO Play-by-Play.......................................................................J.P. Shadrick Analyst.............................................................................. Gino Torretta Sideline..................................................................................Jamie Seh

COVERING THE GREEN WAVE TULANE FOOTBALL MEDIA SCHEDULE: CURE BOWL WEEK Dec. 10 Monday

Dec. 11 Tuesday

Dec. 12 Wednesday

Media availability and practice schedule TBD. Contact Tom Symonds for latest availability.

TULANE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS GENERAL INFORMATION Office Phone............................................... (504) 407-7349 Address..........2950 Ben Weiner Drive, New Orleans, 70118 Website...........................................TulaneGreenWave.com TOM SYMONDS - ASSISTANT AD Coach and player interviews, game notes Cell: (504) 407-7349 E-mail: tsymonds@tulane.edu Twitter: @Tom_Symonds EVAN DREXLER - ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Player interviews, game notes, roster info and statistics Cell: (504) 407-7349 E-mail: edrexler@tulane.edu Twitter: @edrexler

MEDIA RESOURCES

CREDENTIAL APPLICATIONS sportssystems.com/tulanefootball TULANE FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/18_GreenWave_Media_Guide WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS (YULMAN STADIUM) E-mail.............................................tsymonds@tulane.edu OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS Twitter .......................... @GreenWaveFB/@TulaneAthletics Instagram..................... @GreenWaveFB/@TulaneAthletics Facebook.......................GreenWaveFootball/TUGreenWave YouTube........................................................TUGreenWave Hashtags...........................................#NolaBuilt #RollWave

Dec. 13 Thursday Practice TBD. AutoNation Cure Bowl Press Conference, 12:30-1:30 p.m. EST, Loews Royal Pacific Resort

Dec. 14 Friday Media availability and practice schedule TBD. Contact Tom Symonds for latest availability.

Dec. 15 Saturday Gameday at Cure Bowl, 1:30 p.m. EST. Media availability following the game.

MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES & SERVICES Weekly News Conference During the regular season, head coach Willie Fritz and selected players will meet with the media each Tuesday (except for the bye week and during midweek games) at a designated time set prior to the season. Requests for specific players should be made to the Strategic Communications office. Interviews All interview requests for head coach Willie Fritz, any assistant coaches and players must be coordinated through the Strategic Communications office. During the regular season, student-athletes are available for interviews, either in person or on the phone, before or after practice Monday through Wednesday. In order to arrange for student-athlete interviews, please provide 24 hours notice to the Strategic Communications office. Student-athlete interviews may be conducted in the atrium of the Wilson Center, in Yulman Stadium or in the Strategic Communications Office. The Tulane training room, football locker room and weight room are off-limits to the media. For telephone interviews, student-athletes will be provided with the number and will make the call at a mutually-agreed upon time. Phone numbers of student-athletes will not be made available to the media. Practice Coverage Regular-season practices will be held in Yulman Stadium and are open to the media. Practices during the regular season may be closed or moved without notice. Please contact the Strategic Communications office if you plan on attending practice. Still photographs and video may be shot during selected segments of practice by approved agencies. After that time, photographers will be asked not to shoot. Media are asked to remain on the sidelines or in the stands during practice and are asked not to speak to players or coaches during the workout. Website Updated statistics, game recaps, weekly and daily releases, player and coach bios, historical, broadcast and ticket information can be found at TulaneGreenWave.com. Media are encouraged to check the website regularly for the latest Green Wave Athletics news. Video Services Requests for video footage of the football team should be made to the Strategic Communications office. Please allow a minimum of three days lead time for video requests. Accessing Information In addition to TulaneGreenWave.com and the official football-specific social media outlets, the latest news, weekly releases, updated depth charts, rosters and season and single game statistics can be sent on a daily or weekly basis via e-mail. Contact the appropriate staff member in the Strategic Communications office to be added to a particular sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s media distribution list.

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TULANE FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS Location.............................................................. New Orleans, La. Founded................................................................................ 1834 Enrollment...........................................................13,581 (Private) Nickname....................................................................Green Wave Mascot.......................................................... Riptide, Angry Wave Colors.........................................................Olive Green & Sky Blue Conference......................................American Athletic Conference President............................................................... Michael A. Fitts Director of Athletics...................................................Troy Dannen Faculty Representative................................................. Mike Hogg Stadium................................................Yulman Stadium (30,000) Surface........................................ UBU Speed Series 5M (Artificial) Yulman Stadium Press Box................................... (504) 314-7490 Athletics Department Phone.................................(504) 865-5500 Athletics Ticket Information..................................(504) 861-9283 FOOTBALL STAFF Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State, 1983).............Head Coach, 3rd year Tulane Overall/Conference Records.................. 15-21/9-15 The American Overall Record/Year......................................... 208-95-1 (.686)/26th year NCAA Record/Year.......................................... 169-90-0 (.652)/22nd year Alex Atkins.................Assist. HC/OL/Running Game Coordinator, 3rd year Jack Curtis...............Defensive Coordinator/Outside Linebackers, 3rd year Jeff Conway.........................................................Wide Receivers, 3rd year Chris Hampton...........................................................Secondary, 3rd year Slade Nagle................................................................Tight Ends, 3rd year Jamaal Fobbs......................................................Running Backs, 3rd year Kevin Peoples...................................................... Defensive Line, 3rd year Michael Mutz...........................................................Linebackers, 3rd year J.J. McCleskey...........................................................Cornerbacks, 1st Year Chris Couch............................ Special Teams Analyst/Recruiting, 3rd year Jordy Joseph................................. Offensive Analyst/Recruiting, 3rd year Johnny Jernigan............................Defensive Analyst/Recruiting, 3rd year Shane Meyer..............................Director of Football Operations, 3rd year Wesley Fritz.....................................Director of Player Personnel, 3rd year Donn Landholm........................Director of Player Development, 3rd year Kati Morse...............................................Director of New Media, 3rd year Kyle Speer.........................Director of Strength & Conditioning (Football) Mitchell Bernardo.............................. Director, Football Video Operations Brandon Vyhnalek............... Assistant Director, Football Video Operations Walker Ashburn............................................Graduate Assistant, Defense Jake Stone.....................................................Graduate Assistant, Defense Mack Helms.................................................. Graduate Assistant, Offense Favian Upshaw.............................................. Graduate Assistant, Offense Patrick Duffey............................................ Graduate Assistant, Recruiting TEAM INFORMATION Offensive Formation.........................................................Multiple Defensive Formation................................................................3-4 2017 Overall Record.................................................................5-7 2017 Conference Record/Finish.............. 3-5/5th (American West) Letterwinners Returning/Lost..............................................52/14 Starters Returning...............18 (9 offense/6 defense/3 specialists) Starters Lost..........................9 (2 offense/7 defense/0 specialists)

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TULANE (6-6, 5-3 AAC WEST)

ULL (7-6, 5-3 SUN BELT) Opp.

NCAA TEAM RANKINGS

Team Stats

TLN

Points/game

25.7 27.8

Points/game

32.5 33.7

Total Offense

First downs

215

First downs

265

288

Rushing Offense

102

269

Team Stats

Opp.

Category

TLN UL

Rushing/Game

208.2 152.6

Rushing/Game

229.1 210.0

Passing Offense

Passing/Game

186.1 266.6

Passing/Game

208.0 222.3

Team Passing Efficiency

Offense/Game

394.3 419.2

Offense/Game

437.1 432.3

Scoring Offense

Fumbles/Lost

16/11 14/6

Fumbles/Lost

14/3 10/6

Total Defense

Penalties/Yards

87/800 81/722

Penalties/Yards

Rushing Defense

Punts-Yards

72/2968 66/2636

Punting Average Third Down Conv.

41.2

39.9

60/174

61/180

8/25

13/27

Fourth Down Conv.

Punts-Yards

68/593 66/587 47/1843 46/1893

Punting Average Third Down Conv. Fourth Down Conv.

Passing Yards Allowed

114

Team Pass. Eff. Defense

112

36.0

39.1

81/168

78/173

Scoring Defense

104

7/17

19/26

Turnover Margin

3rd Down Conv. %

113

4th Down Conv. %

126

109

2018 Tulane Statistical Leaders

2018 UL Lafayette Statistical Leaders

Rushing

Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long

Rushing

Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long

3rd Down Conv. Def.

114

Bradwell

166 984 5.9 9 73

Ragas

197 1141 5.8 8

4th Down Conv. Def.

126

Dauphine

116 754 6.5 7 69

Mitchell

140 959 6.9 12 65

Red Zone Offense

Red Zone Defense

Passing Comp. Att. Int. Pct. Yds. TD

Net Punting

McMillan 68

136

50.0 1159 9

Nunez

147

270 12

Punt Returns

109

121

Banks

139

51.8 1074 5

Lewis

Receiving Rec. Yds.

Avg. TD Long

64.4 2136 19

1 65.4 547 7

Receiving Rec. Yds.

Avg. TD Long

Kickoff Returns First Downs Offense

112

First Downs Defense

118

Mooney 47 987 21.0 8 86

Bradley 38 557 14.7 10 53

Fewest Penalties Per Game 102

Encalade 39 634 16.3 4 74

Malone 41 466 11.4 4 40

Time of Possession

Defense UT AT Total TFL-Yds Sack-Yds Int

Harris 45 42 87 10.5-27 1.5-7 1

Boudreaux 37 50 87 4.5-13 2.0-8 0

Teamer 42 25 67 1.5-9 1.0-7 1

Turner 44 29 73 2.5-11 1.0-8 1

LAST TIME OUT TEAM NOTES • Tulane’s win over Navy secured a share of the American Athletic Conference West Division title. • The Green Wave finished the year with five wins in conference play this season. Tulane’s five wins are its most since joining the league in 2014. • The Green Wave closed the year with a 4-1 record, which marked their best finish to a season since 2004 when the team closed with a 3-1 mark. • Tulane became bowl eligible for the fourth time since 2000. • Tulane collected its first win over Navy since 2004 and snapped a four-game losing streak to the Midshipmen. • The Green Wave moved 8-4 at Yulman since the start of the 2017 season. Tulane finished the year 4-2 at home this season.

DEFENSIVE NOTES • CB Donnie Lewis Jr. made his 43rd career start. His 43 career starts are the most of any defensive player. • LB Zachery Harris finished with a game high 10 tackles. Harris finished with 10 or more tackles for the sixth time in his career. • CB Taris Shenall finished with a career high nine tackles. • DL Patrick Johnson collected his team-leading 10th sack on the season. Johnson has recorded a sack in eight of the last nine games. His 10.0 sacks rank third all-time for a single season. • The Green Wave closed the regular season with 35 sacks. The Green Wave finished 2017 with 14 sacks. Tulane’s 35 sacks are tied for fifth all-time for a single season. • The Green Wave defense held Navy without a score in the red zone in the first quarter, which marked the first time all year the Midshipmen failed to score when entering the red zone.

OFFENSIVE NOTES • WR Terren Encalade and OL John Leglue each made their 36th consecutive start. Encalade’s start was the 44th of his career. • QB Justin McMillan finished with a game-high 291 yards passing. McMillan also threw three touchdowns and rushed for another. • Since taking over as the team’s starter, McMillan has thrown for nine touchdowns and just three interceptions. • WR Darnell Mooney finished the game with 135 yards receiving. He has now surpassed 100 yards receiving in six career games. Four of those 100-yard receiving performances have come this season. • The Green Wave have now surpassed 100 yards rushing in 39 straight games. • Tulane finished with 420 yards of total offense. The Green Wave have surpassed 400 yards of total offense 16 times since the start of the 2016 season. Tulane owns a 12-4 record in those games.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES • P Ryan Wright had a punt of 50 yards or more for the seventh time this season. • Amare Jones finished with 73 kickoff return yards. CONFERENCE HONOREES • Four Green Wave defensive players were named All-Conference Second Team by The American in late November: LB Zachery Harris, S Roderic Teamer Jr., CB Donnie Lewis Jr. and DE Patrick Johnson. • Tulane has now had four players earn all-conference recognition in back-to-back seasons. • The four all-conference honorees ties for the most since the Green Wave joined The American. • Each of Tulane’s all-conference honorees appeared in every game and combined to make 47 starts. Harris, Lewis and Teamer were three of eight Tulane players to start in every game this season. • Lewis was the only repeat honoree for Tulane as he earned Honorable Mention status in 2017.

LIFE IN THE AMERICAN 2018 AAC STANDINGS

WEST DIVISION AAC Games All Games TEAM W-L PCT. W-L PCT. Memphis 5-3 .625 8-5 .615 Houston 5-3 .625 8-4 .667 Tulane 5-3 .625 6-6 .500 SMU 4-4 .500 5-7 .417 Navy 2-6 .250 3-9 .250 Tulsa 2-6 .250 3-9 .250 EAST DIVISION AAC Games UCF 8-0 1.000 Temple 7-2 .875 Cincinnati 6-2 .750 USF 3-5 .375 East Carolina 1-7 .125 UConn 0-8 .000

All Games 12-0 1.000 8-4 .667 10-2 .833 7-5 .583 3-8 .273 1-11 .083

AMERICAN BOWL GAME Saturday, December 15 Tulane vs. UL Lafayette Cure Bowl Thursday, December 20 Marshall vs. USF Gasparilla Bowl Saturday, December 22 Memphis vs. Wake Forest Birmingham Bowl Army vs. Houston Armed Forces Bowl

12:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 11 a.m. 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 27 Duke vs. Temple Independence Bowl 12:30 p.m. Monday, December 31 Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati Military Bowl

11 a.m.

Tuesday, January 1 LSU vs. UCF

12 p.m.

Fiesta Bowl

2018 AAC WEEKLY HONORS

PLAYER (HONOR) DATE Darius Bradwell (Honor Roll) Oct. 1 Donnie Lewis (Honor Roll) Oct. 22 Justin McMillan (Honor Roll) Oct. 29 Merek Glover (Spec. Teams Player of the Week) Nov. 5 Darius Bradwell (Honor Roll) Nov. 5 Patrick Johnson (Honor Roll) Nov. 5 Roderic Teamer Jr. (Defensive Player of the Week) Nov. 12 Darnell Mooney (Honor Roll) Nov. 12 Justin McMillan (Offensive Player of the Week) Nov. 26

BOWL HISTORY • Tulane will be making a trip to a bowl game for the 12th time in school history and for the first time since 2013. • The Green Wave are 4-7 all-time in bowl games with their last win coming in the 2002 Hawaii Bowl. That was also the last time Tulane left Louisiana for a bowl game. • Tulane played in the Rose Bowl in 1931 and the first-ever Sugar Bowl in 1934, defeating Temple 20-14 in that game. THRILLING FINISH • Tulane earned its 12th-ever berth to a bowl game thanks to a thrilling come-from-behind victory over Navy on November 24. • The Green Wave went 71 yards in seven plays for a potential game-tying touchdown, but Tulane opted to go for a twopoint conversion to get the victory. • Charles Jones II caught the game-winning two-point conversion from Justin McMillan to put Tulane up 29-28 with under two minutes to play. • Patrick Johnson had two forced fumbles on Navy’s final attempt to seal the victory for Tulane. • The victory was Tulane’s fourth come-from-behind win of the season. RARE SCORES PAY OFF FOR TULANE • The touchdown that would lead to Tulane’s game-winning 2-point conversion on November 24 against Navy was caught by sophomore WR Jaetavian Toles. The touchdown catch with 1:27 left on the clock was the first touchdown of Toles’ career. • The game-winning 2-point conversion was caught by fifthyear senior TE Charles Jones. The 2-point conversion was Jones’ first scoring play of any kind since he had a two-TD game at Memphis on Oct. 27, 2017. • Senior WR Jabril Clewis had a touchdown catch late in the first half against Navy. The touchdown was the first of his Tulane career in 24 games. FINISHING STRONG • Tulane finished the 2018 season with wins in four of its last five games. • The Green Wave is one of 32 teams nationally to go at least 4-1 in their last five games. • The win over Navy marked the first time since 1998 that the Green Wave won at least four of its last five games. MR. DECEMBER • Now in his 26th year as a head coach, Willie Fritz has coached in 12 games in December. • In those 12 games, Fritz holds a 9-3 record. • The AutoNation Cure Bowl is the first bowl game Fritz has ever coached. MOONEY POSTS A PERFORMANCE FOR THE AGES • Wide receiver Darnell Mooney’s 217-yard effort against ECU on November 10 was a performance for the ages. • His 217 yards were the most by a wide receiver in The American this season. • His 217-yard effort is the 16th-best performance at the FBS level this season. • He also became just the sixth wide receiver in Tulane history to surpass 200 yards receiving in a game. • His 36.2 yards per catch served as a school record and is the second-highest single-game average in league history. JOHNSON COMING ON STRONG • On the year, sophomore DE Patrick Johnson leads Tulane with 15.5 tackles for loss and 10.0 sacks.

• Johnson was named All-Conference Second Team by The American in late November. • His 15.5 tackles for loss rank fourth in the league. • His 10.0 sacks rank second in The American and ninth nationally. In addition, Johnson ranks first in the country among sophomores. • His 10.0 sacks are also tied for fifth in The American’s all- time single-season record book. • Against ECU on November 10, Johnson totaled a sack for the seventh straight game. He has tallied a tackle for loss in 10 of the last 11 games. • His 10.0 sacks this season are currently third in a single-season in Tulane history. TULANE SACKS, SINGLE SEASON Rank/Name 1. Mark Olivari 2. Brian Douglas 3. Patrick Johnson 4. Floyd Dorsey Dezman Moses

Year Sacks 1973 14.0 1981 11.0 2018 9.0 2002 9.5 2011 9.5

DYNAMIC DUO • Tulane RBs Darius Bradwell and Corey Dauphine are among the most prolific running back duos in the nation. • Bradwell and Dauphine are one of just 12 running back duos nationally who each have 750 yards rushing or more this season. RBs w/ at least 750 yds Team Total Yards Henderson/Taylor Memphis 2,921 Singletary/White FAU 2,214 Ollison/Hall Pitt 2,211 Ragas/Mitchell Louisiana-Lafayette 2,092 Holyfield/Swift Georgia 1,993 Ouellette/Irons Ohio 1,973 Sermon/Brooks Oklahoma 1,949 Dobbins/Weber Ohio State 1,879 Taylor II/Brooks Tulsa 1,813 Patterson/Marks Buffalo 1,751 Bradwell/Dauphine Tulane 1,738 Thompson/Bright Utah St. 1,736 DONNIE DOES IT • Senior cornerback Donnie Lewis Jr., has a team-best three interceptions this season. • Lewis has picked off eight passes in his career. • Lewis had the first pick six of his career, returning an interception 49 yards for a touchdown against SMU on October 20. • Lewis’ INT touchdown was Tulane’s first since Parry Nickerson had one against Southern on September 10, 2016. • Lewis was named to The American’s weekly honor roll for his performance against SMU on Oct. 20. • Lewis is just two interceptions shy of cracking into the Tulane top 10 all-time for career interceptions. • His three interceptions this season tie him for third in The American. • Lewis was named All-Conference Second Team by The American in late November. • Lewis leads the league and is fourth nationally in passes defended, averaging 1.7 per game. • Against ECU, Lewis tied a career high with six passes defended.

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STARTERS RETURNING/LOST Offensive Starters Returning (9) WR Terren Encalade OL John Leglue WR Darnell Mooney TE Charles Jones II OL Dominique Briggs OL Corey Dublin QB Jonathan Banks OL Tyler Johnson WR Jabril Clewis

Career Starts 44 37 33 27 24 24 18 15 14

Defensive Starters Returning (6) CB Donnie Lewis Jr. SS Roderic Teamer Jr. LB Zachery Harris DE Robert Kennedy NB Taris Shenall S Chase Kuerschen

Career Starts 43 39 30 13 11 10

Special Teams Starters Returning (3) P Zachary Block LS Geron Eatherly PK Merek Glover

Career Games 44 36 23

Offensive Starters Lost (2) RB Dontrell Hilliard C Junior Diaz

Career Starts 33 18

Defensive Starters Lost (7) CB Parry Nickerson FS Jarrod Franklin NT Sean Wilson DE Ade Aruna LB Rae Juan Marbley DE Quinlan Carroll LB Luke Jackson

Career Starts 45 38 35 34 15 10 7

Special Teams Starters Lost (0)

Career Starts

GREEN WAVE PLAYERS IN THE NFL

Ade Aruna* Lorenzo Doss Ryan Grant Ryan Griffin Dontrell Hilliard Robert Kelley Parry Nickerson Cairo Santos Tanzel Smart

Minnesota Vikings Carolina Panthers Indianapolis Colts Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cleveland Browns Washington Redskins New York Jets Tampa Bay Buccaneers Los Angeles Rams

* - Listed on the Vikings injured reserve

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BIG PLAY GREEN WAVE • The Tulane offensive unit has shown a flair for the big play in 2018, ranking 14th nationally with 36 plays of 30 yards or more and 31st nationally with 66 plays of 20 yards or more. • Running back Corey Dauphine’s eight rushes of 30 yards or more is tied for ninth-best in the country. • Tulane’s 33 plays of 30 yards or more is third in The American. • Tulane scores often with a big play. Of the Green Wave’s 39 offensive touchdowns scored in 2018, 18 have come on plays of 20 yards or longer (46.2 percent).

receptions per game. • His 21.0 yards per catch leads The American and is ranked fifth in the nation. • Mooney has recorded at least 70 yards receiving in seven games this season. • Mooney posted his best performance of the season against ECU on homecoming, as he caught six passes for 217 yards. SACK ATTACK • Through the regular season, Tulane registered 35 sacks. • The Green Wave had just 14 sacks in all of 2017. • Tulane’s 35 sacks are tied for fifth all-time in a single season in program history. • Earlier this year, Tulane had a season-high seven sacks against Memphis. • DL Patrick Johnson has a team-best 10.0 sacks this season. • Sixteen different players on the team have at least half a sack.

BRADWELL BLOWING UP • Darius Bradwell is Tulane’s leading rusher this season with 984 yards on 166 carries. • Bradwell has scored a team-high nine touchdowns. He did not reach the end zone against ECU, which snapped a seven-game touchdown streak. • His nine touchdowns are currently tied for 10th all-time with former Tulane and current Cleveland Browns running back Dontrell Hilliard for a single season. • Bradwell ranks ninth in The American, averaging 82.0 yards per game and is 37th nationally with 5.93 yards per carry. • The junior is also tied for 14th nationally with 12 rushes of 20 yards or longer.

GOLDEN GRAHAM • Junior linebacker Lawrence Graham has posted single-season bests in tackles (57) and tackles for loss (6.0) in 12 games this year. He is the team’s fourth-leading tackler. • Earlier this season against UAB, Graham posted a career high with nine tackles. Against Ohio State, Graham registered his first career sack and added another against SMU. He also has an interception this season.

THE DARNELL MOONEY EXPERIENCE • Junior wide receiver Darnell Mooney enters the bowl game as the Green Wave’s leader in receptions (47), receiving yards (987) and receiving touchdowns (8). His 987 receiving yards are a single-season career best. • Mooney has made an impact in The American as he ranks in the league’s top 10 for receiving yards per game and

TIME MANAGEMENT • In four of their five league wins this season, the Green Wave have held a time advantage. • The Green Wave rank 33rd nationally in average time of possession, holding the ball for an average of 31:34 per game.

2018 HOME-AWAY BREAKDOWN Category Points Per Game Oppponent Points Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Opponent Rushing Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Opponent Passing Yards Per Game Passing (Comp-Att-Int-TD) Opponent Passing (Comp-Att-Int-TD) Total Offense Per Game Opponent Total Offense Per Game 3rd-Down Conversions Opponent 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions Opponent 4th-Down Conversions Sacks By-Yards Opponent Sacks By-Yards Red Zone Scores-Chances

HOME (4-2) 29.2 22.8 200.2 100.7 244.2 286.3 87-155-2-10 112-237-6-12 444.3 387.0 32-89 28-95 5-10 6-10 20-118 17-102 9-10

AWAY (2-4) 22.2 32.8 216.3 204.5 128.0 246.8 53-127-4-4 116-195-5-12 344.3 451.3 28-85 33-85 3-15 7-17 15-86 16-94 15-17

Score by Quarters Tulane (HOME) Opponents (HOME)

1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT TOTAL 30 52 42 51 0 175 13 31 35 52 6 137

Tulane (AWAY) Opponents (AWAY)

20 51

50 80

28 32

35 34

0 0

133 197

BREAKDOWN BY CLASS

Graduates (3): OL Noah Fisher, OL Hunter Knighton, QB Justin McMillan Seniors (18): TE Kendall Ardoin, QB Jonathan Banks, RB Jared Bertrand, P/PK Zachary Block, C Dominique Briggs, WR Jabril Clewis, WR Terren Encalade, RB Devin Glenn, LB Zachery Harris, OL Devon Johnson, TE Charles Jones, II, DE Robert Kennedy, OL John Leglue, CB Donnie Lewis Jr., WR Brian Newman, S Taris Shenall, S Roderic Teamer Jr., DE Peter Woullard Juniors (16): RB Darius Bradwell, S Larry Bryant, RB Corey Dauphine, LS Geron Eatherly, LB Lawrence Graham, S P.J. Hall, S Sean Harper, S Will Harper, PK Randy Harvey, WR Andrew Hicks, OL Tyler Johnson, CB Thakarius Keyes, OL Keyshawn McLeod, WR Darnell Mooney, NT Henry Stern, RB Andrew Zuckerman Sophomores (15): S Tirise Barge, OL Corey Dublin, WR Rocky Ferony, PK Merek Glover, RB Stephon Huderson, QB P.J. Hurst, DE Patrick Johnson, S Chase Kuerschen, LB Marvin Moody, CB Jaylon Monroe, PK/P Coby Neenan, WR Jacob Robertson, Jr., DE Cameron Sample, WR Jaetavian Toles, NT De’Andre Williams Redshirt Freshmen (18): RB Logan Ammons, OL Ben Bratcher, S Quentin Brown, LB Sam Bruchhaus, OL Joey Claybrook, OL Cameron Jackel, DT Avery Jenkins, DE Nick Kubiet, CB Willie Langham, WR Kevin LeDee, QB Dane Ledford, TE Connor Prouet, OL Timothy Shafter, DE Torri Singletary, Jr., LS Austin Streaty, LB K.J. Vault, TE Will Wallace, DL Justin Walton Freshmen (33): RB Ygenio Booker, S Larry Brooks, WR Sorrell Brown, CB Dorien Camel, RB Cameron Carroll, S Macon Clark, QB Christian Daniels, PK Casey Glover, S Grant Hamel, DE Carlos Hatcher, OL Nik Hogan, QB Josh Holl, LB La’Dedric Jackson, NT Jamiran James, TE Tyrick James, NT Jeffery Johnson, RB Amare Jones, LB Keitha Jones Jr., DB Chris Joyce, OL Stephen Lewerenz, LB Nick Martorell, DE Juan Monjarres, RB James Poche, OL Michael Remondet, DE Noah Seiden, PK Sterling Stockwell, DE Alfred Thomas, WR Ryan Thompson, WR Nick Toppino, WR Jorien Vallien, OL Max Wattenmaker, DE Davon Wright, P Ryan Wright

• Tulane’s first scoring drive of the game at Tulsa on October 27 spanned 9:11 and 16 plays, the team’s longest drive of the year in terms of time and plays. PROTECTING THE PIGSKIN • With just six interceptions this season, Tulane is tied for 19th nationally for the fewest interceptions thrown. • Since taking over as the team’s starter, quarterback Justin McMillan has thrown nine touchdowns and just three interceptions in 136 attempts. • In addition, quarterback Jonathan Banks has made a habit of not turning the ball over, throwing just six interceptions in 336 attempts. • Banks boasts a program-low interception percentage rate of 1.96 percent. AMARE IN ACTION • Freshman kickoff and punt return man Amare Jones has made a name for himself on special teams this season and has established himself as one of the top returners in all of college football. • Earlier this year, Jones had a career-best 145 kickoff return yards. • Against Houston on November 15, the Texas native dashed for 143 kickoff return yards. • Heading into the bowl game, Jones is second in The American with 27.1 yards per kickoff return and ranks 12th nationally. A LOOK BACK AT TULANE’S THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK • Over the course of its three-game winning streak in October and November, Tulane outscored its opponents by a 89-50 count. • During that span, Tulane held each of those opponents to 20 points or fewer. • Tulane’s three-game winning streak was tied for the 18thlongest winning streak in the nation at the time. THE 400 CLUB • Since head coach Willie Fritz arrived at Tulane in 2016, the Green Wave have surpassed 400 yards of total offense in 16

games. Tulane is 12-4 in those games. TULANE INTRODUCES THE TAKEAWAY BEADS • The college football phenomenon of awarding players who come away with a turnover got a little New Orleans flair this year as the Green Wave introduced the Takeaway Beads to the nation. • In its season opener against Wake Forest, Tulane gave out its coveted Takeaway Beads to Donnie Lewis Jr., Lawrence Graham and Zachery Harris. • Against Nicholls, Roderic Teamer Jr. and Chase Kuerschen each earned the coveted takeaway beads as both collected interceptions. • On Sept. 15 versus UAB, Lewis and Thakarius Keyes each wore the beads following their interceptions. • On Sept. 28 against Memphis, Juan Monjarres earned the Takeaway Beads for a strip sack of the Tigers’ quarterback that resulted in a Tulane safety. • At Cincinnati, Geron Eatherly (FR), Patrick Johnson (FR) and Will Harper (INT) wore the beads. • Against SMU, Donnie Lewis Jr. wore the beads for his pick six, and Cameron Sample earned them for Tulane’s safety. • At Tulsa, Marvin Moody sported the beads after he recovered his first career fumble. • Against USF, Zachery Harris, P.J. Hall and Larry Bryant all earned the beads for their turnovers. • During homecoming against ECU, Hall once again put on the beads as he recorded his first career interception. • At Houston on November 15, Taris Shenall collected his first interception of the season. McMILLAN SHINES IN FIRST CAREER START • In his first career start at Tulsa on October 27, quarterback Justin McMillan accounted for 167 yards of total offense and two rushing scores. • His second rushing touchdown of the night came from 39 yards out and gave the Green Wave the lead for good late in the fourth quarter. • His game-winning TD helped put him on The American’s weekly honor roll. • He also did not take a sack and did not commit a turnover.

TULANE IN THE 2018 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE/NCAA RANKINGS (THROUGH GAMES OF DEC. 1) Category Avg. AAC NCAA Scoring Offense 25.7 9th 93rd Scoring Defense 27.8 4th 73rd Total Offense 394.3 8th 70th Total Defense 420.5 7th 81st Rushing Offense 208.2 6th 30th Rushing Defense 153.9 2nd 50th Passing Offense 186.1 9th 102nd Passing Defense 266.6 10th 114th Net Punting 36.4 10th 92nd Punt Returns 5.4 10th 109th Kickoff Returns 21.7 4th 44th Turnover Margin 0.00 7th 68th Sacks 2.92 1st 15th Sacks Allowed 2.75 10th 104th Tackles for Loss 6.3 8th 52nd Red Zone Offense 88.9 4th 25th Red Zone Defense 76.7 2nd 20th Time of Possession 31:34 4th 33rd Bold - Ranked in the NCAA’s Top 50

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TULANE BOWL HISTORY YEAR BOWL 1931 Rose 1934 Sugar 1939 Sugar 1970 Liberty 1973 Astro-Bluebonnet 1979 Liberty 1980 Hall of Fame 1987 Independence 1998 Liberty 2002 Hawaii 2013 New Orleans

SITE Pasadena, Calif. New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La. Memphis, Tenn. Houston, Texas Memphis, Tenn. Birmingham, Ala. Shreveport, La. Memphis, Tenn. Honolulu, Hawaii New Orleans, La.

OPP. SCORE USC L, 12-21 Temple W, 20-14 Texas A&M L, 13-14 Colorado W, 17-3 Houston L, 7-47 Penn State L, 6-9 Arkansas L, 15-34 Washington L, 12-24 BYU W, 41-27 Hawaii W, 36-28 ULL L, 21-24

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TULANE BOWL RECORDS INDIVIDUAL

TOTAL OFFENSE Plays 58.................. Terrence Jones..............1987 Independence Yards 385................ Shaun King..............................1998 Liberty RUSHING Attempts 30.................. Mewelde Moore......................2002 Hawai’i Yards 128................ David Abercrombie..................1970 Liberty Avg. (min. 10 att.) 8.3................. Wop Glover (14-117)...................1932 Rose Touchdowns 3.................... Orleans Darkwa.............. 2013 New Orleans PASSING Attempts 40.................. Terrence Jones..............1987 Independence Completions 23.................. Shaun King..............................1998 Liberty Percentage .605............... Shaun King...............(23 of 38)1998 Liberty Yards 276................ Shaun King..............................1998 Liberty Touchdowns 2.................... Shaun King..............................1998 Liberty RECEIVING Receptions 7.................... Alton Alexis.............................1979 Liberty 7.................... Marc Zeno.....................1987 Independence 7.................... Ryan Grant...................... 2013 New Orleans Yards 123................ Kerwin Cook............................1998 Liberty Touchdowns 2.................... Dick Hardy.................................1935 Sugar SCORING Touchdowns 3.................... Orleans Darkwa.............. 2013 New Orleans PATs Made 5.................... Brad Palazzo............................1998 Liberty PAT Attempts 5.................... Brad Palazzo............................1998 Liberty 2-Pt PATs Att. 4.................... J.P. Losman..............................2002 Hawai’i 2-Pt PATs Made 1.................... by three players FG Attempts 5.................... Seth Marler..............................2002 Hawai’i FG Made 2.................... Brad Palazzo............................1998 Liberty 2.................... Ed Murray................................1979 Liberty 2.................... Seth Marler..............................2002 Hawai’i PUNTING Punts 9.................... Howard McNeill......1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Yards 353................ Howard McNeill......1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Avg. (Min. 5) 48.4............... Peter Picerelli.................. 2013 New Orleans INTERCEPTIONS Interceptions 2.................... James McKinley............1987 Independence Yards 79.................. Michael Jordan........................1998 Liberty KICKOFF RETURNS Returns 5.................... Martin Mitchell.......1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Yards: 154................ Martin Mitchell.......1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Avg. (Min. 2) 30.8 .............. Martin Mitchell (5-154).. 1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Touchdowns 1.................... Monk Simons.................... 1935 Sugar Bowl PUNT RETURNS Returns 6.................... Don Zimmerman.........................1932 Rose Yards 143................ Lynaris Elpheage.....................2002 Hawai’i Avg. (Min. 2) 35.8............... Lynaris Elpheage (4-143).........2002 Hawai’i Touchdowns 1.................... by three players

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LONGEST PLAY Rush 58.................. Wop Glover...............................1932 Rose Pass 62.................. N. Hall to M. Anderson..1980 Hall of Fame Punt 61.................. Deron Smith (twice)..1987 Independence Kickoff Return 85.................. Monk Simons..........................1935 Sugar Int. Return 79.................. Michael Jordan.....................1998 Liberty Punt Return 76.................. Bobby Kellogg........................1940 Sugar

TULANE BOWL RECORDS TEAM

TOTAL OFFENSE Plays 83.................. vs. Hawai’i...............................2002 Hawai’i Yards 528................ vs. BYU....................................1998 Liberty RUSHING Attempts 55.................. vs Southern Cal............................1932 Rose Yards 279................ vs. Southern Cal...........................1932 Rose Average 6.1 yds........... vs. BYU....................................1998 Liberty Touchdowns 3.................... vs. Hawai’i...............................2002 Hawai’i PASSING Attempts 40.................. vs. Washington.............1987 Independence Completions 23.................. vs. BYU....................................1998 Liberty Percentage .605............... vs. BYU....................................1998 Liberty Yards 276................ vs. BYU....................................1998 Liberty Fewest Ints. 0.................... vs. four teams Interceptions 4.................... vs. Houston.............1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Touchdowns 2.................... vs. BYU....................................1998 Liberty 2.................... vs. Temple..................................1935 Sugar FIRST DOWNS Total 28.................. vs. BYU....................................1998 Liberty Rushing 14.................. vs. BYU....................................1998 Liberty Passing 13.................. vs. Hawai’i...............................2002 Hawai’i Penalty 4.................... vs. Hawai’i...............................2002 Hawai’i PUNTING Total 11.................. vs. Texas A&M...........................1940 Sugar Fewest 4.................... vs. BYU....................................1998 Liberty 4.................... vs. Hawai’i...............................2002 Hawai’i Yards 374................ vs. Texas A&M............................1940 Sugar Average 47.0............... vs. Hawai’i...............................2002 Hawai’i PENALTIES Most 10.................. vs. Louisiana-Lafayette... 2013 New Orleans Fewest 2.................... vs. Temple..................................1935 Sugar 2.................... vs. Texas A&M............................1940 Sugar KICKOFF RETURNS Number 8.................... vs. Houston.............1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Yards 225................ vs. Houston.............1973 Astro-Bluebonnet PUNT RETURNS Punt Returns 6.................... vs. Southern Cal...........................1932 Rose 6.................... vs. Temple..................................1935 Sugar 6.................... vs. Texas A&M............................1940 Sugar Yards 143................ vs. Hawai’i...............................2002 Hawai’i SCORING Most Points Fewest Points

41.................. vs. BYU....................................1998 Liberty 6.................... vs. Penn State..........................1979 Liberty

INTERCEPTIONS Number 3.................... vs. Washington.............1987 Independence Yards 79.................. vs. BYU....................................1998 Liberty DEFENSE* Total Yards Rushing Yards Passing Yards First Downs

175................ by Colorado.............................1970 Liberty 54.................. by BYU.....................................1998 Liberty 19.................. by Temple..................................1935 Sugar 9.................... by Southern Cal...........................1932 Rose

TEDDY BALLGAME • Thanks to his 73-yard receiving touchdown against ECU, Terren Encalade is now the 11th wide receiver in school history to eclipse 2,000 receiving yards. • Encalade hauled in eight receptions for a career-high 189 yards in the Green Wave’s season opener against Wake Forest, and he caught a pair of touchdowns for the third time in his career. That 189-yard performance was the 11th 100-yard receiving game of his career. His 11 career 100-yard receiving games are tied for fifth in program history. • Encalade’s 189-yard performance was at the time, the 10th-best single-game performance in program history. • With his touchdown catch against ECU, Encalade has 14 career touchdown receptions, which is tied for 12th all-time in school history. • Throughout his career with the Olive and Blue, Encalade has shown a flair for the big play, as he has caught 17 passes for 30 yards or more. • This season, Encalade is tied for third in the nation with two receptions for 70 or more yards. Encalade’s Receptions of 30 yards or more Date Opponent Reception 8/30/18 Wake Forest 74 11/10/18 East Carolina 73 10/21/17 USF 73 11/18/17 Houston 64 10/7/17 Tulsa 62 8/30/18 Wake Forest 52 11/18/17 Houston 45 11/15/18 at Houston 42 9/22/18 at Ohio State 38 10/1/16 at UMass 38 11/26/17 at UConn 37 11/25/17 at SMU 37 10/1/16 at UMass 36 11/22/14 at East Carolina 35 10/27/17 at Memphis 34 9/24/16 Louisiana-Lafayette 34 9/2/17 Grambling 30 CLOSE LOSSES • Tulane’s 27-23 setback against SMU on Oct. 20 marked the 10th time since 2016 that the Green Wave have lost by 7 points or fewer. • The Green Wave dropped their home opener to Wake Forest in overtime and lost by 7 at UAB this year. A BIRTHDAY TO REMEMBER • Defensive coordinator Jack Curtis received a birthday present to remember from his defensive unit in the Green Wave’s win over Memphis on September 28. • Memphis, entered its matchup with the Green Wave averaging nearly 50 points per game (49.5) and nearly 600 yards of total offense per game (593.0). • At the end of the game, Tulane held Memphis to just 277 total yards and 24 points. • The Green Wave also limited the Tigers’ high-powered rushing attack to just 31 net yards which marked the first time since Nov. 27, 2015 (vs. Tulsa), that Tulane held an opponent to fewer than 50 yards rushing. • Tulane also scored its first safety since an Oct. 11, 2014, meeting with UConn and has two this year.

FUTURE NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS 2019 Home: Florida International (Aug. 31), Missouri State (Sept. 14) Away: Auburn (Sept. 7), Army (Oct. 5) 2020 Home: Southeastern Louisiana (Sept. 12), Army (Sept. 19) Away: Northwestern (Sept. 5), Mississippi State (Oct. 3) 2021 Home: Oklahoma (Sept. 4), UAB (Sept. 25); Away: Ole Miss (Sept. 18) 2022 Home: Massachusetts (Sept. 3) Away: Kansas State (Sept. 10), Southern Miss (Sept. 24)

THE BIGGEST CROWD ... EVER • The 103,336 fans in attendance during Tulane’s matchup at Ohio State was the largest crowd to ever attend a Green Wave football game. DAUPHINE POSTS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER • Running back Corey Dauphine posted one of the most memorable nights in the history of Tulane football against Nicholls as he rushed for 152 yards on just six carries. • Half of Dauphine’s touches resulted in touchdowns as he scored on runs of 38, 69 and 35 yards. • His yards-per-carry average of 25.3 fell just shy of Claude Mason’s 61-year-old single-game school record of 26.0 yards per carry. • Dauphine’s 152-yard rushing performance marked the third time in the Willie Fritz era that a Tulane player has rushed for 150 yards or more. IRON MEN • WR Terren Encalade and OL John Leglue have been models of consistency in the Tulane offensive lineup, as they have started every game since 2016. • Graduate transfer Noah Fisher had his streak of 29 consecutive starts snapped when he did not start against Memphis on September 28, but he started again at Tulsa on October 27 and has started every game since.

2023 Home: Ole Miss (Sept. 9), Mississippi State (Oct. 7) Away: Southern Miss (Sept. 16)

HOMETOWN BOYS Located in the iconic city of New Orleans, the Tulane football team has made a habit of keeping its local players at home. The 2018 roster features 11 student-athletes who hail from New Orleans.

2024 Home: Southeastern Louisiana (Aug. 31), Kansas State (Sept. 7) Away: Oklahoma (Sept. 14), Louisiana-Lafayette (Sept. 21)

Safety Roderic Teamer Jr. (Brother Martin), wide receiver Devin Glenn (Warren Easton), running back James Poche (Newman), linebacker Zachery Harris (Holy Cross), tight end Connor Prouet (Jesuit), defensive end Juan Monjarres (St. Augustine), defensive end Peter Woullard (St. Augustine), center Corey Dublin (Jesuit), tight end Charles Jones II (St. Augustine), Jamiran James (De La Salle HS) and Avery Jenkins (Metairie Park Country Day) all played high school football in New Orleans.

2025 Home: Northwestern (Aug. 30), Duke (Sept. 13) Away: South Alabama (Sept. 6), Ole Miss (Sept. 20) 2026 Home: South Alabama (Sept. 12), Southern Miss (Sept. 26) Away: Duke (Sept. 5), Kansas State (Sept. 19) 2027 Home: Louisiana-Lafayette (Sept. 4) Away: Southern Miss (Sept. 11), Wake Forest (Sept. 18) 2028 Home: TBA Away: Iowa State (Sept. 16) 2029 Home: Iowa State (Sept. 19) Away: TBA

FOREVER HONORED Prior to kickoff of the Wake Forest game on August 30, Tulane officially retired former Green Wave student-athlete Devon Walker’s No. 18 jersey from competition among all athletic teams. Beginning at the start of the 2018-19 season, no Tulane studentathlete will ever wear the No. 18 jersey again. Each week, Tulane will raise a No. 18 flag before kickoff. Since suffering a career-ending spinal injury in the second game of his senior campaign in 2012, Walker has gone on to serve as an inspiration to his fellow teammates and local community. Walker graduated from Tulane in 2014 with a degree in cell and molecular biology. He also has founded the Devon Walker Foundation, an organization that helps those with spinal cord injuries. He recently received his master’s degree in neuroscience at Tulane.

SPEED SPEED AND MORE SPEED Tulane track and field’s record-setting 4x100-meter relay team consisted of three members from the Green Wave football team. Running back Corey Dauphine and wide receivers Devin Glenn and Jaetavian Toles teamed up with Antonius Prader to run a time of 40.26 and take third place at the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in May. NEWMAN PUT ON FULL SCHOLARSHIP Redshirt senior wide receiver Brian Newman was awarded a full scholarship at the team’s annual “Let’s Talk Football” event at Boomtown Hotel and Casino in July. Newman suffered a season-ending injury in the fall in 2017, but he made a strong recovery and returned to full action in the spring where he shined, earning high praise from the Green Wave coaching staff. Off the field, Newman is a two-time member of the 3.0 club and the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. He also makes a strong impact in the community and has been nominated for the Allstate Sugar Bowl Goodworks Team. GETTING IT DONE IN THE CLASSROOM Tulane football continued to excel in the classroom last year as 27 Tulane players were named to the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic team. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in an American Athletic Conference sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 for the preceding academic year and completed a minimum of two consecutive semesters of academic work. In addition, 50 players on the team posted a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher during the fall or spring semester. The team also had nine players selected to the Dean’s List during the 2017-18 academic year. In May, 19 players earned their degrees. Since he was named head coach, Fritz has had three student-athletes selected in the NFL Draft. MILESTONE VICTORY With the Oct. 7, 2017 win over Tulsa, head coach Willie Fritz earned his 200th on-field victory as a head coach and became just the fourth active Football Bowl Subdivision head coach with 200 head coaching victories, including two-year and four-year schools: Coach Wins Nick Saban, Alabama 235 Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 230 Bill Snyder, Kansas State 215 Willie Fritz, Tulane 208 Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech 189

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TULANE’S RECORD WHEN...

UNDER FRITZ 2018

Plays at Night 7-9 Plays During the Day 8-12 Plays at Home 10-8 Plays on the Road 5-13 Plays at Neutral Site 0-0 Plays on Grass 3-2 Plays on Turf 12-19 Scores First 9-3 Opponent Scores First 6-17 Leads After First Quarter 9-5 Trails After First Quarter 3-13 Game is Tied After First Quarter 3-3 Leads at Halftime 12-2 Trails at Halftime 2-19 Game is Tied at Halftime 1-1 Leads After Third Quarter 11-5 Trails After Third Quarter 3-16 Game is Tied After Third Quarter 1-1 In Overtime 2-1 Scores 21 or More Points 14-9 Scores 20 Points or Less 1-12 Opponent Scores 21 or More Points 7-19 Opponent Scores 20 Points or Less 7-3 Victory Margin is 7 Points or Less 8-10 Victory Margin is 8-14 Points 0-3 Victory Margin is 15-20 Points 1-1 Victory Margin is 21+ Points 6-7 Amasses 350+ Total Yards 13-7 Holds Opponent to 350 Yards or Less 7-5 Commits Less than 3 TOs 13-16 Commits 3 or More TOs 1-5 Has Fewer TOs than Opponent 10-8 Has More TOs than Opponent 2-6 Has Equal TOs to Opponent 3-5 Has More First Downs than Opponent 6-6 Opponent Has More First Downs 8-14 Punts Less than 7 Times 13-10 Punts 7 or More Times 2-11 Player Runs for 100 or More Yards 10-4 Opponent Player Rushes for 100 or More Yards 5-10 Player Passes for 200 or More Yards 3-5 Opponent Player Passes for 200 or More Yards 8-12

3-2 3-4 4-2 2-4 0-0 1-0 5-6 3-1 3-5 4-2 1-3 1-1 5-1 1-5 0-0 4-2 1-4 1-1 0-1 6-3 0-3 2-6 3-0 3-3 0-0 1-1 2-2 6-3 3-1 5-4 0-3 2-2 1-3 3-1 2-1 3-5 5-3 1-3 4-1 0-3 2-1 3-3

THE TULANE TEAM Scored 90+ Points Scored 80+ Points Scored 70+ Points Scored 60+ Points Scored 50+ Points Scored 40+ Points Back-To-Back 40+ Games Three Straight 40+ Games Four Straight 40+ Games Had 30+ First Downs Had 25+ First Downs Allowed 10 Or Fewer 1st Downs Allowed 15 Or Fewer 1st Downs Rushed for 600+ Yards Rushed For 500+ Yards Rushed For 400+ Yards Rushed For 300+ Yards Allowed 25 Or Fewer Rushing Yards Allowed 50 Or Fewer Rushing Yards Allowed 99 Or Fewer Rushing Yards Passed For 400+ Yards Passed For 300+ Yards Passed For 250+ Yards Allowed 25 Or Fewer Passing Yards Allowed 50 Or Fewer Passing Yards Allowed 100 Or Fewer Passing Yards Allowed 150 Or Fewer Passing Yards Rushed and Passed For 200+ Yards Had Two Players With 100+ Rushing Yards Had Two Players With 100+ Receiving Yards Had 100+ Rusher And 100+ Receiver Had 150+ Rusher And 150+ Receiver Had 100+ Rusher And 300+ Passer Had 100+ Rusher, 100+ Receiver And 300+ Passer Had Three RBs Rush for Touchdowns Had Three RBs Rush for 2+ Touchdowns Had Three Players Rush for Touchdowns

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95 vs. UL Lafayette, 10/12/1912 84 vs. Mississippi College, 10/9/1937 72 vs. UL Lafayette, 10/31/1998 62 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/2017 62 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/2017 41 at USF, 11/3/2018 55 vs. UAB, 10/27/2012 47 vs. Rice, 11/3/2012 48 vs. Houston, 11/21/1998 63 vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/26/1998 41 vs. BYU (Liberty Bowl), 12/31/1998 49 at Army, 11/14/1998 48 vs. Houston, 11/21/1998 63 vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/26/1998 41 vs. BYU (Liberty Bowl), 12/31/1998 31 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/2017 27 at SMU, 11/25/2017 10 at Wake Forest, 9/1/2016 vs. Memphis, 9/28/2018 638 vs. Mississippi College, 10/9/1937 504 vs. Clemson, 11/18/1944 488 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/2017 365 at USF, 11/3/2018 -35 vs. UCF, 10/3/2015 36 vs. SMU, 10/20/2018 90 vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 476 vs. Rice, 11/3/2012 372 vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 291 vs. Navy, 11/24/2018 0 vs. Army, 9/23/2017 0 vs. Army, 9/23/2017 0 vs. Army, 9/23/2017 127 vs. USF, 10/21/17 205 Rush/292 Pass vs. Maine, 9/19/2015 at USF, 11/3/2018 Darius Bradwell 135, Corey Dauphine 121 at SMU, 11/25/2017 Darnell Mooney 168/Terren Encalade 111 vs. Maine, 9/19/2015 Corey Dauphine 152 Rush/Darnell Mooney 111 Receive vs. McNeese State, 9/26/2009 André Anderson 199 rush/Jeremy Williams 22 Receive vs. Rice, 11/13/2010 Orleans Darkwa 113 rush/Ryan Griffin 314 Pass vs. Rice, 11/13/2010 Orleans Darkwa 113 rush/Ryan Grant 140 rec/Ryan Griffin 314 Pass at USF, 11/3/2018 Corey Dauphine (2), Darius Bradwell (1), Amare Jones (1) vs. Southern, 9/10/2016 Dontrell Hillard (3), Josh Rounds (2), Lazedrick Thompson (2) at USF, 11/3/2018 Corey Dauphine (2), Darius Bradwell (1), Amare Jones (1), Justin McMillan (1)

THE LAST TIME (CONT.) Had 4+ Players Rush for Touchdowns________________________________ at USF, 11/3/2018 Corey Dauphine (2), Darius Bradwell (1), Amare Jones (1), Justin McMillan (1) Had Three Players with Receiving Touchdowns_________________________ vs. Navy, 11/24/2018 Darnell Mooney (1), Jabril Clewis (1), Jaetavian Toles (1) Had 700+ Yards Total Offense___________________________ 706 vs. UL Lafayette, 10/31/1998 Had 600+ Yards Total Offense_________________________________ 653 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/2017 Had 500+ Yards Total Offense__________________________________ 535 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Had 400+ Yards Total Offense__________________________________ 535 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Allowed 150 Or Fewer Yards Total Offense________________________ 140 vs. UConn, 11/7/2015 Allowed 200 Or Fewer Yards Total Offense________________________ 140 vs. UConn, 11/7/2015 Allowed 250 Or Fewer Yards Total Offense______________________ 246 vs. Memphis, 9/28/2018 Allowed 300 Or Fewer Yards Total Offense___________________ 225 vs. Grambling State, 9/2/2017 Won In Overtime____________________________________ 31-24 (OT) at ECU, 11/11/2017 Lost In Overtime_______________________________ 17-23 (OT) vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/2018 Played To A Tie____________________________________ 10-10 vs. Miami (Fla.), 11/5/1966 Had A 90+ Yard Running Play____________________________________ at Tulsa, 8/28/2014 Sherman Badie 90 yds {td} Had An 80+ Yard Running Play__________________________________ at Tulsa, 10/22/2016 Josh Rounds 84 yards Had A 70+ Yard Running Play_____________________________________ at USF, 11/3/2018 Darius Bradwell 73 yards {td} Had A 60+ Yard Running Play_____________________________________ at USF, 11/3/2018 Darius Bradwell 73 yards {td} Had A 50+ Yard Running Play_____________________________________ at USF, 11/3/2018 Darius Bradwell 73 yards {td} Had A 90+ Yard Passing Play___________________________________ at Army, 11/14/2015 Teddy Veal 90 yards from Tanner Lee {td} Had An 80+ Yard Passing Play__________________________________ vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 Darnell Mooney 86 yards from Justin McMillan {td} Had A 70+ Yard Passing Play___________________________________ vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 Mooney 86 yards from McMillan {td}; Encalade 74 yards from McMillan {td}; Mooney 79 yards from McMillan Had A 60+ Yard Passing Play___________________________________ vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 Mooney 86 yards from McMillan {td}; Encalade 74 yards from McMillan {td}; Mooney 79 yards from McMillan Had A 50+ Yard Passing Play___________________________________ vs. Navy, 11/24/2018 Mooney 55 yds from McMillan {td}; Clewis 52 yards from McMillan {td} Had Two Drives of 90+ Yards___________________________________vs. Maine, 9/19/2015 6 Plays for 90 Yards, 12 Plays for 94 Yards

Forced 5+ Total Turnovers______________________ 6 (2 Blocks/2 INT/2 FR) at UConn, 11/26/2016 Forced 4+ Total Turnovers________________________ 4 (2 INT/2 FR) vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/2016 Scored A Safety_____________________________________________vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Snap over quarterback’s head out of end zone Allowed A Safety____________________________________________ at Navy, 9/9/2017 Returned An Interception For TD___________________________________vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Donnie Lewis Jr., 49 yards Allowed An Interception Return For TD___________________________at Oklahoma, 9/16/2017 Parnell Motley 77 yards Returned A Fumble For TD_______________________________________ at Navy, 9/9/2017 Roderic Teamer Jr., 52 yds Allowed A Fumble Return For TD__________________________________ at UAB, 9/15/2018 Garrett Marino, 48 yards Returned A Punt Return For TD________________________________vs. Houston, 10/17/2015 Demarcus Ayers, 73 yds Allowed A Punt Return For TD____________________________________ at ULM, 9/28/2013 Rashon Ceaser 88 yds Returned A Kickoff For TD___________________________________ vs. Southern, 9/10/2016 Sherman Badie 86 yards Allowed A Kickoff Return For TD__________________________________ vs. Duke, 9/3/2014 DeVon Edwards, 95 yds Blocked A Punt____________________________________________ at UAB, 9/15/2018 Roderic Teamer Jr. Allowed A Blocked Punt_____________________________________ at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Ethan Tucky, downed at Tulane 15-yard line Blocked A Punt For TD___________________________________ at East Carolina, 10/9/2004 Bubba Terranova block, Gabe Ratcliff recovery in endzone Allowed A Blocked Punt For TD__________________________________ at Army, 11/14/2015 Kenneth Brinson 22 yards for TD Blocked A Field Goal________________________________vs. USF, 10/21/17, Donnie Lewis Jr. Allowed A Blocked Field Goal_______________________ _at Tulsa, 10/22/2016, Reggie Robinson Blocked A Field Goal For TD________________________________ vs. North Texas, 10/5/2013 Darion Monroe block, Derrick Strozier 62 yds Allowed A Blocked Field Goal For TD_______________________________ at SMU, 11/21/2015 Zach Wood block, RC Cox 66 yds

Had 100+ Tackles____________________________106 (37 solo/74 asst) at Houston, 9/25/2010 Had 90+ Tackles______________________________ 97 (45 solo/52 asst) vs. Army, 9/23/2017

Blocked A PAT__________________________________vs. USF, 11/3/2018, Roderic Teamer Jr. Allowed A Blocked PAT__________________________at Ohio State, 9/22/2018, Jonathon Cooper

Had 8+ Sacks____________________________________________ 9 at SMU, 9/24/2005 Had 7+ Sacks_________________________________________ 7 vs. Memphis, 9/28/2018

Executed An On-Side Kick___________________________________ at Houston, 11/12/2016 Zachary Block recovered Allowed An On-Side Kick____________________________________ at Houston, 11/8/2014

Had 15+ Tackles For Loss______________________________ 15 vs. East Carolina, 10/12/2013 Had 10+ Tackles For Loss_________________________________ 13 at Houston, 11/12/2016 Forced 5 Fumbles____________________________________vs. Mississippi State, 9/13/2003 Forced 4 Fumbles_____________________________________ vs. Jackson State, 8/29/2013 Had 4 Fumble Recoveries_____________________________________vs. Army, 11/16/2002 Had 3 Fumble Recoveries______________________________________ at ULM, 9/28/2013 Had 10+ Pass Breakups______________________________________ 20 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Had 8+ Pass Breakups_______________________________________ 20 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Had 5+ Interceptions_______________________________________5 at Army, 9/20/2003 Had 4+ Interceptions_____________________________________ 4 at Houston, 10/8/2014 Had 3+ Interceptions_______________________________________ 3 vs. UCF, 10/3/2015 Forced 8 Total Turnovers______________________________ 8 (3 FR/5 INT) at Army, 9/20/2003

Scored A 2-Point Conversion___________________________________ vs. Navy, 11/24/2018 Justin McMillan pass to Charles Jones II Allowed A 2-Point Conversion__________________________________ vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 Holton Ahlers pass to Trevon Brown Returned Blocked PAT For Score______________________________ vs. Memphis, 10/25/2003 Anthony Cannon block, Jeremy Foreman return Successfully Faked A Field Goal___________________________________vs. LSU, 11/23/1996 Adam Moorhead 8 yd run Successfully Faked A Punt______________________________________ at ECU, 11/11/2017 Glen Cuiellette 11-yard pass to Darnell Mooney Missed A PAT____________________________________ vs. Navy, 11/24/2018; Merek Glover Shutout An Opponent________________________________56-0 vs. UL-Lafayette, 11/1/1997 Was Shutout________________________________________ 31-0 vs. Temple, 11/19/2016 Held Opponent Without A TD_____________________________ W 12-3 vs. UConn, 10/11/2014

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THE LAST TIME (CONT.) Failed To Score A TD___________________________________ L, 31-0 vs. Temple, 11/19/2016 Neither Team Scored A TD_____________________L 9-6 vs. Penn State (Liberty Bowl), 12/22/1979 Scored Two TDs Via Interception Return______________________________ at UAB, 9/17/2011 Trent Mackey 39 yds, Derrick Strozier 55 yds Scored Two TDs Via Blocked Punt__________________________________ at LSU, 11/25/1978 Jeff Roberts and Gary Brown, both recovered in endzone Scored Three TDs Via Return______________________________ vs. Southern Miss, 10/26/1996 Jeff Liggon KOR, Derrick Singleton FR & INT Blocked Two Punts_______________________________ vs. Southeastern Louisiana, 9/3/2011 Matthew Bailey – twice Blocked Two Kicks___________________________________________vs. USF, 10/21/2017 Roderic Teamer Jr. PAT, Donnie Lewis Jr. FG A TULANE PLAYER...____________________________________________________ Ran For 300+ Yards______________________________ 342 by Matt Forté at SMU, 10/20/2007 Ran For 250+ Yards__________________________ 255 by André Anderson vs. UTEP, 10/11/2008 Ran For 200+ Yards____________________________ 215 by Sherman Badie at Tulsa, 8/28/2014 Ran For 150+ Yards__________________________ 152 by Corey Dauphine vs. Nicholls, 9/8/2018 Ran For 100+ Yards______________ 135 by Darius Bradwell, 121 by Corey Dauphine at USF, 11/3/2018 Ran For 5+ TDs__________________________________ 5 by Matt Forté at Rice, 11/17/2007 Ran For 4+ TDs_______________________________4 by Dontrell Hilliard vs. Tulsa, 10/7/2017 Ran For 3+ TDs______________________________3 by Corey Dauphine vs. Nicholls, 9/8/2018 Ran 40+ Times______________________________44 by Matt Forté vs. Memphis, 10/27/2007 Ran 30+ Times______________________________ 36 by André Anderson vs. SMU, 9/25/2008 Ran 20+ Times______________________________ 28 by Dontrell Hilliard at ECU, 11/11/2017 Ran For 100+ Yards In Consecutive Games______________________________ Corey Dauphine 107 at Tulsa on 10/27/2018; 121 at USF, 11/3/2018 Ran For 100+ Yards In 3 Straight Games_______________________________ Dontrell Hilliard 104 at Oklahoma on 9/16/2017; 134 vs. Army, 9/23/2017; 175 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/2017 Ran For 200+ Yards In Consecutive Games_________________________________ Matt Forté In 4 Straight From 10/6 – 10/27/2007 Completed 35+ Passes_______________________ 36 by Ryan Griffin vs. East Carolina, 11/17/2012 Completed 30+ Passes__________________________ 36 by Ryan Griffin at Houston, 11/24/2012 Completed 25+ Passes________________________ 25 by Tanner Lee at East Carolina, 11/22/2014 Completed 20+ Passes___________________________ 23 by Jordy Joseph vs. Tulsa 11/27/2015 Attempted 60+ Passes__________________________ 66 by Ryan Griffin at Houston, 11/24/2012 Attempted 50+ Passes________________________ 57 by Ryan Griffin vs. East Carolina, 11/17/12 Attempted 40+ Passes_______________________________ 42 by Glen Cuiellette, 11/12/2016 Passed For 400+ Yards____________________________ 476 by Ryan Griffin vs. Rice, 11/3/2012 Passed For 350+ Yards_________________________ 372 by Justin McMillan vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 Passed For 300+ Yards_________________________ 372 by Justin McMillan vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 Passed For 6+ Touchdowns_________________________ 6 by Lester Ricard vs. UAB, 10/23/2004 Passed For 5+ Touchdowns__________________________ 5 by Ryan Griffin vs. UAB, 10/27/2012 Passed For 4+ Touchdowns____________________ 4 by Glen Cuiellette vs. UL Lafayette 9/24/2016 Passed For 3+ Touchdowns_______________________ 3 by Justin McMillan vs. Navy, 11/24/2018 Caught 15+ Passes__________________________ 15 by JaJuan Dawson vs. Ole Miss, 10/9/1999 Caught 10+ Passes___________________________ 14 by Ryan Grant vs. South Alabama, 9/7/13 Had 250+ Receiving Yards___________________271 by Jerome McIntoshvs. Vanderbilt, 11/18/1989 Had 200+ Receiving Yards_______________________ 217 by Darnell Mooney vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 Had 150+ Receiving Yards_______________________ 217 by Darnell Mooney vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 Had 100+ Yards Receiving______________________ 135 by Darnell Mooney vs. Navy, 11/24/2018

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Had 100+ Receiving Yds in Consecutive Games_________________________ by Darnell Mooney 111 vs. Nicholls (9/8/2018); 123 at UAB, 9/15/2018 Caught 3+ TD Passes 3 by Terren Encalade vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/2016 Caught 2+ TD Passes____________________________2 by Darnell Mooney vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 Had 300+ All-Purpose Yards_______________________324 (139 rec/145 ret) by Jeremy Williams vs. UTEP, 11/7/2009 Had 250+ All-Purpose Yards___________________________________285 (255 rush/30 rec) by André Anderson at UTEP, 10/11/2008 Had 200+ All-Purpose Yards________________________________________217 (217 rec) by Darnell Mooney vs. ECU, 11/10/2018 Had 450+ Yards Total Offense_________________________________ 465 (-11 rush/476 pass) by Ryan Griffin vs. Rice, 11/3/2012 Had 400+ Yards Total Offense__________________________________410 (67 rush/343 pass) by Jordy Joseph vs. Tulsa 11/27/2015 Had 350+ Yards Total Offense__________________________________362 (48 rush/314 pass) by Jonathan Banks at SMU, 11/25/2017 Scored 5+ Total TDs_______________________________________________ 5 (all rush) by Matt Forte at Rice, 10/20/2007 Scored 4+ Total TDs_______________________________________________ 4 (all rush) by Dontrell Hilliard vs. Tulsa, 10/7/2017 Scored 3+ Total TDs_______________________________________________ 3 (all rush) by Corey Dauphine vs. Nicholls, 9/8/2018 Scored Rushing & Receiving TD_____________________________Dontrell Hilliard (1 rush/1 rec) vs. USF, 10/21/2017 Threw TD Pass & Scored Rushing TD_________________________Justin McMillan (1 pass/1 rush) vs. Navy, 11/24/2018 Scored 2 TD Via Interception Return______________________ Ernest Crouch vs. SMU, 10/27/1945 Scored 2 Total Defensive TDs________________________________Derrick Singleton (FR/INT) vs. Southern Miss, 10/26/1996 Had 20+ Tackles__________________________________22 (15 solo/7 asst) by Jerry Phillips at Army, 11/14/1998 Had 15+ Tackles_______________________________ 15 (8 solo/7 asst) by Rae Juan Marbley at FIU, 10/14/2017 Had 10+ Tackles_________________________________ 10 (6 solo/4 asst) by Zachery Harris vs. Navy, 11/24/2018 Had 3+ Sacks________________________________3.0 by Royce LaFrance vs. UCF, 10/3/2015 Had 2+ Sacks________________ 2.0 by Cameron Sample and Juan Monjarres vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Had 4+ TFL_________________________________4.0 by Royce LaFrance vs. UCF, 10/3/2015 Had 3+ TFL_______________________________ 3.5 by Tanzel Smart vs. Temple, 11/19/2016 Had 3+ Interceptions_________________________ 4 by Jimmy Glisson vs. Virginia, 11/19/1949 Had 2+ Interceptions_________________________ 2 by Parry Nickerson at Houston, 11/8/2014 Had 4+ Pass Breakups____________________________ 6 by Donnie Lewis Jr. vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Had 3+ Pass Breakups____________________________ 6 by Donnie Lewis Jr. vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Made 5+ Field Goals________________________ 5 by Cairo Santos vs. East Carolina, 10/12/2013 Made 4+ Field Goals________________________________________ 4 by Andrew DiRocco vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/2016 Made 3+ Field Goals 3 by Merek Glover vs. Cincinnati, 11/4/2017 Had A 50+Yard Field Goal___________________________56 by Cairo Santos at ULM, 9/28/2013 Had An 80+ Yard Punt______________________83 by Casey Roussel vs. East Carolina, 10/23/1999 Had A 70+ Yard Punt_____________________________ 70 by Peter Picerelli at Tulsa, 9/8/2012 Had A 60+ Yard Punt______________________________ 60 by Ryan Wright vs. SMU, 10/20/18

WILLIE FRITZ THIRD SEASON (26th OVERALL) • HEAD COACH • 208-95-1 Pittsburg State, 1983 Personal Age: 58 (April 2, 1960) Hometown: Shawnee Mission, Kansas Wife: Susan Children: Wesley, Lainie and Brooke Education Bachelor’s Degree - Pittsburg State, 1983 Master of Kinesiology - Sam Houston State, 1986 Playing Experience Pittsburg State, Defensive Back (Football), 1978-81 Pittsburg State, Point Guard (Basketball), 1979-81 Coaching Experience 1982, Pittsburg State (GA) 1983, Shawnee Mission Northwest (Kan.) High School (Asst.) 1984-85, Sam Houston State (GA) 1986, Willis (Texas) High School (Asst.) 1987-90, Coffeyville Community College (DC) 1991-92, Sam Houston State (DB/ST) 1993-96, Blinn College (HC) 4 1997-2009, Central Missouri (HC) 13 2010-13, Sam Houston State (HC) 4 2014-15, Georgia Southern (HC) 2 2016-Present, Tulane (HC) 3 Postseason Experience 1987 Jayhawk Bowl (Coffeyville CC) 1988 Jayhawk Bowl (Coffeyville CC) 1990 NJCAA Championship Game (Coffeyville CC) 1994 Mineral Water Bowl (Blinn College) 1995 NJCAA Championship Game (Blinn College) 1996 NJCAA Championship Game (Blinn College) 2001 Mineral Water Bowl (Central Missouri) 2002 NCAA Division II Playoffs (Central Missouri) 2011 NCAA FCS Championship game (Sam Houston State) 2012 NCAA FCS Championship game (Sam Houston State) 2013 NCAA FCS Playoffs (Sam Houston State) 2015 GoDaddy.com Bowl (Georgia Southern)*

In just his third season, Tulane football head coach Willie Fritz has already made an immediate impact, providing the program with a renewed sense of enthusiasm and a winning culture that saw the Green Wave earn their first bowl trip appearance since 2013. Tulane finished the 2018 regular season with wins in four of their last five games which served as the Green Wave’s best finish to a season since the 1998 campaign. Tulane’s strong finish to the 2018 campaign gave the Green Wave a share of the American Athletic Conference West Division title. Tulane’s 2018 squad once again featured a strong rushing attack as the Green Wave averaged over 200 yards per game. Tulane also featured a strong rushing defense which ranked second in The American and held opponents to just 153.9 yards per game. Following the season, four Green Wave defensive players were named All-AAC. The four players selected all-conference tied for the most Tulane has had since joining The American. The 2017 campaign saw Tulane finish the year with its highest win total since 2013 despite facing one of the nation’s toughest schedules, as nine of its opponents earned invitations to bowl games. In addition, four of the Green Wave’s losses came by six points or fewer. The Green Wave earned three victories against bowl participants in 2017 while four players earned All-Conference honors. Among the players was former cornerback Parry Nickerson, who was named to the all-conference first team, and earned All-America honors from Sports Illustrated and SB Nation. Under Fritz’s watchful eye, the 2017 squad featured an aggressive ground attack, which averaged 231.5 yards per game – a figure which ranked No. 20 nationally and fourth in The American – and an opportunistic defensive unit that recorded 19 turnovers. The 2017 season also served as a milestone season for Fritz as he earned his 200th victory as a head coach and in the process became just the fourth active Football Bowl Subdivision head coach with 200 wins.

2016, four of which were in wins. Three of the eight losses were by seven points or fewer with Tulane leading in four of those games entering the fourth quarter. The Shawnee Mission, Kansas, native was named the Green Wave’s 40th head coach by Ben Weiner Director of Athletics Chair Troy Dannen on Dec. 15, 2015. At that time, he brought 33 years of collegiate experience as a football student-athlete or coach to Tulane, having led teams to six combined conference championships (one at every level he had coached) and two bowl appearances. He was twice named the national coach of the year, including the American Football Coaches Association FCS Coach of the Year in 2011 and the Liberty Mutual FCS Coach of the Year in 2012. Fritz came to New Orleans from Georgia Southern where he spent two seasons and led the Eagles to a combined record of 17-7, a 2014 Sun Belt Conference title and the school’s first-ever NCAA postseason bowl game with their berth in the 2015 GoDaddy.com Bowl. Georgia Southern concluded the 2015 regular season with an 8-4 overall record including a mark of 6-2 in conference play. Fritz led the Eagles to a 9-3 overall record and a perfect mark of 8-0 in conference play during his first season at Georgia Southern in 2014, and was named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year. However, the school’s waiver claim to allow Georgia Southern to play in a bowl despite being in the second year of the NCAA’s transition period was denied. Prior to Georgia Southern, Fritz served as head coach at Sam Houston State from 2010-13 where he led the Bearkats to back-to-back Southland Conference titles, NCAA Division I Championship game appearances in 2011 and 2012 and a third straight NCAA playoff berth in 2013. Honored as the American Football Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2012, Fritz was selected by the media and his peers in the Southland Conference as the league’s Coach of the Year in 2011 after his team went a perfect 7-0 in conference play.

Of his 202 wins, 66 have come on the NCAA Division I level (Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision), and 158 of his wins have come at NCAA institutions. The 2018 season marks his 26th as a collegiate head coach and 22nd leading an NCAA program at the Division I or Division II level.

In 2011 and 2012, Sam Houston State posted the two highest single-season win totals in program history with marks of 14-1 (2011) and 11-4 (2012) and Bearkat players were showered with accolades. More than 50 earned AllSouthland Conference honors under Fritz in his last four years, not including additional Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year awards. All-America status from national coaching and media outlets were bestowed on 11 Sam Houston State players during his tenure.

The program’s success continued into April as Fritz saw two of his players selected in the 2018 NFL Draft. Nickerson and defensive lineman Ade Aruna were both selected in the sixth round by the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings, respectively.

Prior to his head coaching tenure at Sam Houston State, Fritz revitalized Central Missouri and guided the Mules to 11 winning seasons in 13 years. The NCAA Division II program’s ledger included two 10-win seasons with the 2001 Mule squad earning its first postseason trip in more than 30 years.

In his first season in the Crescent City, Fritz guided Tulane to a 4-8 record and earned his first American Athletic Conference victory in the team’s season finale at UConn. The Green Wave posted 30 or more points in five games in

In 2002, Central Missouri made its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II playoffs and was the Mid-America Athletic Association (MIAA) co-champion a year later. A 97-47 mark in 13 seasons ranks Fritz as the winningest coach

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COACH FRITZ ON...

The importance on a Tulane degree “I think the first thing that stands out about a Tulane degree is that it is a global degree. A degree from Tulane will not only help you regionally, but nationally and internationally as well. With a student body respresenting all 50 states and 78 countries from around the world, our graduates are going to make worthwhile connections no matter where they are from or where they want to work. The academic reputation at Tulane speaks for itself and helps our graduates stand out in the workforce as employers truly understand the significance of a Tulane degree.” What he looks for in recruits “The No. 1 thing we look for is character. That is a big deal for us. We talk all the time about a guy being a ‘Tulane Guy’. A ‘Tulane Guy’ for us is someone who is strong academically, a bonafide Division I football player and also someone who makes great decisions. All of those things are very important to us when we go out and recruit someone to bring into our family.” The team’s style of play “We are a disciplined team and program. To win, you cannot beat yourself. We feel like we do a good job teaching our guys the fundamentals to help them be the very best player they can be when they have that crucial one-on-one matchup.” How to build a program “You have to recruit the right guys, retain them and then you have to develop them as students and as people. You do not want guys who come in for a year and then leave. You want guys to come in and have a great experience for four or five years.” Attending school in New Orleans “Our guys don’t like going to school here - they love going to school here. As a Tulane student-athlete, you have an opportunity to get a world-class education, you get to play big-time college football and you get to do this in the iconic city of New Orleans. New Orleans is the No. 1 destination city in the world. There are so many great things to do here in New Orleans. It is a unique city and I think that’s why there are so many Tulane graduates that live in New Orleans. They don’t want to leave after they get that degree.” The program’s relationship with the New Orleans Saints “We are so blessed to have a NFL team in our city that welcomes us with open arms. Not only do the Saints do a wonderful job with us, but they also do an outstanding job with the high school programs and the park league programs throughout the city. We have access to their indoor facility, which helps us out tremendously when we need to practice indoors because of the weather. They also have great people in place with the Benson Family and head coach Sean Peyton. They have been very gracious about sharing their facilities and time with Tulane football, and we could not be more appreciative.” Prominent Pupils John David Baker, P, Blinn College Michael Bishop, QB, Blinn College Chris Brazzell, WR, Blinn College Eric Brown, OLB, Blinn College Mike Brown, TE, Blinn College Jason Davis, P, Blinn College Tim Denton, DB, Blinn College Craig Koontz, DE, Blinn College Shon Mitchell, RB, Blinn College Marcus Stanton, Blinn College Colston Weatherington, DE, Central Missouri Toby Korrodi, QB, Central Missouri Roderick Green, OLB, Central Missouri Delanie Walker, TE, Central Missouri Todd Devoe, WR, Central Missouri Dennis Gile, QB, Central Missouri Jerick McKinon, RB, Georgia Southern Lavelle Westbrooks, DB, Georgia Southern Tanzel Smart, DT, Tulane Parry Nickerson, CB, Tulane Ade Aruna, DL, Tulane

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THE FRITZ FAMILY in the program’s history. He was the only coach to ever win seven or more games in eight consecutive seasons, and his victory total ranked him 15th among active Division II coaches at the time. In addition to his impressive 67.4 winning percentage with the Mules, Fritz coached his student-athletes to achieve their potential on the field and in the classroom. More than 150 Mules were recognized with All-MIAA honors with 41 first-team selections and 24 All-Americans. Under Fritz, Central Missouri recorded a graduation rate of 84 percent with 144 MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipients, 14 Academic All-Region and three Academic All-Americans. For all of his accomplishments guiding Central Missouri, Fritz was honored by the school with induction into its Athletics Hall of Fame on Feb. 11, 2017. Prior to his time at Central Missouri and Sam Houston State as a head coach, Fritz spent two different stints as an assistant coach with the Bearkats. He first served as a graduate assistant during the 1984 and 1985 seasons when he earned a master’s degree in kinesiology. During that two-year stretch, Sam Houston State posted a 16-6 record and won the 1985 Gulf Star Conference championship. He returned to Sam Houston State a second time in 1991 after spending two years at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas under legendary coach Dick Foster, earning a promotion to defensive coordinator after one year. He stayed another two years to work for Coach Foster and the Red Ravens. When Fritz was brought back to Sam Houston State in 1991 under Ron Randleman as secondary and special teams coach, he instilled an attitude of excellence on special teams that would last more than a decade. The Bearkats’“block party” racked up 80 blocked punts, field goals and extra points beginning with Fritz in 1991 and lasting through 2004. In Fritz’s first year as a full-time assistant coach at Sam Houston State in 1991, the Bearkats won the Southland Conference. That league title and eight-win season launched Sam Houston State to the program’s second-ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Football Championship. Fritz departed Huntsville for a second time prior to the 1993 season for an opportunity to be the head coach at Blinn College, where he would turn around a program that had only five wins in its previous three seasons. From 1993-96, Fritz and the Buccaneers would rack up 39 victories against only five losses with a tie and claim two national junior college championships. He was inducted into the NJCAA Football Hall of Fame for the environment of success he created at Blinn. One of seven children, Fritz is the son of the late Harry Fritz, who coached the Central Missouri football team in 1952 before continuing his career as the Executive Director at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in Kansas City. The elder Fritz also served at several colleges and universities in administration as an athletics director. Fritz played on two conference title teams and was a four-year starter at defensive back for Randleman at Pittsburg State and remained at his alma mater as a student assistant coach in 1982. Early coaching stops included a year at Shawnee Mission Northwest (Kansas) High School in 1983 and Willis (Texas) High School in 1986, with his return to Sam Houston State for graduate school in between those years. Fritz and his wife Susan have three children, a son and two daughters. Their son Wesley is a member of the Tulane football staff and serves as the Director of Player Personnel. The couple’s daughter Lainie is a sports broadcaster in Houston and their youngest daughter Brooke is a junior at the University of Georgia.

As A College Head Coach Year School Overall Conf/Finish 1993 Blinn College 6-3-1 3-2-1 1994 Blinn College 9-2 5-1 1995 Blinn College 12-0 6-0 1996 Blinn College 12-0 7-0

Postseason L, Mineral Water Bowl W, NJCAA National Championship W, NJCAA National Championship

As A NCAA Head Coach Year School Overall Conf/Finish Postseason 1997 Central Missouri 5-6 4-5/6th 1998 Central Missouri 8-3 6-3/T-3rd 1999 Central Missouri 7-4 5-4/4th 2000 Central Missouri 7-4 5/4/T-4th 2001 Central Missouri 10-2 7/2/2nd W, Mineral Water Bowl 2002 Central Missouri 10-2 8-1/2nd L, NCAA DII First Round 2003 Central Missouri 9-2 7-2/T-1st 2004 Central Missouri 7-4 5-4/4th 2005 Central Missouri 7-3 5-3/5th 2006 Central Missouri 5-6 3-6/T-6th 2007 Central Missouri 7-4 6-3/T-3rd 2008 Central Missouri 7-4 5-4/T-4th 2009 Central Missouri 8-3 6-3/T-2nd 2010 Sam Houston State 6-5 4-3/T-3rd 2011 Sam Houston State 14-1 7-0/1st L, NCAA DI Championship 2012 Sam Houston State 11-4 6-1/T-1st L, NCAA DI Championship 2013 Sam Houston State 9-5 4-3/T-3rd L, NCAA DI Second Round 2014 Georgia Southern 9-3 7-0^/1st 2015 Georgia Southern 8-4* 6-2/3rd GoDaddy.com Bowl* 2016 Tulane 4-8 1-7/6th West 2017 Tulane 5-7 3-5/5th West 2018 Tulane 6-6 5-3/t1st West AutoNation Cure Bowl* TOTAL 26 Years (Overall) 208-95-1 .687 22 Years (NCAA) 169-90-0 .654 *Led Georgia Southern to a berth in the GoDaddy.com bowl but did not coach in the game

TULANE 2018 [6-6, 5-3 American, t1st] A 30 WAKE FOREST S 8 NICHOLLS S 15 at UAB S 22 at Ohio State S 28 * MEMPHIS O 6 * at Cincinnati O 20 * SMU O 27 * at Tulsa N 3 * at USF N 10 * EAST CAROLINA N 15 * at Houston N 24 * NAVY

L (OT) W L L W L L W W W L W

17-23 17-42 24-31 6-49 40-24 21-37 23-27 24-17 41-15 24-18 17-48 29-28

2017 [5-7, 3-5 American, 5th] S 2 GRAMBLING STATE S 9 * at Navy S 16 at Oklahoma S 23 * ARMY O 7 * TULSA O 14 * at FIU O 21 * USF O 27 * at Memphis N 4 * CINCINNATI N 11 * at East Carolina N 18 * HOUSTON N 25 * at SMU

W L L W W L L L L W W L

43-14 21-23 14-56 21-17 62-28 10-23 28-34 26-56 16-17 31-24 20-17 38-41

2016 [4-8, 1-7 American, 6th] S 1 at Wake Forest S 10 SOUTHERN S 17 * NAVY S 24 UL LAFAYETTE O 1 at UMass O 14 * MEMPHIS O 22 * at Tulsa O 29 * SMU N 5 * at UCF N 12 * at Houston N 19 * TEMPLE N 26 * at UConn

L W L W (4 OT) W L L L L L L W

3-7 66-21 14-21 41-39 31-24 14-24 27-50 31-35 6-37 18-30 0-31 38-13

GEORGIA SOUTHERN 2015 [9-4, 6-2 Sun Belt, 3rd] GODADDY.COM BOWL CHAMPIONS S 5 at West Virginia L 0-44 S 12 WESTERN MICHIGAN W 43-17 S 19 THE CITADEL W 48-13 S 26 * at Idaho W 44-20 O 3 * at ULM W 51-31 O 17 * NM STATE W 56-26 O 22 * at Appalachian St. L 13-31 O 29 * TEXAS STATE W 37-13 N 14 * at Troy W 45-10 N 21 at Georgia L (OT) 17-23 N 28 * SOUTH ALABAMA W 55-17 D 5 * GEORGIA STATE L 7-34 GODADDY.COM BOWL D 23 vs. Bowling Green W 58-27 2014 [9-3, 8-0 Sun Belt, 1st] SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS A 30 at NC State L S 6 SAVANNAH ST. W S 13 at Georgia Tech L S 20 * at S. Alabama W S 25 * APP. STATE W O 4 * at NM St. W O 11 * IDAHO W O 25 * at Georgia State W

23-24 83-9 38-42 28-6 34-14 36-28 47-24 69-31

O 30 N8 N 15 N 29

* TROY * at Texas State at Navy * UL MONROE

W W L W

SAM HOUSTON STATE 2013 [9-5, 4-3 Southland, 3rd] A 31 HOUSTON BAPTIST W S 7 at Texas A&M L S 14 TEXAS SOUTHERN W S 21 INCARNATE WORD W S 28 E. WASHINGTON W O 12 * LAMAR W O 19 * at McNeese State L O 26 * NW ST W N 2 * vs. SFA # W N 9 * NICHOLLS ST. W N 16 * at Southeastern La. L N 23 * at Central Arkansas L NCAA FCS PLAYOFFS N 30 SOUTHERN UTAH W D 7 at Southeastern La. L # - at Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas

42-10 28-25 19-52 22-16

74-0 28-65 55-17 52-21 49-34 14-3 23-31 44-10 56-49 49-24 21-34 31-49 51-20 29-30

2012 [11-4, 6-1, Southland, T-1st] SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CO-CHAMPIONS S 8 INCARNATE WORD W 54-7 S 15 at Baylor L 23-48 S 22 * at Central Arkansas L 20-24 S 27 at Texas Southern W 50-6 O 6 * vs. SFA # W 51-43 O 13 * at Nicholls St. W 41-0 O 20 * McNEESE STATE W 45-10 O 27 * at Lamar W 56-7 N 3 * SOUTHEASTERN LA W 70-0 N 10 * at NW State W 52-17 N 17 at Texas A&M L 28-47 NCAA FCS PLAYOFFS D 1 CAL POLY W 18-16 D 7 at Montana State W 34-16 D 15 at Eastern Wash. W 45-42 J 5 vs. NDSU @ L 13-39 # - at Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas @ - at Frisco, Texas 2011 [14-1, 7-0 Southland, 1st} SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS S 1 WESTERN ILLINOIS W S 17 * C. ARKANSAS W S 24 at New Mexico W (OT) O 1 UTSA W O 8 * Stephen F. Austin# W O 15 * NICHOLLS ST. W O 22 * at McNeese State W O 29 * LAMAR W N 5 * at Southeastern LA W N 12 * NW STATE W N 19 at Texas State W NCAA FCS PLAYOFFS D 3 STONY BROOK W D 10 MONTANA STATE W D 16 MONTANA W J 7 NDSU@ L # - at Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas @ - at Frisco, Texas 2010 [6-5, 4-3 Southland, 3rd] S 4 at Baylor S 18 at Western Illinois S 25 GARDNER WEBB O 2 * at Lamar O 9 * at Nicholls

L L W W W

20-6 31-10 48-45 22-7 45-10 47-7 38-14 66-0 38-9 43-17 36-14 34-27 49-13 31-28 6-17

3-34 14-56 30-14 38-10 26-7

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O 16 * SE LA W O 23 * vs. SFA # L O 30 * at NW St. L2ot N 6 * McNEESE STATE L N 13 * at Central Arkansas W 20-13 N 20 TEXAS STATE W # - at Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas CENTRAL MISSOURI 2009 [8-3, 6-3 MIAA T-2nd] A 27 SW BAPTIST S 3 MISSOURI S&T S 12 * at Emporia State S 19 * PITTSBURG STATE S 26 * at Washburn O 3 * TRUMAN O 10 * FORT HAYS STATE O 17 * at Miss. Western O 24 * at Neb.-Omaha O 31 * MISS. SOUTHERN N 7 * at NW Missouri

W W W W L W W L W W L

57-7 28-31 20-23 28-33 31-29

39-28 50-13 24-21 23-14 21-36 38-3 48-3 21-36 49-31 27-17 14-56

2008 [7-4, 5-4 MIAA T-4th] A 28 MINNESOTA STATE S 4 ARKANSAS TECH S 13 * at Truman S 20 * WASHBURN S 27 * at Pittsburg State O 4 * EMPORIA STATE O 11 * NW MO ST. O 18 * at Miss. Southern O 25 * NEB.-OMAHA N 1 * MISS. WESTERN N 8 * at Fort Hays St.

W W W W L W L W L L W

29-9 49-13 31-28 43-34 28-49 42-14 13-20 47-14 33-38 41-42 24-21

2007 [7-4, 6-3 MIAA, T-3rd] A 23 at Minnesota State S 8 CONCORDIA-ST.PAUL S 15 * TRUMAN S 22 * at Washburn S 29 * PITTSBURG STATE O 6 * at Emporia State O 13 * at NW Missouri O 20 * MISS. SOUTHERN O 27 * at SW Baptist

L W W W L2OT W L W W

14-23 56-24 27-7 28-14 31-38 38-7 26-28 24-23 56-14

* at Missouri Southern

N 10 * FORT HAYS STATE

2006 [5-6, 3-6 MIAA, T-6th] S 2 at Lincoln S 9 DAKOTA STATE S 16 * WASHBURN S 23 * at Truman S 30 * at Fort Hays State O 7 * MISSOURI WESTERN O 14 * SW BAPTIST O 21 * at Miss. Southern O 28 * NW MISSOURI N 4 * EMPORIA STATE N 11 * at Pittsburg State 2005 [7-3, 5-3 MIAA, 5th] A 25 ADAMS STATE S 1 LINCOLN S 10 * at Washburn S 17 * TRUMAN O 1 * at Missouri Western O 8 * at Southwest Baptist O 15 * MISSOURI SOUTHERN O 22 * at Northwest Missouri O 29 * at Emporia State

W W L L W L W L L W L

W W L W L W W L W

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28-42

31-10

78-0 52-0 10-14 21-24 37-14 14-31 49-24 26-31 14-31 48-21 30-35

14-6 83-0 27-42 69-17 10-13 45-7 27-24 21-31 21-14

* PITTSBURG STATE

2004 [7-4, 5-4 MIAA, 4th] A 28 at Adams State S 4 at Lincoln S 11 * NORTHWEST MO. STATE S 18 * at Missouri Southern S 25 * SOUTHERN BAPTIST O 2 * MISSOURI WESTERN O 9 * at Missouri Rolla S&T O 16 * at Truman O 23 * WASHBURN O 30 * at Pittsburg State N 6 * EMPORIA STATE

83-21

W 13-0 W 47-0 L 20-38 W 40-33 W 48-21 L 44-49 L 38-42 W 46-0 W 47-21 L 27-47 W 35-33

2003 [9-2, 7-2 MIAA, T-1st] MIAA Co-Champions A 28 LINCOLN S 11 LANGSTON

W W

37-13 75-6

S 20 S 27 O4 O 11

W W W L

52-24 50-7 30-23 10-27

O 18 O 25 N1 N8 N 15

* at Northwest Mo. State * MISSOURI SOUTHERN * at Southwest Baptist * at Missouri Western

* MISSOURI ROLLA * TRUMAN * at Washburn * PITTSBURG STATE * at Emporia State

W W W L W

73-21 28-22 49-28 24-28 28-18

2002 [10-2, 8-1 MIAA, 2nd] A 31 at Lincoln S 14 STERLING S 21 * at Missouri Western S 28 * EMPORIA STATE O 5 * MISSOURI ROLLA

W 63-7 W 72-12 W 21-14 W 41-13 W 55-14

O 12 O 19 O 26 N2

W W W L

* at Southwest Baptist * WASHBURN * MISSOURI SOUTHERN * at Northwest Mo State

N 9 * TRUMAN N 16 * at Pittsburg State NCAA DIVISION II PLAYOFFS N 23 at Northern Colorado 2001 [10-2, 7-2 MIAA, 2nd] A 30 LINCOLN S 6 OTTAWA

35-6 55-21 42-21 7-10

W W

17-3 ot 23-20

28-49

W W

24-10 63-13

S 15

* MISSOURI WESTERN

O 13 * at Washburn

* SOUTHWEST BAPTIST

58-34

O 20 O 27

* at Missouri Southern * NORTHWEST MO STATE

L W

13-35 37-36

S 22 * at Emporia State S 29 * at Missouri Rolla

W W W

34-28

ot 40-34 31-10 49-17

N 3 * at Truman W 58-27 N 10 * PITTSBURG STATE L 13-38 MINERAL WATER BOWL (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) D 1 vs. Minnesota Duluth W 48-17 2000 [7-4, 5-4 MIAA, 4th] A 31 WINONA STATE S 9 QUINCY S 16 * EMPORIA STATE S 23 * at Pittsburg State S 30 * WASHBURN O 7 * at Truman O 14 * at Missouri Rolla

W W W L W L W

45-26 75-0 34-21 20-23 28-17 14-28 33-7

O 21 O 28 N4 N 11

L W W L

ot 16-23 41-10 35-0 17-55

* MISSOURI WESTERN * SOUTHWEST BAPTIST * at Missouri Southern * NORTHWEST MO. STATE

1999 [7-4, 5-4 MIAA, 4th] A 28 at Quincy S 4 WINONA STATE S 18 * at Emporia State S 25 * PITTSBURG STATE O 2 * at Washburn O 9 * TRUMAN O 16 * MISSOURI-ROLLA

W W L L W L W

60-13 30-24 12-41 7-14 32-18 13-24 41-0

O 23 O 30 N6 N 13

* at Missouri Western * at Southern Baptist * MISSOURI SOUTHERN * at Northwest Mo. State

W W W L

35-28 49-3 47-7 14-41

1998 [8-3, 6-3 MIAA, T-3rd] S 3 NEBRASKA-OMAHA S 12 ST. CLOUD STATE S 19 * MISSOURI-ROLLA S 26 * at Truman

W W W W

42-26 20-16 27-0 10-7

O3 O 10 O 15 O 24 O 31 N7 N 14

W W L L L W W

34-0 20-13 13-32 24-56 20-34 37-0 38-28

* SOUTHWEST BAPTIST * at Missouri Southern * at Pittsburg State * EMPORIA STATE * NORTHWEST MO STATE * at Washburn * MISSOURI WESTERN

1997 [5-6, 4-5 MIAA, 6th] S 6 at Nebraska-Omaha S 13 MENLO (CALIF.) S 20 * at Missouri-Rolla S 27 * TRUMAN

L 12-41 W 53-13 W 44-14 L 2ot 34-37

O4 O 11

W 52-17 W 31-10

O 18 O 25 N1 N8 N 15

* at Southwest Baptist * MISSOURI SOUTHERN

* PITTSBURG STATE * at Emporia State * at Northwest Mo State

* WASHBURN * at Missouri Western

BLINN COLLEGE 1996 [12-0, 7-0 SWJCFC) NJCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS A 31 HARDIN SIMMONS JV S 7 at Cisco S 21 * TYLER S 28 * at Navarro O 5 * CISCO O 12 * at Ranger O 19 * TRINITY VALLEY O 26 * at Kilgore N 2 * NE OKLAHOMA SWJCFC PLAYOFFS N 9 vs. Trinity Valley N 16 vs. Navarro MINERAL WATER BOWL (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) D 7 vs. Coffeyville 1995 [12-0, 6-0 TJCFC) NJCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS S 2 HARDIN SIMMONS JV S 9 CISCO S 23 * at Tyler S 30 * NAVARRO O 7 * at Cisco O 14 * RANGER O 21 * at Trinity Valley O 28 KILGORE N 4 * at NE Oklahoma TJCFC PLAYOFFS N 11 vs. Trinity Valley

L ot 29-30 L 10-50 L 9-41 W 20-14 L ot 24-27

W W W W W W W W W

28-7 66-7 37-13 21-6 52-7 50-15 41-6 24-8 14-7

W W

21-0 43-0

43-14

W W W W W W W W W

21-7 56-10 37-10 28-16 35-11 40-6 24-10 45-14 24-17

37-7

N 18 vs. Cisco W TEXAS JUNIOR COLLEGE SHRINE BOWL (Tyler, Texas) D 2 Hinds W 1994 [9-2, 5-1 TJCFC) S 3 at Tyler S 10 RANGER S 17 NAVARRO S 24 at Cisco O 1 * TYLER O 8 * at Navarro O 15 * CISCO O 22 * at Ranger O 29 * vs. Trinity Valley N 5 * at Kilgore MINERAL WATER BOWL (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) D 3 Hinds 1993 [6-3-1, 3-2-1 TJCFC) S 4 TYLER S 11 CISCO S 18 TRINITY VALLEY S 25 at Kilgore O 2 * at Tyler O 9 * NAVARRO O 16 * at Cisco O 23 * RANGER O 30 * at Trinity Valley N 6 * KILGORE * - Conference game Home games in CAPS

51-19 21-14

W W W W W W W W L W

28-14 31-15 42-24 42-7 41-10 41-19 45-26 59-30 23-27 13-9

17-19

W W L W L L W W T W

23-15 31-21 17-20 17-16 14-35 10-17 41-18 16-12 17-17 30-7

GREEN WAVE GAME DAY TULANE FOOTBALL GOES DOWN UPTOWN AT YULMAN STADIUM

Yulman Stadium, the crown jewel of the university’s athletics complex, opened its gates for the first time in front of a capacity crowd on September 6, 2014, against Georgia Tech. Yulman Stadium marked the beginning of a renaissance of Tulane Athletics, which saw Green Wave football return to campus for the first time in nearly 40 years.

Tulane football has been a part of the fabric of New Orleans since the Green Wave played their first season back in 1893. Generations experienced college football at the old Tulane Stadium from 1926-74.

It is not hard to find a story about someone’s experience at old Tulane Stadium. Boy Scouts selling programs, a record crowd of 86,598 watching Tulane’s new home field advantage came from the generosity of three the Green Wave defeat LSU in 1973, the annual Sugar Bowl and early couples in particular: Richard Yulman and his late wife Janet; Gayle and Saints football are all part of the story of Tulane Stadium. the late Tom Benson; and Jill and Avie Glazer. Now in its fifth year, a new chapter continues to be written in a new Richard Yulman, the retired chairman and owner of mattress home by a new (and old) generation of Green Wave fans. manufacturing giant Serta International, donated $15 million toward construction of this $73 million facility. Yulman Stadium is named in honor of Richard, Janet and the Yulman family. Construction Began: January 2013 The late New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson and his wife Gayle, a First Game: September 6, 2014 member of the Board of Tulane, donated $7.5 million to Yulman Stadium. Tulane vs. Georgia Tech Benson Field, which hosts the games of Yulman Stadium, is named in Capacity: 30,000 their honor. Cost: $73 million Architect: Gould Evans and Associates Jill and Avie Glazer supported the stadium with a multi-million dollar and Lee Ledbetter & Associate gift. The Jill H. and Avram A. Glazer Family Club, the premium space in Contractor: Woodward Design + Build LLC which to experience games at Yulman Stadium, is named in their honor. Artificial Turf: UBU Speed Series 5M Field Size: 92,660 square feet Construction of Yulman Stadium began in January 2013. Gould Evans and Associates and Lee Ledbetter & Associates served as the project architects, while Woodward Design + Build LLC was the contractor.

INSIDE YULMAN STADIUM

16 | NOLA’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM

TULANE TWO-DEEP OFFENSE QB 12 Justin McMillan (R-Jr, 6-3, 210, Cedar Hill, Texas) RB 6 Corey Dauphine (R-Jr., 6-0, 200, Port Arhur, Texas) WR 3 Darnell Mooney (Jr., 5-11, 175, Gadsden, Ala.) WR 88 Jabril Clewis (Sr., 6-2, 210, San Diego, Calif.) WR 5 Terren Encalade (R-Sr., 6-0, 190, East Pointe a la Hache, La.) TE 84 Charles Jones II (R-Sr., 6-4, 255, New Orleans, La.) LT 57 Noah Fisher (Gr., 6-5, 325, Decatur, Ga.) LG 52 Dominque Briggs (Sr., 6-3, 295, Tulsa, Okla.) C 64 Corey Dublin (So., 6-4, 300, New Orleans, La.) RG 72 John Leglue (R-Sr., 6-7, 310, Alexandria, La.) RT 79 Joey Claybrook (R-Fr., 6-6, 290, Starkville, Miss.)

1 Jonathan Banks (Sr., 6-2, 230, Houston, Texas) 10 Darius Bradwell (R-Jr., 6-1, 230, Tallahassee, Fla.) 13 Brian Newman (R-Sr., 5-10, 180, Houston, Texas) 82 Jaetavian Toles (So., 6-0, 185, Houston, Texas) 17 Jorien Vallien (Fr., 6-3, 180, College Park, Ga.) 46 Will Wallace (R-Fr., 6-4, 245, Natchez, Miss.) 50 Tyler Johnson (Jr., 6-3, 280, Stone Mountain, Ga.) 74 Devon Johnson (R-Sr., 6-5, 290, Amite, La.) 69 Hunter Knighton (Gr., 6-5, 300, Pottstown, Pa.) 63 Cameron Jackel (R-Fr., 6-6, 290, Marrero, La.) 53 Keyshawn McLeod (R-Jr., 6-4, 305, Port Charlotte, Fla.)

DEFENSE Joker 34 Patrick Johnson (So., 6-3, 255, Chattanooga, Tenn.) DE 55 Cameron Sample (So., 6-3, 280, Snellville, Ga.) NT DT LB 28 Marvin Moody (So., 6-2, 225, Bryant, Ala.) LB 40 Zachery Harris (R-Sr., 6-0, 220, New Orleans, La.) CB 1 Donnie Lewis Jr. (R-Sr., 6-0, 195, Baton Rouge, La.) CB FS SS 2 Roderic Teamer Jr. (Jr., 6-0, 205, New Orleans, La.) Nickel 25 Will Harper (Jr., 6-0, 195, Memphis, Tenn.)

54 Carlos Hatcher (Fr., 6-3, 235, Carrollton, Texas) 78 Davon Wright (Fr., 6-1, 290, Donaldsonville, La.) 30 Alfred Thomas (Fr., 6-2, 290, Montgomery, Ala.) 35 Lawrence Graham (5-10, 230, Lauderhill, Fla.) 38 KJ Vault (R-Fr., 6-1, 205, Hoover, Ala.) 8 Willie Langham (R-Fr., 6-1, 185, McAdory, Ala.) 19 Taris Shenall (6-0, 195, Marrero, La.) 33 Tirise Barge (So., 5-11, 190, Moultrie, Ga.)

SPECIAL TEAMS P 97 Ryan Wright (Fr., 6-3, 245, San Ramon, Calif.) KO 49 Zachary Block (Sr., 6-5, 200, Clermont, Fla.) PK 62 Merek Glover (Sr., 6-0, 195, Jericho, N.Y.) LS 60 Geron Eatherly (Jr., 6-0, 225, San Antonio, Texas) H 49 Zachary Block (Sr., 6-5, 200, Clermont, Fla.) KOR 22 Stephon Huderson (So., 5-9, 190, Petal, Miss.) PR 15 Jacob Robertson Jr. (R-So., 6-0, 175, College Park, Ga.)

49 Zachary Block (Sr., 6-5, 200, Clermont, Fla.) 61 Sterling Stockwell (Fr., 5-9, 185, Orlando, Fla.) 61 Sterling Stockwell (Fr., 5-9, 185, Orlando, Fla.) 56 Austin Streaty (5-8, 190, Nashville, Tenn.) 4 P.J. Hurst (R-So., 6-1, 175, Pacific Palisades, Calif.) 11 Amare Jones (Fr., 5-11, 190, Frisco, Texas) 11 Amare Jones (Fr., 5-11, 190, Frisco, Texas)

COACHING STAFF

WILLIE FRITZ Head Coach (Field)

JEFF CONWAY Wide Receivers (Field)

CHRIS HAMPTON Secondary (Field)

KEVIN PEOPLES Defensive LIne (Field)

TULANE BOWL NOTES | 17

ALEX ATKINS Assist. HC/OL/RGC (Field)

JACK CURTIS DC/OLB (Booth)

SLADE NAGLE Tight Ends (Booth)

MICHAEL MUTZ Linebackers (Field)

JAMAAL FOBBS Running Backs (Field)

J.J. McCLESKEY Cornerbacks (Field)

CAREER GAMES/STARTS Pos. Name TE Kendall Ardoin RB Logan Ammons QB Jonathan Banks S Tirise Barge RB Jared Bertrand P Zachary Block RB Darius Bradwell OL Dominique Briggs S Larry Brooks S Larry Bryant LB Quentin Brown RB Cameron Carroll S Macon Clark OL Joey Claybrook WR Jabril Clewis RB Corey Dauphine OL Corey Dublin LS Geron Eatherly OL Noah Fisher WR Terren Encalade WR Devin Glenn PK Merek Glover LB Lawrence Graham S P.J. Hall S Sean Harper S Will Harper LB Zachery Harris PK Randy Harvey DE Carlos Hatcher RB Stephon Huderson TE Tyrick James OL Cameron Jackel OL Devon Johnson DL Jeffery Johnson DE Patrick Johnson OL Tyler Johnson RB Amare Jones TE Charles Jones II LB Keitha Jones DB Chris Joyce DE Robert Kennedy CB Thakarius Keyes OL Hunter Knighton S Chase Kuerschen CB Willie Langham QB Dane Ledford OL John Leglue CB Donnie Lewis Jr. OL Stephen Lewerenz OL Keyshawn McLeod QB Justin McMillan DE Juan Monjarres CB Jaylon Monroe LB Marvin Moody WR Darnell Mooney PK/P Coby Neenan WR Brian Newman WR Jacob Robertson Jr. DE Cameron Sample S Taris Shenall NT Henry Stern S Roderic Teamer Jr. DE Alfred Thomas WR Ryan Thompson WR Jaetavian Toles WR Jorien Vallien LB KJ Vault TE Will Wallace T Deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Andre Williams DE Peter Woullard DE Davon Wright P Ryan Wright RB Andrew Zuckerman

GP/GS 41/19 1/0 18/18 24/1 5/0 44/0 27/5 24/24 9/0 32/0 4/0 2/0 11/0 10/3 24/14 15/4 24/24 36/0 48/34 50/44 41/0 23/0 33/7 34/9 4/0 35/9 41/30 8/0 11/2 22/3 11/1 9/0 17/0 11/10 24/12 27/15 12/0 49/27 5/0 8/0 38/13 26/9 35/1 23/10 12/1 4/0 47/37 45/43 1/0 19/12 8/5 9/0 21/4 23/4 36/33 2/0 11/0 18/0 21/13 45/11 1/0 45/39 6/0 1/0 18/3 6/0 8/0 10/5 24/11 22/5 12/0 10/0 5/0

No Player Pos Cl./Exp. 26.........Logan Ammons............................ RB........RFr.-RS 89.........Kendall Ardoin............................. TE........RSr.-3L 1...........Jonathan Banks...........................QB..........Sr.-1L 33.........Tirise Barge................................... S..........So.-1L 34.........Jared Bertrand............................. RB..........Sr.-2L 49.........Zachary Block............................. P/PK........Sr.-3L 27.........Ygenio Booker.............................. RB......... Fr.-HS 10.........Darius Bradwell............................ RB.......... Jr.-2L 71.........Ben Bratcher................................ OL........RFr.-RS 52.........Dominique Briggs........................ OL..........Sr.-1L 31.........Larry Brooks.................................. S.......... Fr.-HS 13.........Quentin Brown.............................. S.........RFr.-RS 86.........Sorrell Brown...............................WR........ Fr.-HS 59.........Sam Bruchhaus............................ LB........RFr.-RS 4...........Larry Bryant.................................. S........... Jr.-2L 20.........Cameron Carroll........................... RB......... Fr.-HS 37.........Macon Clark.................................. S.......... Fr.-HS 79.........Joey Claybrook............................. OL........RFr.-RS 88.........Jabril Clewis.................................WR.........Sr.-1L 14.........Christian Daniels..........................QB......... Fr.-HS 6...........Corey Dauphine............................ RB........ RJr.-TR 64.........Corey Dublin................................ OL.........So.-1L 60.........Geron Eatherly............................. LS.......... Jr.-2L 5...........Terren Encalade............................WR.......RSr.-3L 57.........Noah Fisher.................................. OL......... Gr.-TR 7...........Devin Glenn................................. RB..........Sr.-3L 96.........Casey Glover................................. PK......... Fr.-HS 62.........Merek Glover................................ PK.......... Jr.-1L 35.........Lawrence Graham........................ LB.......... Jr.-2L 16.........P.J. Hall.......................................... S........... Jr.-2L 32.........Grant Hamel................................. S.......... Fr.-HS 12.........Sean Harper.................................. S........... Jr.-2L 25.........Will Harper.................................... S........... Jr.-2L 40.........Zachery Harris.............................. LB........RSr.-3L 45.........Randy Harvey............................... PK........ RJr.-2L 54.........Carlos Hatcher.............................. DE......... Fr.-HS 66.........Nik Hogan.................................... OL......... Fr.-HS 19.........Josh Holl......................................QB......... Fr.-HS 9...........Keon Howard...............................QB.......... Jr.-TR 22.........Stephon Huderson....................... RB.........So.-1L 4...........P.J. Hurst......................................QB.......RSo.-1L 63.........Cameron Jackel............................ OL........RFr.-RS 93.........Jamiran James............................. NT......... Fr.-HS 80.........Tyrick James................................. TE......... Fr.-HS 95.........Avery Jenkins............................... NT........RFr.-RS 74.........Devon Johnson............................. OL........RSr.-3L 77.........Jeffery Johnson............................ NT......... Fr.-HS 34.........Patrick Johnson............................ DE.........So.-1L 50.........Tyler Johnson............................... OL.......... Jr.-2L 11.........Amare Jones................................ RB......... Fr.-HS 84.........Charles Jones II............................ TE........RSr.-3L 29.........Keitha Jones Jr............................. LB......... Fr.-HS 21.........Chris Joyce...................................DB......... Fr.-HS 48.........Johnathon Keller..........................WR........So.-TR 90.........Robert Kennedy........................... DE........RSr.-3L 26.........Thakarius Keyes........................... CB.......... Jr.-2L 69.........Hunter Knighton.......................... OL......... Gr.-1L 98.........Nick Kubiet................................... DE........RFr.-RS 36.........Chase Kuerschen........................... S..........So.-1L 8...........Willie Langham............................ CB........RFr.-RS 87.........Kevin LeDee.................................WR.......RFr.-RS 2...........Dane Ledford...............................QB........RFr.-1L

No 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 19 19 20 21 21 22 23 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 30 31 32 33 34 34 35 36 37 38 40 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 48 49 50 51 52 53

Player Jonathan Banks Donnie Lewis Jr. Dane Ledford Roderic Teamer Jr. Darnell Mooney Larry Bryant P.J. Hurst Terren Encalade Corey Dauphine Devin Glenn Willie Langham Jaylon Monroe Keon Howard Darius Bradwell Amare Jones Justin McMillan Sean Harper Quentin Brown Brian Newman Christian Daniels Jacob Robertson Jr. P.J. Hall John Sakos Jorien Vallien Josh Holl Taris Shenall Cameron Carroll Chris Joyce James Poche Stephon Huderson Ryan Thompson Will Harper Thakarius Keyes Ygenio Booker Nick Martorell Marvin Moody Keitha Jones Jr. Logan Ammons Alfred Thomas Larry Brooks Grant Hamel Tirise Barge Jared Bertrand Patrick Johnson Lawrence Graham Chase Kuerschen Macon Clark KJ Vault Zachery Harris Connor Prouet Torri Singletary Jr. Coby Neenan Juan Monjarres Randy Harvey Will Wallace Andrew Zuckerman De’Andre Williams Johnathon Keller Zachary Block Tyler Johnson Stephen Lewerenz Dominique Briggs Keyshawn McLeod

Pos QB CB QB S WR S QB WR RB RB CB CB QB RB RB QB S S WR QB WR S QB WR QB S RB DB RB RB WR S CB RB LB LB LB RB DE S S S RB DE LB S S LB LB TE DE PK/P DE PK TE RB NT WR P/PK OL OL OL OL

Ht 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-7 6-1 5-9 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-3 6-1 6-1 5-10 6-2 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-9 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-1 5-8 6-2 6-0 5-11 5-11 5-5 6-3 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-4 5-9 6-3 5-9 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-4

Wt 230 195 190 205 175 205 175 190 200 160 185 175 205 230 190 210 205 210 180 205 175 190 190 180 205 195 230 170 195 190 180 195 195 205 215 225 220 180 290 195 185 190 180 255 230 210 185 205 220 245 235 190 230 210 245 185 290 175 200 280 275 295 305

Cl./Exp. Sr.-1L RSr.-3L RFr.-1L Sr.-3L Jr.-2L Jr.-2L RSo.-1L RSr.-3L RJr.-TR Sr.-3L RFr.-RS So.-1L Jr.-TR Jr.-2L Fr.-HS RJr.-TR Jr.-2L RFr.-RS RSr.-SQ Fr.-HS RSo.-1L Jr.-2L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Sr.-3L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Fr.-HS So.-1L Fr.-HS Jr.-2L Jr.-2L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS So.-1L Fr.-HS RFr.-RS Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Fr.-HS So.-1L Sr.-2L So.-1L Jr.-2L So.-1L Fr.-HS RFr.-1L RSr.-3L RFr.-RS RFr.-RS RSo.-1L Fr.-HS RJr.-2L RFr.-RS Jr.-2L RSo.-1L So.-TR Sr.-3L Jr.-2L Fr.-HS Sr.-1L RJr.-2L

Hometown/Previous School(s) Humble, Texas/Kansas State/Independence CC Baton Rouge, La./Central Argyle, Texas/Argyle New Orleans, La./Brother Martin Gadsden, Ala./Gadsden City Kennesaw, Ga./North Cobb Pacific Palisades, Calif./Palisades Charter East Pointe a la Hache, La./Belle Chasse Port Arthur, Texas/Texas Tech New Orleans, La./Warren Easton McAdory, Ala./McAdory Mesquite, Texas/West Mesquite Laurel, Miss./Laurel/Southern Miss. Tallahassee, Fla./Godby Frisco, Texas/Frisco Heritage HS Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill HS/LSU Fayetteville, Ga./Fayette County Conroe, Texas/Conroe Houston, Texas/St. Pius X Elon, N.C./Western Alamance College Park, Ga./Woodward Academy Hoover, Ala./Hoover Highland Park, Ill./Highland Park HS Alexandria, La./Alexandria Senior HS Houston, Texas/Cypress Christian Academy Marrero, La./John Ehret Flowood, Miss./Northwest Rankin HS Hampton, Ga./Dutchtown New Orleans, La./Newman Petal, Miss./Petal St. Louis, Mo./Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day Memphis, Tenn./Sandy Creek (Ga.) Laurel, Miss./Laurel Brooksville, Fla./Hernando HS Pennsauken, N.J./Bishop Eustace Prep Bryant, Ark./Bryant Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial HS New Braunfels, Texas/Canyon HS Montgomery, Ala./Sidney Lanier HS Kennedale, Texas/Kennedale HS Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley North HS Moultrie, Ga./Colquitt County Covington, La./Archbishop Hannan Chattanooga, Tenn./Notre Dame Lauderhill, Fla./American Heritage School Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville Catholic Destrehan, La./Destrehan HS Hoover, Ala./Hoover New Orleans, La./Holy Cross New Orleans, La./Jesuit Baldwin, Fla./Baldwin Dothan, Ala./Northview New Orleans, La./St. Augustine HS Destrehan, La./Destrehan Natchez, Miss./Cathedral Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill Baton Rouge, La./Scotlandville Magnet San Jose, Calif./Claremont McKenna College Clermont, Fla./East Ridge Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz HS Tulsa, Okla./Coffeyville CC Port Charlotte, Fla./Port Charlotte

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No 54 55 56 57 57 59 60 61 62 63 64 66 68 69 70 71 72 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 82 83 84 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 95 96 97 98 99

Player Carlos Hatcher Cameron Sample Austin Streaty Noah Fisher Peter Woullard Sam Bruchhaus Geron Eatherly Davis Walker Merek Glover Cameron Jackel Corey Dublin Nik Hogan Henry Stern Hunter Knighton Timothy Shafter Ben Bratcher John Leglue Devon Johnson Max Wattenmaker Michael Remondet Jeffery Johnson Davon Wright Joey Claybrook Tyrick James Jaetavian Toles Nick Toppino Charles Jones II Sorrell Brown Kevin LeDee Jabril Clewis Kendall Ardoin Robert Kennedy Noah Seiden Sterling Stockwell Jamiran James Avery Jenkins Casey Glover Ryan Wright Nick Kubiet Justin Walton

Pos DE DE LS OL DE LB LS PK PK OL OL OL NT OL OL OL OL OL OL OL NT DE OL TE WR WR TE WR WR WR TE DE DE PK NT NT PK P DE DE

Ht 6-3 6-3 5-8 6-5 6-4 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-6 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-5 6-4 6-6 6-7 6-5 5-11 6-4 6-3 6-1 6-6 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-5 6-1 6-2 5-9 6-1 5-9 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-1

Wt 235 280 190 325 235 200 225 180 195 290 300 290 290 300 275 295 310 290 255 275 320 290 290 250 185 190 255 200 195 210 250 275 250 185 280 250 175 245 250 240

Cl./Exp. Fr.-HS So.-1L RFr.-RS Gr.-TR RSr.-2L RFr.-RS Jr.-2L Fr.-HS Jr.-1L RFr.-RS So.-1L Fr.-HS RJr.-RS Gr.-1L RFr.-RS RFr.-RS RSr.-3L RSr.-3L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Fr.-HS RFr.-RS Fr.-HS So.-1L Fr.-HS RSr.-3L Fr.-HS RFr.-RS Sr.-1L RSr.-3L RSr.-3L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Fr.-HS RFr.-RS Fr.-HS Fr.-HS RFr.-RS RFr.-RS

Hometown/Previous School(s) Carrollton, Texas/Hebron HS Snellville, Ga./Shiloh Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy Decatur, Ga./South Alabama New Orleans, La./St. Augustine Lake Charles, La./St. Louis HS San Antonio, Texas/Tom C. Clark Washington, D.C./Landon HS Jericho, N.Y./Friends Academy Marrero, La./Archbishop Shaw New Orleans, La./Jesuit Flowood, Miss./Northwest Rankin HS San Francisco, Calif/Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep Pottstown, Pa./Miami (Fla.) Hingham, Mass./Hingham Oklahoma City, Okla./JJ Pearce HS Alexandria, La./Holy Savior Menard Central Amite, La./Amite New Bedford, N.Y./Fox Lane HS Youngsville, La./Ascension Episcopal School Brookhaven, Miss./Brookhaven Donaldsonville, La./Donaldsonville Starkville, Miss./Starkville China Spring, Texas/China Spring HS Houston, Texas/Stratford Tokyo, Japan/IMG Academy (Fla.) New Orleans, La./St. Augustine Arlington, Texas/Martin HS Cypress Ridge, Texas/Cypress Ridge San Diego, Calif./San Diego State/Grossmont College Ville Platte, La./Ville Platte Belle Chasse, La./Belle Chasse Mandeville, La./St. Paul’s School Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips HS New Orleans, La./De La Salle HS New Orleans, La./Metairie Park Country Day Jericho, N.Y./Friends Academy San Ramon, Calif./California HS Palm Coast, Fla./Matanzas Cleveland, Ohio/University School

No Player Pos Cl./Exp. 72.........John Leglue.................................. OL........RSr.-3L 51.........Stephen Lewerenz....................... OL......... Fr.-HS 1...........Donnie Lewis Jr............................ CB........RSr.-3L 27.........Nick Martorell.............................. LB......... Fr.-HS 12.........Justin McMillan............................QB........ RJr.-TR 53.........Keyshawn McLeod....................... OL........ RJr.-2L 44.........Juan Monjarres............................ DE......... Fr.-HS 9...........Jaylon Monroe............................. CB.........So.-1L 28.........Marvin Moody............................. LB.........So.-1L 3...........Darnell Mooney...........................WR......... Jr.-2L 43.........Coby Neenan.............................. PK/P.....RSo.-1L 13.........Brian Newman.............................WR...... RSr.-SQ 21.........James Poche................................ RB......... Fr.-HS 40.........Connor Prouet.............................. TE........RFr.-RS 76.........Michael Remondet....................... OL......... Fr.-HS 15.........Jacob Robertson Jr.......................WR......RSo.-1L 16.........John Sakos...................................QB......... Fr.-HS 55.........Cameron Sample.......................... DE.........So.-1L 91.........Noah Seiden................................. DE......... Fr.-HS 70.........Timothy Shafter........................... OL........RFr.-RS 19.........Taris Shenall.................................. S...........Sr.-3L 42.........Torri Singletary Jr......................... DE........RFr.-RS 68.........Henry Stern.................................. NT........RJr.-RS 92.........Sterling Stockwell........................ PK......... Fr.-HS 56.........Austin Streaty.............................. LS........RFr.-RS 2...........Roderic Teamer Jr.......................... S...........Sr.-3L 30.........Alfred Thomas.............................. DE......... Fr.-HS 23.........Ryan Thompson...........................WR........ Fr.-HS 82.........Jaetavian Toles.............................WR........So.-1L 83.........Nick Toppino................................WR........ Fr.-HS 17.........Jorien Vallien...............................WR........ Fr.-HS 38.........KJ Vault........................................ LB........RFr.-1L 46.........Will Wallace................................. TE........RFr.-RS 61.........Davis Walker................................ PK......... Fr.-HS 99.........Justin Walton............................... DE........RFr.-RS 75.........Max Wattenmaker........................ OL.......... Fr-HS 48.........De’Andre Williams........................ NT.......RSo.-1L 57.........Peter Woullard............................. DE........RSr.-2L 78.........Davon Wright............................... DE......... Fr.-HS 97.........Ryan Wright.................................. P.......... Fr.-HS 47.........Andrew Zuckerman...................... RB.......... Jr.-2L

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Kendall Ardoin........................................................................................................................ar-DWAN Tirise Barge............................................................................................................................. ty-REESE Ygenio Booker...............................................................................................................ee-GEE-nee-oh Sorrell Brown.........................................................................................................................sore-RELL Sam Bruchhaus..................................................................................................................bruck-house Jabril Clewis..............................................................................................................................CLEW-is Corey Dauphine..................................................................................................................... daw-FEEN Geron Eatherly.........................................................................................................gair-un ETH-er-lee Stephon Huderson.............................................................................................. stef-AHN HUD-er-son Jamiran James.................................................................................................................... JAM-ih-ran Devon Johnson............................................................................................................................DEV-in Amare Jones........................................................................................................................uh-MAR-ee Thakarius Keyes.........................................................................................................thuh-CARE-ee-us Nick Kubiet..........................................................................................................................KOO-bee-et

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Chase Kuerschen.....................................................................................................................KERSH-in Stephen Lewerenz...................................................................................................................luh-RENZ Nick Martorell................................................................................................................... MAR-tor-rell Juan Monjarres............................................................................................................... mon-HAR-ess Coby Neenan............................................................................................................................NEE-nun James Poche......................................................................................................................... poh-SHAY Connor Prouet.......................................................................................................................... PREW-it Michael Remondet...........................................................................................................reh-mon-DAY Taris Shenall...............................................................................................................TARE-is shen-ALL Jaetavian Toles...............................................................................................................juh-TAY-vee-in Jorien Vallien........................................................................................................... JOR-ee-in VAL-yen Peter Woullard...................................................................................................................... WOOL-erd Davon Wright............................................................................................................................ da-VON

CAREER STATISTICS 89 KENDALL ARDOIN TE • RSr. • 6-5 • 250 Ville Platte, La. (Ville Platte)

BANKS’ CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS

YEAR 2017 2018 TOTAL

ARDOIN’S CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS

YEAR 2015 2016 2017 2018 TOTAL

G REC YDS TD 12 6 52 2 10 4 80 1 11 5 63 0 8 0 0 0 41 15 195 3

Date

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 1 12 0 12 1 11 0 11 1 7 0 7 1 15 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sep 10, 2016 SOUTHERN Sep 17, 2016 NAVY Sep 24, 2016 UL LAFAYETTE 10/01/16 at Massachusetts Oct 14, 2016 MEMPHIS Oct 22, 2016 at Tulsa Nov 05, 2016 at UCF Nov 12, 2016 at Houston Nov 19, 2016 TEMPLE Nov 26, 2016 at UConn

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 1 32 0 32

Sep 02, 2017 GRAMBLING Sep 09, 2017 at Navy Sep 23, 2017 ARMY WEST POINT Oct 07, 2017 TULSA Oct 14, 2017 at FIU Oct 21, 2017 USF Oct 27, 2017 at Memphis Nov 04, 2017 CINCINNATI Nov 11, 2017 at ECU Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON Nov 25, 2017 at SMU

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 12 1 28 0 28 1 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AUG. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST SEP 8, 2018 NICHOLLS Sep 15, 2018 at UAB Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS 10/06/18 at Cincinnati Oct 20, 2018 SMU Nov 10, 2018 ECU Nov 15, 2018 at Houston

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2016

2017

2018

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ARDOIN’S CAREER HIGHS

Receptions.................................................................................................. 1, 11x Yards........................................................................32 yards at UConn, 11/26/16 Long Catch...............................................................32 yards at UConn, 11/26/16 Touchdowns......................................................1, 3x, last vs. Memphis, 10/14/16

1 JONATHAN BANKS QB • RSr. • 6-2 • 230 Houston, Texas (Independence CC) BANKS’ CAREER PASSING STATISTICS

YEAR 2017 2018 TOTAL

G 11 7 18

ATT COM INT 219 124 5 139 72 2 358 196 7

Opponent

LG AVG/C 53 4.0 25 1.5 53 3.2

YDS TD LG PCT EFFIC 1797 12 73 56.6 139.1 1074 5 74 51.8 125.7 2871 17 74 54.7 133.9

BARGE’S CAREER HIGHS

AVG/G 53.8 17.1 39.6

Tackles................................................................4, 2x, last at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Sacks............................................................1.0, 2x, last vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Tackles for Loss.......................................................1.0, 3x, last at Tulsa, 10/27/18

Cmp-Att-Int

Yds

10-15-0 3-5-0 10-22-0 9-13-0 5-16-1 9-19-1 15-30-0 17-24-0 11-19-2 17-25-1 18-31-0

185 13 103 165 36 221 203 196 110 251 314

3 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 2

62 8 18 62 25 73 41 32 35 64 52

18-37-0 12-16-0 7-24-1 8-14-0 12-21-0 1-5-0 14-22-1 0-0-0

281 190 180 141 127 2 153 0

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

74 25 44 39 21 2 26 0

2017

Rushing Receiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG Sep 03, 2015 DUKE Sep 12, 2015 at Georgia Tech Sep 19, 2015 MAINE Oct 03, 2015 UCF Oct 10, 2015 at Temple Oct 16, 2015 HOUSTON Oct 24, 2015 at Navy Oct 31, 2015 at Memphis Nov 07, 2015 UCONN Nov 14, 2015 at Army Nov 21, 2015 at SMU Nov 27, 2015 TULSA

ATT YDS TD 148 592 7 78 120 2 226 712 9

BANKS’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

LG REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 15 0.5 8.7 4.3 32 0.4 20.0 8.0 28 0.5 12.6 5.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32 0.4 13.0 4.8

ARDOIN’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

2015

G 11 7 18

2018

Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS Sep 15, 2018 at UAB Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati Oct 20, 2018 SMU Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa

BANKS’ CAREER HIGHS

Rush yards............................................................................. 96 at ECU, 11/11/17 Rush TDs.................................................................................. 2 at ECU, 11/11/17 Long rush......................................................................53 vs. Cincinnati, 11/4/17 Pass attempts.............................................................37 vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Pass completions..........................................18, 2x, last vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Pass yards........................................................................... 314 at SMU, 11/25/17 Long pass...................................................................74 vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18

33 TIRISE BARGE S • So. • 5-11 • 190 Moultrie, Ga. (Colquitt County) BARGE’S CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2017 12 5 0 5 1.0 6 0 1 0 0 0 2018 12 21 3 24 5.0 17 0 1 0 0 1 TOTAL 24 26 3 29 6.0 23 0 2 0 0 1

BARGE’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

2017

Opp.

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int

Sep 02, 2017 GRAMBLING Sep 09, 2017 at Navy Sep 16, 2017 at Oklahoma Sep 23, 2017 ARMY WEST POINT Oct 07, 2017 TULSA Oct 14, 2017 at FIU Oct 21, 2017 USF Oct 27, 2017 at Memphis Nov 04, 2017 CINCINNATI Nov 11, 2017 at ECU Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON Nov 25, 2017 at SMU

1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-6

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS Sep 15, 2018 at UAB Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati Oct 20, 2018 SMU Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa Nov 03, 2018 at USF Nov 10, 2018 ECU Nov 15, 2018 at Houston Nov 24, 2018 NAVY

4 0 1 3 2 3 2 2 1 0 2 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0

4 0 1 3 2 4 2 2 2 0 3 0

1.0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-5 1.0-5 1.0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-3 0.0-0

1.0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2018

49 ZACHARY BLOCK P/K • Sr. • 6-5 • 200 Clermont, Fla. (East Ridge) BLOCK’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G NO. 2015 8 47 2016 12 68 2017 12 53 2018 12 28 TOTAL 44 196

YARDS LG 1783 53 2772 62 2079 65 1073 54 7707 65

AVG 37.9 40.8 39.2 38.3 39.3

BLOCK’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

2015

Oct. 10 Oct. 16 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 27

2016

Sep. 1 Sep. 10 Sep. 17 Sep. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 14 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Nov. 26

Opponent

No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20

at Temple HOUSTON at Navy at Memphis UCONN at Army at SMU TULSA

8 9 2 6 11 4 4 3

292 389 64 236 427 128 145 102

36.5 43.2 32.0 39.3 38.8 32.0 36.2 34.0

48 53 32 51 53 36 46 42

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

3 1 0 2 6 2 3 1

0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

at Wake Forest SOUTHERN NAVY LOUISIANA-LAF. at UMass MEMPHIS at Tulsa SMU at UCF at Houston TEMPLE at UConn

5 0 5 10 2 7 7 7 3 9 8 5

209 0 201 405 63 319 320 288 135 336 314 182

41.8 0.0 40.5 40.5 31.5 45.6 45.7 41.1 45.0 37.3 39.2 36.4

46 0 44 54 39 59 58 47 53 45 62 45

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0

1 0 3 3 0 3 1 3 1 6 3 1

0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 0 1 0

2 0 2 4 0 0 5 3 0 1 3 1

3 6 7 4 3 4 5 7 4 4 4 2

108 211 291 165 93 167 218 264 168 158 159 77

36.0 35.2 41.6 41.2 31.0 41.8 43.6 37.7 42.0 39.5 39.8 38.5

37 44 59 50 47 48 65 46 48 47 50 53

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

2 4 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 2 3 0

0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1

0 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 0

9 3 3 2 1 4 1 0 1 3 0 1

337 115 142 91 34 149 30 0 42 98 0 35

37.4 38.3 47.3 45.5 34.0 37.2 30.0 0.0 42.0 32.7 0.0 35.0

48 44 54 46 34 52 30 0 42 37 0 35

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1

2017

2018

Aug. 30 2018 Sep 8, 2018 Sep 15, 2018 Sep 22, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 Oct 6, 2018 Oct 20, 2018 Oct 27, 2018 Nov 03, 2018 Nov 10, 2018 Nov 15, 2018 Nov 24, 2018

WAKE FOREST NICHOLLS at UAB at Ohio State MEMPHIS at Cincinnati SMU at Tulsa at USF ECU at Houston NAVY

BLOCK’S CAREER HIGHS

Punts.........................................................................10 vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16 Yards.......................................................................405 vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16 Long........................................................................................5 vs. USF, 10/21/17 50+.......................................................................................4 at Tulsa, 10/22/16 Inside 20................................................................................5 at Tulsa, 10/22/16 Kickoffs..........................................................................10 vs. Southern, 9/10/16

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CAREER STATISTICS

10 DARIUS BRADWELL RB • Jr. • 6-1 • 230 Tallahassee, Fla. (Godby)

BRYANT’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

Sep 01, 2016 at Wake Forest Sep 10, 2016 SOUTHERN Sep 17, 2016 NAVY Sep 24, 2016 UL LAFAYETTE 10/01/16 at Massachusetts Oct 14, 2016 MEMPHIS Oct 22, 2016 at Tulsa Oct 29, 2016 SMU Nov 05, 2016 at UCF Nov 12, 2016 at Houston Nov 19, 2016 TEMPLE Nov 26, 2016 at UConn

BRADWELL’S CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS

BRADWELL’S CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS G REC YDS TD 3 0 0 0 12 3 31 0 12 4 13 0 27 7 44 0

LG REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25 0.2 10.3 2.6 8 0.3 3.2 1.1 25 0.3 6.3 1.6

2017

BRADWELL’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Rushing Receiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG

2016

Sep 01, 2016 at Wake Forest Sep 10, 2016 SOUTHERN Nov 26, 2016 at UConn

2017

2018

0 0 0

4 6 0 3 4 15 0 10 3 12 0 8

0 0 0

6 8 7 2 10 1 6 5 3 6 3 9

58 21 42 2 71 29 24 27 14 24 19 80

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

27 8 15 4 23 29 9 12 9 9 17 57

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 13 15 4 19 16 13 18 15 19 14 15

22 93 90 31 143 88 72 76 135 77 89 66

0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0

9 31 21 12 53 20 23 51 73 16 20 15

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6

0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8

BRADWELL’S CAREER HIGHS

Rushes.................................................................... 19, 2x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Yards............................................................................143 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Long.........................................................................................73 at USF, 11/3/18 Touchdowns........................................................2, 2x, last vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Receptions...............................................................2, 3x, last vs. Navy, 11/24/18

4 LARRY BRYANT S • Jr. • 6-1 • 205 Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb) BRYANT’S CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2016 12 1 2 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2017 11 7 2 9 1.0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2018 9 6 5 11 1.0 6 0 1 1 0 0 TOTAL 32 14 9 23 2.0 10 0 2 1 1 0

BRYANT’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles.....................................................................4, 2x, last vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Sacks.....................................................................................1 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Forced fumbles.................................................................1 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Fumbles recovered.....................................................................1 at USF, 11/3/18

TULANE BOWL NOTES | 21

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int

2016

YEAR G ATT YDS TD LG YD/C YD/G 2016 3 11 33 0 10 3.0 11.0 2017 12 66 411 4 57 6.2 34.2 2018 12 166 984 9 73 5.9 82.0 TOTAL 27 243 1428 13 73 5.9 52.9 YEAR 2016 2017 2018 TOTAL

Opp.

Sep 02, 2017 GRAMBLING Sep 09, 2017 at Navy Sep 16, 2017 at Oklahoma Oct 07, 2017 TULSA Oct 14, 2017 at FIU Oct 21, 2017 USF Oct 27, 2017 at Memphis Nov 04, 2017 CINCINNATI Nov 11, 2017 at ECU Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON Nov 25, 2017 at SMU

2018

Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati Oct 20, 2018 SMU Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa Nov 03, 2018 at USF Nov 10, 2018 ECU Nov 15, 2018 at Houston Nov 24, 2018 NAVY

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2

1.0-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-6

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

88 JABRIL CLEWIS WR • Sr. • 6-2 • 210 San Diego, Calif. (Grossmont College) G REC YDS TD 12 16 174 0 12 12 203 1 24 28 377 1

2018

Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST 8/31/2018 WAKE FOREST Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS Sep 15, 2018 at UAB Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati Oct 20, 2018 SMU Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa

6 COREY DAUPHINE RB • RJr. • 6-0 • 200 Port Arthur, Texas (Texas Tech) DAUPHINE’S CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS

YEAR 2018

G ATT YDS TD LG AVG/C AVG/G 12 116 754 7 69 6.5 62.8

DAUPHINE’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME RUSH/REC STATS

Rushing R eceiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST 5 29 0 10 0 0 0 0 Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS 6 152 3 69 0 0 0 0 Sep 15, 2018 at UAB 8 55 0 45 0 0 0 0 Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State 6 53 0 38 0 0 0 0 Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS 12 87 2 46 0 0 0 0 Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati 6 35 0 17 0 0 0 0 Oct 20, 2018 SMU 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa 18 107 0 51 0 0 0 0 Nov 03, 2018 at USF 17 121 2 41 0 0 0 0 Nov 10, 2018 ECU 17 47 0 11 0 0 0 0 Nov 15, 2018 at Houston 12 51 0 20 0 0 0 0 Nov 24, 2018 NAVY 6 14 0 4 0 0 0 0

5 TERREN ENCALADE WR • RSr. • 6-0 • 190 East Point a la Hache, La. (Belle Chasse)

LG REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 25 1.3 10.9 14.5 52 1.0 16.9 16.9 52 1.2 13.5 15.7

CLEWIS’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

CLEWIS’ CAREER HIGHS

Receptions......................................................................5 vs. Cincinnati, 11/4/17 Receiving Yards...................................................................83 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Long reception....................................................................52 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Touchdowns..........................................................................1 vs. Navy, 11/24/18

DAUPHINE’S CAREER HIGHS

Rushing Receiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG

2017

Rushing R eceiving Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 46 0 24 0 0 0 0 2 18 0 15 0 0 0 0 4 83 1 52

Rushes................................................................................18 vs. Tulsa, 10/27/18 Rushing Yards...................................................................152 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Long rush...........................................................................69 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Rush TD................................................................................3 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18

CLEWIS’ CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS

YEAR 2017 2018 TOTAL

Date Opponent Nov 03, 2018 at USF Nov 10, 2018 ECU Nov 15, 2018 at Houston Nov 24, 2018 NAVY

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 5 0 3 0

0 0 7 29 12 25 31 13 49 0 8 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 7 16 12 25 19 13 15 0 7 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

13 13 25 0 0 0 0 6 12

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 13 25 0 0 0 0 6 12

ENCALADE’S CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS

YEAR 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 TOTAL

G REC YDS TD 12 20 235 0 2 4 43 0 12 36 500 6 12 39 730 4 12 39 634 4 50 138 2142 14

LG REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 35 1.7 11.8 19.6 20 2.0 10.8 21.5 38 3.0 13.9 41.7 73 3.2 18.7 60.8 74 3.2 16.3 52.8 74 2.8 15.5 42.8

ENCALADE’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Rushing R eceiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG

2014

Aug 28, 2014 at Tulsa Sep 06, 2014 GEORGIA TECH Sep 13, 2014 SOUTHEASTERN LA. Sep 20, 2014 at Duke Sep 27, 2014 at Rutgers Oct 11, 2014 UCONN Oct 18, 2014 at UCF Oct 31, 2014 CINCINNATI Nov 8, 2014 at Houston Nov 15, 2014 MEMPHIS Nov 22, 2014 at East Carolina Dec 06, 2014 TEMPLE

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 4 3 2

21 0 0 19 0 0 14 41 0 49 59 32

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 0 0 14 0 0 14 10 0 16 35 23

CAREER STATISTICS Rushing Receiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG

2015

Sep 03, 2015 DUKE Sep 12, 2015 at Georgia Tech

2016

Sep 01, 2016 at Wake Forest Sep 10, 2016 SOUTHERN Sep 17, 2016 NAVY Sep 24, 2016 UL LAFAYETTE Oct. 1, 2016 at Massachusetts Oct 14, 2016 MEMPHIS Oct 22, 2016 at Tulsa Oct 29, 2016 SMU Nov 05, 2016 at UCF Nov 12, 2016 at Houston Nov 19, 2016 TEMPLE Nov 26, 2016 at UConn

2017

2018

0 0

0 0 0 0

4 43 0 20 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 -5 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 1 0 7 7 3 1 4 1 5 1 2

19 5 0 103 125 47 3 75 20 41 5 57

0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

8 5 0 34 38 27 3 24 20 19 5 37

1 58 1 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 0

3 5 1 4 2 0 2 3 2 2 8 7

50 39 22 38 69 0 93 63 14 45 186 111

1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

30 14 22 17 62 0 73 34 8 35 64 37

1 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 7 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 2 1 4 4 2 4 4 2 1 2 5

189 38 21 62 35 31 39 44 15 73 52 35

2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

74 25 21 38 10 14 25 19 9 73 42 10

ENCALADE’S CAREER HIGHS

Receptions......................................................8, 2x, last vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Receiving Yards........................................................189 vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Long Reception..........................................................74 vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Touchdowns................................................................3 vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16 Carries...........................................................................2, 2x, last at UCF, 11/5/16 Rush Yards......................................................................58 vs. Grambling, 9/2/17 Rush Long......................................................................58 vs. Grambling, 9/2/17 All-purpose Yards.....................................................227 vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18

62 MEREK GLOVER K • Jr. • 6-0 • 195 Jericho, N.Y. (Friends Academy) GLOVER’S CAREER FIELD GOAL STATISTICS

YEAR G ATT MADE LG PCT 2017 11 9 8 37 88.9 2018 12 11 8 40 72.7 TOTAL 23 20 16 40 80.0 Field Goals PATs Date Opponent Att-Made Lg Blkd Att-Made Sep 02, 2017 GRAMBLING Sep 16, 2017 at Oklahoma Sep 23, 2017 ARMY WEST POINT Oct 07, 2017 TULSA Oct 14, 2017 at FIU Oct 21, 2017 USF Oct 27, 2017 at Memphis

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0

0 0 0 0 35 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2018

Aug. 30 2018 Sep 8, 2018 Sep 15, 2018 Sep 22, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 Oct 6, 2018 Oct 20, 2018 Oct. 27, 2018 Nov 03, 2018 Nov 10, 2018 Nov 15, 2018 Nov 24, 2018

0-0 2-2 3-3 8-9 1-1 4-4 2-3

WAKE FOREST NICHOLLS at UAB at Ohio State MEMPHIS at Cincinnati SMU at Tulsa at USF ECU at Houston Navy

1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-1 3-2 1-1 1-1 1-0

39 0 40 0 20 0 0 20 38 33 40 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

2-2 6-6 3-3 0-1 5-5 3-3 3-3 3-3 5-5 3-3 0-1 3-3

HALL’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

35 LAWRENCE GRAHAM LB • Jr. • 5-10 • 230 Lauderhill, Fla. (American Heritage)

GRAHAM’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opp.

2017

Sep 02, 2017 GRAMBLING Sep 16, 2017 at Oklahoma Sep 23, 2017 ARMY WEST POINT Oct 07, 2017 TULSA Oct 14, 2017 at FIU Oct 21, 2017 USF Oct 27, 2017 at Memphis Nov 04, 2017 CINCINNATI Nov 11, 2017 at ECU Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS Sep 15, 2018 at UAB Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati Oct 20, 2018 SMU Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa Nov 03, 2018 at USF Nov 10, 2018 ECU Nov 15, 2018 at Houston Nov 24, 2018 NAVY

Opp.

2016

2017

GRAHAM’S CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2016 11 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 10 6 6 12 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 12 34 23 57 6.0 20 1 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 33 41 29 70 6.0 20 1 0 0 0 0

2016

16 P.J. HALL S • Jr. • 5-11 • 190 Hoover, Ala. (Hoover) HALL’S CAREER STATISTICS

Points scored............................................................................11 at USF, 11/3/18 PATs made...............................................................................8 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/17 Field goals made.............................................................3 vs. Cincinnati, 11/4/17 Field goals attempted.....................................................4 vs. Cincinnati, 11/4/17 Long.................................................................. 40, 2x, last at Houston, 11/15/18

Date

GRAHAM’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles......................................................................................9 at UAB, 9/15/18 Tackles for loss................................................................... 2.0 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Interceptions................................................................1 vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Sacks..................................................................... 1.0, 2x, last vs. SMU, 10/20/18

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2016 11 5 3 8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 12 13 5 18 1.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2018 11 34 12 46 1.0 9 10 1 1 0 0 TOTAL 34 52 20 72 2.0 10 12 1 1 0 0

GLOVER’S CAREER HIGHS

2018

GLOVER’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

2017

Field Goals PATs Date Opponent Att-Made Lg Blkd Att-Made Nov 04, 2017 CINCINNATI 4-3 37 0 1-1 Nov 11, 2017 at ECU 1-1 26 0 4-4 Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON 2-2 24 0 2-2 Nov 25, 2017 at SMU 1-1 25 0 5-5

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1

0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

3 4 7 5 0 3 3 2 1 2 2 2

5 3 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 1 2 0

8 7 9 7 1 6 3 6 1 3 4 2

1.0-3 0.5-1 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-9 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.5-6 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-2 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2018

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 3

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 5 0 0

0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 0 5 0 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

9 3 4 0 0 2 1 2 5 3 5 5

2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 0

11 3 5 0 1 2 2 4 7 6 5 5

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-9 1.0-9

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-20 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

HALL’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles.......................................................................11 vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Tackles for loss.............................................................. 1.0 at Houston, 11/15/18 Sacks................................................................................ 1 at Houston, 11/15/18 Pass breakups........................................................................ 4 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Fumbles recovered.....................................................................1 at USF, 11/3/18 Interceptions.......................................................................... 1 vs. ECU, 11/10/18

22 | NOLA’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM

CAREER STATISTICS

25 WILL HARPER S • Jr. • 6-0 • 195 Memphis, Tenn. (Sandy Creek) HARPER’S CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2016 12 13 7 20 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 12 20 12 32 1.5 4 3 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 35 33 19 52 1.5 4 3 0 0 0 0

HARPER’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

Opp.

2016

2017

2018

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 0

1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1

2 4 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 4 1

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2 6 1 2 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 0

5 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0

7 6 1 2 2 4 3 1 3 1 2 0

0.5-3 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-24 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

HARPER’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles.........................................................................7 vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Tackles for loss.....................................................................1 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Sacks....................................................................................1 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Breakups.......................................................................1, 2x, last at USF, 11/3/18 Inteceptions.....................................................................1 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18

40 ZACHERY HARRIS LB • RSr. • 6-0 • 220 New Orleans, La. (Holy Cross) HARRIS’ CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2014 5 5 1 6 1.5 10 0 0 0 0 0 2015 3 8 4 12 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2016 9 23 22 45 4.0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2017 12 38 31 69 3.0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2018 12 45 42 87 10.5 27 1 0 1 0 1 TOTAL 42 119 100 219 19.0 51 1 0 1 0 2

TULANE BOWL NOTES | 23

HARRIS’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

Opp.

2014

Aug 28, 2014 at Tulsa Sep 06, 2014 GEORGIA TECH Sep 13, 2014 SOUTHEASTERN LA. Sep 20, 2014 at Duke Sep 27, 2014 at Rutgers

2015

Sep 03, 2015 DUKE Sep 12, 2015 at Georgia Tech Sep 19, 2015 MAINE Nov 27, 2015 TULSA

2016

Sep 01, 2016 at Wake Forest Sep 10, 2016 SOUTHERN Sep 24, 2016 UL LAFAYETTE 10/01/16 at Massachusetts Oct 14, 2016 MEMPHIS Oct 29, 2016 SMU Nov 05, 2016 at UCF Nov 12, 2016 at Houston Nov 19, 2016 TEMPLE

2017

2018

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 0 1 0 0 4

0 0 0 1 0

0 1 0 1 4

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 1.0-9

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2 1 5 0

0 2 2 0

2 3 7 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 3 4 4 1 4 0 2 5

0 1 1 4 0 1 3 8 4

0 4 5 8 1 5 3 10 9

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-3 0.5-2 0.5-2 2.0-3

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 6 0 6 3 2 2 4 4 6 1 4

1 3 1 8 0 6 0 0 3 4 3 2

1 9 1 14 3 8 2 4 7 10 4 6

0.5-1 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

4 4 8 0.5-2 3 5 8 1.5-1 6 3 9 0.0-0 1 1 2 0.0-0 5 1 6 1.0-3 1 12 13 0.5-1 2 1 3 1.0-4 3 2 5 1.0-1 6 1 7 1.0-2 2 1 3 1.0-1 6 7 13 2.0-8 6 4 10 1.0-4

0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-6 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

HARRIS’ CAREER HIGHS

Tackles............................................................... 14 vs. Army West Point, 9/23/17 Tackles for Loss................................................. 2.0, 3x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Yards Lost...................................................................11 at Georgia Tech, 9/12/15 Sacks....................................................................1.0, 2x, last vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Yards Lost...................................................................11 at Georgia Tech, 9/12/15 Interceptions..............................................................................1 at USF, 11/3/18

54 CARLOS HATCHER DE • Fr. • 6-3 • 235 Carrollton, Texas (Hebron HS) HATCHER’S CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2018 11 7 7 14 4.0 20 2 0 0 0 0

HATCHER’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles.............................................................................5 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Sacks................................................................................1 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Tackles for loss..............................................................1.5 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Pass breakups........................................................................ 2 vs. ECU, 11/10/18

HATCHER’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS Date Opp. UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 8/31/2018 WAKE FOREST 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS 2 0 2 1.0-7 1.0-7 0 0-0 0-0 Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati 0 5 5 1.5-8 0.5-3 0 0-0 0-0 Oct 20, 2018 SMU 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 Nov 03, 2018 at USF 2 0 2 1.0-4 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 Nov 10, 2018 ECU 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 Nov 15, 2018 at Houston 0 2 2 0.5-1 0.5-1 0 0-0 0-0 Nov 24, 2018 NAVY 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0

22 STEPHON HUDERSON RB • Jr. • 6-1 • 230 Tallahassee, Fla. (Godby) HUDERSON’S CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS

YEAR 2017 2018 TOTAL

G 11 11 22

ATT YDS TD 19 70 1 62 255 0 81 325 1

LG YD/C YD/G 11 3.7 6.4 30 4.1 23.2 30 4.0 14.8

HUDERSON’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Rushing R eceiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG

2017

Sep 02, 2017 GRAMBLING Sep 09, 2017 at Navy Sep 16, 2017 at Oklahoma Sep 23, 2017 ARMY WEST POINT Oct 07, 2017 TULSA Oct 14, 2017 at FIU Oct 21, 2017 USF Nov 04, 2017 CINCINNATI Nov 11, 2017 at ECU Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON Nov 25, 2017 at SMU

7 36 0 11 1 0 0 0 3 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 7 21 1 7 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2018

Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST 10 26 0 5 0 0 0 0 Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS 7 21 0 7 0 0 0 0 Sep 15, 2018 at UAB 6 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 Rushing R eceiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State 6 15 0 4 0 0 0 0 Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS 8 58 0 22 1 21 0 21 Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 Oct 20, 2018 SMU 6 42 0 30 3 39 0 17 Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa 4 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 NOV 03, 2018 AT USF 7 40 0 22 0 0 0 0 NOV 10, 2018 ECU 4 16 0 8 0 0 0 0 NOV 15, 2018 AT HOUSTON 2 14 0 10 0 0 0 0

HUDERSON’S CAREER HIGHS

Rushes.......................................................................10 vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Yards..............................................................................58 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Long.................................................................................... 30 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Touchdowns............................................................................1 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/17 All-Purpose yards.............................................................. 146 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Catches.................................................................................. 3 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Receiving yards................................................................... 39 vs. SMU, 10/20/18

77 JEFFERY JOHNSON NT • Fr. • 6-2 • 320 Brookhaven, Miss. (Brookhaven) JOHNSON’S CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2018 12 13 17 30 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 1

CAREER STATISTICS JOHNSON’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date Aug. 30 2018 Sep 8, 2018 Sep 15, 2018 Sep 22, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 Oct 6, 2018 Oct 20, 2018 Oct 27, 2018 NOV 03, 2018 NOV 10, 2018 NOV 15, 2018 NOV 24, 2018

Opp. UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int WAKE FOREST 2 2 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 NICHOLLS 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 at UAB 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 at Ohio State 1 2 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 MEMPHIS 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 at Cincinnati 0 4 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 SMU 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 at Tulsa 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 AT USF 0 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 ECU 0 2 2 0.5-1 0.5-1 0 0-0 0-0 AT HOUSTON 2 2 4 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 NAVY 2 2 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0

JOHNSON’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles................................................................4, 2x, last at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Tackles for loss................................................. 0.5, 2x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Breakups..............................................................................1 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Sacks................................................................................... 0.5 vs. ECU, 11/10/18

34 PATRICK JOHNSON DE • So. • 6-3 • 255 Chattanooga, Tenn. (Notre Dame) JOHNSON’S CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2017 12 6 6 12 1.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2018 12 32 14 46 15.5 69 4 4 1 0 2 TOTAL 24 38 20 58 16.5 73 4 4 1 0 2

JOHNSON’S CAREER SACKS

YR G UA 2017 12 0 2018 10 9 TOTAL 22 9

A TOTAL YDS 0 0.0 0 0 9.0 49 0 9.0 49

JOHNSON’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

Opp.

2017

2018

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0

1.0-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 2 1 4 3 2 3 2 6 3 0 6

2 2 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 1

3 4 1 4 3 6 5 4 6 4 0 7

0.0-0 1.5-2 1.0-2 1.0-6 1.0-3 1.5-13 1.0-5 1.5-8 4.0-12 1.0-8 0.0-0 2.0-10

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-6 1.0-3 1.0-9 1.0-5 1.0-7 3.0-11 1.0-8 0.0-0 1.0-9

0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

JOHNSON’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles..................................................................................7 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Tackles for loss.................................................................2 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Sacks..........................................................................................3 at USF, 11/3/18 Fumbles forced......................................................................2 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Pass breakups.....................................................1, 4x, last at Cincinnati, 10/6/18

11 AMARE JONES RB • Fr. • 5-11 • 190 Frisco, Texas (Frisco Heritage)

Rushing R eceiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG Dec 06, 2014 TEMPLE 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 6

2015

Sep 03, 2015 DUKE Sep 12, 2015 at Georgia Tech Sep 19, 2015 MAINE Oct 03, 2015 UCF Oct 10, 2015 at Temple Oct 16, 2015 HOUSTON Oct 24, 2015 at Navy Oct 31, 2015 at Memphis Nov 07, 2015 UCONN Nov 14, 2015 at Army Nov 21, 2015 at SMU Nov 27, 2015 TULSA

JONES’ CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS

RUSHING G ATT YDS TD LG AVG/C AVG/G 2018 12 41 153 3 21 3.7 12.8

JONES’ CAREER KICK RETURN STATISTICS

YEAR G NO. YDS TD LG AVG/R AVG/G 2018 12 18 488 0 69 27.1 40.7

JONES’ CAREER PUNT RETURN STATISTICS

YEAR G NO. YDS TD LG AVG/R AVG/G 2018 12 13 104 0 18 8.0 8.7

2016

JONES’ CAREER HIGHS

Rushes...................................................................................8 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Rush yards............................................................................40 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Rush touchdowns................................................ 1, 3x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Long rush.............................................................................21 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Receptions............................................................................ 3 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Reception yards................................................................... 29 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Long reception.................................................................... 26 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Kick return yards..........................................................145 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Long kick return.............................................................69 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 All-purpose yards......................................................... 171 at Houston, 11/15/18 Punt returns...............................................................................4 at USF, 11/3/18 Punt return yards.....................................................................44 at USF, 11/3/18 Long punt return......................................................................18 at USF, 11/3/18

JONES’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Rushing Receiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG 8/31/2018 WAKE FOREST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS 5 18 1 14 0 0 0 0 Sep 15, 2018 at UAB 1 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State 7 6 0 9 0 0 0 0 Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati 4 10 0 5 1 11 0 11 Oct 20, 2018 SMU 6 17 0 8 3 29 0 26 Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa 8 42 0 21 2 12 0 6 Nov 03, 2018 at USF 3 14 1 8 0 0 0 0 Nov 10, 2018 ECU 2 11 0 10 0 0 0 0 Nov 15, 2018 at Houston 3 26 1 17 0 0 0 0 Nov 24, 2018 NAVY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

84 CHARLES JONES II TE • RSr. • 6-4 • 255 New Orleans, La. (St. Augustine) G 12 12 4 12 9 49

REC YDS TD 21 192 3 17 131 3 0 0 0 13 84 2 9 38 0 60 445 8

LG REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 31 1.8 9.1 16.0 28 1.4 7.7 10.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15 1.1 6.5 7.0 11 1.0 4.2 4.2 31 1.2 7.4 9.1

JONES’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 3 1 2

23 15 0 0 7 7 41 25 31 4 27

2018

Sep 8, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 Oct 6, 2018 Oct 20, 2018 Oct 27, 2018 Nov 03, 2018 Nov 10, 2018 Nov 15, 2018 Nov 24, 2018

NICHOLLS MEMPHIS at Cincinnati SMU at Tulsa at USF ECU at Houston NAVY

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 1 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 2

11 12 14 0 2 6 34 17 0 0 7 28

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1

8 12 14 0 2 6 13 9 0 0 5 28

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 2 2

8 8 0 0 28 -3 0 14 3 0 15 11

0 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 6

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 3 0 2 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 -1 0 1 6 0

3 7 2 0 0 7 0 0 6

JONES’ CAREER HIGHS

Receptions.............................................................................4 at Navy, 10/24/15 Yards......................................................................................41 at UCF, 10/18/14 Long.......................................................................................31 at UCF, 10/18/14 Touchdowns....................................................................2 at Memphis, 10/27/17

KENNEDY’S CAREER STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG

2014

2017

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

90 ROBERT KENNEDY DE • RSr. • 6-1 • 275 Belle Chasse, La. (Belle Chasse)

JONES’ CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS

YEAR 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 TOTAL

Sep 01, 2016 at Wake Forest Sep 10, 2016 SOUTHERN Sep 24, 2016 UL LAFAYETTE Oct 1, 2016 at Massachusetts

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

15 12 0 0 6 7 31 15 16 4 20

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2015 12 4 2 6 1.0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2016 10 15 12 27 2.0 3 0 1 1 0 2 2017 5 7 8 15 3.0 14 2 0 0 0 0 2018 11 20 13 33 9.5 32 2 0 0 0 1 TOTAL 38 46 35 81 15.5 55 4 1 1 0 3

KENNEDY’S CAREER SACKS

YR G UA 2014 0 0 2015 12 1 2016 10 0 2017 5 1 2018 10 3 TOTAL 37 5

A TOTAL YDS 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 6 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 8 1 3.5 21 1 5.5 35

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CAREER STATISTICS KENNEDY’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

Opp.

2015

2016

Sep 01, 2016 at Wake Forest Sep 10, 2016 SOUTHERN 10/01/16 at Massachusetts Oct 14, 2016 MEMPHIS Oct 22, 2016 at Tulsa Oct 29, 2016 SMU Nov 05, 2016 at UCF Nov 12, 2016 at Houston Nov 19, 2016 TEMPLE Nov 26, 2016 at UConn

2017

Oct 27, 2017 Nov 04, 2017 Nov 11, 2017 Nov 18, 2017 Nov 25, 2017

at Memphis CINCINNATI at ECU HOUSTON at SMU

2018

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2 0 0 0 5 1 1 2 3 1

1 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 1 1

3 0 0 0 10 3 1 4 4 2

0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 2 2 1 1

0 3 2 3 0

1 5 4 4 1

1.0-3 0.0-0 1.0-8 1.0-3 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-8 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1

1 1 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 1

3 4 3 3 3 5 2 2 3 2 2 2

0.0-0 0.5-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 1.0-2 2.0-6 1.0-1 1.0-8 0.5-3 1.0-6 0.5-1 0.5-1

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-8 0.5-3 1.0-6 0.5-1 0.5-1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

KENNEDY’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles.................................................................................10 at Tulsa, 10/22/16 Tackles for Loss..............................................................2.0 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Yards Lost..................................................................................6 vs. UCF, 10/3/15 Sacks......................................................................1.0, 3x, last at Tulsa, 10/28/18 Yards Lost..................................................................................6 vs. UCF, 10/3/15 Forced Fumbles..........................................................................1 at UCF, 11/5/16 Fumble Recoveries.................................................................1 at Tulsa, 10/22/16 Pass breakups.....................................................1, 3x, last vs. Memphis, 9/28/18

26 THAKARIUS KEYES CB • Jr. • 6-1 • 195 Laurel, Miss. (Laurel) KEYES’ CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2016 7 6 2 8 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2017 9 2 0 2 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2018 10 29 4 33 0.0 0 12 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 26 37 6 43 0.0 0 14 0 0 0 0

KEYES’ CAREER INTERCEPTIONS

YEAR G NO. 2016 7 0 2017 9 0 2018 10 1 TOTAL 26 1

YDS TD LG AVG/R AVG/G 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0

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KEYES’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

Opp.

2016

Sep 10, 2016 SOUTHERN Sep 24, 2016 UL LAFAYETTE Oct 22, 2016 at Tulsa Nov 05, 2016 at UCF Nov 12, 2016 at Houston Nov 19, 2016 TEMPLE Nov 26, 2016 at UConn

2017

Sep 02, 2017 GRAMBLING Sep 09, 2017 at Navy Sep 23, 2017 ARMY WEST POINT Oct 07, 2017 TULSA Oct 21, 2017 USF Oct 27, 2017 at Memphis Nov 04, 2017 CINCINNATI Nov 11, 2017 at ECU Nov 25, 2017 at SMU

2018

Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS Sep 15, 2018 at UAB Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati Oct 20, 2018 SMU Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa Nov 15, 2018 at Houston Nov 24, 2018 NAVY

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 0 0 3 1 0 2 0

1 0 0 0 1 0 0

1 0 3 1 1 2 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

4 2 5 5 2 0 3 0 1 4

0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0

4 2 5 7 2 0 3 0 3 4

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

KEYES’ CAREER HIGHS

Tackles............................................................................ 7 at Ohio State, 9/22/18 Pass breakups..............................................................3 vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Interceptions.............................................................................1 at UAB, 9/15/18

36 CHASE KUERSCHEN S • So. • 6-1 • 210 Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic)

KUERSCHEN’S CAREER INTERCEPTIONS

LG AVG/R AVG/G 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0

Opp.

2017

2018

Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS Sep 15, 2018 at UAB Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati

KUERSCHEN’S CAREER HIGHS

Interceptions...........................................................1, 2x, last vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Tackles..................................................................................14 vs. USF, 10/21/17 Tackles for loss.....................................................................0.5 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/17 Fumbles forced................................................... 1, 2x, last at Oklahoma, 9/16/17 Pass breakups.......................................................... 1, 2x, last vs. SMU, 10/20/18

8 WILLIE LANGHAM CB • RFr. • 6-1 • 185 McAdory, Ala. (McAdory) LANGHAM’S CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2018 12 10 1 11 0.0 0 6 0 0 0 0

LANGHAM’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

Opp.

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int

2018

Aug 31, 2018 WAKE FOREST Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS Sep 15, 2018 at UAB Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati Oct 20, 2018 SMU Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa Nov 03, 2018 at USF Nov 10, 2018 ECU Nov 15, 2018 at Houston Nov 24, 2018 NAVY

0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 1

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 DONNIE LEWIS JR. CB • RSr. • 6-0 • 195 Baton Rouge, La. (Central) LEWIS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

KUERSCHEN’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 5 1 6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0

LANGHAM’S CAREER HIGHS

KUERSCHEN’S CAREER STATISTICS

YDS TD 0 0 0 0 0 0

Opp. SMU at Tulsa at USF ECU NAVY

Tackles................................................................................... 3 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Passes defensed.................................................. 2, 2x, last at Houston, 11/15/18

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2017 12 42 18 60 0.5 1 2 2 0 0 0 2018 11 16 6 22 0.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 23 58 24 82 0.5 1 4 2 0 0 0 YEAR G NO. 2017 12 1 2018 11 1 TOTAL 23 2

Date Oct 20, 2018 Oct 27, 2018 Nov 03, 2018 Nov 10, 2018 Nov 24, 2018

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 0 6 4 2 5 1 9 7 2 1 5 0

0 2 2 1 2 3 5 0 1 1 1 0

0 8 6 3 7 4 14 7 3 2 6 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 1 0 3 0 3

0 1 0 1 0 2

0 2 0 4 0 5

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2015 11 26 4 30 0.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2016 10 31 8 39 2.0 3 11 0 0 0 0 2017 12 27 9 36 3.0 8 14 0 1 1 0 2018 12 42 12 54 2.5 6 20 0 0 0 2 TOTAL 45 126 33 159 7.5 17 48 0 1 1 2

LEWIS’ CAREER INTERCEPTIONS

YR G NO. YDS 2015 11 0 0 2016 10 2 14 2017 12 3 16 2018 12 3 49 TOTAL 45 8 79

TD 0 0 0 1 1

LG 0 12 16 49 49

AVG/R AVG/G 0.0 0.0 7.0 1.4 5.3 1.3 16.3 4.1 9.9 1.8

LEWIS’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

2015

Opp.

Sep 03, 2015 DUKE Sep 12, 2015 at Georgia Tech Sep 19, 2015 MAINE Oct 03, 2015 UCF Oct 10, 2015 at Temple Oct 16, 2015 HOUSTON Oct 31, 2015 at Memphis Nov 07, 2015 UCONN Nov 14, 2015 at Army

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 5 7 2 2 1 1 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

7 7 2 2 1 1 0 0 1

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

CAREER STATISTICS Date Nov 21, 2015 Nov 27, 2015

Opp. at SMU TULSA

2016

Sep 01, 2016 at Wake Forest Sep 10, 2016 SOUTHERN Sep 17, 2016 NAVY Sep 24, 2016 UL LAFAYETTE Oct 01, 2016 at Massachusetts Oct 14, 2016 MEMPHIS Nov 05, 2016 at UCF Nov 12, 2016 at Houston Nov 19, 2016 TEMPLE Nov 26, 2016 at UConn

2017

2018

Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST 1-0 Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS Sep 15, 2018 at UAB Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati Oct 20, 2018 SMU Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa Nov 03, 2018 at USF Nov 10, 2018 ECU Nov 15, 2018 at Houston Nov 24, 2018 NAVY

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 5 0 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 5 7 4 2 2 1 7 1

1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0

2 2 6 8 4 2 3 3 8 1

0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-2 0.5-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 3 3

0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0

1 2 3 2 0 2 5 4 5 4 5 3

0.0-0 1.0-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

3 3 5 3 3 2 8 0 4 4 5 2

1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 0

4 4 5 5 3 3 8 2 4 6 8 2

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-4 0.5-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-49 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

LEWIS’ CAREER HIGHS

Tackles..................................................................... 8, 3x, last vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Tackles for Loss................................................................... 2.0 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Yards Lost...................................................................................2 at UCF, 11/5/16 Sacks............................................................................. 0.5 at Houston, 11/12/16 Interceptions............................................................ 1, 8x, last vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Pass Breakups........................................................... 6, 2x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18

G ATT COM INT YDS TD LG PCT EFFIC 8 136 68 3 1159 9 86 50.0 139.0

MCMILLAN’S CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS

MCMILLAN’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date Opponent Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS Oct 6, 2018 at Cincinnati Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa Nov 03, 2018 at USF Nov 10, 2018 ECU Nov 15, 2018 at Houston Nov 24, 2018 NAVY

Cmp-Att-Int 2-2-0 1-1-0 11-26-0 10-19-0 4-11-0 12-28-0 10-20-2 18-29-1

Yds 15 51 130 92 61 372 147 291

TD 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3

Lg 10 51 33 19 39 86 42 55

Opp. at SMU

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0

2018

3 3 4 1 3 3 1 0 6 3 7 2

4 1 3 3 0 2 3 3 3 1 3 3

7 4 7 4 3 5 4 3 9 4 10 5

0.5-1 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-3 0.0-0 1.0-2 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

MOODY’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles........................................................................... 10 at Houston, 11/15/18 Tackles for loss.................................................... 1, 3x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Sacks.......................................................................................0.5 at USF, 11/3/18 Passes Defensed.....................................................................3 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Fumbles Recovered................................................................1 at Tulsa, 10/27/18

MONROE’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

3 DARNELL MOONEY WR • Jr. • 5-11 • 175 Gadsden, Ala. (Gadsden City)

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2017 9 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 12 19 8 27 0.0 0 7 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 21 20 8 28 0.0 0 7 0 0 0 0 Date

Opp.

2017

Sep 02, 2017 GRAMBLING Sep 16, 2017 at Oklahoma Oct 07, 2017 TULSA Oct 14, 2017 at FIU Oct 21, 2017 USF Nov 04, 2017 CINCINNATI Nov 11, 2017 at ECU Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON Nov 25, 2017 at SMU

2018

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 7 4 0 0

2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0

4 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 9 5 0 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

28 MARVIN MOODY LB • So. • 6-2 • 225 Bryant, Ark. (Bryant) MOODY’S CAREER STATISTICS

G ATT YDS TD LG AVG/C AVG/G 8 49 166 4 39 3.4 20.8

Date Nov 25, 2017

MONROE’S CAREER STATISTICS

Tackles.......................................................................................9 at USF, 11/3/18 Passes Breakups..................................................................... 4 vs. ECU, 11/10/18

MCMILLAN’S CAREER PASSING STATISTICS

YEAR 2018

9 JAYLON MONROE CB • So. • 5-9 • 175 Mesquite, Texas (West Mesquite)

MONROE’S CAREER HIGHS

12 JUSTIN McMILLAN QB • Gr. • 6-3 • 210 Cedar Hill, Texas (LSU) YEAR 2018

MCMILLAN’S CAREER HIGHS

Rush attempts............................................................................9 at USF, 11/3/18 Rush yards............................................................................75 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Long rush.............................................................................39 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Rush TDs.................................................................................2 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Pass attempts......................................................................29 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Pass completions................................................................18 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Pass yards........................................................................... 372 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Pass TDs...................................................................3, 2x, last vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Long pass............................................................................. 86 vs. ECU, 11/10/18

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2017 11 4 1 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 12 36 30 66 4.0 10 0 0 1 0 0 TOTAL 23 40 31 71 4.0 10 0 0 1 0 0

MOODY’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

2017

Opp.

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

MOONEY’S CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS

YEAR 2016 2017 2018 TOTAL

G REC YDS TD 12 24 267 2 12 34 599 4 12 47 987 8 36 105 1853 14

LG REC/G AVG/C 25 2.0 11.1 52 2.8 17.6 86 3.9 21.0 86 2.9 17.6

AVG/G 22.2 49.9 82.2 51.5

MOONEY’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Rushing R eceiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG

2016

Sep 01, 2016 at Wake Forest Sep 10, 2016 SOUTHERN Sep 17, 2016 NAVY Sep 24, 2016 UL LAFAYETTE Oct 01, 2016 at Massachusetts Oct 14, 2016 MEMPHIS Oct 22, 2016 at Tulsa Oct 29, 2016 SMU Nov 05, 2016 at UCF Nov 12, 2016 at Houston Nov 19, 2016 TEMPLE Nov 26, 2016 at UConn

2017

2018

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0

0 0 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4

0 0 0 3 3 4 1 1 2 7 1 2

0 0 0 51 25 45 19 8 23 63 7 26

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 25 11 23 19 8 18 21 7 21

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 1 2 0 0 3 4 7 6 2 6

29 24 11 26 0 0 61 70 115 67 28 168

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

19 24 11 18 0 0 36 41 32 23 17 52

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 6 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 6 1 5

74 111 123 77 94 65 16 13 39 217 23 135

0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1

17 23 44 39 51 33 13 10 39 86 23 55

26 | NOLA’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM

CAREER STATISTICS MOONEY’S CAREER HIGHS

Receptions...................................................................8 vs. Wake Forest, 8/30/18 Yards.................................................................................. 217 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Long..................................................................................... 86 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Touchdowns.............................................................. 2, 3x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Carries............................................................................2 vs. Memphis, 10/14/16 Yards............................................................................14 vs. Memphis, 10/14/16 Long...............................................................................8 vs. Memphis, 10/14/16

55 CAMERON SAMPLE DE • So. • 6-3 • 280 Snellville, Ga. (Shiloh)

15 JACOB ROBERTSON JR. WR • RSo. • 6-0 • 175 College Park, Ga. (Woodward Academy)

SAMPLE’S CAREER STATISTICS

ROBERTSON’S CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS

YEAR 2017 2018 TOTAL

G REC YDS TD 10 11 81 0 8 4 69 0 18 15 150 0

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2017 11 15 11 26 2.0 4 1 0 0 0 1 2018 10 15 22 37 4.5 20 1 0 0 0 1 TOTAL 21 30 33 63 6.5 24 2 0 0 0 2

LG REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 14 1.1 7.4 8.1 30 0.5 17.2 8.6 30 0.8 10.0 8.3

ROBERTSON’S CAREER PUNT RETURN STATISTICS

YEAR 2017 2018 TOTAL

G NO. YDS TD 10 5 24 0 8 12 31 0 18 17 55 0

LG AVG/R AVG/G 14 4.8 2.4 14 2.6 3.9 14 3.2 3.1

ROBERTSON’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Rushing Receiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG

2017

Sep 09, 2017 at Navy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 16, 2017 at Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 23, 2017 ARMY WEST POINT 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 9 Oct 07, 2017 TULSA 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 14 Oct 14, 2017 at FIU 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 8 Rushing Receiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG Oct 27, 2017 at Memphis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 04, 2017 CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 11, 2017 at ECU 0 0 0 0 2 14 0 8 Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 7 Nov 25, 2017 at SMU 0 0 0 0 3 24 0 9

2018

Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS Sep 15, 2018 at UAB Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS 10/06/18 at Cincinnati Oct 20, 2018 SMU Nov 10, 2018 ECU Nov 10, 2018 ECU

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1

0 0 0 5 10 0 24 30 30

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 5 10 0 24 30 30

ROBERTSON’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME RETURN STATS

Kick Return Date Opponent No Yds TD Lg Sep 09, 2017 at Navy 0 0 0 0 Sep 16, 2017 at Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 Sep 23, 2017 ARMY WEST POINT 0 0 0 0 Oct 07, 2017 TULSA 0 0 0 0 Oct 14, 2017 at FIU 0 0 0 0 Oct 27, 2017 at Memphis 0 0 0 0 Nov 04, 2017 CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 Nov 11, 2017 at ECU 0 0 0 0 Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON 0 0 0 0 Nov 25, 2017 at SMU 0 0 0 0

2018

Sep 15, 2018 10/06/18 Oct 20, 2018 Nov 10, 2018 Nov 10, 2018

at UAB at Cincinnati SMU ECU ECU

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TULANE BOWL NOTES | 27

ROBERTSON’S CAREER HIGHS

Receptions............................................................................. 3 at SMU, 11/25/17 Reception yards.................................................................... 30 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Long reception..................................................................... 30 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Punt returns............................................................. 3, 2x, last vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Punt return yards.................................................... 14, 2x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Long punt return..................................................... 14, 2x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18

Punt Return No Yds TD Lg 1 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 4 3 -5 0 6 3 3 0 3 2 14 0 14 2 14 0 14

SAMPLE’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

Opp.

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int

2017

2018

0 2 2 4 0 1 2 2 0 1 1

0 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 1

0 2 4 6 0 5 4 2 0 1 2

0.0-0 1.0-2 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 2 3 3 3 0 1 2 0 0

3 1 0 6 0 5 3 4 0 0

4 3 3 9 3 5 4 6 0 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.5-7 2.0-13 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-5 2.0-13 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

SAMPLE’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles............................................................................ 9 at Ohio State, 9/22/18 Tackles for Loss............................................................. 2.5 at Ohio State, 9/22/18 Sacks................................................................................2 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Pass Breakups.......................................................... 1, 2x, last vs. SMU, 10/20/18

19 TARIS SHENALL S • Sr. • 6-0 • 195 Marrero, La. (John Ehret) SHENALL’S CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2015 12 12 3 15 0.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2016 12 17 7 24 0.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2017 9 12 5 17 0.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2018 12 12 6 18 0.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 45 53 21 74 0.0 0 11 0 0 0 0

SHENALL’S CAREER INTERCEPTIONS

YR G NO. YDS 2015 12 1 5 2016 12 1 23 2017 9 1 38 2018 12 1 11 TOTAL 45 4 77

TD 0 0 0 0 0

LG 5 23 38 11 38

AVG/R AVG/G 5.0 0.4 23.0 1.9 38.0 4.2 11.0 0.9 19.2 1.7

SHENALL’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

Opp.

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int

2015

2016

2017

Sep 02, 2017 GRAMBLING Sep 09, 2017 at Navy Sep 16, 2017 at Oklahoma Oct 07, 2017 TULSA Oct 21, 2017 USF Oct 27, 2017 at Memphis Nov 11, 2017 at ECU Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON Nov 25, 2017 at SMU

2018

Aug. 30 2018 Sep 8, 2018 Sep 15, 2018 Sep 22, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 Oct. 6, 2018 Oct 20, 2018 Nov 03, 2018 Nov 10, 2018 Nov 15, 2018 Nov 24, 2018

WAKE FOREST NICHOLLS at UAB at Ohio State MEMPHIS at Cincinnati SMU at USF ECU at Houston NAVY

0 0 1 1 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 1 0 4 1 8 0 0 0 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 4 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1

1 4 2 2 0 1 1 5 1 6 0 1

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-23 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 5

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 5

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-38

1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3

2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-11 0-0 0-0

SHENALL’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles..................................................................................9 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Interceptions............................................................. 1, 3x, last at SMU, 11/25/17 PBU’s.......................................................................1, 4x (last) at Tulsa, 10/27/18

2 RODERIC TEAMER JR. S • Sr. • 6-0 • 205 New Orleans, La. (Brother Martin) TEAMER’S CAREER STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2015 11 15 4 19 1.0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2016 12 36 22 58 4.0 19 2 1 0 0 2 2017 10 32 16 48 3.5 6 2 1 1 1 0 2018 12 42 25 67 1.5 9 7 1 0 1 0 TOTAL 45 125 67 192 10.0 35 15 4 1 2 2

TEAMER’S CAREER INTERCEPTIONS

YR G NO. YDS 2015 11 1 10 2016 12 1 0 2017 10 0 0 2018 12 1 0 TOTAL 45 3 10

TD 0 0 0 0 0

LG 10 0 0 0 10

AVG/R AVG/G 10.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.2

CAREER STATISTICS TEAMER’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date

Opp.

2015

2016

2017

Sep 02, 2017 GRAMBLING Sep 09, 2017 at Navy Sep 23, 2017 ARMY WEST POINT Oct 07, 2017 TULSA Oct 14, 2017 at FIU Oct 21, 2017 USF Nov 04, 2017 CINCINNATI Nov 11, 2017 at ECU Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON Nov 25, 2017 at SMU

2018

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 0 1 0 2 5 4 0 0 1 1 1

0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 2 1 3 5 4 0 0 2 1 1

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

3 0 6 6 1 6 1 2 2 3 3 3

0 1 2 0 3 0 7 3 2 1 1 2

3 1 8 6 4 6 8 5 4 4 4 5

1.0-2 0.0-0 1.0-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-10 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-2

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-10 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2 2 3 4 2 0 9 3 5 2

1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1

3 3 4 5 9 1 10 4 6 3

1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-2 0.0-0 1.0-2 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0-0 0-0 1-52 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2 0 4 6 0 2 5 8 5 6 5 0

6 0 4 3 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 0

8 0 8 9 2 3 6 10 6 10 6 0

0.5-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 1.0-7 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 1.0-7 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0

0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

TEAMER’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles.................................................................... 10, 3x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Tackles for Loss................................................ 1.0, 8x, last vs. Houston, 11/18/17 Yards Lost............................................................................ 10 vs. SMU, 10/29/16 Sacks..........................................................................1.0, 3x, last at USF, 11/3/18 Yards Lost............................................................................ 10 vs. SMU, 10/29/16 Forced Fumble.................................................... 1, 3x, last vs. Houston, 11/18/17 Pass Breakups........................................................................ 2 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Interceptions...........................................................1, 3x, last vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18

30 ALFRED THOMAS DE • Fr. • 6-2 • 290 Montgomery, Ala. (Sidney Lanier) THOMAS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2018 6 2 5 7 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

THOMAS’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date Opp. UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST 0 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 Sep 15, 2018 at UAB 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State 0 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0

Date Opp. NOV 15, 2018 AT HOUSTON NOV 24, 2018 NAVY

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0

THOMAS’ CAREER HIGHS

Tackles..................................................................................2 vs. Navy, 11/24/18

48 DE’ANDRE WILLIAMS NT • RSo. • 6-3 • 290 Baton Rouge, La. (Scotlandville Mangnet) WILLIAMS’ CAREER STATISTICS

82 JAETAVIAN TOLES WR • So. • 6-0 • 185 Stratford, Texas (Stratford)

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2017 12 2 4 6 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2018 12 20 17 37 3.5 15 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 24 22 21 43 3.5 15 0 0 1 0 0

TOLES’ CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS

Date

RECEIVING G REC YDS TD 2017 8 1 5 0 2018 10 7 74 1 TOTAL 18 8 79 1

TOLES’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Sep 02, 2017 GRAMBLING Sep 16, 2017 at Oklahoma Sep 23, 2017 ARMY WEST POINT Oct 07, 2017 TULSA Oct 14, 2017 at FIU Oct 21, 2017 USF Oct 27, 2017 at Memphis Nov 18, 2017 HOUSTON

2018

Aug. 30 2018 WAKE FOREST Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS Sep 15, 2018 at UAB Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS Oct 20, 2018 SMU Nov 10, 2018 ECU Nov 15, 2018 at Houston Nov 24, 2018 NAVY

Opp.

2017

LG REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 5 0.1 5.0 0.6 26 0.7 10.6 7.4 26 0.4 9.9 4.4

Rushing Receiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG

2017

WILLIAMS’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1

0 13 6 12 7 0 0 10 26

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 13 6 12 7 0 0 10 26

TOLES’ CAREER HIGHS

Receptions...........................................................................2 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Touchdowns..........................................................................1 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Receiving yards...................................................................26 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Long....................................................................................26 vs. Navy, 11/24/18

46 WILL WALLACE TE • RSr. • 6-4 • 245 Natchez, Miss. (Cathedral HS)

2018

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 3

2 2 2 3 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 2

2 3 7 5 0 2 0 2 5 3 4 5

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.5-8 1.0-7 1.0-2 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.5-8 1.0-7 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

WILLIAMS’ CAREER HIGHS

Tackles......................................................................................7 at UAB, 9/15/18 Tackles for loss........................................................................1.5 at USF, 11/3/18 Sacks.......................................................................................1.5 at USF, 11/3/18 Fumbles Recovered......................................................... 1 at Oklahoma, 9/16/17

78 DAVON WRIGHT DE • Fr. • 6-1 • 290 Donaldsonville, La. (Donaldsonville) WRIGHT’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

WALLACE’S CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS

YR G UA A TTL TFL YDS PD FF FR BLK QBH 2018 12 4 11 15 1.5 11 0 0 0 0 2

WALLACE’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date Aug. 30 2018 Sep 8, 2018 Sep 15, 2018 Sep 22, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 Oct 6, 2018 Oct 20, 2018 Oct 27, 2018 Nov 03, 2018 NOV 10, 2018 NOV 15, 2018 NOV 24, 2018

YEAR 2018

G REC YDS TD LG REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 10 1 2 0 2 0.1 2.0 0.2

Rushing Receiving Date Opponent Att Yds TD LG Rec Yds TD LG 8/31/2018 WAKE FOREST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 8, 2018 NICHOLLS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 15, 2018 at UAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 22, 2018 at Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 28, 2018 MEMPHIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 03, 2018 at USF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 10, 2018 ECU 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 Nov 15, 2018 at Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 24, 2018 NAVY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WALLACE’S CAREER HIGHS

Receptions............................................................................. 1 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Yards...................................................................................... 2 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Long....................................................................................... 2 vs. ECU, 11/10/18

WRIGHT’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Opp. UT AT TT TFL-Yds Sk-Yds FF FR Int WAKE FOREST 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 NICHOLLS 1 2 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 at UAB 0 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 at Ohio State 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 MEMPHIS 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 at Cincinnati 0 5 5 0.5-3 0.5-3 0 0-0 0-0 SMU 1 0 1 1.0-8 1.0-8 0 0-0 0-0 at Tulsa 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 at USF 0 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 ECU 0 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 AT HOUSTON 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 NAVY 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0

WRIGHT’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles.............................................................................5 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Sacks..................................................................................... 1 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Tackles for loss...................................................................... 1 vs. SMU, 10/20/18

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CAREER STATISTICS 97 RYAN WRIGHT P/K • Fr. • 6-3 • 245 San Ramon, Calif. (California HS) WRIGHT’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G NO. YARDS LG AVG 2018 10 43 1895 64 44.1

WRIGHT’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Date Sep 22, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 Oct 6, 2018 Oct 20, 2018 Oct 27, 2018 NOV 03, 2018 NOV 10, 2018 NOV 15, 2018 NOV 24, 2018

Opponent at Ohio State MEMPHIS at Cincinnati SMU at Tulsa AT USF ECU AT HOUSTON NAVY

No Yds Avg 5 196 39.2 2 95 47.5 3 151 50.3 8 386 48.2 4 171 42.8 3 113 37.7 9 386 42.9 5 238 47.6 4 159 39.8

WRIGHT’S CAREER HIGHS

Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 43 0 1 1 0 0 57 0 0 1 1 1 64 0 0 1 1 2 60 0 1 3 3 3 53 0 1 0 1 1 43 0 0 1 0 0 59 0 1 7 2 3 55 0 1 3 2 1 53 0 0 1 1 1

Punts...................................................................................... 9 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Punt yards............................................................. 386, 2x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Long punt.............................................................. 64, 2x, last vs. SMU, 10/20/18

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GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS OFFENSE WAKE NICH UAB

OSU MEM CIN SMU

TLS USF

ECU HOU NAVY

Banks Banks Banks Banks Banks Banks Banks McMillan McMillan McMillan McMillan McMillan

Huderson Huderson Huderson Bradwell Bradwell Bradwell Bradwell Huderson Dauphine Dauphine Dauphine Dauphine

Encalade Encalade Encalade Encalade Encalade Encalade Encalade

Encalade Encalade Encalade Encalade Encalade

Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney

Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney

Clewis

Toles

Clewis

C. Jones (TE)

Clewis

Ardoin

Wallace

James

Wallace

Fisher

Briggs Briggs Briggs Briggs Briggs Briggs Briggs

Dublin Dublin Dublin Dublin Dublin Dublin Dubln Dublin Dublin Dublin Dublin Dublin

Leglue Leglue Leglue Leglue Leglue Leglue Leglue

Leglue Leglue Leglue Leglue Leglue

McLeod McLeod McLeod McLeod McLeod McLeod McLeod

McLeod Claybrook Claybrook McLeod Claybrook

Toles C. Jones (TE) Clewis C. Jones

Ardoin

C. Jones

T. Johnson T. Johnson T. Johnson

Briggs Briggs Briggs Briggs Briggs

DEFENSE WAKE NICH UAB

OSU MEM CIN SMU

TLS USF

ECU HOU NAVY

Joker

P. Johnson P. Johnson P. Johnson

Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample

J. Johnson J. Johnson

Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams

Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams

Harper

Graham Moody Graham Moody Graham Moody Graham Graham Moody Graham Moody Graham

Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris

Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris

Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis

Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis

Monroe Keyes Keyes Keyes Keyes Keyes Keyes

Keyes Monroe Monroe Keyes Keyes

Teamer Teamer Teamer Teamer Teamer Teamer Teamer

Teamer Teamer Teamer Teamer Teamer

Hall Hall Hall Shenall Hall Hall Kuerschen Monroe Hall Hall Hall Kuerschen

Kennedy

Harper

P. Johnson P. Johnson P. Johnson P. Johnson

P. Johnson P. Johnson P. Johnson

J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson

Harper

Barge

Hatcher

Sample Sample Kennedy Kennedy Sample J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson

Harper Hatcher (DL)

P. Johnson

Harper Langham (CB) Harper

J. Johnson Bryant (S)

GAME CAPTAINS WAKE NICH UAB

OSU MEM CIN SMU

TLS USF

ECU HOU NAVY

Banks Ardoin Clewis Dublin Block Briggs Glenn

Briggs Bertrand Fisher Glenn

Harris

Kennedy

C. Jones

Harris

Fisher

Lewis

Leglue Lewis

Shenall

Mooney

Teamer Newman Woullard

D. Johnson Encalade

Harris

Sample P. Johnson Knighton

Teamer Williams Kuerschen Teamer

Dauphine

Mooney

Harris

Leglue

Kennedy P. Johnson

Teamer

Knighton

Teamer

Teamer Williams Williams Williams

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SCORING DRIVES TULANE OPP. WF WF WF NICH NICH NICH NICH NICH NICH UAB UAB UAB UAB OSU MEM MEM MEM MEM MEM MEM CIN CIN CIN SMU SMU TLS TLS TLS TLS USF USF USF USF USF USF USF ECU ECU ECU ECU HOU HOU HOU NAVY NAVY NAVY NAVY

PLAYS 8 3 13 7 1 8 14 7 3 8 6 6 8 10 12 6 15 3 5 2 7 3 5 8 12 16 8 10 5 5 6 3 2 10 1 6 2 6 1 10 2 12 7 3 7 4 7

YDS 75 88 61 71 69 80 95 73 18 75 75 75 32 75 75 75 71 54 61 27 75 30 46 79 89 75 75 52 58 55 41 42 25 52 73 40 8 97 79 59 62 43 80 80 77 75 71

TIME 4:02 1:19 5:52 2:44 0:14 3:20 7:28 3:55 1:31 2:56 1:48 2:37 3:12 4:56 5:44 3:24 6:58 1:52 2:40 0:47 3:54 1:16 1:41 3:47 6:20 9:11 3:31 5:33 2:29 1:39 2:28 1:13 0:41 5:04 0:11 3:07 0:45 2:04 0:11 4:19 0:47 5:13 2:51 1:09 3:07 1:15 2:11

TYPE TD TD FG TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD FG TD TD TD FG TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD FG TD TD FG TD TD FG TD TD TD TD TD TD TD FG TD TD TD TD TD

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QTR/TIME 3rd/10:58 3rd/1:42 4th/3:27 1st/6:12 2nd/14:46 2nd/8:46 3rd/0:50 4th/8:47 4th/2:00 2nd/9:29 3rd/13:12 3rd/6:12 4th/10:01 2nd/10:36 1st/9:16 1st/5:40 2nd/0:00 3rd/0:00 4th/11:50 4th/8:56 1st/2:01 2nd/2:51 4th/4:26 2nd/14:55 4th/12:58 2nd/00:47 3rd/4:16 4th/12:06 4th/3:46 1st/2:49 2nd/13:31 2nd/11:23 2nd/5:57 2nd/0:08 3rd/3:48 4th/1:52 1st/6:50 2nd/5:13 3rd/12:19 4th/7:35 1st/5:39 2nd/14:08 4th/14:28 2nd/14:53 2nd/4:26 2nd/1:00 4th/1:27

START T25 T12 T17 T29 T31 T20 T05 T27 N18 T25 T25 T25 T36 T25 T25 T25 T27 T46 T39 M27 T25 C30 C46 S21 S11 V25 V25 V45 V42 T45 T39 U42 U25 T41 T27 U40 T11 T03 T21 T26 T38 T35 T20 T20 T23 T25 T29

SCORING PLAY Encalade 52-yd catch Encalade 74-yd catch Glover 39-yd FG Dauphine 38-yd run Dauphine 69-yd run Banks 5-yd run Mooney 12-yd catch Dauphine 35-yd run Jones 1-yd run Bradwell 3-yd run Mooney 44-yd catch Mooney 24-yd catch Glover 40-yd FG Bradwell 2-yd run Dauphine 2-yd run Bradwell 53-yd run Glover 20-yd kick Mooney 51-yd catch Dauphine 46-yd run Bradwell 25-yd run Mooney 17-yd catch Bradwell19-yd run Encalade 14-yd catch Bradwell 10-yd run Banks 3-yd run Bradwell 1-yd run McMillan 1-yd run Glover 20-yd FG McMillan 39-yd run McMillan 33-yd run Glover 38-yd kick Dauphine 1-yd run Dauphine 21-yd run Glover 24-yd kick Bradwell 73-yd run Jones 8-yd run Mooney 86-yd catch Encalade 73-yd catch Mooney 79-yd catch Glover 33-yd FG Bradwell 20-yd run Glover 40-yd FG Jones 1-yd run Mooney 55-yd catch McMillan 5-yd run Clewis 52-yd catch Toles 26-yd catch

OPPONENTS OPP. WF WF WF WF NICH NICH NICH UAB UAB UAB UAB UAB OSU OSU OSU OSU OSU OSU MEM MEM MEM MEM CIN CIN CIN CIN CIN SMU SMU SMU SMU TLS TLS TLS USF USF USF ECU ECU ECU HOU HOU HOU HOU HOU HOU HOU HOU NAVY NAVY NAVY NAVY NAVY

PLAYS 14 11 9 7 12 4 9 9 13 - 10 13 9 8 7 7 6 10 1 8 7 8 10 2 6 1 9 7 9 6 2 4 5 10 10 9 10 6 2 1 7 5 5 11 4 8 10 5 13 4 4 1 14

YDS 80 59 75 25 71 38 75 65 59 - 55 93 91 56 93 81 59 65 47 75 69 47 65 91 52 15 87 75 58 75 62 2 55 84 65 75 77 19 80 46 72 75 38 75 -4 68 70 47 44 4 61 73 80

TIME 4:02 3:29 5:52 -- 5:59 0:59 3:03 3:42 5:15 - 4:23 7:34 3:41 2:50 2:36 2:29 1:40 1:47 0:10 2:10 1:46 2:40 3:16 0:37 2:46 0:06 5:06 3:17 4:48 1:29 0:16 0:35 1:36 4:23 4:15 3:03 2:50 0:54 0:16 0:13 1:53 1:18 1:34 3:59 1:44 2:49 2:26 2:40 7:13 2:07 1:32 0:11 8:13

TYPE TD FG TD TD FG TD TD TD TD TD FG TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD FG FG TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD FG TD TD FG TD TD FG TD TD TD TD TD TD FG TD FG TD FG FG TD TD TD

QTR/TIME 2nd/6:45 3rd/7:29 4th/14:35 OT 1st/0:07 2nd/8:46 4th/12:47 1st/11:18 2nd/12:25 2nd/2:31 3rd/8:49 4th/2:19 1st/11:19 1st/6:56 1st/0:32 2nd/7:55 2nd/3:31 2nd/0:51 1st/9:04 3rd/12:50 4th/7:05 4th/2:01 1st/5:55 2nd/13:38 2nd/0:41 3rd/12:25 4th/6:15 2nd/11:38 3rd/8:08 4th/11:29 4th/1:15 1st/5:25 2nd/9:58 3rd/7:47 1st/7:40 3rd/0:45 4th/9:26 1st/10:31 2nd/2:31 4th/11:54 1st/6:26 1st/4:21 2nd/9:07 2nd/3:25 2nd/0:22 3rd/9:34 3rd/4:21 4th/6:10 2nd/7:40 3rd/9:42 3rd/4:02 3rd/2:47 4th/3:44

START W20 W25 W25 T25 N16 T38 N25 U35 U41 - U15 U07 O09 O44 O07 O19 O41 O35 T47 M25 M31 M28 C25 C09 C25 T15 C13 T25 T42 T25 T38 V20 H45 H16 U25 U25 U23 T47 E20 T46 H28 H25 T38 H25 T07 H32 H21 T47 N26 T05 N39 N27 N20

SCORING PLAY Bachman 10-yd catch Sciba 34-yd FG Bachman 19-yd catch Carney 1-yd run Fonseca 21-yd FG Fuselier 7-yd catch Taylor 32-yd run Erdely 8-yd run Brown 2-yd run Marino 48-yd fumble rec. Vogel 37-yd kick Scott 14-yd catch Campbell 14-yd catch McLaurin 17-yd catch Campbell 37-yd catch Victor 31-yd catch Dobbins 8-yd run Mack 14-yd catch Henderson 47-yd run Henderson 43-yd catch Pollard 2-yd catch Patterson 43-yd FG Smith 28-yd FG Warren 81-yd run Ridder 28-yd run Lewis 15-yd catch Thomas 25-yd run Jones 55-yd catch Roberson Jr. 16-yd catch West 29-yd run Proche 67-yd pass Walker 35-yd FG Stokes 28-yd catch Stokes 14-yd catch Coby 27-yd FG Ford 5-yd run Barnett 1-yd run Verity 46-yd FG Brown 80-yd catch Brown 31-yd catch Carr 21-yd run Carr 3-yd run Brooker 11-yd catch King 3-yd run Witherspoon 29-yd FG Singleton 37-yd catch Witherspoon 27-yd FG Eichenberger 2-yd catch Moehring 48-yd FG Moehring 19-yd FG Abey 37-yd catch Perry 73-yd catch Maloy 9-yd run

BIG PLAYS

(SCRIMMAGE PLAYS THAT GAINED AT LEAST 20 YARDS)

TEAM TOTALS

RUSH (TDS)

PASS (TDS)

Tulane

31 (10)

28 (8)

Opponents

14 (7)

50 (12)

TULANE YARDS 38 52 74 22 38 23 69 31 25 24 23 25 35 45 44 44 30 25 24 21 21 38 39 38 21 53 22 21 51 46 25 33 20 23 21 26 25 30 24 51 40 39 21 41 33 39 73 22 86 21 73 79 30 24 22 42 20 38 20 23 30 28 55 52 26

PLAY OPP. Run WF Pass WF Pass WF Pass WF Run NICH Pass NICH Run NICH Run NICH Pass NICH Run NICH Pass NICH Pass NICH Run NICH Run UAB Pass UAB Pass UAB Pass UAB Run UAB Pass UAB Run UAB Pass UAB Pass OSU Pass OSU Run OSU Pass MEM Run MEM Run MEM Run MEM Pass MEM Run MEM Run MEM Pass CIN Run CIN Run SMU Run SMU Pass SMU Pass SMU Run SMU Pass SMU Run TLS Run TLS Run TLS Run TLS Run USF Run USF Pass USF Run USF Run USF Pass ECU Pass ECU Pass ECU Pass ECU Pass ECU Pass ECU Pass ECU Pass HOU Run HOU Pass HOU Run HOU Pass HOU Pass NAVY Run NAVY Pass NAVY Pass NAVY Pass NAVY

QTR 1st 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th

DESCRIPTION Encalade run on option pitch from Banks Banks pass to Encalade for touchdown Banks pass to Encalade for touchdown Banks pass to Encalade Dauphine run for touchdown Banks pass to Mooney for first down on third down Dauphine run for touchdown Bradwell run Banks pass to Encalade Bradwell run Banks pass to Mooney Banks pass to Clewis Dauphine run for touchdown Dauphine run Banks pass to Mooney for touchdown Banks pass to Mooney Banks pass to T. James Banks run Banks pass to Mooney for touchdown Bradwell run Banks pass to Encalade Banks pass to Encalade Banks pass to Mooney Dauphine run Banks pass to Huderson Bradwell run for touchdown Huderson run Bradwell run McMillan pass to Mooney for touchdown Dauphine run for touchdown Bradwell run for touchdown McMillan pass to Mooney Bradwell run Bradwell run Bradwell run Banks pass to A. Jones Banks pass to Encalade Huderson run Banks pass to Robertson Dauphine run Bradwell run McMillan run for touchdown Jones run Dauphine run McMillan run for touchdown McMillan pass to Mooney Bradwell run for touchdown Huderson run McMillan pass to Mooney for touchdown McMillan pass to Mooney McMillan pass to Encalade for touchdown McMillan pass to Mooney for touchdown McMillan pass to Robertson McMillan pass to Clewis McMillan pass to Clewis McMillan pass to Encalade Bradwell run McMillan pass to Newman Dauphine run McMillan pass to Mooney McMillan pass to Mooney McMillan run McMillan pass to Mooney for touchdown McMillan pass to Clewis for touchdown McMillan pass to Toles for touchdown

OPPONENTS YARDS 24 37 24 22 39 21 55 28 26 32 45 28 22 21 37 35 31 24 35 47 30 28 43 34 21 28 81 28 25 31 25 55 29 33 67 39 28 32 20 39 24 32 25 31 32 30 20 80 29 29 36 31 64 21 36 37 34 26 24 26 73 37 22 26

PLAY OPP. Pass WF Pass WF Pass WF Pass WF Pass WF Run WF Pass NICH Pass NICH Pass NICH Run NICH Pass UAB Pass UAB Pass UAB Run UAB Pass OSU Pass OSU Pass OSU Pass OSU Pass OSU Run MEM Pass MEM Pass MEM Pass MEM Pass MEM Pass MEM Pass CIN Run CIN Run CIN Pass CIN Pass CIN Run CIN Pass SMU Run SMU Pass SMU Pass SMU Pass TLS Pass TLS Pass TLS Pass TLS Run USF Pass USF Pass USF Pass USF Pass USF Pass ECU Run ECU Pass ECU Pass ECU Pass ECU Pass ECU Pass ECU Pass ECU Run HOU Run HOU Run HOU Pass HOU Run HOU Pass HOU Pass HOU Pass NAVY Pass NAVY Pass NAVY Pass NAVY Pass NAVY

QTR 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th

DESCRIPTION Hartman pass to Surratt Hartman pass to Surratt Hartman pass to Dortch Hartman pass to Surratt Hartman pass to Dortch Colburn rush as time expired Fourcade pass to Dixon Fourcade pass to Jeanpiere Fourcade pass to Dixon Taylor run for touchdown Erdely pass to Carter Erdely pass to Parham Erdely pass to Lisa Johnston run Campbell pass from Haskins for touchdown Campbell pass from Haskins Victor pass from Haskins Hill pass from Martell McCall pass from Martell Henderson run for touchdown White pass to Williams White pass to Pollard White pass to Henderson for touchdown White pass to Dykes White pass to Coxie Ridder pass to Geddis Warren run for touchdown Ridder run for touchdown Ridder pass to Lewis for touchdown Ridder pass to Deguara Thomas run for touchdown Hicks pass to Jones for touchdown West run for touchdown Hicks pass to Roberson Hicks pass to Proche for game-winning touchdown Boomer pass to K. Johnson Boomer pass to Stokes for touchdown Boomer pass to Anderson Boomer pass to Neph Barnett run Barett pass to McCants Barnett pass to Salomon Barnett pass to Bronson Barnett pass to Salomon Ahlers pass to Snead Ahlers run Ahlers pass to Snead Ahlers pass to Brown for touchdown Ahlers pass to Proehl Ahlers pass to Snead Ahlers pass to Snead Ahlers pass to Brown for touchdown King run Carr run Carr run Tune pass to Singleton for touchdown Carr run Tune pass to Brooker Tune pass to Bradley Abey pass to Mitchell Abey pass to Perry for touchdown Perry pass to Abey for touchdown Abey pass to Williams Abey pass to Mitchell

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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS

Game 1 • Wake Forest 23, Tulane 17 (OT) Yulman Stadium • New Orleans Aug. 30, 2018 • 15,478 Attendance

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane football team fought back to force overtime against Wake Forest, but the Demon Deacons scored a touchdown in the first overtime to escape Yulman Stadium with a 23-17 win in front of 15,478 fans. Terren Encalade caught Tulane’s two touchdown passes from Jonathan Banks – both longer than 50 yards – and finished the night with a career-high 189 yards receiving. Banks had 281 total yards passing, and Banks and Encalade tied for the team lead in rushing with 38 yards. Wake Forest outgained Tulane 548-436, putting up 378 yards through the air. But despite being outgained by the Demon Deacons, a Merek Glover field goal with 3:27 tied the game and forced overtime. In the extra period, Tulane got the ball first and committed a 15-yard penalty on the first play, pushing things back to first-and-25. The Green Wave were unable to convert, turning the ball over on a fourth-down fumble on a hook-and-ladder attempt.

Game 2 • Tulane 42, Nicholls 17 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans Sept. 8, 2018 • 21,092 Attendance

NEW ORLEANS – In front of the program’s 1998 undefeated team, the 2018 version of Tulane football put on a show at Yulman Stadium. The Green Wave (1-1) got two blazing touchdown runs from Corey Dauphine to set the tone in the first half then got another in the fourth quarter as it pulled away from Nicholls (1-1) for a 42-17 victory in front of 21,092 fans. Dauphine’s first-half touchdown runs came on plays of 38 and 69 yards on his first two carries of the night, echoing the Green Wave’s big-play touchdowns by Terren Encalade in Week 1 against Wake Forest. Quarterback Jonathan Banks added a 5-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and found Darnell Mooney for a 12-yard touchdown catch in the third, and Dauphine capped the night with a 35-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.

The Deacons made no mistakes in their possession in overtime, marching 25 yards in seven plays and capping their win with a 1-yard run up the middle from Cade Carney.

Dauphine was the top rusher on the roster with 152 yards on just six carries. Mooney had his third career 100-yard game, finishing with 111 yards on six catches to lead the Green Wave receiving corps. Saturday was the first time Tulane had a 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver in the same game since September 2015 against Maine. Darius Bradwell also set a career high with 93 yards rushing.

The Green Wave defense was excellent most of the evening, forcing three Wake Forest turnovers and holding the Deacons to just 7 points in the first half. P.J. Hall had a career-high 11 tackles to lead Tulane, and Roderic Teamer Jr., Zachery Harris and Lawrence Graham added eight tackles to each to finish second on the roster. Graham and Donnie Lewis Jr. had interceptions, and Harris recovered a fumble on the final play of the fourth Team Statistics (Final) quarter. The Automated ScoreBook

Defensively, Tulane kept Nicholls at bay, holding the Colonels to just 3 of 10 on third-down conversion. Roderic Teamer Jr. had his third career interceptions, and Chase Kuerschen added an interception as well late in the fourth quarter. Zachery Harris was Tulane’s top tackler with eight while Lawrence Graham added seven and Will Harper had six and a sack.

Wake Forest vs Tulane (8/31/2018 at New Orleans, La.) FIRST DOWNS R ushing P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter OT Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

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WF 32 10 20 2 154 43 3.6 1 167 13 378 31-51-2 7.4 12.2 2 532 94 5.7 1-1 6-70 6-221 36.8 35.5 2 0 0 4 4-244 61.0 39.8 2 0 2-25-0 12.5 1-22-0 22.0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 25:05 8:25 6:34 6:38 3:28 0:00 10 of 19 0 of 0 4-6 3-6 1-6 3-11 2-2 1-2 6

TLN 20 9 8 3 155 42 3.7 0 177 22 281 18-37-0 7.6 15.6 2 436 79 5.5 1-1 9-83 9-337 37.4 28.0 3 0 3 1 4-257 64.2 40.0 3 0 1-8-0 8.0 2-35-0 17.5 2-0-0 1-0-0 0 34:55 6:35 8:26 8:22 11:32 0:00 7 of 19 1 of 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-2 1-1 3

Saturday night marked the Green Wave’s first meeting all-time against the Colonels, and Tulane now leads the lifetime series 1-0. The Green WaveTeam are 11-0 Statistics in their last 11 (Final) games against Football Championship The Automated ScoreBook Subdivision opposition dating back to 2005. Nicholls vs Tulane (Sep 8, 2018 at New Orleans) FIRST DOWNS R ushing P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

NICH 24 10 9 5 176 39 4.5 1 181 5 239 17-32-2 7.5 14.1 1 415 71 5.8 2-0 6-74 2-74 37.0 27.0 1 0 1 1 4-139 34.8 16.8 1 0 0-0-0 0.0 2-33-0 16.5 0-0-0 1-12-0 0 30:28 10:07 9:06 4:23 6:52 3 of 10 0 of 1 2-2 1-2 1-2 3-30 2-2 1-3 7

TLN 22 12 9 1 268 41 6.5 5 320 52 190 12-16-0 11.9 15.8 1 458 57 8.0 1-1 9-78 3-115 38.3 38.3 2 0 0 0 7-445 63.6 41.0 5 0 0-0-0 0.0 2-47-0 23.5 2-0-0 0-0-0 0 29:32 4:53 5:54 10:37 8:08 5 of 8 0 of 0 3-3 3-3 0-3 2-2 6-6 0-0 14

GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS

Game 3 • UAB 31, Tulane 24 Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama Sept. 15, 2018 • 15,478 Attendance

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Green Wave football team rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to tie its game at UAB, but the Blazers put the final points on the board to defeat Tulane 31-24 at Legion Field. After trailing 21-7 at halftime, Tulane (1-2) got Darnell Mooney receiving touchdowns on its first two possessions of the second half against UAB (2-1) to get within 3 points. A career-long 40-yard field goal from Merek Glover tied things at 24-24 early in the fourth quarter.

Game 4 • Ohio State 49, Tulane 6 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio Sept. 22, 2018 • 103,336 Attendance

COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 4 Ohio State handed the Tulane football team a 49-6 defeat at Ohio Stadium. The Buckeyes (4-0) scored touchdowns on their first six possessions while holding Tulane (1-3) to just one score. Tulane, though, kept Ohio State to only 7 points and outgained the Buckeyes through the air in the second half. The Ohio Stadium crowd of 103,336 was the largest to ever watch Tulane play football in person.

The Blazers, though, made the most of their next possession and went 93 yards over 13 plays to go ahead 31-24 with 2:19 remaining. Tulane could not find the end zone in the final two minutes, and UAB picked up the win at home. Mooney was the team’s leading receiver, making four catches for 123 yards and two touchdowns. On the ground, Darius Bradwell ran for 90 yards and a first-half touchdown. Defensively, Tulane got huge first-half interceptions from Donnie Lewis Jr., and Thakarius Keyes – both in the end zone – that kept the team in the game. Birthday boy Lawrence Graham had a team-high seven solo tackles and nine total. Zachery Harris also had nine tackles while Roderic Teamer Jr. finished with eight.

Senior Roderic Teamer Jr. and sophomore Cameron Sample tied for the team lead with nine tackles. Sample’s nine was three more than his previous career high – and he added a career-best 2.5 tackles for loss – and Teamer’s nine was one shy of a career high. Thakarius Keyes also had a new career high with seven tackles. Darius Bradwell scored Tulane’s only touchdown in the second quarter. His 31 yards rushing combined with Corey Dauphine’s 51 led the way for Tulane. The Green Wave recorded 100 rushing yards, making Saturday the 31st consecutive game that Tulane has reached at least 100 yards on the ground. In the passing game, Darnell Mooney made four catches for 77 yards while Terren Encalade also contributed four catches for 62 yards. Quarterback Jonathan Banks finished the day with an 8-for-14 passing performance, totaling 141 yards.

Team Statistics (Final) The Automated ScoreBook Tulane vs UAB (Sep 15, 2018 at Birmingham, Ala.) FIRST DOWNS R ushing P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

TLN 17 8 6 3 175 40 4.4 1 221 46 180 7-26-1 6.9 25.7 2 355 66 5.4 3-2 2-25 3-142 47.3 45.3 2 1 0 2 5-311 62.2 43.8 3 0 1-4-0 4.0 0-0-0 0.0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0 23:21 3:48 8:39 5:31 5:23 3 of 13 2 of 4 2-2 1-2 1-2 0-0 3-3 1-1 0

UAB 25 16 8 1 269 56 4.8 2 273 4 180 12-27-2 6.7 15.0 1 449 83 5.4 0-0 8-80 4-127 31.8 30.8 1 0 0 1 6-390 65.0 40.0 6 0 1-6-0 6.0 1-17-0 17.0 1-8-0 1-48-1 0 36:39 11:12 6:21 9:29 9:37 10 of 19 2 of 3 4-6 3-6 1-6 6-35 4-4 1-1 7

Bradwell’s touchdown came on a 10-play scoring drive that got a boost from multiple Ohio State penalties. On the eighth play of the drive was a rainbow of a pass down the right side of the field from Banks to EncaTeam Statistics (Final) lade for 38 yards. Two plays later, plowed intoScoreBook the end zone up the gut from 2 yards out, cutting TheBradwell Automated vs to #4 Ohio State (Sep 22, 2018 at Columbus, Ohio) theTulane Buckeyes’ lead 21-6. FIRST DOWNS R ushi ng P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

TLN 14 5 8 1 100 42 2.4 1 166 66 156 10-16-0 9.8 15.6 0 256 58 4.4 0-0 6-55 7-287 41.0 33.1 1 0 1 2 2-106 53.0 38.5 0 0 0-0-0 0.0 1-22-0 22.0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 31:00 5:53 8:52 10:20 5:55 4 of 12 0 of 1 1-1 1-1 0-1 3-12 0-1 0-0 0

OSU 32 8 22 2 151 38 4.0 2 165 14 419 31-38-0 11.0 13.5 5 570 76 7.5 1-0 10-89 2-88 44.0 44.0 2 1 0 1 8-408 51.0 42.0 2 83 4-35-0 8.8 2-29-0 14.5 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 29:00 9:07 6:08 4:40 9:05 5 of 10 2 of 3 5-6 6-6 0-6 4-25 7-7 0-0 0

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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS

Game 5 • Tulane 40, Memphis 24 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans Sept. 28, 2018 • 16,631 Attendance

Game 6 • Cincinnati 37, Tulane 21 Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati Oct. 6 • 32,200 Attendance

NEW ORLEANS – Offense and defense both put on a show at Yulman Stadium on Friday night as the Tulane football team defeated Memphis 40-24.

CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati football team remained undefeated with a 37-21 victory over Tulane at Nippert Stadium on Saturday.

The Green Wave (2-3, 1-0 American Athletic Conference) blasted the Tigers (3-2, 0-2) for 496 total yards of offense – including 318 on the ground – while holding Memphis to only 277 yards. Tigers running back Darrell Henderson, who entered the game with a nation-best 12.2 yards per carry, put up just 51 yards on seven carries.

Tulane (2-4, 1-1 American Athletic Conference) scored two first-half touchdowns but couldn’t capitalize on three Cincinnati turnovers in the second half. Cincinnati (6-0, 2-0) pulled away when it scored a touchdown on the next play after a blocked punt early in the third quarter, expanding its 10-point halftime lead to 16.

The win was Tulane’s first against Memphis since 2000, breaking an 11-game losing streak against the Tigers. Stephon Huderson and Darius Bradwell set career highs rushing the ball, picking up 58 and 143 yards, respectively. Corey Dauphine and Bradwell each had two rushing touchdowns, and Darnell Mooney had another through the air. Tulane also dominated time of possession, holding the ball for 37 minutes to Memphis’ 23. The Green Wave ran 78 plays on offense compared to the Tigers’ 51, and Tulane’s defense got off the field often by holding Memphis to 4 of 12 on third-down conversions while making nine tackles for loss. The Green Wave had just six sacks all year before the game and picked up seven on Friday night. Tulane was also secure with the ball, going without a turnover for the second straight game. That snapped Memphis’ 20-game streak of forcing at least one turnover. While the final score was convincing, the game was tight until late in the third quarter. The deciding blows for Tulane came in a span of three plays at the end of the third and start of the fourth quarters. After taking a timeout with two seconds left in the third quarter, Justin McMillan came in as quarterback. He Team Statistics (Final) found Darnell Mooney on the left side ofThe the field, and Mooney did the rest, streaking down the sideline for Automated ScoreBook Memphis vs Tulane (Sep 28, 2018 at New Orleans) a 51-yard score that made it 24-14 Tulane. FIRST DOWNS R ushing P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

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MEM 13 2 8 3 31 21 1.5 1 83 52 246 14-30-0 8.2 17.6 2 277 51 5.4 1-0 4-20 5-193 38.6 33.2 1 0 1 2 5-264 52.8 31.2 2 0 0-0-0 0.0 4-60-0 15.0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 20:24 3:09 5:42 4:32 7:01 4 of 12 0 of 1 1-1 1-1 0-1 3-18 3-3 1-1 0

TLN 22 13 9 0 318 56 5.7 4 348 30 178 13-22-0 8.1 13.7 1 496 78 6.4 0-0 9-95 3-129 43.0 43.0 2 1 0 1 5-295 59.0 42.0 1 0 2-7-0 3.5 3-58-0 19.3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 39:36 11:51 9:18 10:28 7:59 10 of 17 1 of 3 2-2 1-2 1-2 7-47 5-5 1-1 0

The Green Wave had two forced fumbles that came shortly after the touchdown that gave the Bearcats that 30-14 lead, but the offense was unable to move the ball on Cincinnati, who entered the game with the nation’s No. 2 scoring defense. A fourth-quarter Will Harper interception after Patrick Johnson tipped the ball into the air also resulted in no points. Darius Bradwell and Darnell Mooney had Tulane’s two first-half touchdowns, with Mooney’s coming on a 17-yard catch and Bradwell’s on a 19-yard run. Terren Encalade scored in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter on a 14-yard catch from Justin McMillan to provide the final Tulane tally. Bradwell was Tulane’s leader on offense, picking up 88 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. Mooney hauled in four catches for 65 yards, surpassing 500 total receiving yards on the season. McMillan played the majority of snaps at quarterback, finishing the day 11 of 26 for 130 yards and two scores. On the defensive side, Johnson had a stellar game as he forced one fumble, recovered another, tipped a ball that became an interception and recorded six tackles and a sack. Zachery Harris had a season-best 13 tackles – one shy of his career high – while another Bearcats fumble was recovered by long snapper Geron Eatherly. Roderic Teamer Jr., and Larry Bryant forced a fumble each. Harper’s interception was the first of his career. Amare Jones had the most productive day of his young career, leading Tulane with 166 all-purpose yards including 145 on kickoff returns. Jones had returns of 69, 51 and 25 yards, and the longest two set up the Team Statistics (Final) The drives. Automated ScoreBook Green Wave’s second and third touchdown Tulane vs Cincinnati (10/06/18 at Cincinnati, Ohio) FIRST DOWNS R ushi ng P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

TLN 14 7 5 2 134 38 3.5 1 166 32 132 12-31-0 4.3 11.0 2 266 69 3.9 2-1 12-90 8-300 37.5 35.5 3 2 0 3 3-189 63.0 40.3 2 0 3--5-0 -1.7 3-145-0 48.3 1-24-0 0-0-0 0 27:27 9:03 7:17 7:10 3:57 3 of 15 0 of 4 3-3 3-3 0-3 2-15 3-3 0-0 0

CIN 22 10 8 4 272 48 5.7 3 308 36 174 15-25-1 7.0 11.6 2 446 73 6.1 3-2 7-65 5-247 49.4 50.4 0 2 0 0 7-446 63.7 28.7 4 0 3-16-0 5.3 1-18-0 18.0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 32:33 5:57 7:43 7:50 11:03 6 of 16 1 of 3 2-4 1-4 1-4 4-22 4-5 1-1 0

GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS

Game 7 • SMU 27, Tulane 23

Game 8 • Tulane 24, Tulsa 17

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane football team led for 55 minutes, but SMU scored a game-winning touchdown pass with 1:15 remaining to take their first lead of the game and escape with a 27-23 victory at Yulman Stadium on Saturday evening.

TULSA, OKLA. – Tulane quarterback Justin McMillan’s 39-yard touchdown run to give Green Wave football team its first lead of the night would be the difference in a 24-17 win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane Saturday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium.

Darius Bradwell was the Green Wave’s top rusher on the day, reaching 72 yards on 13 carries including two carries for more than 20 yards and a touchdown. Stephon Huderson also had 42 yards on the ground, most of them coming on a career-long 30-yard run in the second half.

Trailing by as many as 10 points on two separate occasions on the night, Tulane (3-5, 2-2 American Athletic Conference) stormed back and put 17 unanswered points on the board in the final two quarters of the game to earn the victory over Tulsa (1-7, 0-3 American Athletic Conference) and snap a two-game losing skid.

In the air, Banks finished with a 14-of-22 effort, throwing for 153 yards. Terren Encalade was the team’s top receiver with 39 yards on four catches.

In his first start for the Olive and Blue, McMillan was 10-for-19 through the air for 92 yards, while rushing for two touchdowns. McMillan, along with the Green Wave rushing attack, blistered the Tulsa defense to the tune of 312 yards on the ground, paced by Corey Dauphine’s 18 carries for 107 yards.

Yulman Stadium • New Orleans Oct. 20, 2018 • Attendance 13,987

On defense, Donnie Lewis Jr. Had a team-high seven tackles and his first career interception return for a touchdown. Roderic Teamer Jr. tallied six tackles and Patrick Johnson had five. Tulane (2-5, 1-2 American Athletic Conference) also got a rushing touchdown from Banks early in the fourth quarter. Following that touchdown, Tulane held a 23-14 lead. But SMU (3-4, 2-1 American Athletic Conference) answered on the next drive to cut Tulane’s lead to just 23-21, and a 67-yard receiving touchdown from Ben Hicks to James Proche with 1:15 remaining sealed the game for SMU. With Tulane leading 16-14 late in the third quarter, the team went on a drive that spanned 12 plays and 89 yards, taking 6:20 off the clock and extending into the early minutes of the fourth quarter. The culminating play came on fourth-and-1 from SMU’s 3-yard line and saw Banks truck through a Mustang defender on his way over the goal line and a 23-14 lead. Lewis had the first touchdown of his career early in the second half. With SMU quarterback Ben Hicks looking to his left, Lewis read the play and jumped in front of Hicks’ receiver, snatching the ball out of the air Team Statistics in full stride. Lewis ran 49 yards to the end zone untouched for (Final) his eighth career pick and third of the season. The Automated ScoreBook SMU vs Tulane (Oct 20, 2018 at New Orleans, LA) FIRST DOWNS R ushi ng P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

SMU 17 3 12 2 36 32 1.1 1 89 53 291 21-40-1 7.3 13.9 3 327 72 4.5 0-0 7-43 9-367 40.8 40.4 3 1 0 4 6-336 56.0 40.8 0 0 1-4-0 4.0 1-37-0 37.0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0 26:51 2:15 8:19 10:30 5:47 6 of 18 1 of 1 1-1 1-1 0-1 5-28 3-4 0-0 0

TLN 18 10 7 1 168 46 3.7 2 204 36 153 14-23-1 6.7 10.9 0 321 69 4.7 3-2 10-96 9-416 46.2 43.6 4 3 1 4 4-270 67.5 39.5 3 0 3-3-0 1.0 6-91-0 15.2 1-49-1 0-0-0 0 33:09 12:45 6:41 4:30 9:13 3 of 15 2 of 2 2-2 2-2 0-2 3-21 3-3 0-1 7

H.A. Chapman Stadium • New Orleans Oct. 27, 2018 • Attendance 16,133

The Wave averaged 5.7 yards per rush in the game, with Darius Bradwell tagging on 76 yards on 12 carries. On the night, Tulane got big rushing plays of 51, 40, 39, 21 and 12 yards to keep offensive drives alive and eat up clock. Roderic Teamer Jr. led the Tulane defense with 10 total tackles against the Hurricane, with eight coming on the solo end. Lawrence Graham and Cameron Sample each had six, while Patrick Johnson and Robert Kennedy each produced a sack. Terren Encalade paced the receivers with four catches for 44 yards, with Darnell Mooney and Amare Jones had two each. After a combined three failed attempts by both sides to try and put the game away with the clock ticking away in the fourth quarter, Tulane got the ball back at their 42-yard line and used Dauphine to keep the clock moving and get into Tulsa’s half of the field. With third-and-1 at the Tulsa 39, McMillan tucked the ball and ran in for the score untouched to steal the momentum give the Green Wave the lead. Team Statisticsand (Final) The Automated ScoreBook Tulane vs Tulsa (Oct 27, 2018 at Tulsa, Okla.) FIRST DOWNS R ushing P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

TLN 17 9 5 3 312 55 5.7 3 323 11 92 10-19-0 4.8 9.2 0 404 74 5.5 1-1 8-70 4-171 42.8 24.0 1 1 1 0 5-293 58.6 38.6 3 0 3-29-0 9.7 1--1-0 -1.0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 37:56 9:47 10:30 9:00 8:39 9 of 18 0 of 2 3-4 2-4 1-4 2-15 3-3 1-1 7

TLS 17 8 8 1 135 35 3.9 1 155 20 180 12-26-0 6.9 15.0 1 315 61 5.2 1-1 8-57 4-162 40.5 33.2 0 0 0 0 4-237 59.2 40.8 3 0 1-55-0 55.0 1-25-0 25.0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 22:04 5:13 4:30 6:00 6:21 2 of 11 0 of 3 2-3 1-3 1-3 0-0 2-2 1-2 0

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Game 9 • Tulane 41, USF 15 Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Fla. Nov. 3, 2018 • Attendance 31,388

Game 10 • Tulane 24, ECU 18 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans Nov. 10, 2018 • Attendance 20,860

TAMPA, Fla. – The Bulls got gored. The Tulane football team crushed USF at Raymond James Stadium on Saturday evening, defeating the Bulls 41-15 and recording back-to-back road wins for the first time since 2007.

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane Green Wave football team produced 535 yards of total offense, but it was the defense that stood strong when the team needed it most late in a thrilling 24-18 victory over the ECU Pirates Saturday night in Yulman Stadium.

Corey Dauphine rushed for two touchdowns, Darius Bradwell, Justin McMillan and Amare Jones had one each and the Green Wave defense held USF’s high-powered offense – which averaged 500.2 yards and 35.6 points per game entering the day – to just 127 first-half yards and 3 first-half points.

Holding on to a lead of just six points for the final 12 minutes of the game, Tulane (5-5, 4-2 American Athletic Conference) weathered four consecutive ECU (2-7, 0-6) offensive drives in the fourth quarter that resulted in no points for the Pirates to secure the victory.

The Green Wave (4-5, 3-2 American Athletic Conference), already leading by 24 late in the third quarter, sealed the victory in a two-play sequence. With USF (7-2, 3-2) threatening and seemingly ready to score its first touchdown of the day, the Bulls bobbled a pass straight up into the sky. Zachery Harris got under the ball and snagged it out of the air with only his left hand for his first career interception.

The Green Wave successfully broke up 20 passes over the course of the game, setting a new NCAA record and is the most in an FBS game in 2018. Roderick Teamer Jr. led the defense with 10 total tackles which tied his career high, including a sack and tackle for loss. P.J. Hall recorded the first interception of his career as he and Donnie Lewis finished tied for second in tackles with six each.

On the next play, Bradwell found a hole in the offensive line and took the ball a career-high 73 yards for a touchdown and a 34-3 lead. The touchdown marked his seventh straight game with a rushing score, and the game was out of reach from there.

Quarterback Justin McMillan threw for a career-best 372 yards and three scores in the win for the Green Wave, becoming the first signal caller since Ryan Griffin in 2012 to throw for over 350 yards in a game and toss three touchdown passes since Jonathan Banks last year against SMU.

Bradwell (135) and Dauphine (115) had tremendous days running the ball, becoming Tulane’s first 100-yard rushers in the same game since Josh Rounds (166) and Dontrell Hilliard (124) at Tulsa on Oct. 22, 2016.

Wide receiver Darnell Mooney finished the night with a career-high 217 yards receiving in the game and two touchdowns on six receptions. Not only did Mooney set the Yulman Stadium record for the longest play from scrimmage with an 86-yard touchdown reception, but his 36.2 yards per catch average is also a new school record.

Tulane has now rushed the ball for 100 yards as a team for 36 straight games, and Saturday marked Tulane’s first game with four different rushers scoring a touchdown since Oct. 7, 2017 against Tulsa. The win also evened Tulane’s lifetime record against USF at 1-1. As explosive as the offense was throughout, the defense may have played even better. Tulane’s defensive unit finished with five sacks, two recovered fumbles and an interception while keeping the Bulls to just 3 Team Statistics (Final) points in the game’s first 44 minutes. USF was 0 for 6 on third-down conversions in the first half and ended The Automated ScoreBook the game with a mere 110 rushing yards. Tulane vs USF (Nov 03, 2018 at Tampa, Fla.)

FIRST DOWNS R ushi ng P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

TULANE BOWL NOTES | 37

TLN 17 15 1 1 365 52 7.0 5 375 10 61 4-11-0 5.5 15.2 0 426 63 6.8 1-1 7-52 4-155 38.8 38.8 0 0 0 2 8-469 58.6 39.5 3 0 4-44-0 11.0 1-29-0 29.0 1-12-0 1-16-0 0 31:12 7:06 10:19 5:40 8:07 4 of 14 1 of 2 4-5 2-5 2-5 5-22 5-5 2-3 14

USF 27 8 16 3 102 33 3.1 2 131 29 338 29-49-1 6.9 11.7 0 440 82 5.4 2-2 10-91 5-211 42.2 33.4 0 1 0 0 3-135 45.0 35.3 0 24 2-0-0 0.0 5-78-0 15.6 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 28:48 7:54 4:41 9:20 6:53 4 of 15 2 of 4 3-4 2-4 1-4 1-6 0-1 1-1 0

Terren Encalade caught the other McMillan touchdown, as the senior became the 11th Tulane player in program history to eclipse 2,000 yards receiving in a career with his one catch for 73 yards. Running back Darius Bradwell led Tulane in rushing with 77 yards on 19 carries, followed by Corey Dauphine’s 47 yards on 17 carries. Team Statistics (Final) The Automated ScoreBook ECU vs Tulane (Nov 10, 2018 at New Orleans) FIRST DOWNS R ushing P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

ECU 23 6 13 4 90 26 3.5 0 122 32 360 21-68-1 5.3 17.1 2 450 94 4.8 0-0 7-69 14-507 36.2 34.8 6 0 0 3 4-260 65.0 41.8 3 0 0-0-0 0.0 2-26-0 13.0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 26:44 7:40 5:44 7:55 5:25 3 of 21 1 of 2 1-1 0-1 1-1 2-7 1-1 1-1 0

TLN 17 7 10 0 163 49 3.3 0 182 19 372 12-28-0 13.3 31.0 3 535 77 6.9 2-1 8-93 12-484 40.3 37.0 4 2 2 7 5-323 64.6 49.4 2 0 4-20-0 5.0 1-18-0 18.0 1-20-0 0-0-0 0 33:16 7:20 9:16 7:05 9:35 3 of 18 0 of 2 1-1 0-1 1-1 5-31 3-3 1-1 0

GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS Game 11 • Houston 48, Tulane 17 TDECU Stadium • Houston, Texas Nov. 15, 2018 • Attendance 24,209

HOUSTON – The Tulane football team had its three-game winning streak snapped on the road Thursday night, falling to the Houston Cougars 48-17 at TDECU Stadium. After the two sides traded scores over the course of the first quarter and early part of the second, Houston (8-3, 5-2 American Athletic Conference) went on to score 27 unanswered points before the Green Wave (5-6, 4-3) got back on the board again. Running back Darius Bradwell had 89 yards on the ground on 14 carries and a touchdown, as the Green Wave finished the day with 212 yards rushing and averaged 4.9 yards per carry against the Cougars. Corey Dauphine carried the ball 12 times for 51 yards for Tulane. Quarterback Justin McMillan was 10-for-20 on the night for 147 yards and two interceptions. Terren Encalade led the Tulane wide receivers with 52 yards on two catches, with a long catch of 42 yards. Linebacker Zachery Harris led all defenders with 13 total tackles, including a half sack and two tackles for loss. Marvin Moody was second among players with 10 tackles, with seven solo stops, while Taris Shenall grabbed the fourth interception of his career and first of the season. Houston finished the game with 488 yards of total offense, with 298 yards rushing and 190 yards through the air. The Cougars had 24 first downs to Tulane’s 18, just out-gaining the Green Wave in average yards per play at 6.3 to 5.4. After Houston opened the scoring with a seven-play drive to take the lead, the Green Wave came back and needed just two plays to cover 62 yards for a score of their own. Starting at the Tulane 38, McMillan hooked up with Encalade for a 42-yard pickup and Bradwell did the rest, rumbling 20 yards for the score. The drive took just 47 seconds off the clock, as itStatistics was the fourth(Final) scoring drive of just two plays for Tulane this Team The season. The extra point was no good as theAutomated Cougars were upScoreBook by one with 5:39 remaining in the first quarter. Tulane vs Houston (Nov 15, 2018 at Houston, Texas) FIRST DOWNS R ushing P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

TLN 18 12 6 0 212 43 4.9 2 232 20 147 10-24-3 6.1 14.7 0 359 67 5.4 2-1 5-43 5-238 47.6 42.6 1 2 1 3 4-169 42.2 23.5 1 21 1-2-0 2.0 9-203-0 22.6 1-11-0 0-0-0 0 29:44 7:57 6:07 8:28 7:12 5 of 13 0 of 2 2-2 2-2 0-2 3-22 0-1 1-1 0

HOU 24 13 9 2 298 48 6.2 3 332 34 190 17-30-1 6.3 11.2 3 488 78 6.3 1-0 6-54 5-184 36.8 32.4 1 0 1 1 9-510 56.7 34.1 0 0 1-5-0 5.0 2-50-0 25.0 3-56-0 0-0-0 0 30:16 7:03 8:53 6:32 7:48 6 of 14 0 of 1 6-6 4-6 2-6 1-6 6-6 2-2 10

Game 12 • Tulane 29, Navy 28 Yulman Stadium • New Orleans Nov. 24, 2018 • Attendance 20,042

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane offense exploded for 21 points in the second quarter, but its biggest score came in the fourth quarter to get the lead back and held on for a thrilling 29-28 victory over the Navy Midshipmen to reach bowl eligibility for the first time since 2013 and claim a share of the American Athletic Conference West Division. The Green Wave (6-6, 5-3 American Athletic Conference) at one point held a 21-3 lead over Navy (3-9, 2-6), but a furious third quarter by the Midshipmen that saw the visitors score 18 points and use nearly all of the fourth to score one touchdown put Tulane on the ropes with just minutes remaining in regulation. The home side needed just seven plays to go 71 yards, paced by a Justin McMillan 26-yard touchdown pass to Jaetavian Toles, and instead of kicking the extra point the Green Wave went for the 2-point conversion and McMillan found Charles Jones II in the back of the end zone to covert and retake the lead at 29-28 for the final score of the contest. McMillan finished the afternoon going 18-for-29 for 291 yards, three touchdowns and an interception, hitting big-play receivers Darnell Mooney, Jabril Clewis and Toles for plays of 55, 52 and 26 yards, respectively. Tulane dialed up the pressure much like it did in the first half on Navy’s final drive of the game, as Patrick Johnson forced a pair of fumbles on the drive and the Midshipmen would not be able to get anything going in a resulting turnover on downs to secure the victory for Green Wave in the end. Linebacker Zachery Harris led all players with 10 tackles, including six solo stops and a tackle for loss. Taris Shenall had nine tackles, while two of Johnson’s seven stops being tackles for loss, along with the two forced fumbles. Navy had the opportunity to strike the first blow, after a 26-yard pass completion got the Midshipmen to the Tulane nine, but the Green Wave defense stood firm for the(Final) next three plays and Navy came up fruitless Team Statistics with a missed 26-yard field goal. The Automated ScoreBook NAVY vs Tulane (Nov 24, 2018 at New Orleans, La.) FIRST DOWNS R ushi ng P assi ng P e nal t y NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns Yards Gained Rushing Yards Lost Rushing NET YARDS PASSING C omp l e t i ons- A t t e mp t s- Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt Inside 20 50+ Yards Touchbacks Fair catch KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Fair Catch Yards Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals Points off turnovers

NAVY 13 7 6 0 117 45 2.6 1 137 20 204 8-16-0 12.8 25.5 2 321 61 5.3 2-0 2-10 5-255 51.0 46.4 1 3 0 1 6-340 56.7 41.5 0 20 2-21-0 10.5 0-0-0 0.0 1-36-0 0-0-0 0 32:19 8:03 9:53 5:40 8:43 2 of 15 4 of 5 2-3 1-3 1-3 1-8 2-2 2-3 3

TLN 19 7 11 1 129 32 4.0 1 142 13 291 18-29-1 10.0 16.2 3 420 61 6.9 0-0 2-20 5-194 38.8 34.6 2 1 0 2 5-325 65.0 40.0 5 0 3-23-0 7.7 5-91-0 18.2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 27:41 6:57 5:07 9:20 6:17 4 of 12 1 of 1 1-2 1-2 0-2 2-15 3-3 0-1 0

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The Automated ScoreBook Tulane Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2018) All games

2018 STATISTICS

* * * * * * * *

Date 8/31/2018 Sep 8, 2018 Sep 15, 2018 Sep 22, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 10/06/18 Oct 20, 2018 Oct 27, 2018 Nov 03, 2018 Nov 10, 2018 Nov 15, 2018 Nov 24, 2018

Opponent WAKE FOREST NICHOLLS at UAB at #4 Ohio State MEMPHIS at Cincinnati SMU at Tulsa at USF ECU at Houston NAVY

Rushing

gp-gs

BRADWELL, Darius DAUPHINE, Corey HUDERSON, Stephon McMILLAN, JUSTIN JONES, Amare BANKS, Jonathan ENCALADE, Terren CARROLL, Cameron VALLIEN, Jorien MOONEY, Darnell LEDFORD, Dane BERTRAND, Jared Total Opponents

12-5 12-4 11-3 8-5 12-0 7-7 12-12 3-0 6-0 12-12 3-0 2-0 12 12

Passing

gp-gs

BANKS, Jonathan McMILLAN, JUSTIN LEDFORD, Dane TEAM Total Opponents Receiving

MOONEY, Darnell ENCALADE, Terren CLEWIS, Jabril JONES, Charles TOLES, Jaetavian JONES, Amare ROBERTSON, Jacob HUDERSON, Stephon JAMES, Tyrick BRADWELL, Darius NEWMAN, Brian VALLIEN, Jorien WALLACE, Will Total Opponents Field Goals

GLOVER, Merek Scoring

GLOVER, Merek BRADWELL, Darius MOONEY, Darnell DAUPHINE, Corey McMILLAN, JUSTIN ENCALADE, Terren JONES, Amare BANKS, Jonathan LEWIS,Donnie CLEWIS, Jabril TOLES, Jaetavian TEAM JONES, Charles Total Opponents Score by Quarters Tulane Opponents

TULANE BOWL NOTES | 39

7-7 8-5 3-0 9-0 12 12

att

gain loss

effic comp-att-int

125.69 72-139-2 139.01 68-136-3 -50.00 0-4-1 0.00 0-3-0 128.29 140-282-6 128.22 228-432-11

gp-gs

Att. 15478 21092 21991 103336 16631 32200 13987 16133 31388 20860 24209 20042

net avg

no.

yds

avg

pct. 01-19

20-29

72.7 0-0 fg

- 8-11 9 8 7 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 - - 40 8-11 43 12-17 1st

21.0 16.3 16.9 4.2 10.6 8.7 17.2 15.0 12.2 3.2 24.0 4.0 2.0 15.9 14.0 3-3

kick

36-38 36-38 36-39 2nd

50 102 64 111

3rd

70 67

pct

51.8 50.0 0.0 0.0 49.6 52.8 td

8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 24 30-39

3-4

73 82.0 69 62.8 30 23.2 39 20.8 21 12.8 25 17.1 38 4.7 10 4.7 12 2.0 6 0.5 4 1.3 2 1.0 73 208.2 81 152.6

yds

lg avg/g

1074 5 1159 9 0 0 0 0 2233 14 3199 24

74 86 0 0 86 80

4th

86 86

lg avg/g

40-49

2-4

lg blk

0 6

Total 308 334

pts

- 60 - 54 - 48 - 42 - 26 - 24 - 18 - 12 6 6 6 2 4 2 2 308 - 334

Home 4-2 3-1 1-1

Team Statistics FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards PUNTS-AVG TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 4TH-DOWN Conversions Interceptions

LEWIS,Donnie SHENALL, Taris HARPER, Will KEYES, Thakarius KUERSCHEN, Chase TEAMER, Roderic GRAHAM, Lawrence HARRIS, Zachery HALL,P.J.

no.

3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

no.

Kick Returns

no.

JONES, Amare ROBERTSON, Jacob Total Opponents JONES, Amare HUDERSON, Stephon JAMES, Tyrick ROBERTSON, Jacob JONES, Charles NEWMAN, Brian SHENALL, Taris Total Opponents

13 12 25 17

18 10 2 1 1 1 1 34 22

rush

McMILLAN, JUSTIN BANKS, Jonathan BRADWELL, Darius DAUPHINE, Corey HUDERSON, Stephon Total Opponents

8 7 12 12 11 12 12

BRADWELL, Dar MOONEY, Darne JONES, Amare DAUPHINE, Cor ENCALADE, Terr Total Opponents Total Offense

yds avg

49 11 24 0 0 0 0 12 20

16.3 11.0 24.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 20.0

43 1895 44.1 64 28 1073 38.3 54 1 0 0.0 0

Punt Returns

All Purpose

Away 2-4 2-2 0-2

TLN 215 114 85 16 2499 536 4.7 208.2 25 2233 140-282-6 7.9 15.9 186.1 14 4732 5.8 394.3 34-738 25-135 11-116 16-11 87-800 72-41.2 31:34 60/174 8/25

no. yds avg

WRIGHT, Ryan BLOCK, Zachary TEAM

0-0

Overall 6-6 5-3 1-3

Punting

50-99

- - - - - 1-1 - - - - - - - 1 1 1-1 2 2-4

153.4 144.9 0.0 0.0 186.1 266.6

86 82.2 74 52.8 52 16.9 11 4.2 26 7.4 26 4.3 30 8.6 21 5.5 30 4.5 8 1.1 38 4.4 4 0.7 2 0.2 86 186.1 80 266.6

PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf

1-1 1-1 -

Record: All games Conference Non-Conference

lg avg/g

166 1014 30 984 5.9 9 116 771 17 754 6.5 7 62 260 5 255 4.1 0 49 246 80 166 3.4 4 41 167 14 153 3.7 3 78 298 178 120 1.5 2 5 58 2 56 11.2 0 4 18 4 14 3.5 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 536 2856 357 2499 4.7 25 464 2143 312 1831 3.9 18

12-12 47 987 12-12 39 634 12-7 12 203 9-4 9 38 10-3 7 74 12-0 6 52 8-0 4 69 11-3 4 60 11-1 4 49 12-5 4 13 11-0 2 48 6-0 1 4 10-5 1 2 12 140 2233 12 228 3199 8-11

Score 17-23 42-17 24-31 6-49 40-24 21-37 23-27 24-17 41-15 24-18 17-48 29-28

L W L L W L L W W W L W

rcv

27.1 19.6 9.0 10.0 8.0 18.0 0.0 21.7 18.0 pr

fc i20 50+ blk

5 18 12 11 4 9 13 2 0 0 0 0

yds avg

488 196 18 10 8 18 0 738 395

49 11 24 0 0 0 0 12 20

8.0 2.6 5.4 9.8

OPP 269 101 139 29 1831 464 3.9 152.6 18 3199 228-432-11 7.4 14.0 266.6 24 5030 5.6 419.2 22-395 17-167 6-100 14-6 81-722 66-39.9 28:26 61/180 13/27 lg

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

yds avg

104 31 135 167

Neutral 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 0 0 0

0 0 1

18 14 18 55

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

69 31 10 10 8 18 0 69 50

total avg/g

12 984 13 0 0 0 997 83.1 12 6 987 0 0 0 993 82.8 12 153 52 104 488 0 797 66.4 12 754 0 0 0 0 754 62.8 12 56 634 0 0 0 690 57.5 12 2499 2233 135 738 116 5721 476.8 12 1831 3199 167 395 100 5692 474.3 g plays

rush

pass

185 166 1159 217 120 1074 166 984 0 116 754 0 62 255 0 818 2499 2233 896 1831 3199

total avg/g

1325 1194 984 754 255 4732 5030

165.6 170.6 82.0 62.8 23.2 394.3 419.2

2018 STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBook Tulane Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2018) All games

Team Statistics

TLN

SCORING Points Per Game Points Off Turnovers FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters Tulane Opponents

1st 2nd

50 102 64 111

308 25.7 45 215 114 85 16 2499 2856 357 536 4.7 208.2 25 2233 140-282-6 7.9 15.9 186.1 14 4732 818 5.8 394.3 34-738 25-135 11-116 21.7 5.4 10.5 16-11 87-800 66.7 72-2968 41.2 36.4 57-3452 60.6 40.0 31: 34 60/174 34% 8/25 32% 35-204 0 40 8-11 0-2 (24-27) 89% (18-27) 67% (36-38) 95% 108090 6/18015 3rd

70 67

4th

86 86

0 6

OPP

334 27.8 33 269 101 139 29 1831 2143 312 464 3.9 152.6 18 3199 228-432-11 7.4 14.0 266.6 24 5030 896 5.6 419.2 22-395 17-167 6-100 18.0 9.8 16.7 14-6 81-722 60.2 66-2636 39.9 37.0 66-3709 56.2 36.3 28: 26 61/180 34% 13/27 48% 33-196 0 43 12-17 0-2 (33-43) 77% (24-43) 56% (36-39) 92% 229257 6/38210 0/0

Total 308 334

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2018 STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBook Tulane Game Superlatives (as of Nov 28, 2018) All games INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes Yards Rushing TD Rushes Long Rush Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing TD Passes Long Pass Receptions Yards Receiving TD Receptions

Long Reception Field Goals Long Field Goal Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20

Long Punt Return Long Kickoff Return Tackles Sacks Tackles For Loss Interceptions

TULANE BOWL NOTES | 41

19 19 152 3 73 37 18 18 372 3 3 86 8 8 217 2 2 2 86 2 40 40 9 9 50.3 64 3 3 3 18 69 13 13 3.0 4.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

BRADWELL, Darius vs Memphis (Sep 28, 2018) BRADWELL, Darius vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) DAUPHINE, Corey vs Nicholls (Sep 8, 2018) DAUPHINE, Corey vs Nicholls (Sep 8, 2018) BRADWELL, Darius at USF (Nov 03, 2018) BANKS, Jonathan vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) BANKS, Jonathan vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) McMILLAN, JUSTIN vs NAVY (Nov 24, 2018) McMILLAN, JUSTIN vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) McMILLAN, JUSTIN vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) McMILLAN, JUSTIN vs NAVY (Nov 24, 2018) McMILLAN, JUSTIN vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) ENCALADE, Terren vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) MOONEY, Darnell vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) MOONEY, Darnell vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) ENCALADE, Terren vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) MOONEY, Darnell at UAB (Sep 15, 2018) MOONEY, Darnell vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) MOONEY, Darnell vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) GLOVER, Merek at USF (Nov 03, 2018) GLOVER, Merek at UAB (Sep 15, 2018) GLOVER, Merek at Houston (Nov 15, 2018) BLOCK, Zachary vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) WRIGHT, Ryan vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) WRIGHT, Ryan at Cincinnati (10/06/18) WRIGHT, Ryan at Cincinnati (10/06/18) BLOCK, Zachary vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) WRIGHT, Ryan vs SMU (Oct 20, 2018) WRIGHT, Ryan vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) JONES, Amare at USF (Nov 03, 2018) JONES, Amare at Cincinnati (10/06/18) HARRIS, Zachery at Cincinnati (10/06/18) HARRIS, Zachery at Houston (Nov 15, 2018) JOHNSON, Patrick at USF (Nov 03, 2018) JOHNSON, Patrick at USF (Nov 03, 2018) LEWIS,Donnie vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) GRAHAM, Lawrence vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) TEAMER, Roderic vs Nicholls (Sep 8, 2018) KUERSCHEN, Chase vs Nicholls (Sep 8, 2018) KEYES, Thakarius at UAB (Sep 15, 2018) LEWIS,Donnie at UAB (Sep 15, 2018) HARPER, Will at Cincinnati (10/06/18) LEWIS,Donnie vs SMU (Oct 20, 2018) HARRIS, Zachery at USF (Nov 03, 2018) HALL,P.J. vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) SHENALL, Taris at Houston (Nov 15, 2018)

2018 STATISTICS Rushing

The Automated ScoreBook Tulane Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2018) All games gp-gs

12-5 12-4 11-3 8-5 12-0 7-7 12-12 3-0 6-0 12-12 3-0 2-0 9-0 12 12

Passing

gp-gs

BANKS, Jonathan McMILLAN, JUSTIN LEDFORD, Dane TEAM Total Opponents Receiving

7-7 8-5 3-0 9-0 12 12

gp-gs

att

gain loss

net avg td

166 1014 30 984 5.9 9 116 771 17 754 6.5 7 62 260 5 255 4.1 0 49 246 80 166 3.4 4 41 167 14 153 3.7 3 78 298 178 120 1.5 2 5 58 2 56 11.2 0 4 18 4 14 3.5 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 11 0 27 -27 -2.5 0 536 2856 357 2499 4.7 25 464 2143 312 1831 3.9 18 effic comp-att-int

125.69 139.01 -50.00 0.00 128.29 128.22 no.

pct

72-139-2 68-136-3 0-4-1 0-3-0 140-282-6 228-432-11

51.8 50.0 0.0 0.0 49.6 52.8

yds

12-12 47 987 12-12 39 634 12-7 12 203 9-4 9 38 10-3 7 74 12-0 6 52 8-0 4 69 11-3 4 60 11-1 4 49 12-5 4 13 11-0 2 48 6-0 1 4 10-5 1 2 12 140 2233 12 228 3199

avg

21.0 16.3 16.9 4.2 10.6 8.7 17.2 15.0 12.2 3.2 24.0 4.0 2.0 15.9 14.0

8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 24

lg avg/g

73 69 30 39 21 25 38 10 12 6 4 2 0 73 81

yds td

1074 5 1159 9 0 0 0 0 2233 14 3199 24 lg avg/g

86 74 52 11 26 26 30 21 30 8 38 4 2 86 80

82.2 52.8 16.9 4.2 7.4 4.3 8.6 5.5 4.5 1.1 4.4 0.7 0.2 186.1 266.6

82.0 62.8 23.2 20.8 12.8 17.1 4.7 4.7 2.0 0.5 1.3 1.0 -3.0 208.2 152.6

lg avg/g

74 86 0 0 86 80

153.4 144.9 0.0 0.0 186.1 266.6

Punt Returns

no.

13 12 25 17

104 31 135 167

Interceptions

no.

yds avg td

Kick Returns

no.

18 10 2 1 1 1 1 34 22

488 196 18 8 18 10 0 738 395

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

69 31 10 8 18 10 0 69 50

Fumble Returns

no.

yds avg td

JONES, Amare ROBERTSON, Jacob Total Opponents LEWIS,Donnie HARPER, Will KEYES, Thakarius KUERSCHEN, Chase HARRIS, Zachery TEAMER, Roderic GRAHAM, Lawrence HALL,P.J. SHENALL, Taris Total Opponents JONES, Amare HUDERSON, Stephon JAMES, Tyrick JONES, Charles NEWMAN, Brian ROBERTSON, Jacob SHENALL, Taris Total Opponents HARRIS, Zachery HALL,P.J. Total Opponents

3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 6

1 1 2 2

yds avg td

49 24 0 0 12 0 0 20 11 116 100

8.0 2.6 5.4 9.8

16.3 24.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 11.0 10.5 16.7

0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

yds avg td

0 16 16 60

27.1 19.6 9.0 8.0 18.0 10.0 0.0 21.7 18.0 0.0 16.0 8.0 30.0

0 0 0 1

18 14 18 55

49 24 0 0 12 0 0 20 11 49 41

0 16 16 48

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The Automated ScoreBook Tulane Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2018) All games

2018 STATISTICS Scoring

GLOVER, Merek BRADWELL, Darius MOONEY, Darnell DAUPHINE, Corey McMILLAN, JUSTIN ENCALADE, Terren JONES, Amare BANKS, Jonathan TOLES, Jaetavian LEWIS,Donnie CLEWIS, Jabril TEAM JONES, Charles Total Opponents Field Goals

GLOVER, Merek FG Sequence

Wake Forest Nicholls UAB Ohio State Memphis Cincinnati SMU Tulsa USF ECU Houston All Purpose NAVY BRADWELL, Da

- 8-11 9 8 7 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 - - 40 8-11 43 12-17 fg

kick

36-38 36-38 36-39

1-1 1-1 -

- - - - - 1-1 - - - - - - - 1 1 1-1 2 2-4

3-3

3-4

2-4

Opponents

0-0

pts

Total Offense

- 60 - 54 - 48 - 42 - 26 - 24 - 18 - 12 6 6 6 2 4 2 2 308 - 334

pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99

8-11 72.7 0-0 Tulane

PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf

lg blk

TULANE BOWL NOTES | 43

993 82.8

488 goal0was 797made. 66.4 field 0 0 196 0 0 0 10 0 18 18 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 738 395

0 754 62.8 0 690 57.5 0 511 46.5 0 203 16.9 0 166 20.8 0 120 17.1 0 110 13.8 0 74 7.4 0 67 6.1 0 66 6.0 49 49 4.1 0 46 5.1 24 24 2.0 20 20 1.8 0 16 2.7 0 14 4.7 12 12 1.0 11 11 0.9 0 4 1.3 0 2 0.2 0 2 1.0 0 -27 -3.0 116 5721 476.8 100 5692 474.3

rush pass

Punting

no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk

WRIGHT, Ryan BLOCK, Zachary TEAM Total Opponents

185 166 1159 217 120 1074 166 984 0 116 754 0 62 255 0 41 153 0 5 56 0 4 14 0 1 12 0 1 6 0 5 4 0 1 2 0 14 -27 0 818 2499 2233 896 1831 3199

total avg/g

8 7 12 12 11 12 12 3 6 12 3 2 9 12 12

(39) 23,(34) 46,(21),42 (40) (37) Kickoffs BLOCK, Zachary (20) (43) GLOVER, Merek (28) TOLES, Jaetavian 42 WRIGHT, Ryan (20) (35),37 The Automated ScoreBook Total2018) 41,(38),(24) (27)Statistics (as of Nov 28, Tulane Overall Individual Opponents (33) (46) All games (40) (29),(27) rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g 32 26,(48),(19) 984 13 0 0 0 997 83.1

12 MOONEY, Darn 12 6 987 0 JONES, Amare 12 153 52 104 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate DAUPHINE, Cor 12 754 0 0 ENCALADE, Ter 12 56 634 0 HUDERSON, St 11 255 60 0 CLEWIS, Jabril 12 0 203 0 McMILLAN, JUS 8 166 0 0 BANKS, Jonatha 7 120 0 0 ROBERTSON, J 8 0 69 31 TOLES, Jaetavi 10 0 74 0 JAMES, Tyrick 11 0 49 0 NEWMAN, Brian 11 0 48 0 LEWIS,Donnie 12 0 0 0 JONES, Charles 9 0 38 0 HARPER, Will 12 0 0 0 HALL,P.J. 11 0 0 0 VALLIEN, Jorien 6 12 4 0 CARROLL, Cam 3 14 0 0 HARRIS, Zacher 12 0 0 0 SHENALL, Taris 12 0 0 0 LEDFORD, Dan 3 4 0 0 WALLACE, Will 10 0 2 0 BERTRAND, Jar 2 2 0 0 TEAM 9 -27 0 0 Total 12 2499 2233 135 Opponents 12 1831 3199 167

g plays

McMILLAN, JUSTIN BANKS, Jonathan BRADWELL, Darius DAUPHINE, Corey HUDERSON, Stephon JONES, Amare ENCALADE, Terren CARROLL, Cameron VALLIEN, Jorien MOONEY, Darnell LEDFORD, Dane BERTRAND, Jared TEAM Total Opponents

43 1895 28 1073 1 0 72 2968 66 2636

44.1 38.3 0.0 41.2 39.9

64 54 0 64 63

1325 1194 984 754 255 153 56 14 12 6 4 2 -27 4732 5030

5 18 12 11 4 9 13 2 0 0 0 0 9 27 25 13 3 18 18 8

no. yds avg tb ob retn

52 3252 3 94 1 41 1 65 57 3452 66 3709

62.5 31 31.3 0 41.0 0 65.0 0 60.6 31 56.2 23

165.6 170.6 82.0 62.8 23.2 12.8 4.7 4.7 2.0 0.5 1.3 1.0 -3.0 394.3 419.2

0 0 1 1 0

net ydln

3 0 0 0 3 18.0 40.0 1 21.7 36.3

24 28

2018 STATISTICS # 40 2 28 35 1 16 34 55 48 90 26 25 77 9 33 36 19 78 54 4 8 3T 44 37 1Q TM 21 49 7 52 38 60 1M 31 88 72 1B

The Automated ScoreBook Tulane Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2018) All games

Defensive Leaders

gp-gs

HARRIS, Zachery TEAMER, Roderic MOODY, Marvin GRAHAM, Lawrence LEWIS,Donnie HALL,P.J. JOHNSON, Patrick SAMPLE, Cameron WILLIAMS, De'Andre KENNEDY,Robert KEYES, Thakarius HARPER, Will JOHNSON, Jeffery MONROE, Jaylon BARGE, Tirise KUERSCHEN, Chase SHENALL, Taris WRIGHT, Davon HATCHER, Carlos BRYANT, Larry LANGHAM, Willie THOMAS, Alfred MONJARRES, Juan CLARK, Macon BROWN, Quentin TEAM JOYCE, Chris BLOCK, Zachary GLENN, Devin BRIGGS, Dominique VAULT,KJ EATHERLY, Geron McMILLAN, JUSTIN BROOKS, Larry CLEWIS, Jabril LEGLUE, John BANKS, Jonathan Total Opponents

12-12 12-12 12-5 12-7 12-12 11-8 12-11 10-10 12-11 11-4 10-9 12-8 12-11 12-4 12-1 11-2 12-1 12-0 11-2 9-1 12-1 6-0 9-0 11-0 5-0 9-0 8-0 12-0 11-0 12-12 5-0 12-0 8-5 10-0 12-7 12-12 7-7 12 12

Tackles a tot

45 42 42 25 36 30 34 23 42 12 34 12 32 14 15 22 20 17 20 13 29 4 20 12 13 17 19 8 21 3 16 6 12 6 4 11 7 7 6 5 10 1 2 5 3 3 5 . 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 . 1 1 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 502 306 492 354

87 67 66 57 54 46 46 37 37 33 33 32 30 27 24 22 18 15 14 11 11 7 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 808 846

tfl/yds

10.5-27 1.5-9 4.0-10 6.0-20 2.5-6 1.0-9 15.5-69 4.5-20 3.5-15 9.5-32 . 1.5-4 1.0-2 . 5.0-17 . . 1.5-11 4.0-20 1.0-6 . . 3.5-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-304 84-328

Sacks no-yds

Pass defense Fumbles blkd int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick

1.5-7 1-12 1.0-7 1-0 0.5-3 . 2.5-11 1-0 . 3-49 1.0-9 1-20 10.0-58 . 3.0-18 . 2.0-12 . 4.0-22 . . 1-0 1.0-1 1-24 0.5-1 . . . 1.0-2 . . 1-0 . 1-11 1.5-11 . 2.0-11 . 1.0-6 . . . . . 2.5-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-204 11-116 33-196 6-100

. 6 . . 17 9 4 1 . 2 11 2 1 7 . 1 3 . 2 . 6 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 73 34

1 . . . 2 . 2 1 . 1 . . 1 . 1 . . 2 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10

1-0 . 1-0 . . 1-16 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . 6-16 11-60

. 1 . . . 1 4 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11

. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3

saf

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .

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2018 STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBook Tulane Team Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2018) All games TEAM STATISTICS

Date

8/31/2018 Sep 8 Sep 15 Sep 22 Sep 28 10/06/18 Oct 20 Oct 27 Nov 03 Nov 10 Nov 15 Nov 24 Tulane Opponents

Opponent

no.

WAKE FOREST NICHOLLS at UAB at Ohio State MEMPHIS at Cincinnati SMU at Tulsa at USF ECU at Houston NAVY

Rushing yds td

42 155 0 41 268 5 40 175 1 42 100 1 56 318 4 38 134 1 46 168 2 55 312 3 52 365 5 49 163 0 43 212 2 32 129 1 536 2499 25 464 1831 18

no.

Receiving yds td

Passing cmp-att-int yds

38 18 281 2 74 18-37-0 281 2 69 12 190 1 25 12-16-0 190 1 45 7 180 2 44 7-26-1 180 2 38 10 156 0 39 10-16-0 156 0 53 13 178 1 51 13-22-0 178 1 20 12 132 2 33 12-31-0 132 2 30 14 153 0 26 14-23-1 153 0 51 10 92 0 19 10-19-0 92 0 73 4 61 0 39 4-11-0 61 0 16 12 372 3 86 12-28-0 372 3 20 10 147 0 42 10-24-3 147 0 28 18 291 3 55 18-29-1 291 3 73 140 2233 14 86 140-282-6 2233 14 81 228 3199 24 80 228-432-11 3199 24

74 25 44 39 51 33 26 19 39 86 42 55 86 80

Kick Returns no. yds td lg

2 2 0 1 3 3 6 1 1 1 9 5 34 22

35 47 0 22 58 145 91 -1 29 18 203 91 738 395

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

19 29 0 22 35 69 27 0 29 18 36 28 69 50

Punt Returns no. yds td lg

1 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 7 3 -5 3 3 3 29 4 44 4 20 1 2 3 23 25 135 17 167

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

tot off

8 436 0 458 4 355 0 256 5 496 6 266 3 321 12 404 18 426 14 535 2 359 9 420 18 4732 55 5030

Games: 12 • Avg/rush: 4.7 • Avg/catch: 15.9 • Pass effic: 128.29 • KR avg: 21.7 • PR avg: 5.4 • All purpose avg/game: 476.8 • Total offense avg/gm: 394.3 Date

Opponent

Date

Opponent

8/31/20 WAKE FOREST Sep 8 NICHOLLS Sep 15 at UAB Sep 22 at Ohio State Sep 28 MEMPHIS 10/06/1 at Cincinnati Oct 20 SMU Oct 27 at Tulsa Nov 03 at USF Nov 10 ECU Nov 15 at Houston Nov 24 NAVY Tulane Opponents

TULANE BOWL NOTES | 45

48 42 57 47 33 29 39 29 51 37 48 42 502 492 no.

9 3 3 7 3 8 9 4 4 12 5 5 72 66

Tackles a total

44 24 18 32 6 56 14 26 20 18 28 20 306 354

yds

337 115 142 287 129 300 416 171 155 484 238 194 2968 2636

92 66 75 79 39 85 53 55 71 55 76 62 808 846

avg

37.4 38.3 47.3 41.0 43.0 37.5 46.2 42.8 38.8 40.3 47.6 38.8 41.2 39.9

tfl-yds

4.0-13 5.0-5 3.0-4 5.0-15 9.0-52 8.0-39 9.0-36 6.0-23 8.0-29 7.0-36 8.0-32 4.0-20 76.0-304 84.0-328

Sacks no-yds

1.0-2 2.0-2 0.0-0 3.0-12 7.0-47 2.0-15 3.0-21 2.0-15 5.0-22 5.0-31 3.0-22 2.0-15 35.0-204 33.0-196

Punting

long

48 44 54 46 57 64 60 53 43 59 55 53 64 63

Fumble ff fr-yds

blkd

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 10 11 tb

3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 9 3

Pass Defense blkd int-yds qbh brup kick

1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 2-16 0-0 0-0 0-0 6-16 11-60

1 0 2 2 1 3 4 0 2 7 3 2 27 18

2-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-24 1-49 0-0 1-12 1-20 1-11 0-0 11-116 6-100

50+

0 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 1 13 8

i20

3 2 2 1 2 3 4 1 0 4 1 2 25 18

4 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 12 10

9 4 3 2 6 3 7 7 4 20 5 3 73 34

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3

PAT Attempts kick rush rcv saf

2-2 6-6 3-3 0-1 5-5 3-3 3-3 3-3 5-5 3-3 0-1 3-3 36-38 36-39

Field Goals

md-att

1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-1 2-3 1-1 1-1 0-1 8-11 12-17

long blkd

39 0 40 0 20 0 0 20 38 33 40 0 40 48

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

no.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Kickoffs

yds

4 257 7 445 5 311 2 106 5 295 3 189 4 270 5 293 8 469 5 323 4 169 5 325 57 3452 66 3709

avg

64.2 63.6 62.2 53.0 59.0 63.0 67.5 58.6 58.6 64.6 42.2 65.0 60.6 56.2

off t/o

3 14 0 0 0 0 7 7 14 0 0 0 45 33

3 5 3 0 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 5 31 23

pts

17 42 24 6 40 21 23 24 41 24 17 29 308 334 ob

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1

2018 STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBook Tulane Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2018) All games OPPONENT STATISTICS

Date

8/31/2018 Sep 8 Sep 15 Sep 22 Sep 28 10/06/18 Oct 20 Oct 27 Nov 03 Nov 10 Nov 15 Nov 24 Opponents Tulane

Opponent

no.

WAKE FOREST NICHOLLS at UAB at Ohio State MEMPHIS at Cincinnati SMU at Tulsa at USF ECU at Houston NAVY

Rushing yds td

43 154 1 39 176 1 56 269 2 38 151 2 21 31 1 48 272 3 32 36 1 35 135 1 33 102 2 26 90 0 48 298 3 45 117 1 464 1831 18 536 2499 25

no.

Receiving yds td

Passing cmp-att-int yds

12 31 378 2 39 31-51-2 378 2 39 32 17 239 1 55 17-32-2 239 1 55 21 12 180 1 45 12-27-2 180 1 45 19 31 419 5 37 31-38-0 419 5 37 47 14 246 2 43 14-30-0 246 2 43 81 15 174 2 31 15-25-1 174 2 31 29 21 291 3 67 21-40-1 291 3 67 15 12 180 1 39 12-26-0 180 1 39 39 29 338 0 32 29-49-1 338 0 32 30 21 360 2 80 21-68-1 360 2 80 64 17 190 3 37 17-30-1 190 3 37 13 8 204 2 73 8-16-0 204 2 73 81 228 3199 24 80 228-432-11 3199 24 80 73 140 2233 14 86 140-282-6 2233 14 86

Kick Returns no. yds td lg

1 22 2 33 1 17 2 29 4 60 1 18 1 37 1 25 5 78 2 26 2 50 0 0 22 395 34 738

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

22 19 17 19 20 18 37 25 28 15 50 0 50 69

Punt Returns no. yds td lg

2 25 0 0 1 6 4 35 0 0 3 16 1 4 1 55 2 0 0 0 1 5 2 21 17 167 25 135

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

tot off

22 532 0 415 6 449 17 570 0 277 3 446 4 327 55 315 0 440 0 450 5 488 21 321 55 5030 18 4732

Games: 12 • Avg/rush: 3.9 • Avg/catch: 14.0 • Pass effic: 128.22 • KR avg: 18.0 • PR avg: 9.8 • All purpose avg/game: 474.3 • Total offense avg/gm: 419.2 Date

Opponent

Date

Opponent

8/31/20 WAKE FOREST Sep 8 NICHOLLS Sep 15 at UAB Sep 22 at Ohio State Sep 28 MEMPHIS 10/06/1 at Cincinnati Oct 20 SMU Oct 27 at Tulsa Nov 03 at USF Nov 10 ECU Nov 15 at Houston Nov 24 NAVY Opponents Tulane

35 41 39 41 48 28 54 21 44 49 47 45 492 502 no.

6 2 4 2 5 5 9 4 5 14 5 5 66 72

Tackles a total

48 18 4 12 34 50 24 74 28 24 26 12 354 306

yds

221 74 127 88 193 247 367 162 211 507 184 255 2636 2968

83 59 43 53 82 78 78 95 72 73 73 57 846 808

avg

36.8 37.0 31.8 44.0 38.6 49.4 40.8 40.5 42.2 36.2 36.8 51.0 39.9 41.2

tfl-yds

6.0-22 8.0-52 10.0-42 14.0-60 6.0-23 8.0-33 11.0-37 1.0-2 3.0-10 8.0-19 5.0-15 4.0-13 84.0-328 76.0-304

Sacks no-yds

3.0-11 3.0-30 6.0-35 4.0-25 3.0-18 4.0-22 5.0-28 0.0-0 1.0-6 2.0-7 1.0-6 1.0-8 33.0-196 35.0-204

Punting

long

46 41 41 50 44 63 50 48 50 45 46 58 63 64

Fumble ff fr-yds

blkd

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 11 10 tb

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9

Pass Defense blkd int-yds qbh brup kick

1-0 1-12 2-48 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 11-60 6-16

4 1 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 3 1 1 18 27

0-0 0-0 1-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-56 1-36 6-100 11-116

50+

0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 8 13

i20

2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 6 1 1 18 25

1 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 12

8 2 3 2 1 5 1 2 1 4 4 1 34 73

0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1

PAT Attempts kick rush rcv saf

2-2 2-2 4-4 7-7 3-3 4-5 3-4 2-2 0-1 1-1 6-6 2-2 36-39 36-38

Field Goals

md-att

1-2 1-3 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 2-2 2-3 12-17 8-11

long blkd

34 21 37 0 43 28 0 35 27 46 29 48 48 40

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

no.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Kickoffs

yds

4 244 4 139 6 390 8 408 5 264 7 446 6 336 4 237 3 135 4 260 9 510 6 340 66 3709 57 3452

avg

61.0 34.8 65.0 51.0 52.8 63.7 56.0 59.2 45.0 65.0 56.7 56.7 56.2 60.6

off t/o

6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 33 45

2 1 6 2 2 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 23 31

pts

23 17 31 49 24 37 27 17 15 18 48 28 334 308 ob

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

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2018 STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBook Tulane Game Superlatives (as of Nov 28, 2018) All games TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes Yards Rushing Yards Per Rush TD Rushes Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing Yards Per Pass TD Passes Total Plays Total Offense Yards Per Play Points Sacks By First Downs Penalties Penalty Yards Turnovers Interceptions By

Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return

TULANE BOWL NOTES | 47

56 365 7.0 5 5 37 18 18 372 13.3 3 3 79 535 8.0 42 7 22 22 12 96 4 2 2 2 12 47.6 64 4 4 18

vs Memphis (Sep 28, 2018) at USF (Nov 03, 2018) at USF (Nov 03, 2018) vs Nicholls (Sep 8, 2018) at USF (Nov 03, 2018) vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) vs NAVY (Nov 24, 2018) vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) vs NAVY (Nov 24, 2018) vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) vs Nicholls (Sep 8, 2018) vs Nicholls (Sep 8, 2018) vs Memphis (Sep 28, 2018) vs Nicholls (Sep 8, 2018) vs Memphis (Sep 28, 2018) at Cincinnati (10/06/18) vs SMU (Oct 20, 2018) at Houston (Nov 15, 2018) vs Wake Forest (8/31/2018) vs Nicholls (Sep 8, 2018) at UAB (Sep 15, 2018) vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) at Houston (Nov 15, 2018) at Cincinnati (10/06/18) vs SMU (Oct 20, 2018) vs ECU (Nov 10, 2018) at USF (Nov 03, 2018)

#30 LOGAN AMMONS

#89 KENDALL ARDOIN

RB • 5-8 • 180 • FR. • HS New Braunfels, Texas Canyon

TE • 6-5 • 250 • RS-SR • 3L Ville Platte, La. Ville Platte

High School: Former letterwinner at Canyon High School…Ran for 90 yards and two touchdowns and totaled 117 receiving yards as a senior. Personal: Major is Business.

2018: Has seen action in eight games during his final year with the Green Wave…Started in four games including in the season opener against Wake Forest...Served as a team captain against Nicholls (September 8). 2017: Played in 11 games for the Green Wave, starting one…Got the start against USF on Oct. 21…Caught five passes for 63 yards, averaging 12.6 yards per reception…His season-long catch was a 28-yarder against Memphis on Oct. 27…All five of his catches came in five different games…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Started in nine of 10 games played…Finished with four receptions for 80 yards…Lone touchdown of the season came via a 20-yard reception vs. Memphis on Oct. 14…Caught a career long 32-yard pass in win against UConn on Nov. 26…Reeled in a two-point conversion that ultimately sealed the four-overtime, 41-39 victory, over UL Lafayette on Sept. 24. 2015: Played in all 12 games with eight starts as a redshirt freshman at tight end…Hauled in six catches for 52 yards (8.7 avg.) and two scores…Fourth on the team in touchdown receptions…Posted his firstcareer reception for a two-yard touchdown vs. UCF (10/3)…Notched a 15-yard touchdown reception at Army (11/14)…Recorded four other games with one catch: for five yards vs. Houston (10/16); for 12 yards at Navy (10/24), for 11 yards at Memphis (10/31) and for seven yards vs. UConn (11/7). 2014: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club. High School: Four-year letterman at Ville Platte High where he played tight end and defensive end for coaches Roy Serie and Tracey Jagneaux…Rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com while garnering two-star status by Scout.com…Named No. 38 recruit in the state by Rivals.com and No. 60 by 247Sports, and tabbed No. 60 tight end nationally by 247Sports.com and No. 86 at the position by Scout. com…Received an 81 rating by 247Sports.com and listed 41st in the Times Picayune’s Nifty 50…Helped lead the Bulldogs to a combined 26-18 record with three trips to the state playoff and District 5-2A titles as a sophomore and junior…as a senior, named first-team All-District 5-3A and all-parish after catching 24 passes for 321 yards and two touchdowns to go with a pair of two-point conversion catches on offense while adding 14 tackles (10 solo, 4 assists), one fumble recovery on defense…Also lettered four years in basketball and once in track and field…Off the field, was a member of the Beta Club and was named Ville Platte High’s Student of the Year. Personal: Received his bachelor’s degree in May 2018…Pursuing his Master’s of Management in Energy… Has two brothers…Second cousin played football at LSU and in the NFL for the St.Louis Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts…Third cousin played basketball collegiately at Gonzaga…As professional, he played in the NBA for Los Angeles Lakers and is currently playing overseas in Japan. Ardoin’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds 2015 12-8 0 0 2016 10-9 0 0 2017 11-5 0 0 2018 8-4 0 0 Career 41-19 0 0

Avg. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TD 0 0 0 0 0

Long 0 0 0 0 0

Receiving No. Yds 6 52 4 80 5 63 0 0 15 195

Avg. 8.7 20.0 13.0 0 13.0

TD Long 2 15 1 32 0 28 0 0 3 32

Ardoin’s Career Highs Receptions ............................................................................................................................................ 1, 11x Yards ..................................................................................................................32 yards at UConn, 11/26/16 Long Catch .........................................................................................................32 yards at UConn, 11/26/16 Touchdowns ................................................................................................1, 3x, last vs. Memphis, 10/14/16

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#1 JONATHAN BANKS

#33 TIRISE BARGE

QB • 6-2 • 230 • SR • 1L Houston, Texas Independence CC

S • 5-11 • 190 • SO • 1L Moultrie, Ga. Colquitt County

2018: Made seven starts during the regular season…Finished the regular season with 1,074 yards passing, five touchdowns and just two interceptions…He also rushed for 120 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns… Opened the year on a high note as he passed for 281 yards and a pair of touchdowns against Wake Forest… Went 12 of 16 for 190 yards in a win over Nicholls State…Tossed a pair of touchdowns against UAB. 2017: Started 11 games…Finished the year with 1,797 passing yards and 12 touchdowns, and 592 yards rushing and seven touchdowns on the ground…Earned American Athletic Conference weekly honor roll recognition on Sept. 4 and Sept. 25…Captured LSWA Offensive Player of the Week honors…Opened the year by going 10-of-15 for 185 yards and three touchdowns in a 43-14 win over Grambling State…Surpassed 200 yards through the air against nationally-ranked USF, completing 9-of-19 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns…Totaled 203 yards passing and three touchdowns against nationally-ranked Memphis… Completed a season-best 70.8 percent of his passes against Cincinnati…Threw for 251 yards and two touchdowns in a home finale win over Houston…Posted his first career 300-yard game against SMU, as he passed for 314 yards and two touchdowns. Prior to Tulane: Came to Tulane from Independence Community College in Kansas, where he passed for 1,338 yards and nine touchdowns and ran for 615 yards and seven touchdowns in nine games directing the Pirates’ offense…Spent the 2015 season at Kansas State as a redshirt after joining the Wildcats following a season at Contra Costa College in Texas where he led the Comets to nine straight wins in 2014…Majoring in Public Relations. Banks’ Career Offensive Statistics Year GP-GS Cmp Att 2017 11-11 124 219 2018 7-7 72 139 Career 18-18 196 358

Year 2017 2018 Career

GP-GS 11-11 7-7 18-18

Rushing Att 148 78 226

Yds 592 120 712

Pct. .570 .518 .547

Avg. 4.0 1.5 3.1

Yds 1,797 1,074 2,871

TD 7 2 9

Long 53 25 53

TD 12 5 17

INT 5 2 7

Receiving No. Yds 0 0 0 0 0 0

Long 73 74 74

Avg. 0.0 0.0 0.0

Effic. 139.1 153.4 133.8

TD Long 0 0 0 0 0 0

Banks’ Career Highs Rush yards........................................................................................................................ 96 at ECU, 11/11/17 Rush TDs............................................................................................................................ 2 at ECU, 11/11/17 Long rush ................................................................................................................ 53 vs. Cincinnati, 11/4/17 Pass attempts....................................................................................................... 37 vs. Wake Forest, 8/31/18 Pass completions..................................................................................... 18, 2x, last vs. Wake Forest, 8/31/18 Pass yards......................................................................................................................314 at SMU, 11/25/17 Long pass ............................................................................................................. 74 vs. Wake Forest, 8/31/18

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2018: Made appearances in all of Tulane’s games this season with one start in his sophomore year…Earned a season-high four solo tackles in the Green Wave’s season-opener against Wake Forest, totaling 24 tackles in 2018…Recorded his second career sack against the Deacons. 2017: Saw action in all 12 games…Finished the year with five total tackles…Saw most of his action on special teams. High School: Was a three-year letterman at Colquitt County High School in Moultrie, Ga.…Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports.com (#133 in the nation and #7 in Georgia) and Scout.com as a defensive back…As a senior, totaled 99 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one blocked punt…As a junior, recorded 37 tackles, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries, one of which was returned for a touchdown, and one quarterback hurry…As a sophomore, tallied seven tackles. Personal: Has one older brother, one older sister, one younger brother and one younger sister…Major is Marketing. Barge’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2017 12-0 5-0-5 1.0-6 2018 12-1 21-3-24 5.0-17 Career 24-1 26-3-29 6.0-23

Sks-Yd 1.0-6 1.0-2 2.0-8

FF 1 1 2

FR 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 0

Int-Yd 0-0 0-0 0-0

Bk 0 0 0

Barge’s Career Highs Tackles ........................................................................................................................4 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18

Temple on Nov. 19…Executed his first successful onside kick in which he also recorded his first career fumble recovery at Houston on Nov. 12…Logged five punts that were downed within the opponent’s 20-yard line at Tulsa on Oct. 22 - Punted seven times at Tulsa in which his first four punts went 58, 53, 56, and 50 yards… Punted a career best 10 times vs. UL Lafayette on Sept. 24, averaging 40.5 yards per punt…Tallied 45 total kickoffs in which 19 resulted in touchbacks.

#34 JARED BERTRAND

2015: Played in eight games as a true freshman at punter…Totaled 47 punts for 1,783 yards (37.9 avg.) with one touchback, 18 fair catches, two punts inside the 20 and a long of 53…Made his collegiate debut at Temple (10/10), notching eight punts for 292 yards (36.5 avg.) with a long of 48 and one inside the 20… posted 11 punts for 427 yards (38.8) and a long of 53 and one touchback vs. UConn (11/7)…Recorded nine punts for 389 yards (43.2 avg.) with a long of 53 and one punt inside the 20 vs. Houston (10/16)…Punted six times for 236 yards (39.3 avg.) and a long of 51 at Memphis (10/31)…Had four punts for 128 yards (32.0 avg.) with a long of 36 at Army (11/14)…Notched four punts for 145 yards (36.2 avg.) with a long of 46 at SMU (11/21)…punted three times for 102 yards (34.0 avg.) vs. Tulsa (11/27)…Tallied two punts for 64 yards (32.0 avg.) at Navy (10/24).

RB • 5-5 • 180 • SR • 2L Covington, La. Archbishop Hannan 2018: Played in two games for the Green Wave in his senior year…Rushed for two yards against Ohio State (Sept. 22) on the road. 2017: Made appearances in two games…Totaled five yards on two carries…Rushed for three yards against Grambling State on Sept. 2…Carried the football once for two yards against Tulsa on Oct. 7. 2016: Had one rush for seven yards against Southern on Sept. 10. 2015: Did not play as a true freshman. High School: Four-year letterman at Archbishop Hannan where he played running back…Totaled 329 yards on 105 carries (3.1 avg.) with two touchdowns in 19 career games…Rushed for 282 yards on 86 carries (3.3 avg.) while scoring one touchdown as a senior. Personal: Majoring in Finance. Bertrand’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds Avg. 2016 1-0 1 7 7.0 2017 2-0 2 5 2.5 2018 2-0 1 2 2.0 Career 5-0 4 14 3.5

TD 0 0 0 0

Long 7 3 2 7

Receiving No. Yds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Avg. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TD Long 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#49 ZACHARY BLOCK

High School: Three-year letterman at East Ridge High where he served as both punter and kicker for coaches Bud O’Hara, Ken Knapczyk and Ashour Peera…Named a five star recruit as both a kicker and punter by KohlsKicking.com while garnering three-star status from ESPN.com and two-star status from Rivals.com… Listed as the No. 11 kicker and No. 21 punter nationally by KohlsKicking.com while being tabbed the No. 16 kicker in the country and the No. 197 recruit in the state to go with a 74 Scout Grade by ESPN.com…Won the punting competition and was listed as the top performing kicker at the National Senior Challenge in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 17-18, 2015…Also won the kickoff competition and listed as the No. 2 prospect at the Southern Showcase Camp in Atlanta, Ga., on Dec. 14, 2014…Lettered three years in soccer…Off the field, was a member of the National Honor Society, Honor Roll and Student Government. Personal: Majoring in Public Health…Has two sisters. Block’s Career Punting Statistics Year GP-GS No. 2015 8-0 47 2016 12-0 68 2017 12-0 53 2018 12-0 28 Career 44-0 196

2017: As a junior, played in all 12 games as Tulane’s primary punter and kickoff specialist…Took 55 kickoffs for the Green Wave out of 57 total on the year, averaging 60.5 yards per kickoff and recording 21 touchbacks…Took 53 of the team’s 58 punts, averaging 39.2 yards per punt…Placed 16 of his punts inside the 20-yard line…Had five punts of 50+ yards…Had a season-long 65-yard punt against USF…Had a season-high seven punts against Memphis…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference AllAcademic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Played in all 12 games logging 68 total punts for 2,772 yards (40.8 avg)…Recorded 10 punts of 50 yards or more…Punted 21 times inside the opponents 20-yard line…Booted a career long 62-yards vs.

Avg. 37.9 40.8 39.2 38.3 39.3

Long 53 62 65 54 65

TB 1 5 4 4 14

FC 18 25 20 9 72

I20 Blk 2 1 21 0 16 1 13 0 52 2

Block’s Career Highs Punts....................................................................................................................10 vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16 Yards ..................................................................................................................405 vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16 Long .................................................................................................................................65 vs. USF, 10/21/17 50+...................................................................................................................................4 at Tulsa, 10/22/16 Inside 20 ...........................................................................................................................5 at Tulsa, 10/22/16 Kickoffs .....................................................................................................................10 vs. Southern, 9/10/16

#27 YGENIO BOOKER

P/PK • 6-5 • 200 • SR • 3L Humble, Texas Independence CC 2018: Suited up in all 12 of Tulane’s regular season games as the team’s punter in his senior year…Recorded a season-high 54 yard punt on the road against UAB…Notched 52 kickoffs for the Green Wave, averaging 62.5 yards, and recorded 31 touchbacks…Tallied 28 total punts, averaging 38.3 yards…Placed 13 of his punts inside the 20-yard line.

Yds 1,783 2,772 2,079 1,073 7,707

RB • 5-11 • 205 • FR. • HS Brooksville, Fla. Hernando 2018: Redshirted to retain eligibility. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Hernando High School in Bradenton, Fla.…Rated a threestar prospect by 247Sports.com…Rated the sixth-fastest prospect in the entire 2018 class by 247Sports. com…Rushed for 607 yards on 55 carries for an average of 11.0 yards per carry and five touchdowns over two years…Also totaled 587 receiving yards on 23 receptions for an average of 25.5 yards per catch and 10 touchdowns…Averaged 13.2 yards per carry, gaining 421 yards and scoring four rushing touchdowns as a senior…Added 379 receiving yards (34.5 ypc) and six touchdowns in 2017…Collected 121 kickoff return yards in 2017, scoring on a 93-yard return for a touchdown…Recorded 92 rushing yards, 80 receiving yards and three touchdowns in Hernando’s region quarterfinal contest. Personal: Intended major is Business.

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#10 DARIUS BRADWELL

#71 BEN BRATCHER

RB • 6-1 • 230 • JR • 2L Tallahassee, Fla. Godby

OL • 6-6 • 295 • RS-Fr. Oklahoma City, Okla. J.J. Pearce

2018: Had breakout junior season for the Green Wave as he appeared in all 12 games and made four starts… Led the Green Wave in yards (984) and touchdowns (nine)…Scored touchdowns in eight of the 12 weeks of the season, including scores in seven straight games…Finished the regular season averaging 82.0 yards per game, which ranked ninth in The American…He also tied for 14th nationally with 12 rushes of 20 yards or longer…Topped 100 yards rushing twice during the regular season…His first 100-yard effort came against Memphis when he rushed for 143 yards on just 19 carries…Four weeks later, he rushed for 135 yards against USF. 2017: Saw action in all 12 games during the 2017 season…Finished third on the team in rushing, closing with 411 yards and four touchdowns…Averaged a team-best 6.2 yards per carry among backs with 10 or more carries on the year…Opened the year with 58 yards rushing and a touchdown against Grambling State…Found the end zone once and had 71 yards rushing against Tulsa…Closed out the year on a high note, as he rushed for a pair of touchdowns and a season-best 80 yards.

2018: Redshirted to retain eligibility. Freshman: Joined the Green Wave in the spring of 2018…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. High School: Two-year letterwinner at J.J. Pearce High School…Earned second-team all-district and second-team all-city honors as a senior in 2016…Also lettered two years in track and field and earned allcity honors as a thrower. Personal: Has two older brothers and one older sister…Major is Public Health/Pre-Med.

2016: Played in three games...Rushed a total of 11 times for 33 yards (3.0 avg)…Rushed four times for 15 yards vs. Southern on Setp. 10, including a season long of 10…Carried the ball four times for six yards at Wake Forest on Sept. 1…Rushed three times for 12 yards, including a long of eight at UConn on Nov. 26.

#52 DOMINIQUE BRIGGS

High School: Was a four-year letterman for Coach Todd Lanter at Godby High School and led the team to a state runner-up finish as a junior…Rated as a three-star recruit by Scout.com and a two-star recruit by ESPN.com, 247sports.com and Rivals.com…As a senior, accounted for over 2,300 yards of offense and 27 touchdowns…Rushed for 1,213 yards on 125 carries (9.7 ypc) and 134.8 yards per game and threw for 1,097 yards and 11 touchdowns…Named first-team all-Big Bend area and earned honorable mention all-state honors as a senior…In his final two prep seasons, combined for 4,535 total yards (189.0 per game avg) and 55 touchdowns with 2,427 passing yards and 20 passing touchdowns, while rushing for 2,108 yards on 275 carries (7.7 ypc) and 35 touchdowns, while producing nine 100-plus yard rushing contests…member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

OL • 6-3 • 295 • SR • 1L Tulsa, Okla. Coffeyville CC

Personal: Majoring in Public Relations…father played football at Louisville. Bradwell’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds Avg. 2016 3-0 11 33 3.0 2017 12-0 66 411 6.2 2018 12-5 166 984 5.9 Career 27-5 243 1,428 5.8

TD 0 4 9 13

Long 10 57 73 73

Receiving No. Yds 0 0 3 31 4 13 7 43

2018: Played and started in all of Tulane’s 12 regular season games in his senior season…Earned one solo tackle on the road against UAB. Avg. 0.0 10.3 3.2 6.1

TD Long 0 0 0 25 0 8 0 25

Bradwell’s Career Highs Rushes .....................................................................................................................19 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Yards ......................................................................................................................143 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Long ...................................................................................................................................73 at USF, 11/3/18 Touchdowns .................................................................................................2, 2x, last vs. Memphis, 9/28/18

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2017: Played and started in all 12 games for the Green Wave…Helped the Tulane rushing attack to a fourthplace finish in The American with 231.5 yards per game. Prior to Tulane: Came to Tulane from Coffeyville Community College in Kansas where he spent time on both sides of the ball…as a sophomore playing on the offensive line, started at center in all nine games and recorded one assisted tackle in the Red Ravens’ season…as a freshman playing on the defensive line, recorded 31 tackles (3 solo) and 0.5 sacks in six games…has two years of eligibility remaining. Personal: Majoring in Public Relations.

#31 LARRY BROOKS

#86 SORRELL BROWN

S • 6-0 • 195 • FR. • HS Kennedale, Texas Kennedale

WR • 6-3 • 200 • FR. • HS Arlington, Texas Martin

2018: Played in all but two of Tulane’s games this season as a true freshman…Earned his first career solo tackle against Nicholls. High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Kennedale High School in Kennedale, Texas…Rated a threestar prospect by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com…Earned Texas Class 4A Honorable Mention All-State honors by the Texas Associated Press Sports Editors…Earned 5-4A All-District first team honors as a junior…As a senior, recorded 146 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, three pass breakups, three interceptions, two sacks, one forced fumble, three fumble recoveries and one blocked field goal…As a junior, notched 45 tackles, 17 pass breakups and two interceptions…As a sophomore, recorded 54 tackles, five tackles for loss, five pass breakups, three interceptions, one sack and one fumble recovery…Also lettered in track and field.

2018: Has not played for Tulane during his true freshman season. High School: Was a two-year letterwinner at Martin High School in Arlington, Texas…Rated a two-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com…As a senior, hauled in 42 catches for 758 yards and eight touchdowns…As a junior, tallied 48 catches for 597 yards and one touchdown…Was a first-team all-district selection as a junior. Personal: Has one older brother…Uncles Emerson Brown and Leandrew Brown played football at Texas A&M…Intended major is Business.

Personal: Has one older brother, one older sister, two younger brothers and two younger sisters…Major is Business. Brooks’ Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2018 10-0 1-0-1 0.0.0 Career 10-0 1-0-1 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0.0 0.0-0

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 0 0

Int-Yd 0-0 0-0

#59 SAM BRUCHHAUS

Bk 0 0

Brooks’ Career Highs Tackles ............................................................................................................................. 1 vs Nicholls, 9/8/18

LB • 6-3 • 200 • RS-FR. Lake Charles, La. St. Louis Catholic

#13 QUENTIN BROWN

2018: Redshirted to retain eligibility.

LB • 6-1 • 210 • RS-FR. Conroe, Texas Conroe HS

Freshman: Joined the Green Wave in the spring of 2018…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. High School: Four-year letterwinner as a defensive end at St. Louis Catholic High School…Team captain as a senior…Earned all-district 4-3A honorable mention as a junior…Earned first-team all-state and all-district honors and was named district MVP in 2015…Earned first-team all-district honors in 2014…Alo lettered four years in basketball, leading his team to district championsships each year from 2015-17.

2018: Saw action in five games and made five tackles.

Personal: Has one younger sister…Majors are Finance and Computer Science.

2017: Redshirted to retain eligibility. High School: Was a three-year letterman for Robert Walker at Conroe High School in Conroe, Texas…Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports.com, Scout.com and Rivals.com…Received all-district honors all four seasons, named District 12-6A first team as a senior, District 16-6A first team as a junior and District 16-6A honorable mention as a freshman and sophomore…As a junior, led the team in tackles…Also lettered in basketball. Personal: Has one older sister and one younger brother…Major is Psychology. Brown’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2018 5-0 2-3-5 0.0-0 Career 5-0 2-3-5 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 0 0

Int-Yd 0-0 0-0

Bk 0 0

Brown’s Career Highs Tackles ....................................................................................................................... 3 at Ohio State, 9/22/18

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#4 LARRY BRYANT

#20 CAMERON CARROLL

S • 6-1 • 205 • JR. • 2L Kennesaw, Ga. North Cobb

RB • 6-0 • 230 • FR. • HS Flowood, Miss. Northwest Rankin

2018: Appeared in nine games and made one start…Finished the regular season with 11 tackles, one sack and one tackle for loss. 2017: Saw action in 11 games during his sophomore season… Finished the year with nine tackles, a sack and a forced fumble…Opened the year against Grambling State by registering his first career sack… Notched a pair of assisted tackles against Cincinnati and SMU…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Played in all 12 games…Blocked a punt at UConn on Nov. 26, returning it for 24 yards which led to a Tulane field goal…Recorded three tackles, including his first career solo tackle vs. SMU on Oct. 29. High School: Prepped at Kennesaw’s (GA) North Cobb High School for Coach Shane Queen and played linebacker, safety and defensive end…Rated as a two-star recruit by 247Sports.com…Was an all-county selection as a senior after totaling 52 tackles, including six tackles for loss and four sacks in eight games… Logged 47 tackles, including 11 stops for lost yardage and three sacks in eight games as a junior…Also lettered in track and field, finishing second in the triple jump and seventh in the high jump at the state championships…Was a member of the school’s honor roll and silver honor roll. Personal: Major is Marketing…Has six siblings…Competed on the Tulane track & field team during the spring 2017, posting the sixth-fastest time in school history in the 4x100 relay. Bryant’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2016 12-0 1-2-3 2017 11-0 7-2-9 2018 9-1 6-5-11 Career 32-1 14-9-23

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 1.0-4 1.0-6 2.0-10

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 1.0-4 1.0-6 2.0-10

FF 0 1 1 2

FR 0 0 1 1

PBU 0 0 0 0

Int 0 0 0 0

Bk 1 0 0 1

Bryant’s Career Highs Blocked Punt ..................................................................................................................1 at UConn, 11/26/16 Punt Return Yardage ....................................................................................................24 at UConn, 11/26/16 Tackles ............................................................................................................................ 4 vs. Navy, 11/24/18

2018: Appeared in just two games during the regular season..Saw a majority of his action on special teams. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Northwest Rankin High School in Brandon, Miss.…Rated a two-star prospect by 247Sports.com…earned 2017 Mississippi Class 6A All-State First-Team honors by the Mississippi Association of Coaches and Second-Team All-State honors by the Clarion Ledger…Ran for 100+ yards in 14 games during his varsity career...As a senior, carried the ball 185 times for 1,370 yards and nine touchdowns while also hauling in 18 catches for 192 yards and two touchdowns…As a junior, carried the ball 249 times for 1,399 yards and 15 touchdowns…As a sophomore, carried the ball 78 times for 377 yards and four touchdowns…Clocked a 4.52 40-yard time at Tulane summer camp. Personal: Has one older brother and one older sister…Father, Herman Carroll, played football at Mississippi State and with the New Orleans Saints…Major is Health and Wellness. Carroll’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds 2018 3-0 4 14 Career 3-0 4 14

Avg. 3.5 3.5

TD 0 0

Receiving No. Yds 0 0 0 0

Long 10 10

Avg. 0.0 0.0

TD Long 0 0 0 0

Carroll’s Career Highs Rushes ....................................................................................................................... 4 at Houston, 11/15/18 Yards ........................................................................................................................ 14 at Houston, 11/15/18 Long ......................................................................................................................... 10 at Houston, 11/15/18

#37 MACON CLARK S • 6-0 • 185 • FR. • HS Destrehan, La. Destrehan 2018: Made appearances in 11 of Tulane’s 12 regular season games as a true freshman…Tallied two solo tackles in the Green Wave’s home win over Memphis (Sept. 28) to total five this year. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Destrehan High School in Destrehan, La.…Rated a threestar prospect by 247Sports.com…Earned Louisiana Class 5A All-State First Team honors by the Louisiana Sportswriters Association and the Louisiana Football Coaches Association…Also earned Class 5A Composite All-State honors by the LFCA…Named First Team All-District MVP. Personal: Has one younger brother and one younger sister…Major is Business. Clark’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2018 11-0 5-0-5 0.0-0 Career 11-0 5-0-5 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 0 0

Int-Yd 0-0 0-0

Bk 0 0

Barge’s Career Highs Tackles .........................................................................................................................2 vs Memphis, 9/28/18

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#79 JOEY CLAYBROOK

#88 JABRIL CLEWIS

OL • 6-6 • 290 • RS-FR. Starkville, Miss. Starkville

WR • 6-2 • 210 • SR. • 1L San Diego, Calif. Grossmont College

2018: Has played in all but two games this season for the Green Wave as a right tackle…Earned starts against USF, ECU and Navy…Helped Tulane’s excellent running game that has averaged more than 200 yards per contest and helped protect quarterbacks Jonathan Banks and Justin McMillan. 2017: Did not play for the Green Wave during his true freshman season…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. High School: Was a three-year letterman at Starkville High School in Starkville, Miss.…Rated a three-star prospect by 247sports.com (#140 offensive tackle in the nation and #39 player out of Mississippi) and a two-star prospect by Scout.com and Rivals.com…Anchored the offensive line on the way to a Class 6A state championship as a junior…Received second-team all-state honors as a senior…Also lettered in baseball as a freshman.

2018: Has seen action in every game in 2018 including eight starts…Had the biggest day of his career in the season finale against Navy when he caught four balls for 83 yards and a touchdown…Had a career-long 52yard reception in that game…Hauled in two passes for 18 yards against Houston…Had a season-best two catches for 46 yards against ECU…Caught a 25-yard pass against Nicholls, the longest of his career…Had one catch for 13 yards against Wake Forest…Caught one pass against Tulsa for 12 yards…Had one reception of six yards against SMU…Served as a team captain against UAB. 2017: Was the third-leading receiver on Tulane’s roster with 174 receiving yards on 16 catches…Averaged 10.88 yards per catch…Had a season-long reception of 25 yards…Played in all 12 games, starting eight… Caught a season-best five balls for 49 yards against Cincinnati on Nov. 4…Had multiple receptions in games against Army West Point on Sept. 30, against USF on Oct. 21 and against Houston on Nov. 18…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

Personal: Has one younger brother and one younger sister…Major is Business. Prior to Tulane: Came to Tulane from Grossmont College in El Cajon, Calif.…in 2016, hauled in 34 catches for 600 yards and four touchdowns…Spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons as a redshirt at San Diego State… Has two years of eligibility remaining. Personal: Majoring in Environmental Studies. Clewis’ Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds 2017 12-7 1 0 2018 12-7 0 0 Career 24-14 1 0

Avg. 0.0 0.0 0.0

TD 0 0 0

Long 0 0 0

Receiving No. Yds 16 174 12 203 28 377

Avg. 10.9 16.9 13.4

TD Long 0 25 1 52 1 52

Clewis’ Career Highs Receptions .................................................................................................................5 vs. Cincinnati, 11/4/17 Receiving Yards ..............................................................................................................83 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Long reception ...............................................................................................................52 vs. Navy, 11/24/18

#14 CHRISTIAN DANIELS QB • 6-2 • 205 • FR. • HS Elon, N.C. Western Alamance 2018: Redshirted to retain eligibility. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Western Alamance High School in Elon, N.C.…Rated a threestar prospect by 247Sports.com…Named the 2017 Western Alamance Offensive Player of the Year…As a senior, completed 172 of 278 passes for 2,218 yards and 21 touchdowns while also carrying the ball 156 times for 1,112 yards and 16 touchdowns…As a junior, completed 131 of 201 passes for 2,079 yards and 20 touchdowns while also carrying the ball 96 times for 457 yards and seven touchdowns…On the defensive side of the ball, recorded 68 tackles, one tackle for loss and one quarterback hurry. Personal: Enrolled at Tulane in spring 2018…Was born in Misawa, Japan…Major is Marketing.

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#6 COREY DAUPHINE

#64 COREY DUBLIN

RB • 6-0 • 200 • RS-JR. • TR Port Arthur, Texas Texas Tech

OL • 6-4 • 300 • SO. • 1L New Orleans, La. Jesuit

2018: Made four starts during the regular season…Established himself as one of the explosive running backs in the American as he finished the regular season with eight carries of 30 yards or more…Finished second on the team in rushing yards (754) and rushing touchdowns (seven)…Surpassed 100 yards rushing on three separate occasions…Rushed for a career-high 152 yards and had three touchdowns on just six carries against Nicholls…Scored a pair of touchdowns and rushed for 87 yards in the Green Wave’s win over Memphis…Rushed for 107 yards at Tulsa and 121 yards the following week at USF.

2018: Played in every game as Tulane’s starting center…Helped Tulane’s excellent running game that has averaged more than 200 yards per contest and helped protect quarterbacks Jonathan Banks and Justin McMillan…Served as a team captain when Tulane played at Ohio State.

2017: Sat out the season as a transfer redshirt.

2017: Started all 12 games on the offensive line in his true freshman season…Helped the Tulane rushing attack to a fourth-place finish in The American with 231.5 yards per game…Recorded one solo tackle against SMU…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

Prior to Tulane: Came to Tulane from Texas Tech, where he played in three games and netted 25 yards and a touchdown on two rushing attempts…Took a redshirt in 2015…Rated four-star prospect by ESPN.com, Scout and 247sports.com, and three-star prospect by Rivals.com as a high school senior in 2014…Was a member of the ESPN 300 (296)…Was a finalist for the Willie Ray Smith Award (Offensive MVP) and named first-team all-district 21-6A…Was the 2014 state champion in the 200m (20.76)…Rushed for 1,215 yards in 2014 on 179 carries, averaging 6.79 yards per carry, and scored nine touchdowns.

High School: Was a four-year letterman at Jesuit High School in New Orleans…Rated a three-star prospect by 247sports.com (#97 offensive guard in the nation #78 player in Louisiana) and a two-star prospect by Scout.com…As a senior, named first-team all-state by the Louisiana Football Coaches Association…Made the all-metro large schools team as a senior after receiving honorable mention honors as a junior…As a sophomore, started on the offensive line won the Division 1 state championship…Also won the Division 1 state heavyweight championship in wrestling as a junior and a senior.

Personal: Majoring in Health & Wellness.

Personal: Majoring in Finance.

Dauphine’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds Avg. 2018 12-4 116 754 6.5 Career 12-4 116 754 6.5

TD 7 7

Long 69 69

Receiving No. Yds 0 0 0 0

Avg. 0.0 0.0

TD Long 0 0 0 0

Dauphine’s Career Highs Rushes ...........................................................................................................................18 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Yards ..........................................................................................................................152 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Long .............................................................................................................................69 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Touchdowns ...................................................................................................................3 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18

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passes for 63 yards against Memphis…Had a monster game against Houston, as he totaled eight receptions for 186 yards, including the game-winning touchdown…Earned American Athletic Conference Player of the Week and LSWA Offensive Player of the Week honors following his big game against Houston…Closed the year with seven receptions for 111 yards…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

#60 GERON EATHERLY LS • 6-0 • 225 • JR. • 2L San Antonio, Texas Tom C. Clark 2018: Played in all 12 of Tulane’s regular season matchups in his junior year…Recorded one tackle on the road against Ohio State. 2017: Played in all 12 games for the Green Wave in his sophomore year…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Played in all 12 games…Recorded one tackle at Houston on Nov. 12. High School: Was a three-year letterman for Coach Steve McGhee at Tom C. Clark High School in San Antonio, Texas…Was rated as a five-star long snapper by ChrisSailerKicking.com and Rubio Long Snapping and is considered the No. 7 long snapper in the nation by ChrisSailerKicking.com…Became a starter during his sophomore season and also split time at offensive line and defensive end…Was the winner of two Rubio Long Snapping camps and a finalist for the Rubio National Vegas Competition in January and May of 2014… Was an Elite Member of the Rubio Long Snapping in 2014, and a top-12 member in 2015…In the classroom, Eatherly is a two-year member of the academic all-district team…Also lettered in soccer, helping the Cougars to a 21-1 record as a junior, and an 18-3-1 mark during his senior season. Personal: Majoring in Political Science. Eatherly’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2016 12-0 0-1-1 2017 12-0 0-0-0 2018 12-0 0-1-0 Career 36-0 0-2-1

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 1 1

PBU 0 0 0 0

Int 0 0 0 0

Bk 0 0 0 0

#5 TERREN ENCALADE WR • 6-0 • 190 • RS-SR. • 3L East Point a la Hache, La. Belle Chasse 2018: Started in every game during the regular season…Was one of just eight players to start in every regular season game…Finished the regular season with 39 receptions, 634 yards and four touchdowns… Caught at pass in every game during the year…Opened the year on a high note as hauled in a pair of touchdown receptions against Wake Forest and finished with 189 yards receiving...Hauled in four receptions for 62 yards at Ohio State…Surpassed 2,000 career receiving yards following a 73-yard touchdown reception against ECU.

2016: Started in all 12 games…Led the team in receptions (36), yards (500), yards per catch (13.9) and receiving touchdowns (6)…Reeled in at least one reception in the last nine games…Netted two multitouchdown games…Recorded a career best seven receptions for 103 yards with a career high three touchdowns - with two coming in overtime - in the 41-39 quadruple overtime win vs. UL Lafayette on Sept. 24 - Encalade’s three touchdown receptions marked the first time since Roydell Williams caught three TD’s against UAB on Oct. 23, 2004…With 103 receiving yards vs. ULL and 125 yards at UMass on Oct. 1, Encalade became the first Tulane receiver since Ryan Grant in 2012 to net back-to-back 100+ yard receiving games… Set a new career high with 125 receiving yards at UMass on Oct. 1, where he also tied his career high of seven receptions - Also recorded a 36-yard touchdown reception, marking the longest touchdown catch of his career…Registered four catches for 75 yards, including two 24-yard touchdown receptions, vs. SMU on Oct. 29…Recorded his first career rush attempts vs. Navy on Sept. 17, notching two carries for 23 yards. 2015: Played in two games with two starts before missing the remainder of the season and earning a redshirt…Caught four passes for 43 yards (10.8) vs. Duke (9/3) in the season-opener…Saw action early at Georgia Tech (9/12). 2014: Played in 12 games with six starts as a true freshman…Hauled in 20 catches for 235 yards (11.8 avg.) in addition to recording one solo tackle and one fumble recovery…Ranked sixth on the team in receptions and ninth on the team in all-purpose yards per game (19.6 avg.)… Pulled down a season-best five catches for 41 yards vs. Cincinnati (10/31)…Had three catches for 21 yards in his collegiate debut at Tulsa (8/28)… Tallied 49 yards on four receptions vs. Memphis (11/15)…Posted a season-best 59 yards on three grabs at East Carolina (11/15), including one catch for a season-long 35 yards…Had two catches for 19 yards at Duke (9/20) and two catches for 32 yards vs. Temple (12/6)…Pulled down a 14-yard pass at UCF (10/18). High School: Three-year letterman at Belle Chasse High where he played running back, wide receiver and cornerback for coach Bob Becnel…Rated a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports. com…Received a 76 rating and listed as the No. 187 athlete nationally by 247Sports.com…Helped lead the Cardinals to a combined 18-15 overall record with two trips to the state playoffs…Named first-team All-District 9-4A in each of his final two prep seasons…As a senior, named first-team all-state and all-metro after hauling in 55 passes for 1,029 yards and 15 touchdowns while running for 716 yards and 14 scores… Ran 36 times for 358 yards and seven touchdowns while catching 42 passes for 482 yards and six scores as a junior…Also lettered twice in track and field. Personal: Majoring in Health & Wellness…Brother played defensive end at Nicholls State. Encalade’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds Avg. 2014 12-6 0 0 0.0 2015 2-2 0 0 0.0 2016 12-12 5 41 8.2 2017 12-12 4 91 22.8 2018 12-12 5 56 11.2 Career 50-44 14 188 13.4

TD 0 0 0 1 0 1

Long 0 0 16 58 38 58

Receiving No. Yds 20 235 4 43 36 500 39 730 39 634 138 2,142

Avg. 11.8 10.8 13.9 18.7 16.3 15.5

TD Long 0 35 0 20 6 38 4 73 4 74 14 74

Encalade’s Career Highs Receptions ................................................................................................ 8, 2x, last vs. Wake Forest, 8/31/18 Yards .................................................................................................................. 189 vs. Wake Forest, 8/31/18 Long ..................................................................................................................... 74 vs. Wake Forest, 8/31/18 Touchdowns .......................................................................................................... 3 vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16 Carries ...........................................................................................................2, 3x, last at Ohio State, 9/22/18 Yards ........................................................................................................................ 58 vs. Grambling, 9/2/17 Long ......................................................................................................................... 58 vs. Grambling, 9/2/17

2017: Started all 12 games…Posted single season career highs in receptions (39), yards (730), touchdowns (4), receptions per game (3.2), yards per catch (18.7) and yards per game (60.8)…Opened the year with three catches for 50 yards and had a 58-yard touchdown run against Grambling State…Had five catches for 39 yards at Navy…Hauled in one reception for 22 yards at Oklahoma…Caught four passes for 39 yards against Army…Had a pair of catches for 69 yards, including a 62-yard touchdown run against Tulsa… Totaled two receptions for 93 yards, including a career-long 73 yard touchdown against USF…Caught three

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#57 NOAH FISHER OL • 6-5 • 325 • GR. • TR Decatur, Ga. South Alabama 2018: Played in 10 of Tulane’s 12 regular season games in his graduate year. Previous School: A three-year letterwinner at South Alabama…Started all 12 games at left tackle in 2017…Started all 13 games in 2016, with all but one start at right tackle…Played in every as a redshirt freshman in 2015 playing both right and left tackle. High School: Received two stars from Rivals.com and 247Sports.com…Started and lettered for three seasons at Decatur HS…Played in the DeKalb County All-Star Game following his senior year…Selected honorable mention all-state, earning first-team all-region and all-county recognition, after helping the Bulldogs to a 7-3 finish as a senior…Earned an 86 percent grade for the year while posting 18 knockdown blocks…A three-year starter in basketball as well, earning honorable mention all-state accolades. Personal: Received his bachelor’s degree in political science from South Alabama…Working toward his Master’s of Liberal Arts degree.

#7 DEVIN GLENN RB • 5-7 • 160 • SR. • 3L New Orleans, La. Warren Easton 2018: Appeared in 11 games and saw a majority of his action on special teams…Finished the year with a pair of tackles on special teams. 2017: Saw action in action in all 12 games with most of his action coming on special teams…Ran one time for 3 yards…Caught one pass for 8 yards…Returned two kickoffs for an average of 16.0 yards per return. 2016: Caught three passes for 32 yards (10.7 avg), including a long of 17 yards…Rushed twice for nine yards…Returned 11 kickoffs for 191 yards (17.4 avg), including a long of 31…Played in all but the Houston game on Nov. 12…Recorded one catch for seven yards vs. Temple on Nov. 19, to go along with his three kickoff returns that totaled 39 yards, including a long of 17 yards…Returned three kickoffs for 62 total yards at Tulsa on Oct. 22, including a long of 24 yards…Returned two kickoffs for 43 total yards at UMass on Oct. 1, including a long of 31 yards…Returned one kickoff for 10 yards vs. UL Lafayette on Sept. 24…Returned two kickoffs vs. Navy on Sept. 17, one for 21 yards and one for 16 yards. 2015: Played in seven games as a true freshman…Rushed four times for 18 yards (4.5 avg.) while hauling in two catches for five yards…Returned 10 kickoffs for 197 yards (19.7)…Second on the team in kickoff return average…Third on the team in total kickoff returns and kickoff return yardage…Returned three kicks for 91 yards while rushing once for 14 yards vs. Tulsa (11/27)…Notched 48 yards on four kickoff returns at Temple (10/10)…Had two kickoff returns for 30 yards and one catch for five yards vs. Houston (10/16)… Rushed once for one yard while notching three catches for 23 yards and one kickoff return for 28 yards at SMU (11/21)…Picked up three yards on two carries during his collegiate debut vs. Maine (9/19). High School: Four-year letterman at Warren Easton Fundamental High where he played running back, wide

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receiver and cornerback for coach Antonio Hulla…Tabbed a three-star recruit by ESPN.com while garnering two-star status from Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports.com…Listed as the No. 153 and No. 175 athlete nationally by ESPN.com and 247Sports.com, respectively…Named the No. 75 prospect in the state and earned a 71 Scout Grade from ESPN.com while claiming the No. 116 ranking in the state and a 76 rating from 247Sports.com…Helped lead the Eagles to a combined 31-19 overall record and four consecutive trips to the state playoffs, including a trip to the quarterfinals as a junior and a runner-up finish as a senior… Named first-team All-District 9-4A and all-metro as a senior after running for over 1,000 yards and scoring 14 touchdowns…Also pulled down 10 passes and added a score through the air…Selected to play in the Lake Pontchartrain All-Star Classic…Ran for 856 yards and 15 touchdowns to go with three receptions as a junior…As a sophomore, had 713 rushing yards and eight touchdowns…Also lettered four years in track and field and twice in baseball. Personal: Majoring in Homeland Security…Competed on the Tulane track & field team during the spring 2017, posting the sixth-fastest time in school history in the 4x100 relay. Glenn’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds 2015 7-0 4 18 2016 11-0 2 9 2017 12-0 1 3 2018 11-0 0 0 Career 41-0 7 30

Avg. 4.5 4.5 3.0 0.0 4.3

Glenn’s Career Return Statistics Punt Returns Years GP-GS PR Yds 2015 7-0 0 0 2016 11-0 0 0 2017 12-0 0 0 2018 11-0 0 0 Career 41-0 0 0

Avg. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TD 0 0 0 0 0

Long 14 6 3 0 14

Long 0 0 0 0 0

Receiving No. Yds 2 5 3 32 1 8 0 0 6 45

Kickoff Returns KOR Yds 10 197 11 191 2 32 0 0 23 420

Avg. 2.5 10.7 8.0 0.0 7.5

Avg. 31.4 17.4 16.0 0.0 18.3

TD Long 0 5 0 17 0 8 0 0 0 17

TD 0 0 0 0 0

Long 36 31 30 0 36

Glenn’s Career Highs Carries ................................................................................................................................2 vs. Maine, 9/9/15 Yards ..............................................................................................................................14 vs. Tulsa, 11/27/15 Long ...............................................................................................................................14 vs. Tulsa, 11/27/15 Receptions ............................................................................................................................2 at UCF, 11/5/16 Yards ...................................................................................................................................25 at UCF, 11/5/16 Long ....................................................................................................................................17 at UCF, 11/5/16 Kickoff Returns .............................................................................................................. 4 at Temple, 10/10/15 Yards ..............................................................................................................................91 vs. Tulsa, 11/27/15 Long ...............................................................................................................................36 vs. Tulsa, 11/27/15

#96 CASEY GLOVER

#35 LAWRENCE GRAHAM

PK • 6-3 • 175 • FR. • HS Jericho, N.Y. Friends Academy

LB • 5-10 • 230 • JR. • 2L Lauderhill, Fla. American Heritage

2018: Has not played for Tulane during his true freshman season. High School: Former letterwinner at Friends Academy…Placekicker for the Quakers…Also played basketball and soccer. Personal: Brother is fellow Tulane kicker Merek Glover…Major is undecided.

2018: Made appearances in all of Tulane’s games this season with seven starts in his junior year…Earned a career-high nine tackles against UAB (Sept. 15) on the road…Totaled 57 tackles in 12 games, recording 34 solo tackles…Tallied 2.5 sacks in 2018 and one interception in the Green Wave’s home opener against Wake Forest (Aug. 31). 2017: Made appearances in 10 games…Closed out the year with 12 tackles (six solo)…Totaled a seasonhigh five tackles against Army…Registered a pair of stops at Oklahoma…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Played in 11 games…Recorded his first career and lone tackle of the season vs. Southern on Sept. 10. High School: Prepped at the American Heritage School for Coach Keith Hindsley and led the Stallions to consecutive state runner-up finishes, including a 10-3 overall record as a senior in 2015…Played on the varsity football team as a freshman and earned all-county and all-state honors during his high school career…Rated a two-star recruit by 247sports.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com…Posted one of the best Nike SPARQ ratings of any linebacker in the country at 117.12 after running a 4.73 laser-timed 40-yard dash, jumping nearly 40 inches and 42-foot powerball toss…Participated in the 2015 Nike Football Camp…Also lettered on the track & field team where he competed in the 4x100, as well as the shot put, discus and high jump.

#62 MEREK GLOVER PK • 6-0 • 195 • JR. • 1L Jericho, N.Y. Friends Academy

Personal: Majoring in Public Relations…Has three siblings.

2018: Played in every game for the Green Wave as the team’s placekicker…Hit a career-long 40-yard field goal at UAB…Tied that career long with a 40-yarder against Houston…Notched a then-career-long 39-yarder in the season opener against Wake Forest…Made a season-best two field goals at USF and also had two kickoffs for the first time all season…Hit a 20-yard field goal against Memphis and at Tulsa…Kicked a 33-yard field goal against ECU to give Tulane a 6-point lead late in the game.

Graham’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2016 11-0 1-0-1 2017 9-0 3-3-6 2018 12-7 34-23-57 Career 32-7 38-26-64

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0 6.0-20 6.0-20

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.5-11 2.5-11

FF 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 0 0

Int 0 0 1 1

Bk 0 0 0 0

Graham’s Career Highs Tackles ................................................................................................................................ 7 at UAB, 9/15/18 Interceptions .......................................................................................................... 1 vs. Wake Forest, 8/31/18

2017: Played in 11 games for Tulane as the team’s primary placekicker…Made 8 of his 9 field goal attempts on the season for an 88.9 percent rate…If he had taken enough kicks to qualify, his 88.9 percent rate would have led The American…Had a season-long field goal of 37 yards against Cincinnati…Made a season-best three field goals against Cincinnati…Made 32 of 34 PATs on the year…Finished second on Tulane’s roster with 56 total points…Took two kickoffs in the season opener against Grambling, averaging 61 yards per kickoff. 2016: Did not play for the Green Wave in his first year with the team. Personal: Major is Marketing…Played in high school at Friend’s Academy in Glen Cove, N.Y. Glover’s Career Kicking Statistics Years GP-GS FG Att 2017 11-0 8 9 2018 12-0 8 11 Career 23-0 16 20

Pct. Long 88.9 37 72.7 40 80.0 40

PAT 32 36 68

Att 34 38 72

Pct. 94.1 94.7 94.4

Pts 56 60 116

KO 2 3 5

Yds 122 94 216

Glover’s Career Highs Points scored ...................................................................................................................... 11 at USF, 11/3/18 PATs made ......................................................................................................................... 8 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/17 Field goals made ....................................................................................................... 3 vs. Cincinnati, 11/4/17 Field goals attempted ............................................................................................... 4 vs. Cincinnati, 11/4/17 Long .............................................................................................................40, 2x, last at Houston, 11/15/18

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#16 P.J. HALL

#32 GRANT HAMEL

S • 5-11 • 190 • JR. • 2L Hoover, Ala. Hoover

S • 5-11 • 185 • FR. • HS Overland Park, Kan. Blue Valley North

2018: Appeared in 11 games and made eight starts…Finished the regular season sixth on the team in tackles with 46…Totaled one interception, one sack, one fumble recovery and nine pass breakups…Opened the year with a season-high 11 tackles against Wake Forest…Made seven tackles and recovered a fumble at USF…The following week, he finished with six tackles and one interceptions against ECU…Tallied five tackles and one sack at Houston. 2017: Saw action in all 12 games and made one start…Made his first start of the season at Memphis… Closed the year with 18 total tackles (13 solo)…Totaled three solo tackles against USF…Had a monster game at East Carolina, as he registered a season-best five solo tackles and one tackle for loss.

2018: Has not played for Tulane during his true freshman season. High School: Three-year letterwinner at Blue Valley North High School…Earned Kansas all-state honors as a junior and a senior…Earned first-team all-Eastern Kansas League honors as a junior…Scored 12 points and made an interception to lead his school to the state championship in 2017. Personal: Has one older sister, two younger brothers and two younger sisters…Major is Finance.

2016: Played in 11 games as a true freshman with two starts…Finished with eight total tackles…Notched his first career start vs. SMU on Oct. 29 where he earned two tackles…Picked up his first two collegiate tackles at Tulsa on Oct. 22…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club. High School: Four-year letterman at Hoover High School where he played cornerback for coach Josh Niblett…Three-star rating from Rivals.com, ESPN.com, 247Sports.com, MaxPreps and Scout.com…Rated as the 147th-best prospect in the country by MaxPreps…Ranked as the sixth-best prospect in the state of Alabama by MaxPreps, the 23rd-best prospect in the state of Alabama by 247Sports.com and the 27th-best prospect in Alabama by ESPN.com…Tabbed as the third-best cornerback in the state of Alabama by Scout. com…Helped the Buccaneers to the league playoffs in each of his four seasons, winning three consecutive championships in his freshman through junior seasons…Tallied 91 tackles (73 solo, 18 assists), 12.0 tackles for loss, 10 interceptions, six forced fumbles, 21 pass break-ups over his career…As a senior, received Alabama All-State honors, District All-Region honors, and was named 7A Defensive Player of the Year…Lettered four years in track, appearing at the state level in the high jump & triple jump and winning state championships as a freshman, junior & senior…Off the field, received the Bob Finley Award as a senior, awarded to the brightest students of high character.

#12 SEAN HARPER S • 6-1 • 205 • JR. • 2L Fayetteville, Ga. Fayette County

Personal: Majoring in Applied Computing Information Technology. Hall’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2016 11-0 5-3-8 2017 12-1 13-5-18 2018 11-8 34-12-46 Career 34-9 52-20-72

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 1.0-1 1.0-9 2.0-10

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-9 1.0-9

FF 0 0 1 1

FR 0 0 1 1

PBU 0 2 9 11

Int 0 0 1 1

Bk 0 0 0 0

Hall’s Career Highs Tackles .....................................................................................................................9 vs Wake Forest, 8/31/18 Pass breakups....................................................................................................................4 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Interceptions ......................................................................................................................1 vs. ECU, 11/10/18

2017: Saw action in three games…Made his season debut against Grambling State. 2016: Made appearances in 10 games as a true freshman…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club. High School: Was a four-year letterman at safety and linebacker for Coach Mike Davis and helped his squad to state playoff appearances in 2014 and 2015…Was a first-team all-state, all-region, all-metro and allcounty selection as a senior…Two-star recruit by 247sports.com…Also earned two letters in basketball…A member of the A/B Honor Roll. Personal: Majoring in Business Management…Has three siblings…Has a twin sister…Father played football at Arkansas, while his brother played football at Jacksonville and Troy. Harper’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2018 3-0 0-0-0 Career 3-0 0-0-0

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TFL-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 0 0

Int 0 0

Bk 0 0

#25 WILL HARPER

#40 ZACHERY HARRIS

S • 6-0 • 195 • JR. • 2L Memphis, Tenn. Sandy Creek

LB • 6-0 • 220 • RS-SR. • 3L New Orleans, La. Holy Cross

2018: Finished the regular season with a single-season career-high 32 tackles…Made appearances in all 12 games and made eight starts…Opened the year with seven tackles against Wake Forest…Totaled six tackles and recorded his first career sack…Collected his first career interception against Cincinnati. 2017: Saw action in 11 games, seeing most of his action on special teams. 2016: Played in 12 games…Recorded 20 total tackles (13 solo, 7 assists)…Tallied a season high four tackles vs. Southern on Sept. 10, then tied that mark vs. Temple on Nov. 19…Also logged mult-tackle performances on Sept. 1 at Wake Forest (2), on Sept. 24 vs. UL Lafayette (3), on Oct. 14 vs. Memphis (2) and on Oct. 22 at Tulsa (2). High School: Was a four-year letterman for Coach Chip Walker at Sandy Creek High School in Fayetteville, Ga.…Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and ESPN.com…Played both strong safety and nickel and led his team to four state playoff appearances, including a state championship as a freshman and two state semifinal appearances as junior and sophomore…During his senior campaign, he totaled 63 tackles and six stops for lost yardage and helped his team to a 9-3 overall record…Led a dominant defense that posted four shutouts and held 11 of 12 opponents to 17 points or fewer…Named all-county and alldistrict…Completed his career with 157 career tackles (122 solo), 2.0 sacks, a pair of interceptions and forced one fumble…Also earned three letters in basketball…A member of the Future Business Leaders of America and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Personal: Born in Memphis, Tenn…One of three children…Majoring in Business. Harper’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2016 12-0 13-7-20 2017 11-0 0-0-0 2018 12-8 20-12-32 Career 35-8 33-19-52

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.5-4 1.5-4

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 1.0-1

FF 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 2 2

Harper’s Career Highs Tackles ........................................................................................... 6 vs. Wake Forest, 8/31/18 Interceptions ...................................................................................... 1 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18

Int 0 0 1 1

Bk 0 0 0 0

2018: Started in all 12 of Tulane’s regular season games as a redshirt senior…Captured Second Team AllAmerican Athletic Conference honors...Earned a season-high 13 tackles on the road against Cincinnati and Houston...Led the Green Wave with 87 total in 2018…Recorded 1.5 sacks for a total loss of seven yards this season…Caught an interception against USF for a gain of 12 yards…Recovered a fumble in the Green Wave’s season opener against Wake Forest. 2017: Played in 12 games with 10 starts…Finished the season with the team’s third-most total tackles with 69…Tallied three tackles for loss…Recorded one tackle, including 0.5 TFL vs Grambling State (9/2)… Tallied nine tackles and 1.0 TFL at Navy (9/9)…Recorded a career-high 14 tackles, including six solo, vs. Army (9/23)…Tallied three solo tackles vs. Tulsa (10/7)…Had eight stops at FIU (10/14)…Recorded seven tackles and 0.5 TFL vs. Cincinnati (11/4)…Tallied 10 tackles and one quarterback hurry at ECU (11/11)…Had four tackles and one TFL vs. Houston (11/18)…Recorded six tackles at SMU (11/25)…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Played in nine games, including seven starts…Finished with the fifth most tackles on the team at 45 (23 solo, 22 assists)…Recorded 4.0 tackles for loss of 10 yards…Led the team with a career high 10 tackles at Houston on Nov. 12, including one tacke for loss of three yards…Led the team for the second straight week, collecting nine tackles vs. Temple on Nov. 19 - Also earned two tackles for a loss of three yards…Led the team with eight tackles at UMass on Oct. 1. 2015: Played in three games with one start before missing the remainder of the season and earning a redshirt…Started at Georgia Tech (9/6), posting three tackles (1 solo, 2 assists)…Recorded two solo stops vs. Duke (9/3)…Had a then career-best seven stops (5 solo, 2 assists) vs. Maine (9/19). 2014: Played in five games as a true freshman…Totaled six tackles (5 solo, 1 assist) with 1.5 tackles for loss…Posted first-career solo tackle vs. Georgia Tech (9/6)…Recorded a half tackle for loss at Duke (9/20)… Totaled four solo stops with one tackle for loss at Rutgers (9/27)…Suffered a season-ending injury at Rutgers (9/27)…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club. High School: Three-year letterman at Holy Cross High for coach Barry Wilson…Rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com while garnering two-star status from Rivals.com and Scout.com…Received an 83 rating and listed as the No. 50 recruit in the state and No. 94 outside linebacker in the nation by 247Sports.com…Helped lead the Tigers to a combined 21-12 overall record with trips to the state playoffs his final two prep seasons and a District 10-4A title as a junior…Tallied 253 career tackles, including a career-high of 23 vs. Brother Martin on Oct. 18, 2013…Named first-team all-state, first-team all-district and all-metro while claiming District Defensive Player of the Year as a senior after tallying 161 tackles, four tackles for loss, three sacks, two pass break-ups, one interception, one fumble recovery and a forced fumble. Personal: Born in New Orleans, La…Has two brothers and two sisters…Majoring in Marketing. Harris’ Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2014 5-0 5-1-6 2015 3-1 8-4-12 2016 9-7 23-22-45 2017 12-10 38-31-69 2018 12-12 45-42-87 Career 41-30 119-100-219

TFL-Yd 1.5-10 0.0-0 4.0-10 3.0-4 10.5-27 18.5-51

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.5-7 1.5-7

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0 1 1

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0

Int 0 0 0 0 1 1

Bk 0 0 0 0 0 0

Harris’ Career Highs Tackles ..........................................................................................................14 vs. Army West Point, 9/23/17 Tackles for Loss ............................................................................................2.0, 3x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Yards Lost ............................................................................................................. 11 at Georgia Tech, 9/12/15 Sacks ...............................................................................................................1.0, 2x, last vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Yards Lost ............................................................................................................. 11 at Georgia Tech, 9/12/15

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#45 RANDY HARVEY

#54 CARLOS HATCHER

PK • 6-0• 210 • RS-JR. • 2L Destrehan, La. Destrehan

DE • 6-3 • 235 • FR. • HS Carrollton, Texas Hebron 2018: Suited up for 11 of Tulane’s 12 regular season games with two starts as a true freshman…Recorded a career-high five tackles on the road against Cincinnati (Oct. 6) to total 14 this year…Totaled two sacks this season to force a combined loss of 11 yards.

2018: Redshirted to retain eligibility. 2017: Did not compete for Tulane in his junior season…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Played in five games…Successfully converted a PAT vs. Southern on Sept. 10…Recorded five kickoffs totaling 235 yards, averaging 47.0 yards per kick…Tallied a career high four kickoffs at UConn on Nov. 26, where he averaged 50.0 yards per kick…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club. 2015: Did not play as a true freshman. High School: Three-year letterman at Destrehan High School where he kicked for head coach Stephen Robichaux…Helped lead his team to a District 7-5A title and to the LHSAA 5A state title game during his senior season, where he was an All-State Academic Composite Team member in addition to winning the 2014 Louisiana State Wendy’s High School Heisman…Kicked a career-long 53-yard field goal…Was named the Times-Picayne Fan Awards “Best PlaceKicker” in the state of Louisiana…Named a WGNO Scholar Athlete of the Week…Was a WWL A+ Athlete Award winner…Named the 2014 Great American Rivalry Series Scholar Athlete of the Year…Also lettered three years in baseball, helping lead the team to the 2014 District Championship where he hit .429 to lead the team…Was a two-time letterman in soccer as a midfielder, leading his team to the 2014 and 2015 District Championships while earning First Team All-District honors in 2013 and 2014…Also lettered once in track, running the 400 meters and the 4 x 400 meter relay, leadng his team to a 2015 Regional Championship.

High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Hebron High School in Carrollton, Texas…Rated a threestar prospect by 247Sports.com…Earned Texas Class 6A Honorable Mention All-State honors by the Texas Associated Press Sports Editors…As a senior, notched 55 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one pass defended…Missed his junior season because of a torn ACL…Also lettered in track and field as a senior…Father Jason Hatcher was an NFL Pro Bowl defensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins. Personal: Major is undecided. Harris’ Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2018 11-2 7-7-14 Career 11-2 7-7-14

TFL-Yd 4.0-20 4.0-20

Sks-Yd 2.0-11 2.0-11

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 2 2

Int 0 0

Bk 0 0

Harris’ Career Highs Tackles ....................................................................................................................... 5 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Tackles for Loss ........................................................................................................ 1.5 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Yards Lost ................................................................................................................... 8 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Sacks ........................................................................................................................ 1.0 vs Memphis, 9/28/18 Yards Lost ................................................................................................................... 7 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18

Personal: Majoring in Political Science…Has one sister. Harvey’s Career Kicking Statistics Years GP-GS FG Att 2015 1-0 0 0 2016 5-0 0 0 2017 0-0 0 0 2018 0-0 0 0 Career 6-0 0 0

Pct. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0

Long 0 0 0 0 0

PAT 0 1 0 0 1

Att 0 1 0 0 1

Pct. 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0

Pts 0 1 0 0 1

KO 0 0 0 0 0

#66 NIK HOGAN

Yds 0 0 0 0 0

OL • 6-4 • 290 • FR. • HS Flowood, Miss. Northwest Rankin 2018: Redshirted to retain eligibility. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Northwest Rankin High School in Brandon, Miss.…Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Scout.com…Earned All-District 6-6A honors as a senior in 2017…Led the Cougars to the Mississippi state playoffs in 2016 and 2017…Also lettered three years in baseball…Earned All-District 6-6A honors as a senior in 2018. Personal: Has one younger sister…Major is Business.

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#19 JOSH HOLL

#22 STEPHON HUDERSON

QB • 6-2 • 205 • FR. • HS Houston, Texas Cypress Christian Academy

RB • 5-9 • 190 • SO. • 1L Petal, Miss. Petal

2018: Redshirted to retain eligibility. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Northwest Rankin High School in Brandon, Miss.…Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Scout.com…Led the Cougars to the Mississippi state playoffs in 2016 and 2017…Also lettered in baseball as a junior and sophomore. Personal: Major is undecided.

2018: Made 11 appearances and had three starts during the regular season…Finished the year third on the team in rushing with 255 yards…Also caught four passes for 60 yards…Finished second on the team with 196 kickoff return yards…Totaled 511 all purpose yards…Rushed for a season-high 58 yards on eight carries against Memphis…Had a big game against SMU with 42 yards rushing and 39 yards receiving…Finished with 40 yards on seven carries at USF. 2017: Saw action in 11 games…Finished the year with 70 yards rushing and one touchdown…Opened the year with seven carries for 36 yards against Grambling State…Carried the ball three times for eight yards against Oklahoma…Scored his first career touchdown against Tulsa.

#9 KEON HOWARD QB • 6-1 • 205 • JR. • HS Laurel, Miss. Laurel High School 2018: Sat out the season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules.

High School: Enrolled at Tulane in January 2017…Rushed for 4,431 yards on 592 carries and scored 44 touchdowns in his career at Petal High School in Mississippi…Averaged 7.5 yards per carry and 134.4 yards per game throughout his varsity career…As a senior, ran for 1,781 yards and 16 touchdowns on 245 carries, for an average of 7.3 yards per carry, earning first-team all-state selection by the Mississippi Association of Coaches…As a junior, compiled 2,031 yards and 22 scores on 275 rushes, averaging 7.4 yards per touch, leading the Panthers to the Class 6A South state championship…As a sophomore, carried the ball 72 times for 619 yards and six touchdowns in seven contests. Personal: Has two older sisters, one younger brother and one younger sister…Major is Public Relations. Huderson’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds Avg. 2017 11-0 19 70 3.7 2018 11-3 62 255 4.1 Career 22-3 81 325 4.0

TD 1 0 1

Long 11 30 30

Receiving No. Yds 0 0 4 60 4 60

Avg. 0.0 15.0 0.7

TD Long 0 0 0 21 0 21

2017: Played in nine games and saw a starting role in seven contests, including once as a wide receiver ... Threw for 1,199 yards on 96-of-170 throws with eight touchdowns and five interceptions ... Hit Ito Smith on an 84-yard flea flicker on the first offensive play against UAB (10/28) for a touchdown ... Threw career-best three touchdown passes agaiunst both UTSA (10/7) and Louisiana Tech (10/21) ... Two of his scoring throws at LA Tech came with 31 seconds to go in regulation that helped send the game into overtime and the second one was on the first play of the second overtime, which proved to be the game winner ... Only sacked four times during the year.

Huderson’s Career Highs Rushes ................................................................................................................. 10 vs. Wake Forest, 8/31/18 Yards ........................................................................................................................ 58 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Long ...............................................................................................................................30 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Touchdowns ...................................................................................................................... 1 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/17 Receptions .......................................................................................................................3 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Yards ..............................................................................................................................39 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Long ......................................................................................................................... 21 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18

2016: Started both the Old Dominion (Nov. 12) and North Texas (Nov. 19) games after being redshirted all season long ... Was the team’s leading rusher in that first game, running for 98 yards on 28 attempts with a touchdown ... Also passed for 230 yards on 12-for-24 attempts ... Rallied the team to three touchdowns in 12 minutes in the second half to pull tight within the Monarchs ... Had a 19-yard rush against North Texas ... Also went up the middle for a four-yard TD run to open the Louisiana Tech win ... Had three completions of 30 yards or more in his limited duty and two rushes of at least 20 yards.

Huderson’s Career Return Statistics Punt Returns Years GP-GS PR Yds Avg. 2018 11-3 0 0 0.0 Career 11-3 0 0 0.0

TD 0 0

Long 0 0

Kickoff Returns KOR Yds 10 196 10 196

Avg. 19.6 19.6

TD 0 0

Long 31 31

High School: Three-star recruit (24/7sports.com)...Threw four touchdowns passes as Mississippi snapped a seven-year losing streak with a 28-21 victory in the 2015 Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Football Classic... Two-time, second-team All-State by Jackson Clarion-Ledger...2015 Preseason Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen... Led Laurel to Class 5A state championship in 2015; helped Tornadoes to South State title game in 2015, 2013; led Laurel to spot in Class 4A playoffs in 2012...Four-year starter, averaged nearly 240 yards total offense per game over his career...As a senior, threw for 3,317 yards with 43 touchdowns and 18 interceptions...Rushed for 456 yards and three scores...As a junior, passed for 3,631 yards and 25 touchdowns, while rushing for 456 yards and 12 touchdowns...As a sophomore, threw for 2,625 yards and 25 touchdowns, while rushing for 305 yards and five touchdowns...As a freshman, threw for 1,959 yards and 15 touchdowns, while rushing for 157 yards and five touchdowns...Also a standout in basketball.

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#4 P.J. HURST

#93 JAMIRAN JAMES

QB • 6-1 • 175 • RS-SO. • 1L Pacific Palisades, Calif. Palisades Charter

NT • 6-1 • 280 • FR. • HS New Orleans, La. De La Salle

2018: Did not see any action.

2018: Redshirted to retain eligibility.

2017: Did not see any action.

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at De La Salle High School in New Orleans, La.…Rated a threestar prospect by 247Sports.com…Earned Louisiana Class 3A All-State First Team honors by the Louisiana Sportswriters Association and the Louisiana Football Coaches Association…Also earned Class 3A Composite All-State honors by the LFCA…A two-time New Orleans Advocate Small School Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017…Was named the District 9-3A Defensive MVP in 2016…As a junior, recorded 62 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, and 15 sacks.

2016: Did not make an appearance as a true freshman…Named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club spring 2017. High School: Three-year letterman at Palisades Charter High School for coach Tim Hyde…Played quarterback…Threw for 2,065 yards and 21 touchdowns while rushing for nine scores and 707 yards as a senior…Helped the Dolphins capture the Western League title as a senior, the first for the school since 1987…Named First Team All-Western League as a senior in addition to being named the Western League Offensive MVP in 2014…Also lettered one year in volleyball.

Personal: Has one older brother, one older sister and one younger sister…Major is Business.

Personal: Has one brother, and one sister…Majoring in Business.

#80 TYRICK JAMES

#63 CAMERON JACKEL

TE • 6-2 • 250 • FR. • HS China Spring, Texas China Spring

OL • 6-6 • 290 • RS-FR. Marrero, La. Archbishop Shaw 2018: Played in nine games off the bench during the year, helping Tulane’s running game and pass protection. 2017: Did not play for Tulane during his true freshman season…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. High School: Was a four-year letterman and starter for Scott Bairnsfather at Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero, La.…Was named to all-metro large school team as a senior after being an honorable mention selection as a junior. Personal: Has one older brother and one older sister…Major is Applied Computing Information Technology.

2018: Has played in all but one game this season for the Green Wave…Got his first career catch in the season opener against Wake Forest, picking up five yards on that reception…Had a season-best 30-yard catch in the closing minutes at UAB…Corralled a season-high two catches against Cincinnati (October 6) for a total of 14 yards. High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at China Spring High School in China Spring, Texas…Rated a four-star prospect by ESPN.com…As a junior, hauled in 55 passes for 614 yards and 11 touchdowns…Also lettered in basketball as a junior. Personal: Has two older brothers…Major is undecided. James’ Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds 2018 11-1 0 0 Career 11-1 0 0

Avg. 0.0 0.0

James’ Career Return Statistics Punt Returns Years GP-GS PR Yds 2018 11-1 0 0 Career 11-1 0 0

Avg. 0.0 0.0

TD 0 0

Long 0 0

Receiving No. Yds 4 49 4 49

Kickoff Returns KOR Yds 2 18 2 18

Avg. 12.2 12.2

Avg. 9.0 9.0

TD Long 0 30 0 30

TD 0 0

Long 10 10

James’ Career Highs Receptions ................................................................................................................. 2 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Yards ................................................................................................................................. 30 at UAB, 9/15/18 Long .................................................................................................................................. 30 at UAB, 9/15/18

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#95 AVERY JENKINS

#77 JEFFERY JOHNSON

NT • 5-9 • 250 • FR. • HS New Orleans, La. Metairie Park Country Day

NT • 6-3 • 320 • FR. • HS Brookhaven, Miss. Brookhaven

2018: Redshirted to retain eligibility. High School: Four-year letterwinner at Metairie Park Country Day school as a defensive tackle and fullback…Earned first-team Louisiana Class 2A all-state honors at offensive line as a junior in 2016. Personal: Has one older brother and one younger brother…Major is Health and Wellness.

2018: Has played in every contest for the Green Wave during his true freshman season on the defensive line…Started in all but one game as Tulane’s nose tackle…Finished the regular season with 30 total tackles…Recorded four tackles in his first career game against Wake Forest (August 31) including two solo tackles…Also grabbed four tackles at Cincinnati (October 6)..Tied his season best with four tackles in the last two regular-season games against Houston (November 15) and Navy (November 24)…Tied his season high with two unassisted tackles at UAB (September 15), against SMU (October 20), against Houston and Navy… Had his first career tackle for loss against ECU (November 10) and had another the next week against Houston. Freshman: Enrolled at Tulane in spring 2018…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

#74 DEVON JOHNSON OL • 6-5 • 290 • RS-SR. • 3L Amite, La. Amite HS 2018: Has played in three games during his redshirt senior season, primarily at left guard…Got into the season opener against Wake Forest (August 31) and played at Ohio State (September 22) and against Navy (November 24)…Served as a team captain for the game against Memphis (September 28). 2017: Played in two games, seeing time in the season opener against Grambling State and Tulsa. 2016: Made an appearance vs. Southern on Sept. 10 - Helped the Wave rush for 437 yards which marked the most since 1973 and third most in school history.

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Brookhaven High School in Brookhaven, Miss.…Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com…No. 8-rated prospect in Mississippi by ESPN.com… Earned 2017 Mississippi Class 5A All-State First-Team honors by the Mississippi Association of Coaches…As a senior, recorded 67 tackles, seven sacks, three forced fumbles and two pass breakups…As a junior, notched 51 tackles, two tackles for loss, nine sacks and one fumble recovery…As a sophomore, recorded 40 tackles, one tackle for loss, two sacks and one safety. Personal: Has two older sisters and one younger sister…Major is Health and Wellness. Johnson’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2018 12-11 13-17-30 1.0-2 Career 12-11 13-17-30 1.0-2

Sks-Yd 0.5-1 0.5-1

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 0 0

Int 0 0

Bk 0 0

Johnson’s Career Highs Tackles ............................................................................................................... 4, 4x, last vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Tackles for Loss ............................................................................................0.5, 2x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Yards Lost .......................................................................................................1, 2x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Sacks ..............................................................................................................................0.5 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Yards Lost ..........................................................................................................................1 vs. ECU, 11/10/18

2015: Played in 11 games as a redshirt freshman…Saw most of his time the PAT/Field Goal units…Made his collegiate-debut vs. Duke (9/3). 2014: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season. High School: Three-year letterman at Amite High for coach Alden Foster…Rated a two-star recruit by Rivals. com, Scout.com and 247Sports.com…Received a 79 rating, listed as the No. 83 recruit in state and ranked the No. 130 offensive tackle in the nation by 247Sports.com…Helped lead the Warriors to a combined 26-11 overall record with two trips to the state playoffs and a District 8-3A title as a sophomore…Claimed firstteam all-district honors all three prep seasons…Named first-team all-state and first-team Family Insurance All-USA Louisiana by USA Today as a senior…Tabbed honorable-mention all-state as a sophomore. Personal: Majoring in Health & Wellness…Has three brothers.

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#34 PATRICK JOHNSON

#50 TYLER JOHNSON

DE • 6-3 • 255 • SO. • 1L Chattanooga, Tenn. Notre Dame

OL • 6-3 • 280 • JR. • 2L Stone Mountain, Ga. Stephenson

2018: Started in 11 of 12 of Tulane’s games during his sophomore season…Earned a season-high seven tackles against Navy (Nov. 24) to total 46 in 2018…Recorded three sacks against the Midshipmen, leading the Green Wave with 10 this season to force a combined loss of 58 yards. 2017: Played in all 12 games and made one start at home against Army…Finished the year with 12 total tackles (six solo)…Totaled a season-best four tackles against Army…Registered three tackles against FIU. High School: Was a three-year letterman at Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga, Tenn.…Rated a twostar prospect by 247sports.com and Rivals.com…As a senior, registered 51 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, four sacks two forced fumbles, adding four receptions and one touchdown catch and three carries…As a junior, tallied 18 tackles and one tackle for loss. Personal: Has one older sister and one younger sister…Major is Business. Johnson’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2017 12-1 6-6-12 2018 12-11 32-14-46 Career 24-12 38-20-58

TFL-Yd 1.0-4 15.5-69 16.5-73

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 10.0-58 10.0-58

FF 0 4 4

FR 0 1 1

PBU 0 4 4

Int 0 0 0

Bk 0 0 0

Johnson’s Career Highs Tackles ............................................................................................................................ 7 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Tackles for Loss ..................................................................................................................... 4 at USF, 11/3/18 Yards Lost ................................................................................................................. 13 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Sacks .................................................................................................................................... 3 at USF, 11/3/18 Yards Lost ........................................................................................................................... 11 at USF, 11/3/18

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2018: Made appearances in 10 of Tulane’s 12 regular season games in his junior year…Started against Memphis (Sept. 28), Cincinnati (Oct. 6) and SMU (Oct. 12). 2017: Played in all 12 games, starting in eight…Started against Army, Tulsa, FIU, USF, Memphis, Cincinnati, ECU and Houston…Helped the Tulane rushing attack to a fourth-place finish in The American with 231.5 yards per game…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Played in five games…Started in four of the last five games of the season. High School: Two-year letterman at Stephenson High School where he played offensive tackle, defensive end and defensive tackle for coach Ron Gartrell…Rated as the 51st-best prospect out of the state of Georgia by MaxPreps…Helped lead the Jaguars to an 9-2 record as a senior as well as an appearance in the second round of the state playoffs where he earned all-region and all-district honors…Recorded four pancake blocks as a senior…Also lettered one year in basketball at small forward for the Jaguars…Off the field, was a member of the science club. Personal: Majoring in Business…Has two older brothers and one older sister.

#84 CHARLES JONES II TE • 6-4 • 255 • RS-SR. • 3L New Orleans, La. St. Augustine

Jones’ Career Highs Receptions .........................................................................................................................4 at Navy, 10/24/15 Yards ..................................................................................................................................41 at UCF, 10/18/14 Long ...................................................................................................................................31 at UCF, 10/18/14 Touchdowns ................................................................................................................2 at Memphis, 10/27/17 Jones’ Career Return Statistics Punt Returns Years GP-GS PR Yds 2018 9-4 0 0 Career 9-4 0 0

2016: Played in four games, including a start in the season opener at Wake Forest on Sept. 1. 2015: Played in all 12 games with five starts as a sophomore…Caught 17 passes for 131 yards (7.7 avg.) and three touchdowns…Tied for second on the team in touchdown receptions…Sixth on the team in receptions and receiving yards…Tallied four catches for 34 yards and a touchdown at Navy (10/24)…Notched two receptions for 28 yards and one touchdown vs. Tulsa (11/27)…Totaled two receptions for 11 yards vs. Duke (9/3)…Posted two catches for two yards at Temple (10/10)…Recorded two receptions for 17 yards at Memphis (10/31)…Caught two passes for seven yards and one touchdown at SMU (11/21)…Posted one catch three times: for 12 yards at Georgia Tech (9/12), for 14 yards vs. Maine (9/19) and for six yards vs. Houston (10/16). 2014: Played in 12 games with six starts as a true freshman…Earned honorable mention Freshman AllAmerican recognition from College Sports Madness…Totaled 21 receptions with 192 yards (9.1 avg.) with three scores…Three touchdown grabs are tied for the third most by a tight end in Tulane single-season history and tied for fifth by the position in the career record-book…Tallied season highs with three receptions three times: for a season-best 41 yards at UCF (10/18), for 31 yards at Houston (11/8) and for 12 yards vs. Temple (12/6)…Tad two catches on five occasions: for 23 yards and a touchdown at Tulsa (8/28), for 15 yards vs. Georgia Tech (9/6), for seven yards at Rutgers (9/27), for 25 yards and a score vs. Cincinnati (10/31) and for 27 yards at East Carolina (11/22)…Also had two single-reception games: for a seven-yard touchdown vs. UConn (10/11) and for four yards vs. Memphis (11/15).

TD 0 0

Long 0 0

Kickoff Returns KOR Yds 1 8 1 8

Avg. 8.0 8.0

TD 0 0

Long 8 8

#29 KEITHA JONES JR.

2018: Played in all but three games for Tulane during his final year with the team…Had the biggest moment of his career in the season finale against Navy (November 24) when he caught the game-winning two-point conversion to clinch bowl eligibility for the Green Wave…Had two catches for 11 yards against Memphis (September 28)…Brought in two catches for one yard at Cincinnati (October 6)…Had one catch for 11 yards at Tulsa (October 27)…Also snagged a pass at USF for seven yards (November 3)…Had his first catch of the season against Nicholls for three yards (September 8)…Was a starting tight end for Tulane in four games… Served as a team captain for the game at Tulsa. 2017: Started 10 games for the Green Wave in his junior season, hauling in 13 receptions for 84 yards and two touchdowns…Averaged 6.5 yards per catch…Had a season-long catch of 15 yards…Finished as Tulane’s fifth-leading receiver…Had a season-best 28 receiving yards against Tulsa on Oct. 7 on two catches…Caught a season-high three passes and had two TDs against Memphis on Oct. 27…Had receptions in eight games and played in all 12.

Avg. 0.0 0.0

LB • 6-1 • 220 • FR. • HS Port Arthur, Texas Memorial 2018: Saw action in five games. High School: Played quarterback, wide receiver and safety at Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas… Rated a four-star prospect by ESPN.com…Led the Titans to an 8-2 record and the Class 5A state regional round in 2017…Passed for 1,604 yards with 14 touchdowns while completing 65 percent of his passes, and rushed for 629 yards and eight scores…Earned Class 5A District 22 first-team honors…Led Memorial to a district title with a 9-3 record and a regional round appearance in the 2016 playoffs…Collected six touchdowns at wide receiver and three interceptions at safety as a junior…High school teammate of current Tulane running back Corey Dauphine. Personal: Has one older brother and one younger sister…Intended majors are business and communication. Jones Jr.’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2018 5-0 0-0-0 0.0-0 Career 5-0 0-0-0 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 0 0

Int 0 0

Bk 0 0

High School: Three-year letterman at St. Augustine High…Rated a two-star recruit by Rivals.com and ESPN. com…Received a 67 Scout Grade, ranked the No. 55 tight end nationally and listed as the No. 67 recruit in the state by ESPN…Helped lead the Purple Knights to a combined 26-10 overall record with three trips to the state playoffs, a District 10-4A title as a sophomore and a District 9-5A championship as a senior…Hauled in 37 passes for 602 yards and seven touchdowns in final prep season…Also lettered twice in basketball…Off the field, was a member of the Technology Student Association. Personal: Majoring in Marketing…Cousin played in the NFL for the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens… Cousin played collegiately at LSU and in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs. Jones’ Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds 2014 12-6 0 0 2015 12-5 0 0 2016 4-1 0 0 2017 12-11 0 0 2018 9-4 0 0 Career 49-27 0 0

Avg. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0

Long 0 0 0 0 0 0

Receiving No. Yds 21 192 17 131 0 0 13 84 9 38 60 445

Avg. 9.1 7.7 0.0 6.5 4.2 7.4

TD Long 3 31 3 28 0 0 2 15 0 11 8 31

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#11 AMARE JONES

#21 CHRIS JOYCE

RB • 5-11 • 190 • FR. • HS Frisco, Texas Frisco Heritage

DB • 5-11 • 170 • FR. • HS Hampton, Ga. Dutchtown

2018: Appeared in all 12 games…Led the team in kickoff return yards (488) and punt return yards (104) during the regular season…Finished third on the team in all-purpose yards with 767…Rushed for 153 yards and three touchdowns during the regular season…Totaled a season-high 145 kickoff return yards at Cincinnati…Caught a season-high three passes for 29 yards against SMU…Rushed for a season-high 42 yards on just eight carries at Tulsa...Had three carries for 26 and a touchdown at Houston. High School: Four-year letterwinner at Heritage High School in Frisco, Texas…Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com…First-team all-district selection as a junior…Named District 9-5A Offensive Sophomore of the Year in 2015…Averaged 126.5 passing yards per game and 130.9 rushing yards per game during his varsity career…As a senior, rushed for 763 yards and four touchdowns, and passed for 504 yards and eight touchdowns…Rushed for 1,834 yards and 22 touchdowns, and threw for 1,604 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior…Ran for 1,015 yards and 11 touchdowns, and passed for 1,679 yards and 18 touchdowns as a sophomore…Also lettered in track and field and baseball…Was a first-team all-district selection at infielder as a junior. Personal: Has one older brother…Major is undecided. Jones’ Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds 2018 12-0 41 153 Career 12-0 41 153

Avg. 3.7 3.7

TD 3 3

Long 21 21

Receiving No. Yds 9 38 9 38

Avg. 4.2 4.2

TD Long 0 11 0 11

Jones’ Career Highs Rushes ............................................................................................................................. 8 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Yards .............................................................................................................................. 40 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Long ............................................................................................................................... 21 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Touchdowns ...................................................................................................1, 3x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Receptions .......................................................................................................................3 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Yards ..............................................................................................................................29 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Long ...............................................................................................................................26 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Jones’ Career Return Statistics Punt Returns Years GP-GS PR Yds 2018 12-0 13 104 Career 12-0 13 104

Avg. 8.0 8.0

TD 0 0

Long 18 18

Kickoff Returns KOR Yds 18 488 18 488

Avg. 27.1 27.1

TD 0 0

Long 69 69

2018: Saw action in eight games…Totaled three tackles and had one pass breakup. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Dutchtown High School in Hampton, Ga.…Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com…Earned Georgia Class 5A All-State Honorable Mention honors by the Georgia Sports Writers Association…Rushed for 714 yards and eight touchdowns during his high school career, recording 206 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns as a senior…Was a reliable kick and punt returner in his high school career, totaling 322 kickoff return yards and one touchdown while accumulating 301 punt return yards and two touchdowns. Personal: Enrolled at Tulane in spring 2018…Has one older brother, one younger brother and one younger sister…Major is Management. Joyce’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2018 8-0 2-1-3 Career 8-0 2-1-3

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 1 1

Int 0 0

Bk 0 0

Joyce’s Career Highs Tackles .............................................................................................................................2 vs. SMU, 10/20/18

#48 JOHNATHON KELLER WR • 5-9 • 175 • FR. • HS San Jose, Calif. Claremont McKena College 2018: Has not played for Tulane in his freshman season. Prior to Tulane: Played in every game as a freshman at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, making five catches for 30 yards...In high school, named team Offensive MVP as a senior...Team Captain…First Team All-League wide receiver....As a junior, named Team Defensive MVP...No. 3 in his section for interceptions and No. 2 for pass breakups. Personal: Son of John and Michelle Keller.…Lists photography and videography as his hobbies...Career ambition is to own his own business.

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#90 ROBERT KENNEDY

#26 THAKARIUS KEYES

DE • 6-1 • 275 • RS-SR. • 3L Belle Chasse, La. Belle Chasse

CB • 6-1 • 195 • JR. • 2L Laurel, Miss. Laurel

2018: Has played in all but one game for Tulane this year and earned one start at nose tackle against UAB (September 15)…Had a season-best five total tackles at Cincinnati including two tackles for loss (October 6)…Had four tackles, two tackles for loss and a four-yard sack against Memphis (September 28)…Began the year with three tackles against Wake Forest (August 31)…Had four tackles including three unassisted against Nicholls (September 8)…Had tackles for loss in six straight games from September 28 to November 10…Earned a pass breakup at UAB and against Memphis…Served as a team captain in the season opener against Wake Forest and the game at Tulsa (October 27).

2018: Saw action in 10 games and made nine starts…Set a single-season career high with 33 tackles… Finished second on the team with 11 pass breakups…Opened the year with a career-high three pass breakups against Wake Forest…Tallied five tackles at UAB…Totaled a single-season career high seven tackles at Ohio State…Closed out the year with four tackles against Navy.

2017: Played in five games, starting three…Recorded 15 tackles including seven solo tackles and eight assisted…Had three tackles for loss, forcing opponents to lose 14 yards…Sacked the quarterback once for an eight-yard loss…Broke up two passes…Started the final three games of the season.

2016: Played in seven games…Recorded eight total tackles (6 solo, 2 assists)…Tallied a season best threetackle performance at Tulsa on Oct. 22…Logged his first and lone pass break-up at Houston on Nov. 12.

2016: Played in 10 games, including seven starts…Finished with 27 total tackles (15 solo, 12 assists)… Earned 2.0 tackles for loss of three yards…Recorded a career day at Tulsa on Oct. 22 with his first double-digit tackling performance (10) - Also gathered his first career fumble recovery…Earned his first career forced fumble at UCF on Nov. 5, which set up Tulane’s lone touchdown drive of the game…Made his first collegiate start at Wake Forest on Sept. 1. 2015: Played in all 12 games as a redshirt freshman…Totaled six tackles (4 solo, 2 assists) with 1.0 tackle for loss and 1.0 sack…Notched his first-career sack for an eight yard loss vs. UCF (10/3)…Tallied one solo stop and one assisted tackle at SMU (11/21)…Made his collegiate-debut vs. Duke (9/3), recording one solo stop. 2014: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season. High School: Three-year letterman at Belle Chasse High where he played fullback and linebacker for coach Bob Becnel…Rated a two-star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com…Helped lead the Cardinals to a combined 18-15 overall record with two trips to the state playoffs…Named second-team All-District 9-4A in each of his final two prep seasons…As a senior, claimed honorable-mention all-state recognition after tallying 82 tackles, eight sacks, two forced fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries on defense while scoring two touchdowns on offense…Finished with 55 tackles and seven sacks as a junior…Also lettered three years in wrestling, where he finished third in the state as a junior at the 200-pound classification, and three years in track and field, where he was state champion in the discus, fourth in the shot put and seventh in the 200 meters as a junior.

2017: Saw action in nine games…Finished the year with two tackles on the year…Recorded one stop against Tulsa and East Carolina.

High School: A two-year letterman for Coach Todd Breland…Helped his high school to a pair of state titles, one each in football and basketball, and a state runner-up finish in basketball as well…As a senior on the gridiron, Keyes led the Golden Tornadoes to a 10-4 overall record and to the state semifinals…Accounted for 81 tackles, five interceptions, including one return for a touchdown, and two blocked punts and was named to the all-state first team…Did not start playing football until his junior season of 2014…As a basketball standout, Keyes helped Laurel High School to a 27-5 overall record and a state title as a senior. Personal: Major is Digital Design…Nickname is BoPete. Keyes’ Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2016 7-0 6-2-8 2017 9-0 2-0-2 2018 10-9 29-4-33 Career 26-9 37-6-43

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0

PBU 1 1 2 2

Int 0 0 1 0

Bk 0 0 0 0

Keyes’ Career Highs Tackles .............................................................................................. 7 at Ohio State, 9/22/18 Pass breakups........................................................................3, 2x, last vs. Memphis, 9/28/18

Personal: Majoring in Health and Wellness…Has one brother. Kennedy’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2015 12-0 4-2-6 1.0-6 2016 10-7 15-12-27 2.0-3 2017 5-3 7-8-15 3.0-14 2018 11-4 20-13-33 9.5-32 Career 38-14 46-35-81 15.5-55

Sks-Yd 1.0-6 0.0-0 1.0-8 4.0-22 6.0-36

FF 0 1 0 0 1

FR 0 1 0 0 1

PBU 0 0 2 2 4

Int 0 0 0 0 0

Bk 0 0 0 0 0

Kennedy’s Career Highs Tackles ........................................................................................................................... 10 at Tulsa, 10/22/16 Tackles for Loss ........................................................................................... 2.0, 2x, last at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Yards Lost ......................................................................................................................... 8 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Sacks .................................................................................................................1.0, 5x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Yards Lost ...........................................................................................................................8 vs ECU, 11/10/18 Forced Fumbles .................................................................................................................... 1 at UCF, 11/5/16 Fumble Recoveries ........................................................................................................... 1 at Tulsa, 10/22/16

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#69 HUNTER KNIGHTON

#36 CHASE KUERSCHEN

OL • 6-5 • 300 • GR. • 1L Pottstown, Pa. Miami (Fla.)

S • 6-1 • 210 • SO. • 1L Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville Catholic

2018: Played in nine games during the season off the bench, mostly at center…Helped Tulane’s excellent running game that has averaged more than 200 yards per contest and helped protect quarterbacks Jonathan Banks and Justin McMillan…Served as a team captain for Tulane’s game against SMU (October 20).

2018: Played in 11 of Tulane’s 12 regular season games with two starts in his sophomore year…Recorded a season-high five tackles against Cincinnati (Oct. 6) to total 22 this year…Earned three solo tackles in each of the Green Wave’s road matchups against Ohio State (Sept. 22) and Cincinnati.

2017: Played in 10 games for the Green Wave and starting one…Started against Memphis…Named to Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for spring 2017…Helped the Tulane rushing attack to a fourth-place finish in The American with 231.5 yards per game…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

2017: Played in 12 games with eight starts…Finished season with 60 total tackles, good for fourth most on the team, and a team-high two forced fumbles…Recorded eight tackles and forced a fumble at Navy (9/9)…Tallied six tackles and one forced fumble at Oklahoma (9/16)…Recorded three tackles vs. Army (9/23)…Had team-high seven tackles, an interception and 0.5 TFL vs. Tulsa (10/7)…Tallied four tackles at FIU (10/14)…Had career-high 14 tackles vs. USF (10/21)…Tallied seven tackles and one pass break-up at Memphis (10/27)…Recorded six tackles vs. Houston (11/18)…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

Prior to Tulane: A graduate transfer from Miami (Fla.)…Played in four games during the 2016 season… As a redshirt sophomore in 2015, made a miraculous return to field and served on special teams units, seeing action in 12 games…Was selected as the 2015 Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award and the ACC Brian Piccolo Award winner…Missed the 2014 season after suffering heat stroke during spring practice… Took a redshirt in 2013…As a high school senior, rated as 3-star OT by ESPN, 247sports.com, Rivals and Scout…Ranked No. 53 at position by Scout.com and No. 57 by 247sports.com…Was an outstanding twoway lineman at The Hun School in Princeton, N.J. Personal: Pursuing a Master’s degree in Business Administration…Married to his wife Emily this past offseason.

High School: Was a four-year letterman for Steve Matthews at Knoxville Christian High School in Knoxville, Tenn.…Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports (#156 athlete, #53 player in Tennessee), Scout.com and Rivals.com…Helped his team to Class 4A state playoff appearances all four seasons and a Class 4A District 1 championship as a junior…As a senior, returned a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns and registered 35 tackles with two interceptions (one returned for a touchdown) and a forced fumble while playing safety in addition to catching 35 passes for 722 yards and nine touchdowns as a wide receiver…Also lettered in basketball for four years…Majoring in Business. Personal: Major is Finance.

#98 NICK KUBIET DE • 6-4 • 250 • RS-FR. Palm Coast, Fla. Matanzas 2018: Did not play. 2017: Did not play for Tulane as a true freshman…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. High School: A Florida Class 6A All-State Second Team selection by the Associated Press after compiling 90 tackles, 38 tackles for loss and 14.5 sacks as a senior in 2016…Tallied 17 tackles in the Pirates’ first-round playoff contest…As a junior, earned Class 6A honorable mention all-state honors by the Associated Press… Was selected to play in the 2016 North-South All-Star FACA Football Classic, and the 2016 Central Florida All-Star Game…Also competed for three years in track and field, where he won the district shot put title and competed in the Class 3A state regional meet. Personal: Has one older brother…Major is Psychology, pre-med.

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Kuerschen’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2017 12-8 42-18-60 0.5-1 2018 11-2 16-6-22 0.0-0 Career 23-10 58-24-82 0.5-1

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 2 0 2

FR 0 0 0

PBU Int 1 1 1 1 2 2

Bk 0 0 0

Kuerschen’s Career Highs Interceptions .................................................................................................. 1, 2x, last vs. Nicholls, 9/8/2018 Tackles .............................................................................................................................14 vs. USF, 10/21/17 Tackles for loss ................................................................................................................0.5 vs. Tulsa, 10/7/17 Fumbles forced...............................................................................................1, 2x, last at Oklahoma, 9/16/17 Pass breakups...................................................................................................... 1, 2x, last vs. SMU, 10/20/18

#8 WILLIE LANGHAM

#2 DANE LEDFORD

CB • 6-1 • 185 • RS-FR. McAdory, Ala. McAdory

QB • 6-0 • 190 • RS-FR • 1L Argyle, Texas Argyle

2018: Appeared in all 12 games…Finished the regular season with 11 tackles (10 solo) and six pass breakups…Tallied a seaon-high three tackles against ECU.

2018: Made appearances in three games, including Tulane’s game against Houston.

2017: Redshirted to retain eligibility.

2017: Saw action in one game last season against Oklahoma…Caught one pass for 11 yards against Oklahoma…Moved to quarterback in the spring and figures to be a leading candidate for the backup role this fall.

High School: Was a three-year letterman for David Powell at McAdory High School in McCalla, Ala.…Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports (#81 player in Alabama), Scout.com and Rivals.com…Reached the Class 6A state playoffs in each of his three varsity seasons…As a senior, tallied 31 tackles and three interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown on defense and caught 28 passes for 598 yards and 11 touchdowns on offense. Personal: Has one younger brother and one younger sister…Major is Health and Wellness. Kennedy’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2018 12-1 10-1-11 0.0-0 Career 12-1 10-1-11 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 6 6

Int 0 0

Bk 0 0

Kennedy’s Career Highs

High School: Was a four-year letterman for Todd Rodgers at Argyle High School in Argyle, Texas…Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports.com, Scout.com and Rivals.com as an athlete…Played strong safety and wide receiver as a sophomore in addition to quarterback…Helped lead his team to four state playoff appearances, including a state championship as a freshman and two state championship game appearances as a junior and sophomore…Accounted for 4,622 passing yards and 44 touchdowns while completing over 69 percent of his passes in his career…As a senior, tallied 1,672 passing yards and 14 TDs along with 199 rushing yards and six TDs…As a junior, threw for 2,820 yards and 29 TDs while running for 270 yards and six TDs to earn District 6 Class 4A-I Co-Most Valuable Player honors…As a sophomore, threw for 130 yards and a TD as a quarterback, caught 13 passes for 278 yards and a TD as a receiver, and recorded 97 tackles, 6.5 tackles for a loss, five interceptions, and two forced fumbles as a safety…Also competed for the track team, finishing sixth in the Long Jump at the 2016 State Championships (22’05) and set a personal long of 22’7.5, which was good for second in the state in Class 4A. Personal: Major is Public Health.

#87 KEVIN LEDEE WR • 6-4 • 195 • RS-FR. Cypress Ridge, Texas Cypress Ridge 2018: Has not played for Tulane during his redshirt freshman season. 2017: Did not play for Tulane during his true freshman season…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

Ledford’s Career Offensive Statistics Year GP-GS Cmp Att Pct. 2018 3-0 0 4 .000 Career 3-0 0 4 .000

Year 2017 2018 Career

GP-GS 1-0 3-0 4.0

Rushing Att 1 1 2

Yds 4 4 8

Avg. 4.0 4.0 4.0

Yds 0 0

TD 0 0 0

TD 0 0

Long 4 4 4

INT 1 1

Receiving No. Yds 1 11 0 0 1 11

Long 0 0

Avg. 11.0 0.0 11.0

Effic. 0.0 0.0

TD Long 0 11 0 0 0 11

Ledford’s Career Highs Rush yards.....................................................................................................4, 2x, last vs. Houston, 11/15/18 Long rush ......................................................................................................4, 2x, last vs. Houston, 11/15/18 Pass attempts................................................................................................4, 2x, last vs. Houston, 11/15/18 Receptions .................................................................................................................1 at Oklahoma, 9/16/17 Yards ........................................................................................................................11 at Oklahoma, 9/16/17 Long .........................................................................................................................11 at Oklahoma, 9/16/17

High School: Was a four-year letterman for Gary Thiebaud at Cypress Ridge High School in Houston, Texas… Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports.com, Scout.com, and Rivals.com as a wide receiver…Reached the UIL state regional finals in his senior season…As a senior, caught 54 passes for 702 yards and six touchdowns… As a junior, caught 34 passes for 556 yards and nine touchdowns…As a sophomore, recorded 22 catches for 255 yards and two touchdowns… Earned first-team all-district honors as both a junior and a senior…Also lettered in basketball as a junior. Personal: Has one older brother and one younger sister…Major is Digital Design.

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#72 JOHN LEGLUE

#1 DONNIE LEWIS JR.

OL • 6-7 • 310 • RS-SR. • 3L Alexandria, La. Holy Savior Menard Central

CB • 6-0 • 195 • RS-SR. • 3L Baton Rouge, La. Central

2018: Has started every game for the Green Wave as Tulane’s primary right guard…Served as a team captain for the season opener against Wake Forest (August 31) and the season finale against Navy (November 24)… Helped Tulane’s excellent running game that has averaged more than 200 yards per contest and helped protect quarterbacks Jonathan Banks and Justin McMillan. 2017: For the second consecutive season, started in all 12 games…Helped the Tulane rushing attack to a fourth-place finish in The American with 231.5 yards per game…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Started in all 12 games…Spearheaded a rushing offense that ranked fourth in The American and 27th in the nation, averaging 228.1 yards per game…Also allowed the second fewest sacks against in the league with 21. 2015: Played in all 12 games with one start as a redshirt freshman…Saw most of his time on special teams as the team’s primary deep snapper…Snapped for 11 field goals, 70 punts and 27 PATs on the year…made his collegiate-debut vs. Duke (9/3)…Made his first-career start at Memphis (10/31), playing right tackle…Saw significant time at left tackle at Georgia Tech (9/12). 2014: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club. High School: Four-year letterman at Holy Savior Menard Central High where he played along the offensive and defensive lines as well as serving as the deep snapper for coach Freddie Hallman…Rated a two-star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com…Helped lead the Eagles to a combined 32-13 overall record with four trips to the state playoffs and a District 3-2A title as a freshman…Claimed first-team all-district honors in each of his final three prep seasons while claiming honorable-mention all-state and first-team All-Central Louisiana recognition as a junior and senior…Tabbed a state finalist for the Wendy’s High School Heisman as a senior…also lettered four years in baseball, where he claimed all-district and all-CenLa recognition, and three in basketball… Off the field, was a member of the Beta Club and Honor Roll. Personal: Has two brothers…Has his bachelor’s degree in business management, and working toward his MBA.

#51 STEPHEN LEWERENZ OL • 6-3 • 275 • FR. • HS Gainesville, Fla. Buchholz 2018: Suited up for one regular season game in his true freshman season….Played on the road against Houston. High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Fla.…Rated a two-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com…Attended Tulane camp…Has a 4.6 weighted GPA. Personal: Has one younger sister…Major is Political Science.

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2018: Earned Second Team All-American Athletic Conference honors…Was one of just eight players to start in every regular season game…Finished fifth on the team in total tackles with 52 stops…Led the team with three interceptions…Recorded his first career interception return for touchdown against SMU from 49 yards out…Tied a career high with six pass breakups against ECU…Tied a career with eight tackles twice this season. 2017: Played and started in all 12 games during his junior season…Finished the 2017 season with 36 tackles and three tackles for loss…Opened the year with an interception and a tackle vs. Grambling State…Posted a pair of tackles and a tackle for loss against Navy…Posted a three tackles and one pass breakup at Oklahoma… Picked off his second pass of the season against Army…Had a monster game against nationally-ranked USF, as he tallied five tackles, one interception, one pass breakup and a blocked field goal…Recorded four stops against and one tackle for loss at Memphis…Posted five tackles versus Cincinnati…Registered a career-high six pass breakups at East Carolina…Tallied a five tackles and had one fumble recovery against Houston… Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Played in 10 games, starting in each…Finished with 39 tackles (31 solo, 8 assists) and 2.0 tackles for loss of three yards…Tied Parry Nickerson for most pass break-ups on the team with nine…Tied his career best of two pass breakups vs. Navy on Sept. 17…Achieved a career high eight tackles vs. UL Lafayette on Sept. 24, where he picked up his first career interception in which he returned 12 yards as well - Also tied his career high of 2 PBU’s for the second straight week…Picked up his second career interception at Houston on Nov. 12, along with his first career sack…Tied his high tackle amount of eight vs. Temple on Nov. 19… Earned a pass break-up in four straight games to end the season. 2015: Played in 11 games with nine starts as a redshirt freshman at cornerback…Totaled 30 tackles (26 solo, 4 assists) with three pass break-ups…Tied for fourth on the team in pass break-ups…Tied for the team lead in tackles with seven (all solo) at Georgia Tech (9/12)…Made his collegiate debut in a start vs. Duke (9/3), recording seven tackles (5 solo, 2 assists) with one pass break-up…Totaled five solo stops at SMU (11/21)…Made four tackles (3 solo, 1 assist) with two pass break-ups vs. Tulsa (11/27)…Tallied two solo stops vs. Maine (9/19) and vs. UCF (10/3)…Started at cornerback for the first time in his career and made one solo tackle at Temple (10/10)…Posted one solo stop vs. Houston (10/16)…Notched an assisted stop at Army (11/14). 2014: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season. High School: Three-year letterman at Central High for coaches Sid Edwards and Lamonte Janeau…Rated a two-star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com…Helped lead the Wildcats to a combined 28-9 overall record with three District 4-5A titles and trips to the state playoff all three seasons…As a senior, named first-team all-state, all-district and all-metro after snaring six interceptions…Invited to participate in the LHSAA AllStar Game where he was named MVP…Also earned three letters in both basketball and track and field. Personal: Majoring in Public Relations…Has one brother and one sister. Lewis’ Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2015 11-9 26-4-30 2016 10-10 31-8-39 2017 12-12 27-9-36 2018 12-12 42-12-54 Career 45-43 126-33-159

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 2.0-3 3.0-8 2.5-6 7.5-17

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.5-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 1 0 1

PBU 3 11 11 17 42

Int 0 2 3 3 8

Bk 0 0 1 0 1

Lewis’ Career Highs Tackles .......................................................................................................... 8, 3x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Tackles for Loss ............................................................................................................. 2.0 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Yards Lost ............................................................................................................................. 4 SMU, 10/20/18 Sacks ....................................................................................................................... 0.5 at Houston, 11/12/16 Interceptions ...................................................................................................... 1, 8x, last vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Pass Breakups ....................................................................................................... 6, 2x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18

#27 NICK MARTORELL

#12 JUSTIN McMILLAN

LB • 6-1 • 215 • FR. • HS Pennsauken, N.J. Bishop Eustace Prep

QB • 6-3 • 210 • RS-JR. • TR Cedar Hill, Texas LSU

2018: Did not play. High School: Former letterwinner at Bishop Eustace Prep…Totaled 63 tackles with seven tackles for loss and two sacks as a senior in 2017…Tallied 78 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, two sacks and two forced fumbles in 2016…Also competed in lacrosse for the Crusaders. Personal: Intended major is undecided.

2018: Saw action in eight games during the regular season…Finished the regular season with 1,159 yards passing and nine touchdowns...Closed out the regular season with 166 yards rushing and four touchdowns… Posted a 4-1 record as a starter…Made his first appearance of the season at Ohio State where he completed a pair of passes for 15 yards…Threw his first touchdown of the season against Memphis as he hit Darnell Mooney for a 51-yard score…Threw a pair of touchdowns at Cincinnati coming off the bench…Rushed for a pair of touchdowns in his first career start at Tulsa…His second rushing touchdown was from 39 yards out and proved to be the game-winner…Rushed for a touchdown at USF…Threw for a season-high 372 yards and three touchdowns against ECU…Closed out the regular season with 291 passing yards and three touchdowns against Navy. Before Tulane: Played for LSU from 2015-17, making appearances in two games...Led his high school to consecutive state titles in 2013 and 2014...Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Scout and ESPN... Threw for 2,854 yards and 37 touchdowns with only four interceptions as a senior while rushing for 656 yards and six touchdowns...Ranked as high as No. 36 at his position by 247Sports...Earned second team All-District 7-5A as a junior after accounting for 2,692 total yards and 35 touchdowns...Coached by Joey McGuire. Personal: Full name is Justin William McMillan...Parents are Petrina and Derrick McMillan ... Both parents serve in the United States Army...Has one older sister, Ashley...Earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from LSU in 2018...Earning graduate degrees in homeland security and marketing. McMillan’s Career Offensive Statistics Year GP-GS Cmp Att Pct. 2018 8-5 68 136 50.0 Career 8-5 68 136 50.0

Year 2018 Career

GP-GS 8-5 8-5

Rushing Att Yds 49 166 49 166

Avg. 3.4 3.4

Yds 1,159 1,159

TD 4 4

Long 39 39

TD 9 9

INT 3 3

Receiving No. Yds 0 0 0 0

Long 86 86

Avg. 0.0 0.0

Effic. 144.9 144.9

TD Long 0 0 0 0

McMillan’s Career Highs Rush yards...................................................................................................................... 75 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Rush TDs........................................................................................................................... 2 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Long rush ....................................................................................................................... 39 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Pass attempts................................................................................................................ 29 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Pass completions........................................................................................................... 18 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Pass yards......................................................................................................................372 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Long pass ........................................................................................................................86 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Pass TDs........................................................................................................................... 3 vs. Navy, 11/24/18

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#53 KEYSHAWN McLEOD

#44 JUAN MONJARRES

OL • 6-4 • 305 • RS-JR. • 2L Port Charlotte, Fla. Port Charlotte

DE • 6-2 • 230 • FR. • HS New Orleans, La. St. Augustine

2018: Played in 10 of Tulane’s 12 regular season games with nine starts as a redshirt junior…Started against Wake Forest, Nicholls, UAB, Ohio State, Memphis, Cincinnati, SMU and Tulsa. 2017: Played in seven games for the Green Wave, starting in three…Started against avy, Oklahoma and SMU…Helped the Tulane rushing attack to a fourth-place finish in The American with 231.5 yards per game…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Made appearances in two games…Helped the team rush for 437 yards vs. Southern on Sept. 10 - third most in school history…Also helped the team garner 240 yards on the ground vs. Navy on Sept. 17.

2018: Made appearances in nine of Tulane’s 12 regular season games as a true freshman…Recorded two tackles against UAB (Sept. 15) and Memphis (Sept. 28) to total six in 2018…Recorded two sacks in the Green Wave’s home win over Memphis for a total loss of 20 yards. High School: Was a four-year letterman at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, La.…Rated a threestar prospect by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com… Earned Louisiana Class 3A All-State Honorable Mention honors by the Louisiana Sportswriters Association and the Louisiana Football Coaches Association…As a senior, recorded three and a half sacks in one game…As a junior, recorded 43 tackles, six tackles for loss, four sacks, one caused fumble and two fumble recoveries…As a sophomore, notched 10 tackles, one sack and one fumble recovery.

2015: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season. Personal: Has one older sister…Major is undecided. High School: Three-year letterman at Port Charlotte High where he played offensive tackle and defensive end for coach Jordan Ingman…Rated two-star recruit by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com…Listed as the No. 179 offensive tackle and the No. 270 prospect in the state to go with a 79 rating from 247Sports.com… Helped lead the Pirates to a combined 24-9 overall record, a 6-3 mark in District 11-7A action and two trips to the state playoffs, including a district co-championship as a sophomore as well as a district title and an appearance in the regional finals as a junior…Named first-team all-area as a senior…Also lettered twice in basketball and once in track and field…Off the field, was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, received the Senior Class Award and was elected into the Senior Hall of Fame. Personal: Majoring in Homeland Security…Has four sisters and two brothers.

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Monjarres’ Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2018 9-0 3-3-6 3.5-27 Career 9-0 3-3-6 3.5-27

Sks-Yd 2.5-25 2.5-25

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 0 0

Int 0 0

Bk 0 0

Monjarres’ Career Highs Tackles ..........................................................................................................2, 2x, last vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Tackles for Loss ........................................................................................................2.0 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Yards Lost .................................................................................................................20 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Sacks .......................................................................................................................2.0 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Yards Lost .................................................................................................................20 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18

#9 JAYLON MONROE

#28 MARVIN MOODY

CB • 5-9 • 175 • SO. • 1L Mesquite, Texas West Mesquite

LB • 6-2 • 225 • SO. • 1L Bryant, Ark. Bryant

2018: Appeared in all 12 games and made three starts…Closed out the regular season with 27 tackles (19 solo)…Opened the year with four tackles against Wake Forest…Had three tackles and three pass breakups at Tulsa…Logged a season-high nine tackles (seven solo) in Tulane’s win over USF…Recorded a season-best four pass breakups against ECU. 2017: Saw action in nine games, seeing most of his action on special teams. High School: Was a three-year letterman for Jeff Neill at West Mesquite High School in Mesquite, Texas… Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports.com, Scout.com and Rivals.com…As a senior, tallied 30 tackles, two interceptions, and six pass breakups as well as five carries for 63 yards and 21 catches for 313 yards and a touchdown…Also lettered in basketball all four years. Personal: Has two younger sisters…Major is Business. Monroe’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2018 12-4 19-8-27 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0

FF 0

FR 0

PBU 7

Int 0

Bk 0

2018: Appeared in all 12 games and made five starts…Finished third on the team in tackles with 66… Totaled 4.0 tackles for loss…Opened the year with seven tackles against Wake Forest…Recorded seven tackles at UAB…Helped anchor a dominating performance at USF as he finished with nine tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss…Posted a season-high 10 tackles (seven solo) at Houston. 2017: Saw action in 11 games…Closed out the year with five total tackles…Logged a season-best two tackles at FIU…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. High School: Was a two-year letterman at Bryant High School in Bryant, Ark.…Rated the top outside linebacker prospect in Arkansas by Natural State Recruits…As a senior, totaled 120 tackles, 99 of which were solo stops, with 14 tackles for a loss, one sack, two interceptions, one fumble recovery, three pass breakups and one blocked punt to go along two defensive scores…Helped lead the team to the Class 7A state semifinals…was named first-team all-state in Class 7A and was a finalist for the state’s 6A/7A defensive player of the year…As a junior, tallied 63 tackles, 13 tackles for a loss, three sacks, four pass breakups, a fumble recovery and two forced fumbles…Also lettered in basketball. Personal: Has one older sister, three younger brothers and two younger sisters…Major is Business. Moody’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2017 11-0 4-1-5 2018 12-5 36-30-66 Career 23-5 40-31-71

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 4.0-10 4.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.5-3 0.5-3

FF 0 0 0

FR 0 1 1

PBU 0 0 0

Int 0 0 0

Bk 0 0 0

Moody’s Career Highs Tackles ......................................................................................................................10 at Houston, 11/15/18 Tackle for Loss .............................................................................................1.0, 3x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Yards Lost .......................................................................................................3, 3x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Sacks ................................................................................................................................. 0.5 at USF, 11/3/18 Yards Lost ............................................................................................................................. 3 at USF, 11/3/18

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#3 DARNELL MOONEY

#43 COBY NEENAN

WR • 5-11 • 175 • JR. • 2L Gadsden, Ala. Gadsden City

PK/P • 6-2 • 190 • RS-SO. • 1L Dothan, Ala. Northview

2018: Posted a breakout junior season as he recorded single season highs for receptions (47), receiving yards (987) and touchdowns (8)…Was one of just eight players to start in every regular season game…Surpassed 100 yards receiving in four games…Posted his first 100-yard receiving performance of the season at against Nicholls...Totaled 123 yards the following week at UAB...Recorded one of the best receiving performances in school history against ECU as he finished with six receptions for 217 yards and two touchdowns…His two touchdowns against ECU came from 86 and 79 yards out…His 217-yard receiving performance was just the sixth 200-yard receiving performance in school history...Closed out the year with 135 yards receiving against Navy. 2017: Started all 12 games as a sophomore…Finished the year with 599 yards receiving and four touchdowns…Averaged 17.6 yards per catch during the year…Opened the year with a pair of catches for 29 yards against Grambling State…Caught one pass for 11 yards at Oklahoma…Totaled three catches for 61 yards, including a then career-long 36-yard catch versus USF…Hauled in four receptions for 70 yards, including a 40-yard touchdowns against Memphis…Posted his first 100-yard receiving day of the season against Cincinnati, as he caught seven passes for 115 yards…Recorded a team-best six receptions for 67 yards at East Carolina…Closed out the year on a high note, as he caught six passes for 168 yards. 2016: Played in 12 games, including eight starts…Finished second on the team in receptions (24), yards (267) and touchdowns (2)…Rushed four times for 22 yards, including a long of eight…Made at least one reception in the final nine games of the season…In his first collegiate start vs. UL Lafayette on Sept. 24, Mooney caught three passes for 51 yards, including a 25-yard touchdown reception in the second overtime… Led the team in receptions (7) and receiving yards (63), both career highs, including a 21-yard touchdown catch, at Houston on Nov. 12. High School: Prepped at Gadsen City High School for Coach Matt Scott as a wide receiver and defensive back…Led the Titans to a pair of state playoff appearances…Named an Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 7A First-team All-State selection after his senior season when he caught 37 passes for 697 yards and nine touchdowns…Also returned three punts for touchdowns, one kickoff for a score while picking up one interception on defense as well…Was also the point guard on the basketball team and led his squad to three state playoff appearances. Personal: Major is Applied Computing…Has two siblings. Mooney’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds 2016 12-8 4 22 2017 12-12 0 0 2018 12-12 1 6 Career 36-32 5 28

Avg. 5.5 0.0 6.0 5.6

TD 0 0 0 0

Long 8 0 6 8

Receiving No. Yds 24 267 34 599 47 987 105 1,853

Avg. 11.1 17.6 21.0 17.6

TD Long 2 25 4 52 8 86 14 86

Mooney’s Career Highs Receptions .............................................................................................................. 8 vs. Wake Forest, 8/31/18 Yards .............................................................................................................................. 217 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Long ................................................................................................................................. 86 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Touchdowns .......................................................................................................... 2, 3x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Carries ........................................................................................................................2 vs. Memphis, 10/14/16 Yards ........................................................................................................................14 vs. Memphis, 10/14/16 Long ...........................................................................................................................8 vs. Memphis, 10/14/16

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2018: Has not played for Tulane during his redshirt sophomore season. 2017: Played in two games, competing against Grambling and Navy…Made one field goal on one attempt, a 21-yarder against Grambling (Sept. 2)…Made four out of six PATs against Grambling as well…Made 1 of 2 PATs against Navy (Sept. 9)…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Did not play as a true freshman. High School: Was a two-year letterman in football for Coach LaBrian Stewart at Northview High School, where he split time as both a kicker and a punter…Named first-team all-state for 6A as a senior and was the Northview Special Teams Player of the Year…Rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN.com and Scout.com and was rated a four-star recruit both as a kicker and a punter by Kohlskicking.com…Was a National Camp Series (SIS Mobile) Top Performer and earned the Special Teams top weekly player from the Alabama Sports Writers Association…Rated as the No. 3 kicking prospect in Alabama and No. 19 in the nation by Scout.com… Ranked as the No. 9 overall kicking prospect by Rivals.com…Connected on 13-of-17 field goals on the year, including a season-long 48-yarder, and converted 32-of-36 extra points…Averaged 39.7 yards per attempt on 31 punts and recorded 39 touchbacks on 67 kickoffs…Was also a four-year letterman and team captain in soccer as a goalie and led his team to a 20-5 overall record and a state runner-up finish…A member of the National Honor Society, the 4-H Club, the Multi-Cultural Club and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes… Received his high school’s Top 30 Percent Award. Personal: Has one younger brother…Major is Finance and Management. Neenan’s Career Kicking Statistics Years GP-GS FG Att Pct. Long 2017 2-0 1 1 100.0 21 Career 2-0 1 1 100.0 21

PAT 5 5

Att 8 8

Pct. 62.5 62.5

Pts 8 8

KO 0 0

Yds 0 0

#13 BRIAN NEWMAN

#40 CONNOR PROUET

WR • 5-10 • 180 • RS-SR. • SQ Houston, Texas Hillsdale College

TE • 6-0 • 245 • RS-FR. New Orleans, La. Jesuit

2018: Was awarded a scholarship prior to the start of the season…Was nominated for the Burlsworth Trophy – awarded annually to the most outstanding FBS college football player who began his career as a walkon…Saw action in 11 games…Served as the team captain against Nicholls State…Finished the year with two receptions for 48 yards. 2017: Suffered a season-ending injury in the fall…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: Did not play in his junior season…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club.

2018: Has not played for Tulane during his redshirt freshman season. 2017: Did not see any action as a true freshman in 2017…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. High School: Former letterwinner at Jesuit High School…A high school running back, rushed for more than 1,000 yards as a junior…Earned Louisiana All-State honors as a senior…Helped the Blue Jays to the 2014 state championships…Holds the school single-game record with six touchdowns. Personal: Major is Cellular and Molecular Biology.

Prior to Tulane: Spent two seasons at Hillsdale College. High School: Four-year letterman at St. Pius X High School for coaches Blake Ware and Jason Kimball… Played wide receiver…Posted 66 receptions for 1,119 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior, earning the Houston Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Year honors…Was named to First Team All-State as a sophomore, junior and senior while also picking up First Team All-Region honors during those seasons… Was the Male Athlete of the Year at St. Pius in 2013 and 2014…Also lettered four times in baseball as a utility man. Personal: Majoring in Finance & Legal Studies…Has one older brother. Newman’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds Avg. 2018 11-0 0 0 0.0 Career 11-0 0 0 0.0

TD 0 0

Long 0 0

Receiving No. Yds 2 48 2 48

Avg. 24.0 24.0

TD Long 0 38 0 38

Newman’s Career Highs Receptions .....................................................................................................1, 2x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Yards .........................................................................................................................38 at Houston, 11/15/18 Long ..........................................................................................................................38 at Houston, 11/15/18

#21 JAMES POCHE

#76 MICHAEL REMONDET OL • 6-4 • 275 • FR. • HS Youngsville, La. Ascension Episcopal 2018: Has not played for Tulane during his true freshman season. High School: Was a two-year letterwinner at Ascension Episcopal High School in Youngsville, La.… Rated a two-star prospect by Rivals.com… Earned Louisiana Class 2A All-State First Team honors by the Louisiana Football Coaches Association…Led his squad to an 8-2 record and the seventh seed in the Louisiana Division III state playoffs with an offense that averaged 30.6 points per game in 2017…Also led the Blue Gators to the top seed of the Division IV playoffs and a state runner-up finish in 2016. Personal: Has one older sister and one younger brother…Major is Finance.

RB • 6-0 • 195 • FR. • HS New Orleans, La. Newman High School: Former letterwinner at Isidore Newman School…Earned All-District 9-2A honors as senior… Ran for 968 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior in 2017…Scored five touchdowns and 101 yards in the season opener…Led the Greenies to the state semifinals and rushed for 129 yards in the semifinal game… Rushed for 800 yards and 11 touchdowns as a junior in 2016. Personal: Major is undecided.

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#15 JACOB ROBERTSON JR.

#16 JOHN SAKOS

WR • 6-0 • 175 • RS-SO. • 1L College Park, Ga. Woodward Academy

QB • 5-11 • 190 • FR. Highland Park, Ill. Highland Park

2018: Saw action in eight games…Hauled in 12 receptions for 31 yards…Had one reception for a seasonhigh 30 receiving yards against ECU. 2017: Saw action in 10 games and made starts against Army and FIU…Caught a pair of passes against Army, at Tulsa and at East Carolina…Closed out the year with a season-best in catches (three) and yards (24) at SMU.

2018: Has not played for Tulane during his true freshman season. High School: Was an all-conference quarterback at Highland Park High School in Highland, Ill.... Threw for 1,503 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior, leading his team to the CSL North Championship with a 4-1 record... Was an academic all-state selection and was voted to the all-area second team. Personal: Major is undecided

2016: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season.

#55 CAMERON SAMPLE

High School: A three-year letterman for Coach John Hunt for the Woodward Academy…Helped the War Eagles to three state playoff appearances, back-to-back region titles and a 13-1 overall record as a senior… Three-star recruit by 247sports.com, ESPN.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com and is the 11th ranked receiver in the state of Georgia…Two-time all-region selection during his final two seasons…Caught 27 passes for 547 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior…Recorded 31 passes for 373 yards and five touchdowns as a junior…Played in 32 career games and made 72 receptions for 1,152 yards (16.0 avg) and 17 touchdowns… Earned three letters each in both basketball and track & field…Led his basketball team to a pair of state playoff berths and his track & field squad to a region title.

DE • 6-3 • 280 • SO. • 1L Snellville, Ga. Shiloh

Personal: Majoring in Applied Computing Information Technology…Has two siblings. Robertson’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds Avg. 2017 10-0 0 0 0.0 2018 8-0 0 0 0.0 Career 18-0 0 0 0.0

TD 0 0 0

Receiving No. Yds 11 81 4 69 15 150

TD Long 0 14 0 30 0 30

2018: Played and started in 10 of Tulane’s 12 regular season games in his sophomore year…Earned a seasonhigh nine tackles on the road against Ohio State to total 37 in 2018…Totaled three sacks to force a combined loss of 18 yards.

Robertson’s Career Highs Receptions ....................................................................................................................... 3 at SMU, 11/25/17 Yards ............................................................................................................................... 30 vs. ECU 11/10/18 Long ...............................................................................................................................30 vs. ECU/ 11/10/18

2017: Played in 11 games, starting in three…Started against USF, Memphis and Cincinnati…Finished ninth on the roster with 26 total tackles…Had 15 solo tackles and 11 assisted tackles…Had two tackles for loss, causing the opponents to lose four yards…Had one QB hurry and one pass broken up against SMU… Had a season-high four solo tackles and six total tackles against Army West Point…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

Robertson’s Career Return Statistics Punt Returns Years GP-GS PR Yds Avg. 2018 8-0 12 31 2.6 Career 8-0 12 31 2.6

High School: Was a three-year letterman at Shiloh High School in Snellville, Ga.…Rated a three-star prospect by Rivals.com and a two-star prospect by 247sports.com and Scout.com… As a senior, registered 50 tackles, eight tackles for loss, four sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery on his way to earning Class 8A all-region honors…As a junior, tallied 54 tackles, nine tackles for loss and a forced fumble.

TD 0 0

Long 0 0 0

Long 14 14

Kickoff Returns KOR Yds 1 10 1 10

Avg. 7.4 17.2 10.0

Avg. 10.0 10.0

TD 0 0

Long 10 10

Personal: Major is Business. Sample’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2017 11-3 15-11-26 2.0-4 2018 10-10 15-22-37 4.5-20 Career 21-13 30-33-66 6.5-24

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 3.0-18 3.0-18

FF 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0

PBU 1 1 2

Int 0 0 0

Bk 0 0 0

Sample’s Career Highs Tackles ....................................................................................................................... 9 at Ohio State, 9/22/18 Tackles for Loss ........................................................................................................ 2.5 at Ohio State, 9/22/18 Lost Yards ..................................................................................................................13 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Sacks ........................................................................................................................2.0 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Lost Yards ..................................................................................................................13 vs. Memphis, 9/28/18 Pass Breakups ...................................................................................................... 1, 2x, last vs. SMU 10/20/18

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#91 NOAH SEIDEN

#19 TARIS SHENALL

DE • 6-2 • 250 • FR. • HS Mandeville, La. St. Paul’s School

S • 6-0 • 195 • SR. • 3L Marrero, La. John Ehret

2018: Has not played for Tulane during his true freshman season. High School: Four-year letterwinner at St. Paul’s School…Earned first-team all-district 6-5A and honorable mention all-state honors as a senior in 2017…Was named a Sugar Bowl Scholar Athlete in 2018…Earned third-team all-district honors in 2016…Led the district in sacks in 2017 and finished with the third-most sacks all-time at St. Paul’s. Personal: Has three younger brothers…Majors are Economics and Political Science.

2018: Appeared in all 12 games and made started at Ohio State…Finished the regular season with 18 tackles (12 solo)…Recorded his lone interception of the season at Houston…Closed out the year on a high note against Navy as he tallied nine tackles (six solo). 2017: Saw action in nine games and made three starts…Finished the year with 17 tackles (12 solo)… Opened the year with four total tackles (two solo) in the home-opener against Grambling State…Registered four total stops at Oklahoma (two solo)…Closed out the year on a high note at SMU as he tallied a seasonbest five solo tackles. 2016: Played in 12 games with three starts…Finished with 24 total tackles (17 solo, 7 assists), one interception and two pass break-ups…Made his first start of the season at Tulsa on Oct. 22…Garnered his lone interception vs. SMU on Oct. 29, returning it 23 yards - also logged five tackles…Tallied a season high six tackles at Houston on Nov. 12…Made starts at UCF and Houston.

#70 TIMOTHY SHAFTER OL • 6-4 • 275 • RS-FR. Hingham, Mass. Hingham 2018: Has not played for Tulane during his redshirt freshman season. 2017: Did not see playing time for the Green Wave in 2017…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. Personal: Major is undecided.

2015: Played in 12 games with three starts as a true freshman…Totaled 15 tackles (12 solo, 3 assists), one interception and one pass break-up…Started his first collegiate contest vs. Houston (10/16), logging four tackles (3 solo, 1 assist)…Notched a career-best eight tackles (6 solo, 2 assists) in a start at Memphis (10/31)…Posted one solo stop and his first-career interception vs. UCF (10/3)…Recorded his first collegiate tackle - a solo stop - vs. Maine (9/19)…Made his collegiate debut vs. Duke (9/3). High School: Two-year letterman at John Ehret High where he played quarterback, wide receiver and return specialist for coach Corey Lambert…Tabbed a two-star recruit by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com… Listed as the No. 211 cornerback nationally and the No. 125 recruit in the state while earning a 74 rating by 247Sports.com…Helped lead the Patriots to a combined 19-5 overall record, a perfect 11-0 mark in District 8-5A action, two district titles and a pair of trips to the state playoffs…Named first-team all-district both seasons and posted career totals of 60 tackles, 40 pass break-ups, 11 interceptions and two forced fumbles on defense while pulling down seven touchdown receptions on offense…Claimed honorable-mention all-state recognition as a senior…Selected to participate in the Lake Pontchartrain All-Star Game where he had two interceptions, including one returned 20 yards for a touchdown, while helping lead Jefferson Parish to a 29-18 win over Orleans Parish…Lettered four years in track and field where he finished fourth in the high jump and sixth in the 400 M at the 2014 district meet…Off the field, was a member of the Sign Language Club and African-American Studies Club. Personal: Majoring in Public Relations…Has one brother. Shenall’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2015 12-3 12-3-15 2016 12-3 17-7-24 2017 9-3 12-5-17 2018 12-1 12-6-18 Career 45-10 53-21-74

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Sks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0 0

PBU 1 2 1 3 7

Int 1 1 1 1 4

Bk 0 0 0 0 0

Shenall’s Career Highs Tackles ..............................................................................................................................9 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Interceptions ................................................................................................... 1, 4x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 PBU’s ....................................................................................................................1, 7x, last vs. Navy, 11/24/18

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#42 TORRI

SINGLETARY JR.

#92 STERLING STOCKWELL

DE • 6-4 • 235 • RS-FR. Baldwin, Fla. Baldwin County

PK • 5-9 • 185 • FR. • HS Orlando, Fla. Dr. Phillips

2018: Has not played for Tulane during his redshirt freshman season. 2017: Did not play for Tulane during his true freshman season. High School: Was a three-year letterman at Baldwin High School in Baldwin, Fla.…Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports.com, Scout.com and Rivals.com…As a senior, grabbed 62 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 16 quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery to earn Class 1A second-team all-state honors…As a junior, tallied nine tackles, two tackles for loss and four fumble recoveries.

2018: Has not played for Tulane during his true freshman season. High School: Four-year letterwinner at Dr. Phillips High School…Helped his team win the Class 8A state championship in 2017…Earned Florida Class 8A all-state honors as a punter…Holds the school records for most field goals and most extra points in a game. Personal: Has one older sister…Major is Finance.

Personal: Has two older sisters and one younger brother…Major is undecided.

#68 HENRY STERN

#56 AUSTIN STREATY

NT • 6-1 • 290 • RS-JR • RS San Francisco, Calif. De Anza College

LS • 5-8 • 190 • RS-FR. Nashville, Tenn. Montgomery Bell

2018: Saw playing time during the season opener against Wake Forest (August 31).

2018: Has not played for Tulane during his redshirt freshman season.

2017: Joined the team as a walk-on in September 2017…Did not play for the Green Wave during his first year with the team.

2017: Did not play for Tulane during his true freshman season…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

Prior to Tulane: Played one season De Anza College in Cupertino, Calif.…Started every game as a true freshman, recording 20 tackles.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Montgomery Bell Academy…Started three years at defensive end and long snapper…Helped lead the team to three straight state championship games, winning one, in Tennessee Division II-AA…Registered 37 tackles as senior.

High School: Played at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep in San Francisco…As senior, was an honorable mention All-West Catholic Athletic League selection, won the team’s Most Improved Player award and was a part of the team’s 3.0 club…Recorded 48 tackles with three sacks…Also played fullback and had three carries and one reception…As a junior, won the team’s Newcomer of the Year award…Also played varsity rugby for the famed San Francisco Golden Gate Rugby Club. Personal: Major is undecided…His great grandfather, Leonard, played football at Tulane from 1939-41… His father played rugby at California…Has several family members, including both of his grandparents, who went to Tulane.

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Personal: Majors are Environmental Studies.

#2 RODERIC TEAMER JR.

#30 ALFRED THOMAS

S • 6-0 • 205 • SR. • 3L New Orleans, La. Brother Martin

DE • 6-2 • 290 • FR. • HS Montgomery, Ala. Sidney Lanier

2018: Earned Second Team All-American Athletic Conference honors…Was one of just eight players to start in every regular season game…Finished second on the team in tackles with 67…He also totaled six pass breakups and one interception…His 67 stops during the regular season tied his single-season career high…Totaled 10 tackles at Tulsa and home against ECU…Earned AAC Defensive Player of the Week honors following his performance against ECU. 2017: Played and started in 10 games during his junior season…Missed two starts due to injury…Closed the year with 48 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss…Recorded three and one tackle for loss against Grambling State…Returned a fumble 52 yards for a touchdown and had three tackles at Navy…Recorded four stops against Army…Registered five tackles against Army…Made nine tackles at FIU…Blocked an extra point, had a pass breakup and one tackle versus USF…Posted a career-high 10 tackles and one tackle for loss versus Cincinnati…Tallied six tackles, one tackle for loss and one forced fumble versus Houston in the final home game of the year. 2016: Finished fourth on the team with 58 total tackles (36 solo, 22 assists)…Netted four tackles for loss of 19 yards along with one interception, one pass break-up, one forced fumble and two sacks that negated 12 yards…Achieved a career high eight tackles vs. Navy on Sept. 17, including one tackle for a loss of five yards…Tied the eight tackle mark at Tulsa on Oct. 22…Netted six tackles and one pass breakup vs. Memphis on Oct. 14…Picked up his first career sack vs. SMU on Oct. 29, dropping the QB for a loss of 10 yards - Also earned five total tackles…Earned at least four tackles in the final 10 games of the season…Recorded both his lone interception and forced fumble on the year at UConn on Nov. 26…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club. 2015: Played in 11 games with five starts as a true freshman…Totaled 19 tackles (15 solo, 4 assists) with 1.0 tackle for loss, one forced fumble, three pass break-ups and one interception…Tied for second on the team in interceptions…Tied for fourth on the team in pass break-ups…Made his first collegiate start at Temple (10/10), totaling a career-best five tackles (all solo) to go along with a tackle for a loss, a pass break-up and his first-career forced fumble…Recorded three tackles with his first-career interception and first-career pass break-up…Made his collegiate debut vs. Duke (9/3). High School: Three-year letterman at Brother Martin High where he played linebacker and safety for coach Mark Bonis…Helped lead the Crusaders to a combined 20-17 overall record and two appearances in the state playoffs, including a trip to the semifinals as a senior…Tallied 280 career tackles and was named first-team All-District 9-5A in each of his final two prep seasons…Tabbed first-team all-state and all-metro as a senior after posting 116 tackles, two interceptions and a sack…Off the field, was a member of the Honor Roll and Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Personal: Majoring in Homeland Security…Has two sisters…Grandfather is an emeritus member of the Tulane Board of Trustees. Teamer’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2015 11-5 15-4-19 1.0-1 2016 12-12 36-22-58 4.0-19 2017 10-10 32-16-48 3.5-6 2018 12-12 42-25-67 1.5-9 Career 45-39 125-67-192 10.0-35

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 2.0-12 0.0-0 1.0-7 3.0-19

FF 1 1 1 1 4

FR 0 0 1 1 2

PBU 3 1 2 6 12

Int Bk 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 2

Teamer’s Career Highs Tackles ................................................................................................................10, 2x, last vs ECU, 11/10/18 Tackles for Loss ..................................................................................................1.0, 9x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Yards Lost .......................................................................................................................10 vs. SMU, 10/29/16 Sacks .................................................................................................................1.0, 3x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Yards Lost .......................................................................................................................10 vs. SMU, 10/29/16 Forced Fumble............................................................................................... 1, 4x, last at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Pass Breakups ...................................................................................................................2 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Interceptions ......................................................................................................1, 3x, last vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18

2018: Played in six of Tulane’s 12 games this season as a true freshman…totaled seven tackles in his first year with the Green Wave, earning two in each of Tulane’s home wins over Nicholls (Sept. 8) and Navy (Nov. 24)…Recorded one solo tackle on the road against Houston (Nov. 15) and one against the Midshipmen. High School: Played defensive tackle at Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery, Ala.…Rated a three-star prospect by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com…Led the Poets to a 10-2 record and a Class 6A second-round playoff appearance in 2017…Earned Class 6A First-Team All-State honors from the Alabama Sportswriters Association…Named the AL.com Super All-State Defensive MVP…Collected 136 tackles and 15 sacks as a junior in 2016…Was a Scout.com underclass All-American in 2015, after totaling 109 tackles and 21 sacks… Also competes in track and field, where he recorded a 43’5” shot put, a 91’6” discus and a 57’10” javelin throw. Personal: Has one older sister…Major is undecided. Thomas’ Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2018 6-0 2-5-7 Career 6-0 2-5-7

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 0 0

Int Bk 0 0 0 0

Thomas’ Career Highs Tackles ............................................................................................................................2 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18

#23 RYAN THOMPSON WR • 6-1 • 180 • FR. • HS St. Louis, Mo. MICDS 2018: Appeared in just one game during the regular season. High School: Three-year letterwinner at Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School…Led his team to the district finals as a junior and a senior…Scored two touchdowns of more than 60 yards – a receiving touchdown and a kickoff return touchdown…Also lettered four years in lacrosse…Led his team to four state championships in lacrosse, earning first-team all-state honors as a senior. Personal: Has two older sisters…Major is Economics.

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#82 JAETAVIAN TOLES

#17 JORIEN VALLIEN

WR • 6-0 • 185 • SO. • 1L Stratford, Texas Stratford

WR • 6-3 • 180 • FR. • HS Alexandria, La. Alexandria Senior

2018: Has seen action in all but two games for the Green Wave…Had the biggest moment of his career against Navy when he caught the game-winning 26-yard touchdown pass that clinched bowl eligibility for the Green Wave…Touchdown catch was the first of his career and the 26 yards was a career long…Set a career high with two catches for 13 yards against Nicholls…Caught a pass for 12 yards at Ohio State…Made a catch for seven yards against Memphis…Had one catch for six yards at UAB.

2018: Saw action in six games High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Alexandria High School in Alexandria, La.…Rated a threestar prospect by 247Sports.com…As a senior, hauled in 33 catches for 568 yards and nine touchdowns…As a junior, completed 63 catches for 1,001 yards and 11 touchdowns…As a sophomore, hauled in 62 catches for 1,066 yards and 10 touchdowns…Also lettered in track and field.

2017: Played in eight games during his freshman season…Carried the ball once for one yard against Tulsa on Oct. 7…Caught one pass for five yards against Memphis on Oct. 27.

Personal: Major is Business.

High School: Was a three-year letterman for Coach Eliot Allen at Stratford High School in Houston, Texas… Rated a two-star prospect by 247sports.com, Scout.com and Rivals.com as a wide receiver…Reached the state playoff each season as a varsity player…As a senior, caught 45 passes for 784 yards and six receiving touchdowns as well as returned a kickoff for a touchdown…Received second-team all-district honors as a sophomore and first-team all-district honors as a junior.

Vallien’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds Avg. 2018 6-0 1 12 12.0 Career 6-0 1 12 12.0

Personal: Has five older brothers and three younger sisters…Major is Finance. Toles’ Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds 2017 8-0 1 1 2018 10-3 0 0 Career 18-3 1 1

Avg. 1.0 0.0 1.0

TD 0 0 0

Long 1 0 1

Receiving No. Yds 1 5 7 74 8 79

Avg. 5.0 10.6 9.8

TD Long 0 5 1 26 1 26

WR • 5-10 • 190 • FR. • HS Tokyo, Japan IMG Academy (Fla.) 2018: Has not played for Tulane during his true freshman season. High School: Former letterwinner at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.…Helped lead the Ascenders to a 9-0 record in 2017 and an 11-0 record in 2016. Personal: Intended major is undecided.

Long 12 12

Receiving No. Yds 1 4 1 4

Avg. 4.0 4.0

TD Long 0 4 0 4

Vallien’s Career Highs Receptions ........................................................................................................................ 1 vs ECU, 11/10/18 Yards .............................................................................................................................. 12 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Long ................................................................................................................................ 12 vs ECU, 11/10/18 Rushes .............................................................................................................................1 at Tulsa, 10/27/18 Long ...............................................................................................................................12 at Tulsa, 10/27/18

Toles’ Career Highs Receiving TD’s..................................................................................................................1 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Receptions .....................................................................................................................2 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18 Yards .............................................................................................................................26 vs. Navy, 11/24/18 Long ..............................................................................................................................26 vs. Navy, 11/24/18

#83 NICK TOPPINO

TD 0 0

#38 KJ VAULT LB • 6-1 • 205 • RS-FR • 1L Hoover, Ala. Hoover 2018: Played in five games as a redshirt freshman in 2018…Earned one solo tackle in Tulane’s home win over Nicholls (Sept. 8). 2017: Played in three games, recording one tackle during his freshman season. High School: Was a four-year letterman at Hoover High School in Hoover, Ala.…Rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com (#94 outside linebacker in the nation, #51 player in Alabama) and a two-star prospect by 247sports.com (#145 outside linebacker in the nation, #77 player in Alabama) and scout.com…Helped Hoover to reach the Class 7A state playoffs in all four seasons and win the state championship as a freshman, junior and senior…As a senior, registered 83 tackles and two interceptions. Personal: Has two younger sisters…Major is Business. Vault’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2018 5-0 1-0-1 Career 5-0 1-0-1

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 0 0

Int Bk 0 0 0 0

Vault’s Career Highs Tackles ............................................................................................................................1 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18

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#61 DAVIS WALKER

#99 JUSTIN WALTON

K • 6-2 • 180 • FR. Washington, D.C. Landon

DE • 6-1 • 240 • RS-FR. Cleveland, Ohio University School

2018: Has not played for Tulane in his freshman season.

2018: Has not played for Tulane during his redshirt freshman season.

High School: As a senior was an honorable selection for the All-Met team, while being a first team AllInterstate Athletic Conference pick... Was a part of the 16th rated football team in the state of Maryland, finishing his high school career with a 9-1 record.

2017: Did not see playing time for the Green Wave in 2017…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. High School: Three-year letterwinner at University School…Earned Ohio Academic All-State honors as a senior…Led his team to the second round of the playoff as a senior in 2016…Also lettered three years in baseball where he played catcher. Personal: Has one older brother…Major is English.

#46 WILL WALLACE TE • 6-4 • 245 • RS-FR. Natchez, Miss. Cathedral

2017: Did not see playing time for the Green Wave in his true freshman season.

#75 MAX WATTENMAKER

High School: Was a four-year letterman at Cathedral High School in Natchez, Miss.…Rated a three-star prospect by 247sports.com (#25 strong-side defensive end in the nation #16 player in Mississippi) and Scout. com (#62 tight end in the nation and #2 tight end in Mississippi) and a two-star prospect by Rivals.com as a tight end…Made contributions as a sophomore on the way to capturing the Class 1A state championship… Also lettered in basketball as a freshman.

OL • 5-11 • 255 • FR. Bedford, N.Y. Fox Lane

2018: Played in ten of Tulane’s regular season games with five starts as a redshirt freshman…Recorded a two-yard reception in the Green Wave’s win at home over ECU (Nov. 10).

Personal: Has one older sister, one younger brother and four younger sisters…Major is Business. 2018: Has not played for Tulane during his true freshman season. Wallace’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds Avg. 2018 10-5 0 0 0.0 Career 10-5 0 0 0.0

TD 0 0

Long 0 0

Receiving No. Yds 1 2 1 2

Avg. 2.0 2.0

TD Long 0 2 0 2

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#48 DE’ANDRE WILLIAMS

#57 PETER WOULLARD

NT • 6-3 • 290 • RS-SO. • 1L Baton Rouge, La. Scotlandille Magnet

DE • 6-4 • 235 • RS-SR. • 2L New Orleans, La. St. Augustine

2018: Made appearances in all 12 of Tulane’s regular season games with 11 starts as a redshirt sophomore… Earned a career-high seven tackles on the road against UAB to total 37 this season…Earned one sack in each of the Green Wave’s matchups against USF and ECU to force a combined loss of 12 yards.

2018: Suited up for six of Tulane’s regular season games with two starts as a redshirt senior…Started against Tulsa and Navy.

2017: Suited up in all 12 games for the Green Wave in his redshirt freshman season…Made two solo tackles and four assisted tackles…Recovered one fumble against Oklahoma (Sept. 16)…Had a season-best three assisted tackles against Army West Point (Sept. 30).

2017: Played in 11 games for the Green Wave, starting one…Started against Navy…Picked up one solo tackle, seven assisted tackles and eight total tackles…Had one tackle for loss and one pass defensed…Had a season-best three tackles against Army West Point…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.

2016: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season. High School: Four-year letterman at Scotlandville High School where he played defensive end and tight end for coaches Eric Bandal and Robert Valdez…Rated as the 16th-best prospect in the state of Louisiana by MaxPreps.com…Helped lead the Hornets to the LHSAA 5A State Quarterfinals as a senior with a 10-2 overall record, posting 54 tackles, 13.5 sacks, 17 tackles for a loss and two forced fumbles…Earned first-team All-District 4-5A honors as well as honorable mention All-State honors from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association…Tallied 89 career tackles and 13 career sacks…Off the field, earned A-B Honor Roll honors as well as Dean’s List honors. Personal: Majoring in Applied Computing Systems Analysis…Has one younger brother and two younger sisters. Williams’ Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT 2017 12-0 2-4-6 2018 12-11 20-17-37 Career 24-11 22-21-42

TFL-Yd 0.0-0 3.5-15 3.5-15

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 2.0-12 2.0-12

FF 0 0 0

FR 1 0 1

PBU 0 0 0

Int Bk 0 0 0 0 0 0

Williams’ Career Highs Tackles ......................................................................................................................... 7 at UAB, 9/15/18 Tackles for Loss .....................................................................................1.0, 3x, last at Houston, 11/15/18 Yards Lost ...................................................................................................................7 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Sacks ..........................................................................................................1.0, 2x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Yards Lost ...................................................................................................................7 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Fumbles Recovered .............................................................................................1 at Oklahoma, 9/16/17

2016: Played in seven games with four starts…Earned 13 total tackles…Ended the regular season tied for 27th in the nation with two fumble recoveries…Recorded his first collegiate sack and fumble recovery vs. Navy on Sept. 17 - Also notched a career best five tackles…Made his first collegiate start vs. UL Lafayette on Sept. 24, when he recorded his second straight game with a sack and a fumble recovery, in which he returned for 34 yards…Logged three tackles at UMass on Oct. 1 and two tackles vs. Memphis on Oct. 14. 2015: Played in one game as a redshirt freshman…Saw time vs. Maine (9/19), but did not record any statistics. 2014: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club. High School: Three-year letterman at St. Augustine High for coaches Cyril Crutchfield and current Tulane assistant coach David Johnson…Rated a three-star recruit by ESPN and Scout.com while garnering two-star status by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com…Ranked as the No. 116 strong-side defensive end in the country by 247Sports.com and the No. 142 and 145 defensive end nationally by Scout.com and ESPN, respectively… Received a 73 rating from 247Sports.com while claiming a 70 Scout Grade and listing as the No. 62 recruit in the state by ESPN…Helped lead the Purple Knights to a combined 26-10 overall record with three playoff appearances, district titles as a sophomore and senior, and trips to the state semifinals in each of his final two prep seasons…As a senior, named honorable-mention all-state and first-team All-District 9-5A…Invited to play in the 2013 LHSAA All-Star Game. Personal: Majoring in Homeland Security…Has one brother and one sister…Brother played football at ULM and cousin played football at LSU and Jacksonville State, and played professionally with the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League. Woullard’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2015 1-0 0-0-0 0.0-0 2016 7-4 6-7-13 2.0-10 2017 11-1 1-7-8 1.0-0 2018 6-2 0-0-0 0.0-0 Career 25-7 7-14-21 3.0-10

Sks-Yd 0.0-0 2.0-10 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-10

FF 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 2 0 0 2

PBU 0 1 1 0 2

Int Bk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Woullard’s Career Highs Tackles ...............................................................................................................................5 vs. Navy, 9/17/16 Tackles for Loss .......................................................................................1.0, 2x, last vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16 Sacks ......................................................................................................1.0, 2x, last vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16 PBU ..........................................................................................................................1, 2x, last at Navy, 9/9/17 Fumble Recoveries ....................................................................................1, 2x, last vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16 Yards Returned .....................................................................................................34 vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16

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#78 DAVON WRIGHT

#97 RYAN WRIGHT

DL • 6-1 • 290 • FR. • HS Donaldsonville, La. Donaldsonville

P • 6-3 • 245 • FR. • HS San Ramon, Calif. California

2018: Has played in every contest for the Green Wave during his true freshman season on the defensive line…Had a career-best five tackles at Cincinnati including half a sack (October 6)…Had two total tackles in his first career game against Wake Forest (August 31)…Picked up a sack against SMU, knocking the quarterback down for an eight-yard loss (October 20)…Had three tackles against Nicholls (September 8)… Had one quarterback hurry against Wake Forest and another against Houston (November 24). High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Donaldsonville High School in Donaldsonville, La.…Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com…As a senior, recorded 70 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, four sacks and four quarterback hurries…Earned first-team all-district honors...As a junior, notched 57 tackles, nine tackles for loss, three sacks and 12 quarterback hurries…Also lettered three years in track and field…Two-time shot put outdoor runner-up…Earned all-state honors in shot put. Personal: Has one older brother and one older sister…Major is Homeland Security. Wright’s Career Defensive Statistics Year GP-GS UT-AT-TT TFL-Yd 2018 12-0 4-11-15 1.5-11 Career 12-0 4-11-15 1.5-11

Sks-Yd 1.5-11 1.5-11

FF 0 0

FR 0 0

PBU 0 0

Int Bk 0 0 0 0

Wright’s Career Highs Tackles ....................................................................................................................... 5 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 Tackles for Loss ..............................................................................................................1.0 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Yards Lost .........................................................................................................................8 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Sacks ............................................................................................................................1.0 vs . SMU, 10/20/18 Yards Lost ..........................................................................................................................8 vs SMU, 10/20/18

2018: Has played in all but two games for the Green Wave in 2018, starting as a backup punter but slowly transitioning into the team’s top punter…Has recorded a punt of at least 50 yards in seven of his 10 games and has had two punts this year of 60 yards or more…Has dropped 12 punts inside the 20-yard line and has kicked 11 punts of more than 50 yards…Got his first career punt at Ohio State (September 22), recording five punts for 196 yards with a long of 43…Had two punts for 95 yards at Memphis (September 28) with a long punt of 57…Boomed three punts at Cincinnati (October 6) for 151 yards, averaging 50.3 yards per punt with a season-long of 64…Kicked eight punts against SMU including a long of 60 for a total of 386 yards (October 20)…Had a season-high nine punts against ECU for 386 yards including a long of 59. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at California High School in San Ramon, Calif.…Rated a threestar prospect by 247Sports.com…Was the No. 4-ranked punter in the country according to Kohl’s Kicking Camps…Earned first-team All-America honors by MaxPreps.com…As a senior, averaged 43.6 yards per punt and landed 12 punts inside the 20…Was named the 2017 Blue-Grey All American Punter…Was named the 2017 First Team All-League Varsity Punter…Was California High School’s starting quarterback during his junior and senior years, throwing for more than 3,000 yards and 30 touchdowns each season…Also lettered in baseball. Personal: Has one younger sister…Majors is Business. Wright’s Career Punting Statistics Year GP-GS No. 2018 10-0 43 Career 10-0 43

Yds 1,895 1,895

Avg. 44.1 44.1

Long 64 64

TB 5 5

FC 18 18

I20 Blk 12 0 12 0

Wright’s Career Highs Punts..................................................................................................................................9 vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Yards .................................................................................................................386, 2x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Long ..........................................................................................................................64 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18 50+.................................................................................................................................. 3 vs. SMU, 10/20/18 Inside 20 ...............................................................................................................3, 2x, last vs. ECU, 11/10/18 Kickoffs ................................................................................................................................. 1 at USF, 11/3/18

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#47 ANDREW ZUCKERMAN RB • 5-9 • 185 • JR. • 2L Potomac, Md. Winston Churchill 2018: Has not played for Tulane during his junior season. 2017: Played in two games for the Green Wave, competing against Grambling and Tulsa…Against Tulsa, ran the ball twice for four yards…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team… Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club. 2016: One-year letterman…Played in three games but only recorded statistics vs. Southern on Sept. 10 Rushed four times for 26 yards, including a long of 15 yards…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club. High School: Three-year letterman at Winston Churchill High School for coach Albert Song…Played running back and strong safety…Rushed for 1,867 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior, leading Montgomery County in rushing yards…Earned First Team All-Montgomery County honors, as well as Second-Team AllDistrict honors…A 4A Honorable Mention All-State selection…Owns the single-game school record for most touchdowns in a game (six) while also breaking the single-game school record rushing total with performances of 345 and 351 yards…Also lettered four years in track and field in the 100 meter and 400 meter dash races in addition to lettering once as a defensive midfielder in lacrosse. Personal: Majoring in Finance…Has two older sisters. Zuckerman’s Career Offensive Statistics Rushing Year GP-GS Att Yds Avg. 2016 3-0 4 26 6.5 2017 2-0 2 4 2.0 Career 5-0 6 30 5.0

TD 0 0 0

Long 15 2 15

Receiving No. Yds 0 0 0 0 0 0

Avg. 0.0 0.0 0.0

TD Long 0 0 0 0 0 0

Zuckerman’s Career Highs Carries .........................................................................................................................4 vs. Southern, 9/10/16 Yards ..........................................................................................................................26 vs. Southern, 9/10/16 Long ...........................................................................................................................15 vs. Southern, 9/10/16

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BOWL HISTORY 1932 Rose Bowl

1935 Sugar Bowl

SOUTHERN CAL 21 TULANE 12

TULANE 20 TEMPLE 14

Jan. 1, 1932 • 75,562 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, Calif.

Jan. 1, 1935 • 22,026 Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, La.

Coach Bernie Bierman’s fabulous 1931 team took an 11-0 record and an 18-game winning streak to Pasadena for the battle between the nation’s two top-ranked teams. USC scored first, as Ray Sparling went in on a six-yard reverse. Johnny Baker converted, and the Trojans led 7-0 at halftime. Ernie Pinckert broke the Green Wave’s heart in the third quarter when he raced 28 yards to paydirt on the reverse and less than a minute later, after a Tulane fumble, Pinckert again went 28 yards on the reverse to make it 21-0, Southern Cal. Tulane came right back with a 75-yard drive capped by a pass from Don Zimmerman to Vernon Haynes to make it 21-6. The Wave missed two more scoring opportunities until Jerry Dalrymple recovered a fumble on the USC 35. Five plays later, bare-headed Wop Glover, who gained 139 yards that day, plunged three yards for the TD. The count stood at 21-12 with the Trojans hanging on for dear life, but time ran out on Tulane.

The first Sugar Bowl game in history matched Coach Ted Cox’s SEC co-champions with Pop Warner’s Temple team. Warner’s club came out roaring with two first-half touchdowns to throw a scare into the hometown folks. In the first quarter, fullback Dave Smukler passed to Daniel Testa, and in the second stanza, Smuckler ran it in himself as the Owls went on top, 14-0. But after the second Temple TD, lightning struck. The ensuing kickoff floated down to Johnny McDaniel at the 10. McDaniel, moving laterally, crossed paths with Monk Simons at the 15, and “Little Monk” took off 85 yards down the sidelines to ignite Tulane’s comeback. Barney Mintz kicked the point to make it 14-7 at halftime. Dick Hardy made a great catch of Bucky Bryan’s TD pass in the third quarter to tie the score, and in the final quarter, Hardy gathered in a deflected pass from Mintz and went 25 yards to sew it up. Tulane had won the inaugural Sugar Bowl Classic to send 22,026 fans home happy.

Game Summary

Tulane Southern Cal

0 0

0 7

6 14

6 0

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USC - Ray Sparling 5 run (Johnny Baker kick) USC - Ernie Pinckert 28 run (Baker kick) USC - Pinckert 28 run (Baker kick) TU - Vernon Haynes 7 pass from Don Zimmerman (kick blocked) TU - Wop Glover 3 run (pass failed)

First Downs Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Offense Passing (Comp-Att-Int) Fumbles-Lost Penalty Yards

Tulane 17 290 51 341 5-21-0 3-2 30

12 21

Temple Tulane

7 0

7 7

0 13

0 0

— —

14 20

Tem - Daniel Tester 7 pass from Dave Smukler (Smukler kick) Tem - Smukler 3 run (Smukler kick) TU - Monk Simons 85 kickoff return (Barney Mintz kick) TU - Dick Hardy 11 pass from Bucky Bryan (Mintz kick) TU - Hardy 25 pass from Mintz (kick failed) USC 9 198 20 218 1-6-0 2-2 20

First Downs Rushing (Att-Yards) Passing Yards Total Offense Passing (Comp-Att-Int) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

Temple 13 60-182 19 201 3-13-1 2-1 2-7

Tulane 10 42-140 88 228 8-16-1 3-2 2-20

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1940 Sugar Bowl

1970 Liberty Bowl

TEXAS A&M 14 TULANE 13

TULANE 17 COLORADO 3

Jan. 1, 1940 • 73,000 Tulane Stadium • New Orleans

Dec. 12, 1970 • 44,640 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tenn.

Coach Red Dawson’s 1939 team came within a point of upending Texas A&M’s national champions. A&M drove to the Tulane one-yard line early in the game, but the Wave held. After Tulane punted out, the Aggies drove again, and this time John Kimbrough plunged one yard for the score. Tulane bounced back in the third quarter when Bobby Kellogg grabbed a quick kick and raced 75 yards to tie it, 7-7. In the fourth period, Tulane’s Pete Mandich recovered an Aggie fumble on the A&M 32. Monette Butler, Fred Cassibry, and Harry Hays worked it into the two. Butler went in from there and Tulane was on top 13-7, but Herbie Smith blocked the extra point. Late in the game, A&M drove 69 yards to cut short Tulane’s hopes for an upset. Walemon Price passed to Smith, who lateraled to Kimbrough. The big fullback went in for an 18-yard scoring play. Price then kicked the decisive extra point.

A two-touchdown underdog to mighty Colorado, Tulane celebrated its first bowl trip in 31 years by pulling off the biggest upset of the 1970 bowl season. Coach Jim Pittman’s fired-up Green Wave drew first blood when linebacker Rick Kingrea’s 44yard interception return set up a 19-yard field goal by Lee Gibson. Colorado countered with a 32-yard field goal in the second period to tie it 3-3 at halftime. David Abercrombie raced the second half kickoff back 66 yards to the Colorado 30 as some 8,000 Tulane fans who made the trip went wild. Runs of 16 and 13 yards by fullback Bob Marshall brought the football to the one, and Abercrombie took it over on a short plunge. Quarterback Mike Walker guided a 57-yard drive on Tulane’s first possession of the fourth quarter, and a tough defense made that 17-3 advantage stand up. The Colorado offense that averaged 422.9 yards and 30.6 points in the regular season was held to 175 yards and three points.

Game Summary

Texas A&M Tulane

7 0

0 0

0 7

7 6

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A&M - John Kimbrough 1 run (Walemon Price kick) TU - Bobby Kellogg 75 punt return (James Thibaut kick) TU - Monette Butler 2 run (kick blocked) A&M - Kimbrough 18 lateral from Herbie Smith (Price kick)

First Downs Rushing (Att-Yards) Passing Yards Total Offense Pass (Comp-Att-Int) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

Texas A&M 18 48-244 62 308 8-15-1 2-2 2-30

Colorado Tulane

0 3

3 0

0 7

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TU - Lee Gibson 19 FG CU - Haney 32 FG TU - David Abercrombie 2 run (Gibson kick) TU - Abercrombie 4 run (Gibson kick) Tulane 8 53-193 0 193 0-4-0 1-0 2-20

Rushing: (A&M) Kimbrough 25-159 2TD, Price 5-13, Moser 7-33, Pugh 2-8, Connatser 9-31. (TU) Kellogg 8-36, Gloden 8-19, Banker 9-18, Hays 2-23, Butler 10-55 TD, Cassibry 11-42. Passing: (A&M) Price 8-15-1-62. (TU) Kellogg 0-2-0-0, Butler 0-1-0-0, Hays 0-1-0-0. Receiving: (AM) Moser 2-17, Connaster 2-12, Smith 2-14, Thomason 1-14, Sterling 1-5. (TU) None.

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First Downs Rushing (Att-Yards) Passing Yards Total Offense Passing (Comp-Att-Int) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

Colorado 13 57-155 20 175 3-7-1 2-1 52

Rushing: (CU) Arendt 29-65, Tarver 11-54, Walsh 8-26, Keyworth 6-16, Branch 1-4, Brunson 1-(-8), Stearns 1-(-2). (TU) Abercrombie 25-128 2TD, Marshall 13-87, M. Walker 10-(-10), LeBlanc 1-2, Corn 1-4, Lachaussee 2-3. Passing: (CU) Arendt 3-7-1-20. (TU) M. Walker 3-8-1-28, Lachaussee 0-1-0-0. Receiving: (CU) Portos 2-17, Masten 1-3. (TU) Barrios 2-31, Abercrombie 1-(-3).

Tulane 15 52-213 28 241 3-9-1 2-0 39

3 17

1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl

1979 Liberty Bowl

HOUSTON 47 TULANE 7

PENN STATE 9 TULANE 6

Dec. 29, 1973 • 44,358 Houston Astrodome • Houston, Texas

Dec. 22, 1979 • 50,021 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tenn.

On the heels of a 9-2 season, Tulane headed for Houston to lock horns with a highly-touted 10-1 Cougar team. When the Green Wave failed to score after recovering a fumble on the opening kickoff at the Houston 25, the Cougar veer offense went to work. A 75-yard run by Marshall Johnson and short plunges by Leonard Parker gave Houston a 21-0 lead late in the first half. Martin Mitchell then raced back 66 yards with a kickoff for Tulane, and Buddy Gilbert hit Tom Forner with a 32-yard pass to put the Wave back in the game, 21-7. But Houston erupted in the second half, as Donnie McGraw ran for two TDs, quarterback D.C. Nobles ran for one, and David Husmann added one more to make the final count 47-7.

Game Summary Tulane Houston

Game Summary 0 7

7 14

0 14

0 12

— —

7 47

UH - Marshall Johnson 75 run (Terrell kick) UH - Leonard Parker 1 run (Terrell kick) UH - Parker 3 run (Terrell kick) TU - Tom Forner 32 pass from Buddy Gilbert (David Falgoust kick) UH - D.C. Nobles 3 run (Terrell kick) UH - Donnie McGraw 1 run (Terrell kick) UH - McGraw 32 run (kick failed) UH - David Husmann 7 run (kick failed)

First Downs Rushing (Yards) Passing Yards Total Offense Pass (Comp-Att-Int) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

A driving rainstorm throughout the contest quickly turned the game into a defensive struggle. Penn State took the lead 3-0 in the second quarter on a 33-yard field goal by Herb Menhardt. Menhardt added a 27-yard field goal late in the second quarter to push the margin to 6-0 at halftime. That score held throughout the third quarter, but late in the period Tulane quarterback Roch Hontas began to find the passing touch he had displayed all season. He drove the Wave to the PSU eight-yard line where Ed Murray kicked a 26-yard field goal. With time running down Hontas cranked another drive from the TU 27 to the Lion 8, from where Murray tied the score with another 26-yard field goal with 2:40 remaining. The Nittany Lions faced a third-and-two from midfield with less than a minute to play, but converted with a halfback pass to the Tulane 11, and Menhardt kicked a 20-yard field goal for the victory.

Tulane 10 43-102 71 173 6-24-4 2-1 4-26

Tulane Penn State

0 0

0 6

0 0

6 3

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6 9

PSU - Herb Menhardt 33 FG PSU - Menhardt 27 FG TU - Eddie Murray 26 FG TU - Murray 26 FG PSU - Menhardt 20 FG

Houston 26 58-402 253 655 12-29-1 6-4 5-55

Rushing: (UH) Johnson 5-114 1TD, McGraw 13-108 2TD, Parker 12-47 2TD. (TU) Bynum 12-40, Treuting 2-27, Hebert 4-24. Passing: (UH) Nobles 8-13-0-201, Husman 4-6-1-52. (TU) S. Foley 4-16-4-32, Gilbert 2-5-0-39. Receiving: (UH) Willingham 3-25, Bassler 1-60, Bogan 1-33. (TU) Forner 1-32 TD, Thibodeaux 2-19 , Garza 1-17 .

First Downs Rushing (Att-Yards) Passing Yards Total Offense Pass (Comp-Att-Int) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

Tulane 10 20-(-8) 210 202 21-39-0 1-0 5-40

Penn State 17 58-242 95 337 6-11-2 2-2 1-5

Rushing: (PSU) Rocco 8-11, Guman 3-11, Suhey 19-112, Moore 13-49, Warner 14-57, Coles 1-2. (TU) Hontas 8-(-31), Christian 6-12, Reginelli 4-6, Jones 1-1, Harris 1-4. Passing: (PSU) Rocco 5-10-2-56, Coles 1-1-0-39. (TU) Hontas 21-39-0-210. Receiving: (PSU) Scovill 3-34, Donovan 2-53, Guman 1-8. (TU) Alexis 7-77, Holman 4-47, Anderson 2-29, Reginelli 1-5, Christian 2-(-7), Griffin 3-50, Jones 2-9.

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1980 Hall Of Fame Bowl

1987 Independence Bowl

ARKANSAS 34 TULANE 15

WASHINGTON 24 TULANE 12

Dec. 27, 1980 • 30,000 Legion Field • Birmingham, Ala.

Dec. 19, 1987 • 41,683 Independence Stadium • Shreveport, La.

Tulane carried a 7-4 record into the Hall of Fame Bowl against an Arkansas team that had been decimated by injuries during the year. However, the walking wounded returned by game time and the Razorbacks were as good as everyone thought they would be before the season. Arkansas jumped to a 28-0 halftime lead. The Wave defense stood tall in the second half and held the Razorbacks to two field goals, and the offense finally got on track in the final period. The first score by the Wave came on a 62yard pass from Nickie Hall to Marcus Anderson. It marked the first time in school history that the football team went to bowl games in consecutive years.

Game Summary Arkansas Tulane

Tulane carried a 6-5 record into its first bowl appearance in seven years against a 6-4-1 Washington squad. Washington jumped to an early 7-0 lead, but Mitchell Price raced 44 yards on a punt return to tie the score. After the Huskies scored again, Todd Wiggins connected on a 21-yard field goal to make the score 14-10. Washington went on to lead 21-10 at the half, and the only scoring in the second half came on a Husky field goal and a Tulane safety. The game saw Terrence Jones throw for 248 yards and rush for 91. All-America receiver Marc Zeno caught seven passes for 116 yards.

Game Summary 14 0

14 0

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UA - Tolbert 1 run (Ordonez kick) UA - Anderson 80 punt return (Ordonez kick) UA - Clyde 9 pass from Jones (Ordonez kick) UA - Anderson 46 run (Ordonez kick) UA - Ordonez 40 FG TU - Marcus Anderson 62 pass from Nickie Hall (Vince Manalla kick) UA - Ordonez 27 FG TU - Robinson 1 run (Hall run)

First Downs Rushing (Att-Yards) Passing Yards Total Offense Pass (Comp-Att-Int) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

Arkansas 22 64-383 83 466 5-13-1 0-0 1-19

Washington Tulane

7 0

14 10

0 0

3 2

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UW - Covington 3 run (Brownlee kick) TU - Mitchell Price 44 punt return (Todd Wiggins kick) UW - Ames 5 pass from Chandler (Brownlee kick) TU - Wiggins 21 FG UW - Franklin 5 pass from Chandler (Brownlee kick) UW - Wyles 41 FG TU - Safety (Conklin kneels in end zone)

Tulane 18 31-157 241 398 16-37-2 3-2 3-15

Rushing: (UA) Tolbert 17-73 1TD, Anderson 11-156 1TD, Jones 14-36, Douglas 10-83, Pierce 4-23, Holloway 1-13, Walters 3-21, Mistler 1-1, Rudisall 1-1, Brewer 2-1. (TU) Lewis 5-45, Reginelli 5-8, K. Robinson 6-44 1TD, J. Jones 5-38, Hall 8-4, McCray 2-18. Passing: (UA) Jones 5-13-1-83 1TD. (TU) Hall 16-37-2-241 1TD. Receiving: (UA) Mason 2-15, Clyde 1-9 1TD, Walters 1-36, Holloway 1-23. (TU) Lewis 3-22, Reginelli 3-31, J. Jones 1-8, Holman 4-19, Griffin 2-59, Anderson 2-88 1TD, Franz 1-14.

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First Downs Rushing (Att-Yards) Passing Yards Total Offense Pass (Comp-Att-Int) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

Washington 22 39-147 249 396 16-32-3 1-0 10-67

Rushing: (UW) Weathersby 14-84, Jenkins 11-44, Chandler 5-23, Covington 4-12 1 TD, Conklin 2-(-3), Lewis 2-(-3), Franklin 1-(-10). (TU) Jones 18-91, Allen 4-26, Pierce 5-13, Hunter 2-5, Adams 3-13, Toney 1-(-17). Passing: (UW) Chandler 15-30-3-234 2TD, Conklin 1-2-0-15. (TU) Jones 17-40-1-246. Receiving: (UW) Weathersby 5-64, Franklin 4-61 1 TD, Slater 2-59, Ames 3-35 1TD, Jenkins 1-15, Lewis 1-15. (TU) Zeno 7-116, Pierce 2-58, McIntosh 3-17, Hunter 2-17, Adams 1-11, Nelson 1-17, Allen 1-18.

Tulane 21 33-131 248 379 17-40-1 2-1 7-73

24 12

1998 Liberty Bowl

2002 Hawai’i Bowl

TULANE 41 BYU 27

TULANE 36 HAWAI’I 28

Dec. 31, 1998 • 52,197 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tenn.

Dec. 25, 2002 • 35,513 Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, Hawai’i

Tulane capped its first 12-win season in school history with a surprisingly easy 41-27 win over WAC foe BYU in the 40th Anniversary Liberty Bowl. In winning its first bowl game since the 1970 Liberty Bowl, the Green Wave built a 34-6 lead after three quarters against a BYU defense that was fifth nationally during the regular season. QB Shaun King rushed for a game-high 109 yards, mostly on draw plays. King also passed for 276 yards and two touchdowns, including a 60-yard scoring strike to Kerwin Cook early in the second half to stake Tulane to a 27-6 lead. BYU took an early 6-0 lead when Kevin Feterik found Ben Horton in the corner of the endzone for an 11-yard scoring toss. Tulane cut that lead to 6-3 on Brad Palazzo’s 31-yard field goal. On BYU’s next possession, cornerback Michael Jordan stepped in front of a Feterik pass and raced 79 yards untouched down the sideline to give the Green Wave a 10-6 lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

Tulane stunned the homestanding Hawai’i Warriors by scoring 26 straight points in the second and third quarters to win the inaugural Hawai’i Bowl, 36-28. Trailing 14-6 at the half, the Green Wave put 20 points on the board to take a 26-14 lead. Return specialist Lynaris Elpheage quickly turned things around for the Wave, taking a punt back 60 yards for Tulane’s first touchdown of the day. After Hawai’i’s next drive stalled, the Warriors again punted to Elpheage. This time, he brought the ball back 56 yards to the 17-yard line. From there, J.P. Losman scored on a oneyard run and added the two-pointer, this time on a rush, to give the Wave a 20-14 lead. The Tulane defense posted eight sacks while holding UH to 66 rushing yards and forcing three turnovers. Losman scored a pair of rushing TDs in addition to his 240 passing yards while Mewelde Moore netted 116 rushing yards. Elpheage was named the game’s MVP after totaling four punt returns for 143 yards and a pair of kickoff returns for 57 yards in addition to six tackles and a pass break-up.

Game Summary

BYU Tulane

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27 41

BYU - Horton 11 pass from Feterik (kick failed), 8:49, 1st TU - Brad Palazzo 31 FG, 4:23, 1st TU - Michael Jordan 79 interception return (Palazzo kick), 1:35, 1st TU - Shaun King 3 run (Palazzo kick), 10:18, 2nd TU - Palazzo 23 FG, 0:41, 2nd TU - Kerwin Cook 60 pass from King (Palazzo kick), 13:48, 3rd TU - Jamaican Dartez 13 pass from King (Palazzo kick), 7:27, 3rd BYU - Cupp 3 run (Pochman kick), 11:38, 4th TU - Toney Converse 5 run (Palazzo kick), 9:24, 4th BYU - Cupp 18 pass from Feterik (Pochman kick), 8:06, 4th BYU - Mahe 3 run (Pochman kick), 1:30, 4th

First Downs Rushing Att.-Yards Passing Yards Passing (C-A-I) Total Offense Punts-Avg. Fumbles/Lost Penalty-Yards Time of Possession

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7 0

7 6

0 20

14 10

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28 36

UH- Thero Mitchell 1 run (Justin Ayat kick), 10:34, 1st UH- Josh Galeai 2 run (Ayat kick), 8:35, 2nd TU- Seth Marler 22 FG, 5:01, 2nd TU- Marler 37 FG, 2:28, 2nd TU- Lynaris Elpheage 60 punt return (J.P. Losman pass failed), 10:44, 3rd TU- Losman 1 run (Losman rush), 6:17, 3rd TU- Mewelde Moore 25 run (Losman pass failed), 2:16, 3rd UH- Justin Colbert 57 pass from Shawn Withy-Allen (Ayat kick), 13:26, 4th TU- Losman 3 run (D. Davis pass from Losman), 8:54, 4th UH- Colbert 31 pass from Withy-Allen (Ayat kick), 5:12, 4th TU- Team safety, 3:02, 4th BYU 20 25-54 267 27-44-1 321 7-33.6 3/0 10-110 28:45

Tulane 28 41-252 276 23-38-0 528 4-41.5 2/0 8-59 31:15

Rushing: (BYU) Mahe 16-70 1TD, Cupp 3-4 1TD, Snowden 1-2, Feterik 5-(-22). (TU) King 16-109 1TD, Converse 18-103 1TD, Dartez 6-28, Franklin 1-12. Passing: (BYU) Feterik 27-44-1-267 2TD; (TU) King 23-38-0-276 2TD. Receiving: (BYU) Horton 6-67 1TD, Sitake 5-77, Mahe 5-30, Cupp 4-30 1TD, Ofahengaue 3-42, Nuno 2-12, Rigell 1-5, Hooks 1-4; (TU) Dawson 6-83, Franklin 6-47, Cook 4-123 1TD, Burnette 3-12, Converse 3-(-2), Dartez 1-13 1TD.

First Downs (R-P-Pen) Rushing Att.-Yards Passing Yards Passing (C-A-I) Plays-Total Offense Punts-Avg. Fumbles/Lost Penalty-Yards 3rd Down Conv. 4th Down Conv. Time of Possession

Hawai’i 23 (4-18-1) 22-66 363 32-52-1 74-429 5-53.8 5/2 12-88 7-of-16 2-of-2 28:11

Tulane 25 (8-13-4) 44-144 240 20-39-0 83-384 4-47.0 3/1 6-64 6-of-18 0-of-0 31:49

Rushing: (UH) Mitchell 5-38 TD, Withy-Allen 9-21, West 2-9, Galeai 1-2 TD, Owens 1-0, Chang 4-(-4); (TU) Moore 30-116 TD, Losman 12-21 2TD, Joseph 1-6, Coleman 1-1. Passing: (UH) Withy-Allen 18-31-1-239 2TD, Chang 14-21-0-124; (TU) Losman 20-39-0-240. Receiving: (UH) Colbert 9-158 2TD, Cockheran 9-87, Ilaoa 4-34, Owens 3-12, Komine 2-36, Herbert 2-20, West 1-14, Jackson 1-4, Mitchell 1-(-2); (TU) Moore 6-80, Narcisse 5-64, Bush 3-43, C. Davis 2-28, Hoover 1-20, D. Davis 1-6, Smith 1-0.

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2013 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

ALL-TIME BOWL RESULTS (4-7)

LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 24 TULANE 21 Dec. 21, 2013 • 54,728 Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, La.

Tulane senior running back Orleans Darkwa scored three touchdowns and was named game MVP, but the Green Wave came up short in its comeback bid and fell 24-21 to the University of Louisiana-Lafayette before a record crowd of 54,728 in the 2013 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Darkwa finished the game with 83 yards on 16 carries and became the first player on a losing team to receive the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl MVP award. Ryan Grant grabbed seven receptions for 113 yards, while Powell was 10-of-21 for 223 yards and one interception. Junior safety Sam Scofield finished with 10 tackles to lead the Wave, while senior defensive tackle Julius Warmsley and sophomore defensive back Jordan Batiste each recorded a pair of quarterback sacks.

Game Summary Tulane Louisiana-Lafayette

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14 7

7 0

0 3

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21 24

ULL - Elijah McGuire 27 run (Hunter Stover kick), 10:57, 1st ULL - Alonzo Harris 15 run (S. Brauchle kick), 2:10, 1st ULL - Corey Trim 82 inception return (Stover kick(, 12:31, 2nd TU - Orleans Darwka 1 run (Cairo Santos kick), 3:55, 2nd TU - Darkwa 7 run (Santos kick), 1:58, 2nd TU - Darkwa 22 run (Santos kick), 2:34, 3rd ULL - Stover 27 FG, 9:56, 4th

First Downs Rushing Att.-Yards Passing Yards Passing (C-A-I) Total Offense Punts-Avg. Fumbles/Lost Penalty-Yards Time of Possession

Tulane 15 28-102 286 15-30-3 388 7-42.1 2-0 10-85 23:42

ULL 19 46-168 157 14-21-2 325 7-39.4 0-0 7-73 36:18

Rushing: (TU) Darkwa 16-83, Powell 5-14, Butler 3-7, Rounds 1-5, Montana 1-4, Kelley 1-(-2); (ULL) Harris 13-74, McGuire 11-45, Nixon 7-29, Broadway 14-21. Passing: (TU) Powell 10-21-1-223, Montana 5-8-1-63, Grant 0-1-1-0; (ULL) Broadway 12-19-2-143, Nixon 2-2-0-14. Receiving: (TU) Grant 7-113, Shackleford 2-63, Banks 2-19, Breaux 1-42, Kelley 1-28, Butler 1-11, Marfisi 1-10; (ULL) McGuire 7-94, Robinson 4-50, Surgent 2-2, Harris 1-11.

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YR 1931 1934 1939 1970 1973 1979 1980 1987 1998 2002 2013

BOWL Rose Sugar Sugar Liberty Astro-Bluebonnet Liberty Hall of Fame Independence Liberty Hawaii New Orleans

SITE Pasadena, Calif. New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La. Memphis, Tenn. Houston, Texas Memphis, Tenn. Birmingham, Ala. Shreveport, La. Memphis, Tenn. Honolulu, Hawaii New Orleans, La.

OPP. USC Temple Texas A&M Colorado Houston Penn State Arkansas Washington BYU Hawaii ULL

SCORE L, 21-12 W, 20-14 L, 14-13 W, 17-3 L, 47-7 L, 9-6 L, 34-15 L, 24-12 W, 41-27 W, 36-28 L, 24-21

that traveled 3 yards past the line of scrimmage and ran the rest of the way down the sideline for a 51-yard touchdown. All told, McMillan’s six longest touchdown passes have totaled 396 yards, with 291 of those coming after the catch. With bowl-bound Tulane, QB Justin McMillan has wideouts able to ‘make plays’ By Christopher Dabe Date: Nov. 26, 2018 Again with more defenders crowding the line of scrimmage so they could slow the Tulane running backs, Justin McMillan looked to his receivers. Just as he had multiple times this season, the quarterback quickly put the ball in their hands so they could do the rest of the work. Of McMillan’s nine touchdown passes in his first season with the Green Wave, six have gone for longer than 50 yards. Two of those long touchdown plays came Saturday as Tulane beat Navy 29-28. “We’re so dominant on the run that teams have to bring a lot of help to compensate for it,” McMillan said. “If you don’t bring safeties or anything down to help the run, we’re just going to gash. Seeing safeties starting to inch down lower and lower, it starts to get to where it’s pitch and catch, and once they catch it, they just make plays.” McMillan’s 55-yard touchdown pass to Darnell Mooney came with the receiver catching the pass while in full stride down the left sideline for an easy touchdown. Later, McMillan hit Jabril Clewis on a crossing pattern for a 52-yard touchdown. On that play, Clewis pushed one defender away as he neared the goal line.

With McMillan, Tulane has won with him completing as few as four passes (on 11 attempts at South Florida) and attempting as many as 29 (with 18 completions Saturday against Navy). “Every week it’s game planning,” McMillan said. “Every week it’s going to be something different. I can go from 50 yards passing to 500. It’s just game planning.” The pass play Saturday that caught the most attention might have been the two-point conversion floater from near the left hashmark toward the other side of the field and Charles Jones near the right sideline. Without that pass, the season likely over. But here Tulane stands with a bowl berth clinched. An opponent and site will be determined Sunday. Then, whichever team draws Tulane as an opponent will have this quick-strike element of its offense to consider. PITCH AND CATCH Here’s a review of those six touchdown passes with a breakdown of how many yards came after the catch:

Mooney vs. Memphis 51 yards (3 air, 48 yac) Mooney vs. ECU 86 yards (14 air, 72 yac) Encalade vs. ECU 73 yards (21 air, 52 yac) Mooney vs. ECU 79 yards (14 air, 65 yac) Mooney vs. Navy 55 yards (39 air, 16 yac) Clewis vs. Navy 52 yards (14 air, 38 yac) McMillan has thrown six touchdown passes in the five games since Total: 396 yards (105 air, 291 yac) Willie Fritz made him the starting quarterback. He threw three touchdown passes that measured 73 yards or longer in a home win against East Carolina. Two of those scoring passes came on quick slants to Mooney against a defense geared toward stopping a rushing offense that put up more than 300 yards rushing in each of the two previous games. The other one went to Terren Encalade, who sidestepped one defender as he came across the middle of the field and the pushed off another one near the goal line. Then came the two long passing plays against Navy. The other long touchdown by McMillan came before Fritz made him the starter. In a win against Memphis, Mooney caught a pass

Fortune favors the bold. And Tulane football desperately need to be bold in that instant.

There’s nothing angry about the Wave as Tulane becomes bowl eligible for first time in 5 years By Jeff Duncan Date: Nov. 25, 2018 Tulane might not be the best 6-6 team in college football team, but it’s definitely the happiest and most relieved one today. After scoring a dramatic 29-28 victory against Navy on Saturday at Yulman Stadium, the Green Wave became bowl eligible for the first time in five years and only the third time in two decades. So it was perfectly understandable when they celebrated the win like they’d just won the national title. Coach Willie Fritz received the obligatory ice-water bath. Players and fans danced and posed for selfies. Athletic director Troy Dannen hugged and high-fived all comers, the game ball from the Green Wave’s game-winning two-point conversion play tucked tightly under his arm. “We’ve had some tough times here,” said Fritz at the post-game press conference, his shirt still soaked from his sideline drenching. “It’s about time that we had the opportunity to win and celebrate like that.” The Green Wave don’t have to apologize to anyone for their celebration. It wasn’t just the win, but the way it was achieved that spurred the raucous celebration. The Green Wave were forced to drive the length of the field for a touchdown in the final minutes after inexplicably squandering a 21-3 halftime lead. What’s more, they needed to execute a game-winning two-point conversion when Fritz eschewed a potential game-tying extra-point kick and went for the win with 1:27 on the clock. Past Tulane teams would have crumbled in a similar situation. They would fallen apart after seeing Navy score 25 unanswered points. They would have wilted when Merek Glover’s 32-yard field goal clanged off the right upright as it did minutes earlier. But this Green Wave team did none of those things. It showed poise, confidence and flawless execution on the game-winning drive. “That’s part of the process in earning how to win,” Fritz said. “I was proud of how our team responded.” I loved Fritz’s decision to go for two. It was the right call. He knew he had nothing to lose. His defense was spent. His kicker was rattled And his program was teetering on the edge of calamity.

“I already knew I was going for it,” Fritz said, then kiddingly added. “I told (Dannen) I was going for two (on the sideline). I just wanted to make sure I still had that (new) contract. He said I did, so I went ahead and went for it.” And the gridiron gods rewarded the Green Wave with one of the sweetest wins the program has had in a while. “We work on that play every day -- tirelessly,” said senior tight end Charles Jones, who caught the game-winning conversion pass. “So, when the ball was in the air, it’s kind of like slow motion. We work hard, and this is what we work hard for.” Tulane deserved this win. The Green Wave earned it. And, oh, did they ever need it. For momentum. For perception. For recruiting. For the collective psyche of the program’s long-suffering fan base. A loss would have been demoralizing, especially after building the big halftime lead. And after the way last season ended, I’m not sure the program would have recovered from another season-ending loss and 5-7 finish. It would have retarded momentum and destroyed the progress that had been made the past two years under Fritz. No, this is the kind of game you simply have to win when you’re trying to build a program and establish credibility. “It’s unreal,” redshirt senior guard John Leglue said. “We’ve been waiting on this experience for years. Us seniors came out this year and we really wanted to compete for a conference championship and go to a bowl game and have an opportunity to go to the postseason. We wanted to build a foundation for the underclassmen and let them just follow suit this year and continue to grow on the success we had this year.” We don’t yet know where Tulane will land. The Dec. 18 Cherry Bowl in Boca Raton, Fla., makes sense. Tulane has a large alumni base in South Florida so an invite there would be attractive for all parties. The Frisco Bowl and Armed Forces bowls are also possibilities. Tulane football has momentum now, regardless of what happens the rest of the way. The Green Wave finished the season with four wins in five games with Justin McMillan under center and boast a roster filled with talented underclassmen. “There’s no reason why you can’t win big here,” Fritz said. “I’ve been saying that since Day One. It’s taken longer than I wanted it to but we’re heading in the right direction.” Indeed, there’s nothing angry about the Wave today. The program needed to take the next step, and it took a big one on Saturday. Tulane is bowl eligible. And the future of the Green Wave football is brighter than its been in a long time.

we had this year.” Leglue was blocking on the winning 2-point conversion, but he had time to watch the ball settle into Jones’ hands.

Doing it for the seniors: Tulane clinches first bowl bid since 2013 By Guerry Smith Date: Nov. 24 2018 Tulane quarterback Justin McMillan had one overriding thought when he took the field after watching Navy erase an 18-point halftime deficit and go ahead by seven with 3:38 left Saturday at Yulman Stadium. Win this for the seniors. “I told (tight end Charles Jones) and some of the other seniors, ‘I’m playing for y’all,’ ” said McMillan, a graduate transfer from LSU with one year of eligibility left. “Anything I do right now, I’m trying to play for y’all. The seniors spoke up and said, ‘We’ve got to get a score.’ The seniors haven’t had a bowl game since they’ve been here. I was a follower. I was led by some of those seniors on the field.” McMillan threw a 19-yard pass to Darnell Mooney on the first play and hit senior receiver Terren Encalade on his next two completions. Then, after a touchdown pass to sophomore Jaetavian Toles, he hooked up with Jones for the winning 2-point conversion. On the verge of ending their Tulane careers with zero bowl appearances, the 20 seniors who participated in Senior Day will get to experience the postseason thanks to the dramatic 29-28 victory. “It wasn’t really for me,” said Jones, one of nine fifth-year seniors who signed right after the Wave’s last bowl trip in 2013. “It was for all of the seniors. I wanted to make it happen for all of those guys.” Doing it for the seniors was the theme of the day. Tulane (6-6) had gone 3-9 in 2014 and 2015, 4-8 in 2016 and 5-7 last year, so this was their final opportunity to reach a bowl game. “In their eyes, they wanted it worse than the young guys,” said sophomore outside linebacker Patrick Johnson, who has two sacks on Navy’s final possession, including one on fourth down. “We all did it for the seniors, and we got the job done.” One of them was senior guard John Leglue, who has started at almost every position on the line in his career. “It’s unbelievable,” he said. “Us seniors came out this year and really wanted to compete for a conference championship and go to a bowl game. We wanted to build a foundation for the underclassmen and let them just follow through next year and continue to grow on the success

“I was like, ‘Oh, hell — I mean, heck yeah,’ ” he said. “It’s unreal. We’ve been waiting on this feeling for five years. We’re just blessed to be in this situation.” A senior, linebacker Zach Harris, led the Wave with 10 tackles against Navy. Another senior, safety Taris Shenall, had nine stops while playing almost the entire way after fellow senior Roderic Teamer left early with an injury. Encalade had five catches. They were all senior moments to remember. “I’m really happy for the young men in our program,” coach Willie Fritz said. “They’ve worked extremely hard. We were 2-5 at one point; we had one of the tougher schedules in the country, and we came back and kept fighting and scratching and clawing. It was a really nice win.”

On this day, he made what turned out to be the right call. “We’ve had some tough times here,” the coach said. “It’s about time we got an opportunity to win.”

With Justin McMillan, Tulane gets season-saving 2-point play: How did it happen? By Christopher Dabe Date: Nov. 24, 2018

Before then, Navy scored the tie-breaking points on a touchdown that ended a drive that covered 80 yards over 14 plays and took 8 minutes, 13 seconds off the clock. The Midshipmen converted four times on third- or fourth-down plays, including on the 9-yard touchdown run by Tazh Maloy. The Navy rally also included an interception that set up a field goal, and two touchdowns between quarterback Zach Abey and wideout Malcolm Perry.

Justin McMillan still hadn’t seen how the play ended. But there he sat beside Tulane football teammate Charles Jones, roughly 40 minutes after his season-saving catch in the end zone Saturday (Nov. 24) at Yulman Stadium.

At first, the pair connected on a trick play that had Perry taking a handoff and then throwing a 37-yard touchdown pass to Abey to make the score 21-13. After a Tulane punt, Abey hit a wide-open Perry for a 73-yard touchdown, and a tying 2-point pass followed with 1:02 left in the third quarter.

The winning catch of a two-point conversion pass from McMillan came with less than 2 minutes left for Tulane to beat Navy 29-28 and secure bowl eligibility for the first time since 2013.

Then, Tulane lost its first chance at regaining the lead when a 32-yard field goal try by Merek Glover hit high off the right upright.

“The ball seemed to hang in the air for a half hour,” said a sports drink-soaked Willie Fritz.

Under Fritz, Tulane (6-6 overall, 5-3 AAC) went from winning four games in 2016 to five games in 2017 and now to six games in 2018. More importantly, Fritz said, was how Tulane has gone from one to three to five wins in league play.

By this point, Tulane had squandered a 21-3 lead it took into halftime. The visiting Midshipmen scored a tie-breaking touchdown at the end of a fourth-quarter drive that took more than 8 minutes off the clock. Then, with the season on the line, Tulane quickly moved down the field as McMillan completed 4 of his 5 passes on the drive, the last one a 26-yard touchdown pass to Jaetavian Toles that brought the Green Wave within one. That’s when Fritz made the call that everybody on the field already felt was coming — that Tulane would attempt a two-point conversion with 1:27 left. On that play, McMillan took a shotgun snap and rolled toward the left side of the field. Not until after he scanned that half of the field for an open receiver did he turn back toward the right side of the end zone for what he said was his third or fourth read on that play. Then, he released a high pass toward that side of the field. That’s where Jones, one of nine fifth-year seniors who arrived at the school in 2014, continued in stride and caught the pass that accounted for the winning points. Knocked to the turf as he threw, McMillan said he never saw how the play ended. “I just knew he was going to catch it,” McMillan said. For Jones, the catch marked a high point in what have been a challenging five seasons for any player who has been with the program for that full duration, with a coaching change after two of those seasons and then the slow build over these three recent seasons. Tulane practiced the play extensively during the week. Fritz decided before the winning drive began that his Green Wave would go for two. The coach said he has four 2-point plays on his call sheet and it’s not unusual to go a full season without using them all.

This season should be especially rewarding when considering how things started. Tulane at one point held a 2-5 record with dim hopes for a postseason game, with the last of those losses coming in a game where Tulane led SMU by nine points in the fourth quarter. The next week, McMillan made his first college start. The wait was a long one for the graduate transfer from LSU, as he served as a backup in Baton Rouge and attempted only one pass during that time. With Tulane, the Green Wave won the first three games he started, all before last week’s road loss to Houston. Against Navy (3-9, 2-6), McMillan helped Tulane to what looked to be a comfortable lead when he had a hand in three touchdowns in the second quarter, two by throwing and one by running. The two touchdown passes came against a defense geared toward stopping the run. On those plays — the 55-yard pass to Darnell Mooney and 52 yards to Jabril Clewis — McMillan faced a defense that was geared toward stopping the run. In the end, McMillan completed 18 of 29 for 291 yards with the three touchdowns, an interception and — most critically — that two-point pass play he’ll get around to seeing someday on video. Next, the Green Wave will wait another week to find out when and where its next game will be. It’s been five years, so another week shouldn’t seem too long.

signing class under Fritz, with Williams now a redshirt sophomore and the other two as juniors.

Tulane’s surge toward bowl eligibility comes with youth, confidence By Christopher Dabe Date: Nov. 14, 2018 Sometime late in the Tulane win Saturday against East Carolina, Willie Fritz did a count in his head. From the defensive line to the linebackers to the defensive backfield, he spotted seven players who weren’t with the team two seasons ago. What’s more, those players came from the last two high school signing classes. “We’re a young team,” the third-year Tulane coach said. “Usually that’s not the case when you’re in your third year. Usually you’ve got some veteran guys. But we’re a young team. That’s good. That’s encouraging.” Much of the encouragement comes from the play during a three-game win streak that has the Green Wave (5-5 overall, 4-2 American Athletic Conference) on the brink of bowl eligibility. Tulane is one of five schools nationally to hold its last three opponents to fewer than 20 points. The Green Wave has done this partially behind the strength of young players such as defensive end Cameron Sample and edge rushing linebacker Patrick Johnson. But the young depth of the defense goes beyond those two sophomores, who both incidentally might not be on the field to start the 7 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 15) game against Houston (7-3, 4-2) on ESPN. Sample did not play last week because of an ankle injury and his status for Houston won’t be certain until game time. Johnson leads the Green Wave in sacks with 10 but will definitely miss the first half because of a second-half targeting call last week. In his place last week was freshman Carlos Hatcher, who batted down two passes to help Tulane preserve a 24-18 victory. When Sample is healthy, Tulane could typically have at least six players on defense from the last two high school signing classes on the field, with freshman Jeffery Johnson on the line and with sophomore Jaylon Monroe and redshirt freshman Willie Langham in the defensive backfield. Sophomore Marvin Moody, another linebacker, ranks third on the team in total tackles while starting four of the 10 games so far. Three other first-year starters are nose tackle De’Andre Williams, linebacker Lawrence Graham and safety P.J. Hall. All three arrived in the first

“The younger guys have been playing with confidence,” said Donnie Lewis Jr., a fifth-year senior and one of 12 players remaining from before Fritz arrived. “That’s helped us out a lot.” As one of the Group of Five schools, Tulane is unlikely to reel in the fiveand four-star players that populate many Power Five rosters, so it’s up to coaches to develop much of the three- and two-star talent that comes to the Uptown campus. Based on this year’s returns, Tulane is moving in a positive direction. The Green Wave has appeared in two bowls since their undefeated 1998 season 20 years ago. The last bowl appearance came in 2013, one season before this year’s fifth-year seniors arrived on campus. The high number of young contributors suggests Tulane could be on the brink of creating some sustainable success, provided they complete the task Thursday against a high-powered offense that averages 47.8 points per game. That won’t be easy against quarterback D’Eriq King and his NCAA-leading 48 combined passing (35) and rushing (13) touchdowns. Fritz said Houston and South Florida — a team Tulane beat 41-15 two weeks ago — run similar offenses with a significant difference being the player at quarterback. The infusion of youth is not limited to the defense. The Tulane offense has several young contributors, but the biggest boosts on that side have come from a trio of first-year eligible transfers with quarterback Justin McMillan (LSU), second-leading rusher Corey Dauphine (Texas Tech) and left tackle Noah Fisher (South Alabama). Without them, the scope of the Tulane season could be quite different. Regardless, it’s what potentially lies ahead that could provide some excitement. “We want to be a team that is recognized nationally,” Fritz said. “That’s what we want to have. And to do that, you’ve got to (win) consistently. You can’t just (win) every once in a while.” The most recent Tulane signing class ranked third in the AAC, according to 247Sports. That’s a jump from No. 11 out of 12 in the previous two years. The hope around Tulane is for another couple wins to help pull in another talented class. Then, maybe Fritz could get the kind of success he desires.

But as Banks struggled to find consistency and the Green Wave limped to a 2-5 start, the possibility of quarterback change became viable. McMillan had played well in cameo roles against Ohio State and Memphis, but he was still getting his feet wet in the system. Could Fritz really turn the program over to a player who had been on campus only two months?

Justin McMillan, Willie Fritz and the 2 decisions that saved Tulane’s football season

It was one of the toughest decisions of Fritz’s three-year tenure at Tulane. It also was one of the most important.

By Jeff Duncan Date: Nov. 8, 2018

Fritz knew his team – and program – needed a jolt. At 2-5, Tulane was two losses away from losing its bowl eligibility, the No. 1 preseason goal for the program. Tulane had not qualified for a bowl in six seasons and its fan base was becoming impatient. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Two decisions might have saved the Tulane football season. The choices were made two months apart but were tangentially connected. And together, they have altered the fate of the Green Wave’s season.

On Oct. 23, three days after Tulane’s bitterly disappointing 27-23 home loss to SMU, Fritz announced that he was benching Banks and elevating McMillan to the starting quarterback spot. The final five games of Tulane’s season would be in the hands of a player who was still trying to learn everybody’s name on the roster and find his way around campus.

The first, Justin McMillan’s decision to leave LSU 18 days before the start of the 2018 campaign and transfer to the Green Wave program was as surprising as it was difficult for the junior quarterback.

“Sometimes coaches are slow to change,” Fritz said at the time. “I don’t have that gene.”

McMillan was a popular player in the LSU locker room and made a strong bid for the starting job this season. He invested three seasons of his career at the school and worked through three different offensive systems. He was comfortable and happy in Baton Rouge. The easy thing to do would have been to stay and ride it out.

Credit Fritz for making the tough call. Banks is a fifth-year senior and Fritz recruited him out of Independence Community College two years ago to be the program’s starting quarterback. Banks had guided the Green Wave to within an inch of a bowl berth last season and had spent the offseason organizing 7-on-7 drills with teammates and working on his leadership skills. He desperately wanted to finish what the Green Wave started in 2017 and go out on top as a senior.

Bowl-hungry Tulane has another difference-making graduate transfer: ‘A dangerous player’

It couldn’t have been an easy conversation.

“Leaving LSU,” McMillan said Tuesday, “was one of the hardest things I had to do in my life, considering the brotherhood that I built with those guys over there. … I will always care about LSU. I’m an LSU alumni. They will always be family. That will always be home.”

“We wanted to get a spark,” Fritz said. “Jonathan has been playing hurt, but we would have made the change anyway. It’s not for a lack of effort (by Banks). We just weren’t getting it done.”

But as a redshirt junior, time was of the essence. And McMillan knew he needed a change of scenery once Joe Burrow won the starting job.

All McMillan has done in two starts is lead the Green Wave to back-to-back road wins at Tulsa and South Florida, the latter qualifying as Tulane’s biggest win in years. With McMillan directing the offense, the Green Wave has gained more than 400 yards in each game and dominated time of possession.

McMillan knew little about Tulane, other than it was an excellent school, needed quarterback help and was 70 miles down I-10 from the state’s flagship school. The Green Wave did not recruit McMillan when he was a standout at Cedar Hill High School in suburban Dallas. He didn’t know a single person on the Green Wave roster.

“Justin has done a great job of managing the game for us and making good decisions,” Fritz said. “He just didn’t get his opportunity at LSU. He did a good job of biding his time here and he’s making the most of his opportunity.”

McMillan’s transfer options were limited. LSU blocked him from transferring to another SEC school or any opponent on the Tigers schedule for the next two seasons. McMillan quickly settled on Tulane, which had only one upperclassman scholarship quarterback on the roster. Jonathan Banks was the incumbent starter, but the Green Wave staff promised McMillan they would allow him to compete for playing time. After all, there’s a reason the Green Wave staff pursued Lindsey Scott so hard in the offseason. Fritz’s spread option offense requires a quarterback with running and passing ability, plus the cognitive processing skills to make split-second reads. And McMillan had displayed all of those traits in high school and during his three-year tenure at LSU. “There wasn’t a whole lot of recruitment,” said Fritz, who said he also consulted with colleagues on LSU’s coaching staff. “I talked to him on the phone maybe three times. I think he wanted to stay fairly close to home and he wanted to get a good degree.” After sitting for three years at LSU, playing time was also a top priority. McMillan knew Banks was the starter, but if nothing else he thought he could get on the field once he learned the system. Worst-case scenario, he would be the backup this season and have a great shot at starting in 2019.

The transition hasn’t been easy for McMillan, but he said he gains comfort and confidence with each passing day. And along with them, comes the validation of his decision in August. He said he still keeps in touch daily with many of his former LSU teammates and admitted to being nervous while watching the Tigers’ game with Alabama on his cell phone on the team bus after the South Florida win. “It almost feels like I’m on two teams because I’m so close to the players on that (LSU) team,” McMillan said. “Those kind of relationships will never be broken. But I’m here and we’re 2-0 right now, as far as me being a starter and I feel good about it.” It would be simplistic to attribute Tulane’s two-game winning streak solely to McMillan. The offensive line is healthy and has coalesced into a very solid unit. And young defensive playmakers Patrick Johnson, Cam Sample, Marvin Moody and Jaylon Monroe have emerged. But everything revolves around the quarterback in Fritz’s spread option attack. And McMillan has stabilized the position. “He’s done a great job,” Tulane running back Darius Bradwell said of McMillan. “He became a leader right off the bat, and he’s handled the situation perfectly.” McMillan has resurrected his career by transferring to Tulane. And Fritz might have saved the Green Wave’s season by putting him in the starting lineup.

Tulane had an open date following the Cincinnati game, giving him almost three weeks of rest. He returned to the starting lineup against Tulsa and made an immediate impact, helping the Wave rush for 312 yards in a season-saving comeback win.

Bookend tackles: Noah Fisher, Joey Claybrook leading Tulane surge By Guerry Smith Date: Nov. 7 2018

When Dauphine sprinted 51 yards to the Tulsa 1, Fisher knocked a defensive end out of the way with one emphatic shove. “When he first got here, I remember having to go against him and I’m like, this is a little bit different right here,” sophomore outside linebacker Patrick Johnson said. “When he hurt his ankle, he wasn’t quite as fast as he was, but now that he’s healed up, he’s a dangerous player to go against. He’s physical.”

Tulane graduate transfer Noah Fisher did not start for a three-game stretch in the middle of the year.

Claybrook, from Starkville, Mississippi, was anything but physical when he arrived last fall. He weighed 275 pounds on his 6-foot-6 frame and knew he needed a redshirt year to get bigger and stronger.

On the other side of the offensive line, redshirt freshman right tackle Joey Claybrook barely played in the first seven games.

Up to 285 pounds this year, he backed up Keyshawn McLeod for the first seven games before getting his shot on Tulane’s fourth offensive series against Tulsa.

The way they have performed in the past two weeks, the bookend tackles might never leave the field in November.

He has played every meaningful down since then, drawing a rave review from Fritz for his performance against the Golden Hurricane and backing it up versus South Florida.

With Corey Dauphine and Darius Bradwell running wild, the Green Wave (4-5, 3-2 American Athletic Conference) piled up 677 yards on the ground while reviving its season in victories at Tulsa and South Florida. Quarterback Justin McMillan played a pivotal role, too, adding 130 yards and three touchdowns rushing after taking over from Jonathan Banks. Tulane’s surge also coincided with Fisher’s and Claybrook’s insertion at tackle. Both of them will start against East Carolina (2-6, 0-5) on Saturday as the Wave seeks its third win in a row. Fisher, a second-team All-Sun Belt selection in 2017 at South Alabama, struggled to play through an ankle injury he suffered in preseason camp. He lost his starting job to Tyler Johnson before Tulane faced Ohio State and sat out the Cincinnati game entirely two weeks later to let his injury heal. Finally healthy, he is playing through any defensive lineman or linebacker who gets in his way. On a 21-yard touchdown run in the second quarter at South Florida, he pinned a linebacker as Dauphine raced right by him to the end zone. On Bradwell’s 73-yard score in the third quarter, he pulled and shielded the only defensive lineman with a chance to make a play, leaving a gaping hole. “He’s a big guy (Fisher is listed at 6-foot-5, 325 pounds),” coach Willie Fritz said. “Unfortunately he got hurt, but he’s as healthy as he’s been for us and does an excellent job with run blocking. He’s also smart. He knows how to get to the next level and sees things happening before they actually occur.” Fisher exhibited all of those skills in the first week of preseason drills, looking like a huge summer pickup as Tulane searched for a more physical presence up front. After rolling his right ankle and missing practice time, he was not the same player when he returned. “I’ve always had ankle problems, and it just kept getting worse and worse,” he said. “I needed to just stop and get healthy, so I can play my role on the team.”

“He’s assignment sound,” Fritz said. “We wanted to give him a chance. Sometimes it’s sitting right in front of your face and you don’t realize it.” Claybrook excels as a pulling tackle, and he clearly has pulled his weight in the past two games, earning his first career start against South Florida after blocking two players on McMillan’s go-ahead 39-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter at Tulsa. He credited offensive line coach/running game coordinator Alex Atkins for his rapid development. “Coming out of high school I didn’t have much technique at all, and he’s helped me so much with that,” Claybrook said. “I like the energy that he has every day. He’s really honest to get better every single day, and he really helps us with each mistake.” Atkins praised Claybrook’s preparation, saying he handled his assignments in limited opportunities earlier in the year, giving the coaches confidence in him. Still, he surprised his teammates with his fast maturation. “Joey’s a baby,” senior guard Dominique Briggs said. “We weren’t expecting Joey to do all that, but I know he’s worked hard. During the offseason me and Joey put in the extra work together after practice. He’s really taken the initiative to step up in that role.” Lagniappe Tulane and Louisiana-Lafayette have agreed to a two-game home-and-home series down the road, the Cajuns announced Wednesday. The Wave will play at Cajun Stadium on Sept. 21, 2024, and the Cajuns will play at Yulman Stadium on Sept. 4. 2027. Tulane’s last trip to Lafayette was in 2012. The Wave beat the Cajuns in four overtimes at Yulman Stadium in 2016. … Fritz said defensive end Cameron Sample did not practice Wednesday but still has not been ruled out for Saturday’s game.

‘This is a little bit different right here,’” Johnson said. “He’s a great player.” Having Fisher healthy again has been a boon for Johnson too, as the two swap ideas about blocking and pass rushing, each player trying to help the other get better at what he does in games.

Bowl-hungry Tulane has another difference-making graduate transfer: ‘A dangerous player’ By Christopher Dabe Date: Nov. 6, 2018 Patrick Johnson could tell a difference in Noah Fisher when the Tulane offensive lineman first hurt his right ankle during a preseason practice in August. Fisher, a graduate transfer who arrived in the summer from South Alabama, could never quite regain his footing. He played the first four games but lost his starting job for the three games after that. He needed time to heal. Once the 6-foot-5, 325-pound left tackle returned to practice two weeks ago was when Johnson, a sophomore defensive end, knew things could soon change for the Tulane offense. “When he hurt his ankle, he wasn’t quite as fast as he was,” said Johnson, whose 7-1/2 sacks rank second in the American Athletic Conference. “But now that he’s healing up, he’s a dangerous player.” Fisher is the other graduate transfer to make a difference for Tulane in the two recent wins that have the Green Wave within reach of playing in a bowl game for the third time since the undefeated 1998 season. Tulane (4-5 overall, 3-2 AAC) has rushed for more than 300 yards in the two wins since Fisher returned to the starting offensive line at left tackle. Those also are the only two games quarterback Justin McMillan started since his arrival as a graduate transfer from LSU. On a second-and-6 play with Tulane leading 17-3 in the second quarter Saturday at South Florida, McMillan made the quick decision to let running back Corey Dauphine take a read-option handoff in the Tulane backfield. Just then, Fisher slipped by a South Florida defender and walled off a linebacker for Dauphine to run uncontested for the 21 yards needed for a touchdown. Openings like those are “a dream come true” for running backs, said Darius Bradwell, whose 73-yard touchdown run in the third quarter put Tulane ahead 34-3. Having Fisher on the field “makes a big difference,” Bradwell said. “He can move the pile,” the running back added. “Which is good for us running backs. I’m proud and happy to have him.” Fisher, who started the last 25 consecutive games he played at South Alabama, stayed at the school through the spring practices under a new coaching staff. He decided after the spring to leave, and that’s when Tulane and defensive line coach Alex Atkins made the successful pitch for him to move. Fisher began preseason practices on the first-team offensive line, which was when Johnson first went against Fisher in one-on-one drills and “was like,

“He kind of tells me ahead of time before I go out there on Saturday night against a veteran guy,” Johnson said. Fisher took until a few games into the season to have full confidence in his knowledge of the blocking schemes within the offense, and he’s “starting to know the system in and out,” he said. According to Willie Fritz, Fisher “is as healthy as he’s been for us.” “He does an excellent job of run blocking,” the coach said. “He’s a big body you have to get around on the pass rush. He’s also a smart football player. He knows how to combo up to the next level and he sees things happening before they actually occur. He’s done a really nice job for us.” Tulane has three games left and must win twice more to become bowl eligible. The Green Wave have two home games against a pair of two-win teams, the first one Saturday against East Carolina (2-6, 0-5). Fisher played in two bowl games while at South Alabama, and another win here would put the Georgia native closer to playing in a third.

Dauphine scored on a 38-yard touchdown the first time he touched the ball against Nicholls State. On his next carry, he zig-zagged for a 69-yard score, and he finished his night with a 35-yard touchdown.

Tulane running back Corey Dauphine: ‘I feel like I do everything fast’ By Guerry Smith Date: Nov. 1 2018 Barely a minute after Tulane lost at home to SMU on Oct. 20, coach Willie Fritz walked up to running back Corey Dauphine and told him to prepare for a heavier workload the following Saturday. Dauphine had touched the ball three times, gaining zero yards, and Fritz regretted his lack of use in a disheartening defeat. “He was like, I should have given you the ball more, but we want to make sure next week you get the ball,” Dauphine said of a conversation that occurred on the field when the Tulane band finished playing the alma mater. “He said just be ready for it and be locked in.” They were not empty words. Dauphine, a proven breakaway threat and to this point the barometer of Tulane’s 2018 success or failure, carried a career-high 18 times in the Green Wave’s 24-17 comeback win at Tulsa. He ran inside and outside, exhibiting his sprinter speed and underrated power on his way to 107 yards. Look for Tulane (3-5, 2-2 American Athletic Conference) to feed him just as often in Saturday’s pivotal game at South Florida (7-1, 3-1), which ranks 11th out of 12 AAC teams in rushing defense. Thus far, his heavier involvement has been a winning formula. In Tulane’s victories against Nicholls State, Memphis and Tulsa, Dauphine rushed 36 times for 346 yards with five touchdowns for an eye-popping average of 9.6 yards per carry. In the Wave’s losses, he has 28 carries for 175 yards and zero touchdowns, getting fewer than six opportunities on average and no more than eight touches in any of them. That was not enough for a game-breaker like Dauphine (521 yards, 8.1 average per carry), and Fritz recognized it. “He’s a big (6-foot-0, 200 pounds), fast, physical guy,” Fritz said. “He can run the ball effectively inside, and when he’s outside he’s got great speed.” Dauphine, a junior Texas Tech transfer, has shown that speed repeatedly despite his limited opportunities. When he bounced outside for a 51-yard sprint to the Tulsa 1 in the third quarter, it was his seventh gain of 35 or more yards in 64 attempts. The rest of Tulane’s running backs have combined for three carries that long in 185 tries.

“He brings everything,” wide receiver Darnell Mooney said. “When (No.) 6 comes in the game, you can hear on the sideline (from the defense), get ready, get ready, get ready.” Since then, he popped for 45 yards against UAB, 38 yards against Ohio State, a 46-yard touchdown against Memphis and his 51-yarder against Tulsa, exhibiting the speed that made him the Texas 2014 state champion in the 200 meters. “I just feel like I do everything fast,” he said. “That’s just me. I do everything fast.” So why have the coaches been slow to warm up to him in some games? Part of the problem was his durability. Fritz said Dauphine became dehydrated against Nicholls, limiting him to six carries despite his dominance and creating questions about his ability to handle more. Others disputed Fritz’s declaration, indicating Dauphine was so high strung, he felt exhausted even though his hydration was fine. Either way, he topped out at 12 carries in Tulane’s breakthrough win against Memphis before dropping to six rushes in a loss to Cincinnati and three attempts versus SMU. His attention to detail like pass protection was also spotty, but Fritz’s postgame pep talk primed him for Tulsa. “Last week was really fun the whole week,” he said. “I felt like the coaches saw something in me, and I was ready for it.” As Tulane drove for the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter, Dauphine kept looking to the sideline expecting a substitution. Instead, he remained on the field for every down, rushing for 9 yards to the Tulsa 49 on the first play, getting a first down on the next, gaining 8 on the third snap and picking up 1 on the fourth to set up a third-and-short at the 39. When quarterback Justin McMillan put the ball in his belly, everyone followed Dauphine, freeing McMillan for an easy touchdown run after he pulled it on a keeper. “I did a pretty good fake, and all 11 guys came up to me,” Dauphine said. “I was just trying to make sure I did my job. The only thing on my mind was winning the game. That’s the big thing for me, and whatever I can do to help my team out, I’ll do it.” After redshirting at Texas Tech in 2015, getting two carries in 2016 and sitting out 2017 as a transfer, Dauphine has not pouted because of his erratic workload. Having a regular role at all is fun, but he is ready to take that next step in a loaded backfield that includes starter Darius Bradwell (6.0 average, 617 yards), shifty freshman Amare Jones and steady sophomore Stephon Huderson. Dauphine is ready for another 18 carries and then some on Saturday. “Oh, definitely,” he said. “I feel like I can go a little bit more. I felt sore after the (Tulsa) game, but it was a good sore. I like feeling sore because that means I did something.”

Tulane’s Donnie Lewis, ‘a cornerback with a safety’s mind,’ relishes first career pick-6 By Christopher Dabe Date: Oct. 27, 2018 Once the SMU receiver motioned to his side of the field, Tulane cornerback Donnie Lewis Jr. had a pretty good guess about what would happen next. It was a route concept his coaches identified during the week. “I trusted it with my eyes to make the play,” said Lewis, a fifth-year senior from Baton Rouge. The 49-yard interception return for a touchdown last week at Yulman Stadium marked the first time Lewis reached the end zone with the football in his college career. He has three interceptions this season and eight for his career. Tulane (2-5 overall, 1-2 American Athletic Conference) will play Saturday (Oct. 27) on the road against Tulsa in a conference game. The Green Wave needs four wins in the final five games to achieve the stated preseason goal of becoming bowl eligible, something that seemed possible in the summer after the Green Wave fell just a goal-line stop short of having that happen last season. For that to happen, Tulane could need more big-time plays from Lewis. Lewis has played what will be his final college season with a better understanding of the entire defense, teammates and coaches say. In past season, he knew his job and did it well. His knowledge now is broader. “I tell him all the time, ‘He’s a cornerback with a safeties’ mind,’” said Roderic Teamer Jr., himself a fourth-year starting safety for the Green Wave. Teamer and middle linebacker Zachery Harris both said how Lewis’ knowledge of the defense helps everybody around them. He can offer direction to younger players. “He’s coaching on the field,” Teamer said. “A lot of pressure I felt in the preseason came as he was learning, that pressure is taking off me along with (safety) P.J. Hall.” This is in addition to his own play-making. Against SMU, Lewis had two stops in the backfield on successive plays, both times lined up in the slot corner position and cutting toward the backfield for a pair of quick tackles.

The interception return for a touchdown put Tulane ahead 16-7 early in the third quarter against SMU. The Green Wave later led 23-14 in the fourth quarter, and — after a quick SMU touchdown cut the margin to two points — Tulane forced a three-and-out on three successive SMU possessions before the Mustangs scored the winning touchdown on a 67-yard pass with less than 2 minutes left. For the season, Lewis has 32 total tackles with six pass breakups along with his three interceptions and two quarterback hurries. Willie Fritz said Lewis is playing with “a ton of confidence.” The Tulane coach said he noticed the improvement in how Lewis plays when he looked at film from the game two seasons ago against Tulsa. Fritz viewed that film in preparation for the game Saturday. “It’s great to see a guy develop,” Fritz said. “He’s certainly a much, much better player. That’s what should happen. You get here, you get a guy for a few years, he should get better. He certainly has. A lot of that is because of Donnie. He really enjoys practice.” The Green Wave ranks 10th among 12 conference teams in total defense for the season, but in conference games-only, they rank third. Tulsa ranks last in scoring offense and 11th in total offense. In addition to his pay, Lewis works as something of a hype man. “He starting doing little pregame speeches in the locker room, just little things like that,” said Cam Sample, a defensive lineman. “Everybody on the team picks up on that, just the energy.” Added Teamer: “Donnie definitely gets you hyped. He’s a hype man for sure. That’s just his personality. He’s excited about playing football. Not just game days. But practice days too.”

sealed the 27-23 loss.

What do Tulane players think about Justin McMillan since his transfer from LSU? By Christopher Dabe Date: Oct. 24, 2018 Justin McMillan first arrived at Tulane as a hard-throwing quarterback who looked eager to show off his arm strength, and that has changed in the two months since the left-handed passer transferred from LSU. McMillan now puts more touch on his passes in practice, players say, which could help him run the Green Wave offense in his first college start Saturday at Tulsa. Tulane coach Willie Fritz announced McMillan as the starter on Tuesday, just days after fifth-year senior Jonathan Banks lost two fumbles over the final four possessions as Tulane (2-5 overall, 1-2 American Athletic Conference) failed to keep a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter. Fritz said Tulane needed a “spark” after losing for the fourth time in five games. Tulane players still talk about achieving their stated preseason goal of qualifying for a bowl game, but to do so, they must win four of the final five games. One player who has seen the change in McMillan from August until now is junior wideout Darnell Mooney.

Fritz has repeatedly deflected blame from the quarterback, as the coach noted Tuesday how Tulane at times can call for a seven-man protection but then not have every man hold his blocking assignment. The 28 sacks allowed by Tulane are the most in the conference. Will Tulane get a little something different from McMillan, who has completed 14 of 29 passes for 196 yards with three touchdowns and zero interceptions? “He knows where he’s going with the ball,” Fritz said Wednesday. “For a quarterback to avoid tough plays, on a pass play, you got to have a good idea of knowing where you’re going with the ball.” Fritz said it’s important for quarterbacks to have “an escape route.” Sometimes the defense will show one look and then do something unexpected after the snap, which means the passer has “to know where the next play is going to, quick,” the coach added. Senior safety Rod Teamer Jr. referred to McMillan as “a true team player” who “sat back and learned a lot.” “We have a lot of personal battles,” Teamer said about being a free safety against the quarterback. “He reads me, I read him. He’s doing a great job with that. He gets me a couple times.” Fritz said he talked with McMillan, who the school did not make available for media this week, about zeroing in on just doing his job. “Don’t worry about all the other things quarterbacks do for their teams as far as leadership and this, that and the other,” Fritz said he told McMillan.

“When someone gets here and they don’t know too much (about the of- While the coach added that McMillan has “done an excellent job” of fense), they throw the ball extremely hard because they think, ‘Oh, I’m showing leadership, “the main thing is to just concentrate and focus on going to be late,’” said Mooney, who experienced the same thing with doing your job,” he added. Banks when he transferred from a junior college in 2017. “He’s more confident with what he’s doing now,” Mooney said. “You can see the way he moves, the way he throws the ball.” McMillan has played in three games since his transfer, with all three games being in consecutive weeks. His most recent action came when he played the entire second half against Cincinnati after Fritz used both quarterbacks in the first half. McMillan did not play against SMU, when Banks played well enough for the Green Wave to hold a 23-14 lead in the fourth quarter. It was his fourth-and-1 rushing touchdown from the 3 that cushioned the lead to that margin, before SMU scored a quick touchdown. Tulane had multiple chances to seal the game with the defense forcing a three-and-out and three consecutive SMU possessions. On the next possession, SMU scored on a 67-yard touchdown pass. The next Tulane possession ended with another lost fumble by Banks on a sack, which

took plenty of practice repetitions the past two weeks, working on his option skills and getting more command of the entire offense. Earlier in the year, he had to run limited packages while he learned the scheme.

LSU transfer Justin McMillan to take over at QB for Tulane team looking for a ‘spark’ By Guerry Smith Date: Oct. 23 2018 On the verge of another losing season, Tulane is turning to LSU graduate transfer Justin McMillan as its starting quarterback. The Green Wave (2-5, 1-2 American Athletic Conference), which expected to go to a bowl game after coming agonizingly close in 2017, blew a 9-point fourth quarter lead against SMU on Saturday. Senior Jonathan Banks lost two fumbles and failed to connect with receivers on a pair of pivotal third downs — all in the last six minutes — as the Mustangs rallied to win 27-23 at Yulman Stadium. Tulane ranks ninth in the 12-team AAC in scoring (24.7 points per game) and 10th in yards (369.7) entering a trip to Tulsa (1-6, 0-3). “We’re looking for a spark right now,” Fritz said Tuesday after naming McMillan the starter. “That’s one of the reasons for it.” McMillan, a purer passer than Banks but less mobile, practiced with Tulane for the first time on Aug. 25, five days before the opener against Wake Forest. Initially expected to provide security as a backup to Banks this season and to compete for a starting job next year, he has been thrust into a larger role because of the Wave’s struggles. He spent three years at LSU, playing in two games, but decided to transfer in August after Joe Burrow was named the starter in a four-way competition. McMillan already has surpassed that total at Tulane, completing 14 of 29 passes for 196 yards and 3 touchdowns with zero interceptions in three games off the bench. He played briefly in a blowout loss to Ohio State, going 2 for 2. On his first snap against Memphis, he hit receiver Darnell Mooney with a short pass that turned into a 51-yard touchdown on the last play of the third quarter after Banks exited with cramps. The score put the Wave ahead 24-14. McMillan stayed in for the fourth quarter but did not throw again in a 40-24 upset victory. A week later, he played all but three series in a 37-21 loss at Cincinnati, completing his first two passes to extend his career numbers to 6 for 6 before struggling the rest of the way. He finished 11 of 26 for 130 yards with two touchdowns, the latter one coming in the fourth quarter when Tulane trailed 37-14. After an open date, Banks went all the way against SMU, but McMillan

“He’s got good knowledge of what we’re doing,” Fritz said. “He’s a smart kid.” Banks, a junior college transfer who started all but once a year ago and all seven games this season, has lost as many fumbles as he has thrown for touchdowns (five). Instead of improving on a promising junior season, he has regressed statistically, completing a fewer percentage of his passes (.518 compared to .566) for fewer yards (153.4 compared to 163.4) and getting sacked more often (23 times in seven games compared to 20 times in 11 games) It has been a surprising drop-off for a quarterback named to the Senior Bowl watch list in August. He (Banks) did some really good things (against SMU), and like I’ve said before, the quarterback gets too much blame and too much credit when things go well,” Fritz said. “For Justin to have success, we need to do a good job up front and with the backs and the tight ends and receivers. “We’ve done a poor job protecting with our backs and tight ends at times. When we call a seven-man protection, we ought to be able to block that and sustain it for a long period of time, and we’re having difficulty with that.” Walker: Justin McMillan, former LSU QB, throws first collegiate TD to spark Wave Justin McMillan hadn’t thrown a touchdown in three years, nine months and eight days, the last game of his high school career. Fritz made it clear he was not laying all of the blame on Banks. Of the two third-down incomplete passes in the final minutes, Banks simply threw too low for Mooney on a slant, but tight end Kendall Ardoin stopped his route on the second one. “Sometimes it might look like (a mistake) was on (Banks) but it really wasn’t,” Fritz said. “One of them I’m sure he’d like to have back and the other one I thought the receiver should have kept running and caught the ball. Sometimes the routes are not exactly the depth and the speed we’ve got to have in order to complete the ball.” The issues have led to a new sensation. Fritz, who had two sub-.500 seasons in 23 as a coach before arriving at Tulane, is two losses away from his third in a row. The Wave has been ahead or tied in the fourth quarter for three of its five defeats. “I’m definitely frustrated, there’s no doubt about that,” he said. “I’m an optimist like everybody is and we’ve just got to continue to keep plugging away. Close is not good enough. We’ve got to get better. Nobody feels worse about it than me.”

Tulane defensive end Patrick Johnson enjoys a coming-out party, even in a loss to Cincinnati By Mark Schmeter Date: Oct. 6, 2018 CINCINNATI — Just a hint of a smile crossed Patrick Johnson’s face when somebody suggested the Tulane defensive end touched the ball Saturday at Cincinnati more than some of the Green Wave’s offensive players. The 6-foot-3, 255-pound Johnson had a highlight-reel game in the Wave’s 37-21 American Athletic Conference loss at Nippert Stadium. Johnson, who plays the “Joker” position in coordinator Jack Curtis’ defense, finished with a career-high six tackles as well as one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and a sack. He also tipping from behind a Desmond Ridder pass that ended up being intercepted by Will Harper early in the fourth quarter. Johnson needed only an interception to complete his disruptive day. “It was a good day,” said Johnson, speaking of his personal day, which carried the tinge of disappointment because it came in a loss. “I don’t worry about my stats. I just try to be a whole player.” The forced fumble was Johnson’s second of the season, adding to one he produced in a Sept. 22 loss at Ohio State. He was awarded a sack on the same play, which ended up with Cincinnati offensive lineman Chris Ferguson plucking the loose ball out of midair. Johnson now has four sacks in Tulane’s last three games — one at Ohio State and two in the Wave’s win over Memphis last week. His fumble recovery came 16 yards downfield after Roderic Teamer forced the ball out of Michael Warren III’s hands. That play is indicative of the range that makes Johnson a natural for the “Joker” spot. “I try to be athletic,” he said. “I drop back into coverage, too, as well as try to rush the quarterback. I just try to wreak havoc.” Johnson wreaked that level of havoc on a regular basis at Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Tulane’s coaches would like to see more of it at this level. He’ll get his next shot after an open week when the Green Wave (2-4, 1-1) welcomes SMU to Yulman Stadium on Oct. 20. “I think he’s a good football player,” third-year coach Willie Fritz said. “We need him to rush the passer. We need him to do a good job of rushing the passer. We need to get him playing with his ears pinned back.”

getting breathers only in blowout victories of Alabama A&M and Connecticut. “We’re going to have to pack our lunch and line it in our suitcase,” defensive line coach Kevin Peoples said. “It’s going to be an all-day job. They are a physical group. They like to run the ball and are very well coached. We have to be physical as all get-out with them.”

Young Tulane defensive line growing up quickly

In other words, they will have to be more mature than their age.

By Guerry Smith Date: Oct. 4, 2018

Sample, who turned 19, already is. After he started three times in 2017 as a true freshman, Fritz labeled him All-AAC material entering his sophomore season, and he has played like it in the last two games, making 12 tackles with three sacks.

Tulane’s young defensive front grew up in front of everyone’s eyes during a dominant victory against Memphis last Friday at Yulman Stadium.

The real improvement has come around him, though.

The group’s next task may be even tougher — repeating that performance on the road against a real bunch of grownups.

“That really helps us a lot having multiple guys who can stop the run and also get after the passer,” he said. “When other guys start getting on it, it makes our job a little easier because the attention is spread out all over the defensive line.”

Cincinnati (5-0, 1-0 American Athletic Conference East), which already has surpassed its win totals from the past two seasons under second-year coach Luke Fickell, goes right at opponents with inside zone plays that test their manhood, running them over and over. Although the Bearcats will be without senior starting center Garrett Campbell (broken ankle) when they entertain the Green Wave (2-3, 1-0 AAC West) on Saturday at Nippert Stadium, they still have four upperclassman starters on the offensive line. Average size: 6-foot-5, 318 pounds. “Last year they were big, tall, long and physical and they kind of tried to find their way offensively,” Tulane coach Willie Fritz said. “They’ve found their way. They may be the most talented team in our conference.” Tulane counters with a defensive front that features true sophomores Cameron Sample and Patrick Johnson on the outside, true freshman nose tackle Jeffery Johnson, redshirt sophomore tackle De’Andre Williams and four more true freshmen who play key roles as backups. The only lineman with more than one year of playing experience on the two-deep depth chart is senior Robert Kennedy. They are really young, but they are talented. After scuffling through the first four games, Tulane held Memphis to its lowest yardage total (277) in three years despite yielding a 47-yard touchdown on the Tigers’ first snap. From there, the Wave rendered the nation’s leading rusher, Darrell Henderson, a non-factor in the run game while teeing off on quarterback Brady White. Henderson had 4 yards on his final six carries as Memphis began to pass almost exclusively. The Wave sacked White seven times, with the front four accounting for six of them. Fritz’s first job this week was getting his guys’ heads out of the clouds following their sky-high effort.

Patrick Johnson, who plays rush end/outside linebacker, has a sack in each of the past two games and even broke up a Memphis pass near the sideline. “It has just been (a case of) learning the game and getting up to speed,” said Johnson, who had zero hurries as a true freshman despite playing in all 12 games. “I actually know what’s ahead before the play happens.” The rotation of Jeffery Johnson, Williams and Kennedy at tackle is getting sturdier. Johnson is learning on the job after dropping 30 pounds from the time he signed until the start of preseason drills. Williams played sparingly until this season. Yet, Tulane, which allowed 5.4 yards per carry a year ago, limited Memphis to 31 yards on 21 attempts. Freshman end Juan Monjarres, a St. Augustine product, registered his first two career sacks. Freshman Carlos Hatcher notched his first. “We knew (the linemen) had a bunch of ability,” Fritz said. “That should be an area of strength for us for years to come.” The question is whether they are ready right now to maintain the level they exhibited against Memphis. The line did not fare as well on Tulane’s first road trip, when UAB rushed for 269 yards on 56 carries and handed the ball off 12 straight times while driving the length of the field for the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. Two weeks later, the Wave drove Memphis backward. Fritz want to see more of the same against Cincinnati. “Not just on pass downs, but on run downs we were playing on the other side of the line of scrimmage,” he said. “We have to be able to do that Saturday against a big, strong offensive line.” Watch party

“We came in on Monday, and I think they thought they were going to have a big party,” Fritz said. “We just had the same meeting we always have. If you sit around and pat yourself on the back too much, you forget about the task at hand. We’re on to Cincinnati, and it’s a good learning process. We do the same things the same way regardless of the outcome.”

The Tulane athletic department will hold a watch party for fans at Bruno’s Tavern (7538 Maple Street).

They will need that approach against the Bearcats, who are effective without being sexy on offense. Running back Michael Warren, a 5-foot-11, 218-pound workhorse, carried 35 times for 142 yards in the opener against UCLA, rushed 29 times for 91 yards the following week against Miami (Ohio) and added 23 attempts for 124 yards against Ohio. He has a conference-high 10 touchdowns,

The game will be televised live on ESPNU. Tulane, a touchdown underdog, is trying to start 2-0 in the AAC for the first time.

Bruno’s will open at 10:30 a.m., 30 minutes before kickoff. Light snacks will be served along with drink specials.

the coach said. Darius Bradwell, who rushed 19 times for 143 yards and two touchdowns against Memphis, said the team feeds of whatever Banks does with the ball. The quicker the decision, the better.

Tulane QB Jonathan Banks at his best when playing ‘his game’

“Second-guessing makes him hold the ball a little bit longer,” Bradwell said. “Once he makes those quick, decisive decisions, he’s a playmaker and he’s going to make plays.”

By Christopher Dabe Date: Oct. 4, 2018

Bradwell said Banks talked last week about getting back to finding that level of comfort, to where can make those decisions without the fear of regret.

This one lingered for a bit, to the point where it weighed on Jonathan Banks longer than a week. He needed to stop second-guessing himself. He needed to make quicker decisions with the football. So the Tulane quarterback did just that in an unexpected win last week against Memphis. Now, with another game against an American Athletic Conference frontrunner, the Green Wave (2-3 overall, 1-0 AAC) will need more of the same from their fifth-year senior passer Saturday at Cincinnati (5-0, 1-0).

“This game, he was going to play ‘his game,’” Bradwell said. “Just be himself. You saw it in his performance.” Banks sat out the end of both of the last two games in order for former LSU quarterback Justin McMillan to get some in-game snaps. On his first play against Memphis, McMillan threw a long touchdown pass to Darnell Mooney. McMillan replaced Banks when he limped off the field. “He just cramped up, unfortunately,” said Fritz, who noted that Banks was back to full health for a week of practices.

“I just realized I got to get the ball out quicker,” Banks said about the approach he took last week into Tulane’s 40-24 win against Memphis. “I got to make quicker reads.”

The Cincinnati defense ranks among the best in the country, at second in scoring defense and seventh in total defense. The Bearcats scored an opening win at UCLA and routed UConn 49-7 last ween in the conference opener.

The Tulane offense will operate only as well as Banks lets it, and Green Wave coach Willie Fritz commonly refers to Banks as a difference-making player. The quarterback is at his best when he trusts his instincts, the coach says.

Tulane came into the season talking about getting the six wins needed to achieve bowl eligibility for only the second time since 2002. The 1-3 start complicated things, but the recent win against Memphis has boosted confidence.

It’s mostly when Banks second-guesses himself when things go wrong. That’s what happened three weeks ago against Alabama-Birmingham, when his lost fumble on a sack resulted in a touchdown that put Tulane in a 21-7 deficit in the second quarter.

Another win against a league favorite would suddenly others to take notice of Tulane, and those bowl chances wouldn’t seem so far-fetched.

Tulane rallied to a tie in the fourth quarter, but the Blazers ultimately won with two more possession-ending sacks of Banks, including one lost fumble that helped seal for Tulane a 31-24 defeat.

“We understand last week was a must-win situation so we went out there and took care of business,” Banks said. “We got to look at every week like that from here on out.”

The win Friday against Memphis included no such miscues. In that game, Banks made the kind of decisions that drew praise from his coach. “He took off running three or four times,” Fritz said. “And one time I think it was second and 20 and he took off running and ended up getting 10, 12 yards and put us in a manageable third-down situation. “When he makes quick decisions, they’re good decisions for us.” Those decisions also help the Tulane offense operate effectively. The 496 yards in total offense were the second-most for Tulane in the two-plus seasons (29 games) with Fritz as coach. Take away the three times he was sacked for 18 yards in losses, Banks had eight other rushing attempts for 68 yards, in addition to his 12 of 21 passing for 127 yards on a night that included six dropped passes, according to Fritz. “Otherwise he probably had another 70-80 yards and had a heck of a night,”

“It’s been tough,” Banks said of the underwhelming start.

toughest two-week stretch of his three-year tenure.

Nothing fluky about Tulane’s thorough beating of Memphis By Guerry Smith Date: Sep. 29, 2018 Backed into a corner by a 1-3 nonconference start, Tulane blasted its way out of trouble by trusting what coach Willie Fritz was preaching. The Green Wave (2-3, 1-0 American Athletic Conference) played its most complete game since joining the AAC in its convincing 40-24 victory against Memphis (3-2, 0-2) on Friday night at Yulman Stadium, overcoming a pair of pratfalls that might have sunk previous teams. No one blinked when Memphis fielded a surprise onside kick easily and scored on the next play, answering an early Tulane touchdown. The Wave responded with a 53-yard scoring run on fourth-and-1 by Darius Bradwell. No one blinked after the Wave went for it on fourth-and-4 from the Memphis 45 in the third quarter and quarterback Jonathan Banks missed well-covered receiver Terren Encalade on a deep streak. “We knew going into the game we were going to be aggressive and we were going to take chances and we might take chances that would put the defense in what some would say is a bad situation,” safety Roderic Teamer said. “We don’t look at it as a bad situation. We trust our coach. We want to go out there and play for him.” Linebacker Zach Harris stuffed the nation’s leading rusher, Darrell Henderson, for a 3-yard loss on the first play after the failed fourth-down gamble. Defensive end Cameron Sample followed with a sack, leading to a three-and-out. “I felt like it set the tone, not just for the defense but for the offense for the rest of the second half to keep our foot on their necks and not let up,” Sample said. “They are known for their big plays, but as a team we finished well tonight.” It would be an understatement to say Tulane has been fragile for most of this century, one that has featured 14 losing records in 18 years, only two bowl appearances and only one conference record above. 500. The Wave turned into lightweights at the slightest sense of trouble, falling apart after questionable calls, late-game collapses and any disappointing defeat. Not this time, and not with this coach. Fritz, who had finished below .500 only twice in his 23-year career before matching that total in his first two seasons with Tulane, had his team ready for Memphis after the

Fans fumed when Tulane lost on the road to a Conference USA opponent for the second year in a row, falling to UAB 31-24 in an error-filled performance. A futile game against fourth-ranked Ohio State exacerbated the concern as the overmatched Wave fell behind 42-6 by halftime. September was not even over, and all of Tulane’s preseason bowl expectations were turning into expectorations. Just as suddenly, hope has returned, largely because the players and coaches never doubted themselves. “We limited all the mistakes that we had the previous weeks,” said running back Darius Bradwell, who rushed for a career-high 143 yards on 19 carries after insisting earlier in the week Tulane was close to a breakthrough. “Once all 11 guys play with the same energy and the same heart, we are a good team.” It was a single game, but this did not feel like a one-off performance. Tulane dominated Memphis on both sides of the line of scrimmage even though the defending AAC West champion and preseason favorite really needed to win after losing its conference opener to Navy by one point. Tulane’s 318 rushing yards were its most in regulation against any AAC opponent not named Tulsa, with eight gains on the ground of 10 yards or more. The Wave converted on 10 of 17 third downs, scored four touchdowns of 25 or longer and went three-and-out only once. Memphis’ 277 total yards were its fewest since a Birmingham Bowl loss to Auburn at the end of the 2015. The Tigers averaged 593 yards in their first four games, ranking fourth nationally, but went nowhere on the ground against Tulane and frequently backwards when they tried to throw, allowing seven sacks. Even more remarkably, 80 of their yards came on their first and third snaps. They managed only 197 the rest of the way. The decisiveness of the victory led to some unaccustomed words from the opposing locker room. Those ingredients can take Tulane a long way in its remaining seven conference games.

field-goal drive at the end of the second quarter. Fisher, a graduate transfer from South Alabama who was a second-team All-Sun Belt selection last season, had started every game since the beginning of 2016.

Tulane notebook: Birthday coach Jack Curtis has good night By Guerry Smith Date: Sep. 28, 2018 Tulane defensive coordinator Jack Curtis celebrated his birthday Friday, and he had cause for celebration after a rough start against Memphis. Running back Darrell Henderson raced 47 yards for a touchdown on the Tigers’ first snap, and wide receiver Pop Williams nearly had a 67-yard score on Memphis’ third play from scrimmage. Only a shoestring tackle by cornerback Donnie Lewis at the Tulane 37 saved him from reaching the end zone. From there, everything changed. The Wave held to force a punt and shut out Memphis for the rest of the first half, limiting Henderson to a long run of 3 yards. The Tigers had scored 52 or more points in three of their first four games and scored 40 or more nine times last season, including 56 against Tulane.

Johnson started four times as a true freshman and eight times last season before losing his spot to Keyshawn McLeod in the finale at SMU. “He (Johnson) did a good job in practice all week and we wanted to give him an opportunity,” Fritz said. “I thought with the exception of a couple of plays he played well.” New punter Freshman Ryan Wright, who punted five times against Ohio State to senior Zach Block’s two attempts, officially has taken over the job from Block except for pooch punts. Wright flipped the field after Tulane’s worst possession of the first half ended in a three-and-out at its 15, booting a 57-yarder with no return. Memphis failed to pick up a first down, setting up the Wave for its field goal drive at the end of the half. Wright punted twice, averaging 47.5 yards. Block went in for a pooch punt in the third quarter, and teammate Donnie Lewis caught it at the Memphis 5.

This time, they managed only 14 through three quarters and did not score again until the game was out of reach.

Red zone success Tulane, which had reached the red zone fewer times per game (1.5) than any team in college football before Friday, got inside the Memphis 20 twice in the first half.

The Tigers finished with 277 yards. Tulane became the first team to hold them below 300 yards since Auburn limited them to 205 yards in the 2015 Birmingham Bowl, a span of 30 games.

The Wave extended its perfect string of scoring in the red zone to 8 for 8, getting a 2-yard touchdown run by Corey Dauphine and a 20-yard field goal by Merek Glover.

“The defense played great,” coach Willie Fritz said. “The offense played well. I’m really proud of the coaching staff and all of the players.”

Lagniappe Tulane debuted a new uniform with black jerseys, black pants and a helmet with a larger Angry Wave logo. Unlike a similar look the Green Wave tried in the Superdome several years ago, the numbers were clearly visible with white trim around the green numerals. … The Wave’s game captains were Block, defensive tackle De’Andre Williams, defensive end Cameron Sample and offensive lineman Devon Johnson.

New starter Tulane’s first change in its starting offensive line this season paid early dividends with a 12-play, 75-yard touchdown drive on its opening possession. Junior Tyler Johnson replaced senior Noah Fisher at left tackle, and the Wave had five gains of 10 or more yards on that first series. Darius Bradwell then ran untouched for a 53-yard score on the second possession as Tulane took a 14-7 lead. The rest of the half was not as pretty for Johnson, who was flagged for a false start, holding and allowed a sack on the Wave’s 15-play, 71-yard

“We got our butts beat,” said Memphis quarterback Brady White, who finished 14 of 30 for 246 yards and was sacked seven times. “They came out ready to play.” McMillan improved to 4 for 4 in his career with his long touchdown pass, and his teammates were pretty much perfect the rest of the way.

On a night to remember, Tulane hammers Memphis 40-24 to open AAC play By Guerry Smith Date: Sep. 28, 2018 Tulane flipped the switch in its American Athletic Conference opener, turning out the lights on preseason West Division favorite Memphis. Ending an 11-game losing streak to the Tigers that dated to 2000, the Green Wave looked nothing like the team that went 1-3 in its non-conference schedule, dominating almost from start to finish, winning 40-24 in front of an ESPN2 audience Friday night at Yulman Stadium. “This is huge for us,” safety Roderic Teamer said. “We have a lot of teams that we feel like we owe. We talked coming into this week it was a new season for us and we want to treat it like playoffs. We were licking our chops really. Memphis has been on fire the last two seasons, and we just looked at it as a great test to come out and show we can compete in this conference this year.” The dramatic difference was evidenced from the start. Taking a 17-7 lead, Tulane, a two-touchdown underdog, outgained Memphis 281-135 in the first half, outrushed the Tigers 189-58 in the same span and had a whopping 21:09-8:51 advantage in time of possession. “Throughout the week I was just walking around like this is a win or go home situation,” wide receiver Darnell Mooney said. “This was the tale of the whole season right here.” Memphis pulled within 17-14 early in the second half, but Tulane had all the answers on this night. When starting quarterback Jonathan Banks called timeout and limped off the field with cramps two seconds before the end of the third quarter, LSU transfer Justin McMillan entered and immediately hooked up with Mooney for a 51-yard catch and run on third-and-7. “It was money,” coach Willie Fritz said. “He came in and we had to throw.” Tulane (2-3, 1-0 AAC) won its conference opener for the second time in four years, but this one bore no resemblance to a victory against winless Central Florida in 2015. The Wave served notice it will contend in the West. Memphis (3-2, 0-2), the reigning division champion, already is a long shot to repeat after losing by a point to Navy in its AAC opener. The Tigers, who made as many big plays on offense as any team in the country the past two years, fell victim to Tulane’s huge gains this time.

True freshman defensive end Juan Monjarres forced a fumble by White in the end zone on Memphis’ next possession, leading to a safety that made the score 26-14 when offensive lineman Roger Joseph picked it up and stumbled to the ground. After the free kick, Dauphine sealed the victory, exhibiting his blazing speed on a 46-yard touchdown run that featured an excellent downfield block from receiver Jabril Clewis, who kept his man engaged long enough for Dauphine to cut inside of him. Trailing 33-14, the Tigers were desperate enough to go for it on fourth down from their own 27, but a White pass fell harmlessly to the turf. Making the blowout even more impressive were the mistakes the Wave overcame. All of Banks’ 12 passes in the first half hit his receivers in the hands, but they dropped five, including three by the normally super-reliable Mooney. Tulane overcame a penalty on its first touchdown drive and two more before hitting a 20-yard field goal on the last play of the first half. The Wave also failed on an onside kick after going ahead 7-0, allowing Memphis to tie the score on the next play with a 47-yard touchdown run by Darrell Henderson, the nation’s leading rusher. Then, when Memphis cut its deficit to 17-14 with a touchdown to start the third quarter, the Wave handed the ball to the Tigers near midfield after Banks failed to connect with Terren Encalade on a fourth-down deep pass. None of them mattered, though, because Tulane whipped Memphis at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. The Tigers went backward after Tulane’s fourth-down gamble, while the Wave kept going forward. “We just knew we needed to be aggressive and tried to limit their possessions,” Fritz said. “We didn’t really do that with the onside kick and some other things, but our defense played lights out.” Disjointed for most of the first four games, Tulane came out with a different feel this time. Banks was sharp with his arm and his feet until exiting, running for two first downs in the first half and putting almost all of his throws in the right spot. Bradwell finished with 143 yards on 19 carries and Tulane rushed for 318 yards, outgaining Memphis 496-277 overall. Dauphine added 87 yards on 12 attempts, and Stephon Huderson contributed 58 yards on eight rushes. “The way our offense is set up, we can dominate games like this,” Bradwell said. “We are getting better each week. We knew we were a good team, so we just came out with that confidence and that swagger.”

Running back Darius Bradwell scored from 53 yards out. Mooney had his 51-yard reception. Corey Dauphine raced for a 46-yard touchdown. Bradwell added a 25-yard score.

Henderson managed only four rushing yards on six attempts after his touchdown run on the first play.

Meanwhile, Memphis got next to nothing aside from two long touchdowns from Darrell Henderson, the nation’s leading rusher.

“We really take defending the run personal,” defensive end Cameron Sample said. “To have the opportunity to go against the leading rusher in the nation was a big challenge for us. We showed all our hard work tonight.”

“This Army team is tough,” said Sooners linebacker Curtis Bolton after Oklahoma escaped with a 28–21 overtime win. “You can say what you want, the triple option is a little outdated but at the end of the day those guys are trying to win a football game.” The Past, Present and Future of the Triple Option By Ross Dellenger Date: Sep. 27, 2018 LAFAYETTE, La. — Keeping pace with innovation can be life’s most challenging hurdle, especially for an old-school football coach like Matt McCullough. Situated in front of two interconnected computer monitors, nearly touching they’re so close, the 37-year-old coach can’t seem to position his mouse cursor on the appropriate screen. At times, he’s unable to find the cursor at all, violently shaking the black mouse in a fruitless effort, a man powerless at the controls of a box full of wires. “This is just too fancy,” McCullough huffs. “See, this is why we run the Veer.” The Veer is the opposite of fancy. It is football’s version of a ham sandwich: enduring and reliable, but tedious and tiresome. Here in south Louisiana, that tedium is celebrated, worshipped like a religion, adored like royalty on an antiquated throne. At Acadiana High School, the Veer is life—and has been for nearly a half century. “It is instilled in the community and in the players,” says Kent Gable, an assistant coach and former player. “It is the Veer Machine.” This is the 45th consecutive season in which the Wreckin’ Rams are operating in the same triple option offense that then coach Bill Dotson installed in 1974. The Veer has survived three head coaches, each passing down the offense to his successor, like a family’s most precious heirloom. The Veer is unchanged, having weathered the storm of new-fangled, pass-happy schemes, and now it is flourishing like never before: dominating smaller defenses built for modernized spread schemes, bludgeoning foes with a mystifying wizardry only possible in the triple option and delivering Acadiana four state championships in the last 12 years. In the last four decades of football here, the Rams have aligned in the shotgun no more than 20 times, says McCullough, a former Acadiana quarterback who is old-school at heart. Last year, his team racked up 325 rushing yards per game, averaged 13 yards per carry and threw a total of 86 passes. The Rams won 11 games, advanced to the state semifinals and scored 38 points an outing. From afar, Doug Dotson has watched as the tradition his father built plods onward. Schematically, the clock here never needed turning back—it was never moved forward. “If it ain’t broke,” Dotson says, “don’t fix it.” In another vestige of a bygone era, last Saturday college football fans scrambled to find a legal or illegal stream for a game that was only available as a pay-per-view, as mighty Oklahoma sweated out an upset bid from Army. The Sooners came in with one of the nation’s fastest and most potent offenses, directed by a rising star coach in Lincoln Riley, whose brain has been picked relentlessly by NFL scouts after producing a Heisman Trophy winner and a College Football Playoff berth in his first year in charge. But it was the Black Knights who controlled the game when they had the ball, stringing together four drives of at least 16 plays each, dominating the possession battle (44:41 to 15:19), frustrating the Oklahoma defense to the tune of 339 yards rushing and 13 third-down conversions, and earning the respect of everyone who successfully found a reliable stream. Just like the old days, the college football world was focusing all of its attention on an offensive system born way back when Army was the national power that Oklahoma is now.

One hundred and forty miles from Acadiana’s campus, Tulane head coach Willie Fritz is behind his desk in a football stance, Yulman Stadium over his right shoulder, as he illustrates the quarterback’s job in the triple option—his triple option. Fritz’s version has a lot in common with the one Acadiana uses, from the quarterback’s mid-play read to the dive up the gut to the pitch man on the outside. However, Tulane’s quarterback is in the shotgun, receivers are scattered across the field and there are men in motion at the snap. “Option concepts might be more prevailing in football than they’ve ever been,” says Air Force coach Troy Calhoun. “It just frequently looks different.” The core value of the triple option is simple: out-number the defense, 11 players to 10, by reading a defensive player’s movement instead of blocking him and employing your quarterback as a runner. Free from his blocking responsibilities, maybe that extra offensive player can double-team an All-America defensive tackle, or reach block an all-conference linebacker, and open a hole no teammate is fast or strong enough to open by himself. The zone-read, a kind of double option, has swallowed high school and college football for nearly two decades, but its bigger brother the triple has maintained a persistent presence at both levels of the sport, even as the number of teams that exclusively operate out of it dwindles. Navy, Army and Georgia Tech run the option in its purest form, using their offenses as battering rams operated from under center. At Air Force, Calhoun has tweaked the formula slightly, mixing the spread option with the under-center triple that the program has run for years. Most other schools that employ some classic features of the option have modernized and cloaked them within spread concepts, as Fritz has at Tulane, Bob Davie has at New Mexico and Scott Frost has begun to at Nebraska. These new strains of option football surpass their ancestors in charm and glamour. Some believe the original under-center versions of the scheme are on the verge of complete extinction. Even a few inside the small fraternity of coaches who run the system agree that the triple option as they know it is an offense in twilight, soon to be replaced completely by those refurbished spread option systems, many of which are derived from the offense Fritz and his offensive coordinator Bob DeBesse created six years ago at Sam Houston State. Is the old-school triple close to death? That may depend on how you define death. The option family has been shrinking at a staggering rate since the 1980s, but Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson and three of his former assistants have kept it alive at college football’s highest level. “I’m not sure how many people who really know it are left,” Johnson says. Its popularity among casual college football fans is thanks in large part to the longtime Georgia Tech coach whose system has produced a .656 winning percentage and 18 conference, division or national championships at four schools as an offensive coordinator or a head coach. The other three Division I teams that currently run the old-school option are coached by longtime Johnson assistants at Navy: In the last two years, Army (led by Jeff Monken), Navy (Ken Niumatalolo) and FCS upstart Kennesaw State (Brian Bohannon) are 54–24 with five postseason wins between them. “It works,” says Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuck. “Paul was always being criticized. He wanted to prove that it works and it can succeed. He has.”

The Past, Present and Future of the Triple Option CONT’D. By Ross Dellenger Date: Sep. 27, 2018 Sports Illustrated traced the roots of option football through its 70-plus-year history, using more than 40 interviews with former or current option football coaches to document its alterations and link together its innovators. Each coach above is identified by the year he took an active role in the dissemination of the option, the program he currently runs or is best known for influencing, and the option scheme his teams were known for. (Scheme key: Split-T—red; split-back Veer—dark blue; Wishbone—green; Flexbone— purple; I-option—brown; spread—turquoise.) Scroll down for the full timeline of the option’s rise. Johnson’s coaching descendants, along with contemporary innovators like Fritz and DeBesse, are only the newest branches to sprout from an option coaching tree with roots back to World War II-era football. The path from then to now has been far from linear. Did you know, for instance, that legendary Houston coach Bill Yeoman discovered what many consider the first true triple option, the split-back Veer, in the mid-1960s because of a missed blocking assignment? Or that Texas offensive coordinator Emory Bellard refined his revolutionary Wishbone using his teenage son and his friends as props in the family’s front yard? Colorado’s national title in 1990 and the three won by Nebraska later that decade can be traced to, of all people, Big Eight rival Barry Switzer. Johnson’s system at Georgia Tech has a link to figures on both sides of the Iron Bowl in Alabama’s Bear Bryant and Auburn’s Pat Dye. DeBesse played in coach Jim Wacker’s Veer attack at Southwest Texas State in the ’80s, and Frost quarterbacked Tom Osborne’s I-option attack at Nebraska in the mid-’90s. Almost everyone in the option family can be traced back to Yeoman or Bellard, the grandfathers of a group that some believe will survive in some form for another 50 years. Former LSU and NFL defensive lineman Booger McFarland even believes the scheme will make a return to prominence, another spin in a rotating door of a cyclical sport. “Imagine if Georgia Tech had Bama’s personnel,” McFarland says. “I think it would work. It would be boring, but it would work.” Urban Meyer wanted secrecy. Meyer, then the up-and-coming head coach at Utah in 2003 and ’04, often phoned the Navy football offices to pick the brain of Johnson, who had improved the Midshipmen from two wins in year one to eight wins in year two with an option offense that was all the rage 25 years prior. Meyer wanted in, or at least part of the way in, looking to incorporate some of Navy’s concepts in a double option zone-read system that would eventually make him the toast of college football. “He’d call about help with this or that,” Johnson recalls. The phone conversation would often end the same way: Meyer or his assistants reminding Johnson and the Navy staff to keep the conversations on the down-low. “Don’t tell anybody!” Johnson remembers them saying. “We don’t want to get labeled!”

The option family is always fighting the ham sandwich label—productive, but plain; sustainable, but simple. The golden years of the option faded away for recruiting reasons as much as any other. Option teams claimed one-third of the national championships from 1950 to ’79. Then, gradually, dozens of coaches dropped the system in favor of variants of BYU’s West Coast offense, Steve Spurrier’s Fun ’n’ Gun, Mike Leach’s Air Raid or Meyer’s spread scheme, in an effort to woo teenagers with flash. “Talk to the high school coaches, they’ll tell you the kids want to be receivers,” Johnson says. The label exists for a reason—take for example the four games last season in which Monken’s Army team did not complete a pass, including the one in which the Black Knights did not attempt a pass. The option family reminds you that Army went 3–1 in those games and became the first FBS team since at least 2000 to gain 500 yards in a game without a completion. “Those of us who run it, we know it works,” says Niumatalolo, now in his 12th year in charge at Navy. “We’ve played teams and beat them that we have no business beating.” The option has famously helped close a talent gap at the three service academies, where recruiting is not the same as it is anywhere else. The two-year service requirement prevents those programs from promising a simple path to the NFL, and there are weight restrictions that keep the academies from bringing in behemoths. Army and Navy list a combined 10 players on their 2018 rosters at 300 pounds or heavier. There are advantages beyond the physical equalizers. Preparing for the option is often an endeavor that spans months, not days. Osborne says the Cornhuskers in the 1970s and 80s would spend one period each Monday on Oklahoma’s Wishbone attack. About a decade into Barry Switzer’s tenure, Osborne’s teams began to slow the Sooners’ offense—and by slow it, that meant keeping it under 250 yards rushing. “That was pretty good,” laughs Osborne, now 81. The option purists, who prefer to operate under center like always, are hardnosed types. Fisher DeBerry, the patriarch of Air Force’s option, is among that number. He’s 80 now and retired in Charleston, but he gets fired up about the criticism of his fraternity and its brothers. “The ‘Y’all can’t throw it!’ is a bunch of junk,” DeBerry says. There are numbers that back him up: Over the last three seasons, Navy’s quarterbacks have twice finished in the top-10 in passer rating, and Georgia Tech and Army have at least finished in the top 30 once. It’s not that they can’t throw; it’s that they don’t. In two of the last three seasons, the five FBS teams that have thrown the fewest pass attempts have all been option teams. DeBerry helped Bill McCartney and Colorado install the triple option in 1985, three years and five wins into McCartney’s tenure there. “He called and said, ‘Things aren’t going so well. Would you help?’” Big Ten Network analyst Gerry DiNardo, then McCartney’s offensive coordinator, remembers the reaction in ’85 when his head coach announced the offensive switch during an alumni gathering. Someone in the crowd raised his hand. Coach, please tell me the first play of the game won’t be dive, the man said. “Bill looked at him and said, ‘I suggest you get to the game for the second play.’” Four years later, the Buffaloes won a national championship. Many schools don’t want the option and never will. Of the purists, Niumatalolo’s name has been most often connected with Power 5 coaching jobs, with BYU, Cal Arizona reaching out in the last three years. When Niumatalolo emerged as a candidate in Tuscon, “it was panic” in Arizona, Johnson recalls. Wildcats quarterback Khalil Tate tweeted, then deleted, “I didn’t come to Ari

school coach who now consults high school teams wanting to implement Johnson’s triple option. “I get calls every day—people want to do it.”

The Past, Present and Future of the Triple Option CONT’D. By Ross Dellenger Date: Sep. 27, 2018 zona to run the tripple (sic) option”. By the end of the weekend, Niumatalolo announced he was staying at Navy, and Arizona ultimately hired Kevin Sumlin. Army athletic director Boo Corrigan wanted the option. He hired Monken after the coach led Georgia Southern to three straight appearances in the FCS semifinals, plus a win over Florida at the Swamp in which the Eagles did not complete a pass. “It wasn’t necessarily an easy search. That fraternity of coaches is not one million people,” Corrigan says. “It’s a small group.” Some of Niumatalolo’s suitors have actually asked him to change his offense. You can imagine his reaction: “I’m like, ‘Why would I do that? Thank you, but I’m fine here, brother.’” Statesboro, Ga., loves option football like nowhere else in the country. Since Georgia Southern brought back its football program in 1982 after a 40-year lapse, the Eagles have only strayed from the scheme during a three-year stretch from 2007 to ’09 under Air Raid coach Chris Hatcher. Dozens of option family members have cycled through Georgia Southern. DeBesse is there now as offensive coordinator, running the same shotgun-based triple option scheme he invented with Fritz at Sam Houston State. Fritz excelled with the system as head coach at Georgia Southern in 2014 and ’15, winning 17 games in two years (and leading the nation in rushing in both seasons) while successfully ushering the program into the FBS. Still there was grumbling from fans wondering why their quarterback was in the shotgun. “When anything went wrong,” says former Georgia Southern athletic director Bucky Wagner, “it was, ‘Why aren’t they going from under center!?’” As head coach Erk Russell’s offensive coordinator at Georgia Southern in the mid-’80s, Johnson and fellow offensive assistant Tim Stowers took a hodgepodge offense that incorporated some principles of June Jones’s Run-’n’-Shoot and the I-option. The formation, which Johnson still uses at Georgia Tech, is most similar to the Flexbone, a derivation of the Wishbone with two halfbacks positioned just behind a center or tackle, instead of in the backfield, a way to get “four receivers out quickly,” Johnson says. Now the head coach at Southwest Mississippi Community College, Stowers is in the early stages of installing the scheme that led Georgia Southern to three Division I-AA championships in five years from 1985 to ’89. The option background Stowers brought to Statesboro came from the time he spent on staff at his alma mater Auburn under head coach Pat Dye, who was once an assistant at Alabama for the Wishbone-running Bear Bryant, who got the scheme directly from the Wishbone granddaddy himself, Bellard. Yeoman and Bellard might be the creators of all of this, but Johnson and Stowers’s innovations are the ones that have stood the test of time, with the academy offenses serving as living proof. “It’s not going extinct,” says Lou Cella, a sports psychologist and former high

Cella estimates that as many as 1,000 of the 14,000 high schools sponsoring football run at least some vestiges of the triple option. At the college level, where players have a choice about where they go to school (and in a time when, as Johnson says, everyone wants to be a wide receiver), it’s harder to maintain. The sizzle factor is the option family’s toughest hurdle in a world enamored with passing statistics and wide-open play. For purists on the other hand, even slight variations on the old theme tarnish the essence of the option for some. There’s no hiding which side Cella falls on. “Shotgun triple option is pure communism,” he says. “The more boring you are, the more yards you’ll accumulate.” However, the path forward for traditional option offenses is surrounded on all sides by threats, including in the NCAA rulebook. A new rule this year has put the system’s foundational blocking method on a path toward complete elimination. Cut blocks (blocks below the waist from the defender’s front side) are no longer allowed outside of five yards from the line of scrimmage, a change that was made this spring in the interest of player safety, according to Todd Berry, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association. The NCAA did not publish data that backed up those safety concerns, but it did release a survey of FBS coaches that found a split in their opinions on blocks below the waist 10 yards from the line of scrimmage. The cut block is an essential weapon for all triple option teams, a method of quickly removing a defender from a play by slicing his feet from underneath him. “There is no data to support that [eliminating] it makes the game safer,” Monken says. “It’s a way for other coaches to try to eliminate this offense.” Berry, who was in the room during the debate ahead of the latest alterations, calls 2018’s new downfield blocking rule a “data-driven” compromise among coaches, some of whom want it eliminated entirely. “ Majority of the injuries were happening on lower bodies on full speed cut blocks,” Berry says. Cut-blocking rules in high school vary by state. Many follow the national federation rules, which correspond with NCAA rules. Others have eliminated the cut block completely. Furman head coach Clay Hendrix believes that rules committee members have an “agenda,” he says. “Maybe because of who they have to play against.” Johnson is not afraid to acknowledge his brand of option won’t last forever. “I know I’m at the back end,” he says, “but I’m glad [others] don’t do it. It makes us unique and different.” McCullough and Acadiana High know the feeling. Defenses, battling up-tempo spread systems for so long, are stocked with quickness and speed, not size and power. Opposing defenses are more vulnerable up front against an offense that prides itself in firing off the ball as quickly as possible with a man blocking style that is uncommon in a sport currently captivated by zone blocking. “Most O-lines now go east and west, pass protecting or retreating,” Niumatalolo says. “We’re always going north and south.” The speed at which line blocks are delivered is important enough that Acadiana does not usually give its quarterback the option to read anything. The dive plays are called 95% of the time before the snap so the play “hits,” as the option family says, as quickly as possible. Johnson says he actually looked at

The Past, Present and Future of the Triple Option CONT’D. By Ross Dellenger Date: Sep. 27, 2018 moving Georgia Tech to a shotgun triple option a few years ago but ultimately decided to remain under center because plays didn’t hit as quickly as he’d like. Niumatalolo and his Navy staff have visited New Mexico and folded in elements of the Lobos’ shotgun-based triple option, which DeBesse implemented over five years under Davie after leaving Sam Houston State. New Mexico peaked in 2015 and ’16 with the first back-to-back bowl trips at the school in a decade. The shotgun-based option offense had a similar effect when DeBesse and Fritz arrived at Sam Houston State in 2010. Fritz realized in his first spring that he was taking over a program short on talent. “I told my wife, ‘We’re not going to score a point,’” Fritz says. Over that summer, Fritz and his offensive coaches scrapped their plan and partially installed a shotgun option, which blended some zone-read principals, DeBesse’s background in the Veer, the Pistol formation and pre-snap motion. The Bearkats won six games that year, then implemented the full scheme the next offseason, went 14–1 and advanced to the FCS title game. “I had people all over America calling us,” Fritz says, to learn about an offense that had been invented out of necessity. Fritz is in year three at Tulane. He won four games in 2016 and five in ’17, but his Green Wave are off to a 1–3 start this fall. Just seven years removed from popularizing the shotgun triple, Fritz and offensive coordinator Doug Ruse are still tweaking a system that defenses have already grasped. Coaches are adding new components, like the run-pass option, the latest craze in the game. Triple option and RPO in one offense? “We’ll give teams a taste of both,” says Ruse. Meanwhile, at places like Army, Monken is staying true to the old-fashioned, under-center triple option. No extra flair has been needed, as the Black Knights proved on Saturday in Norman. “There’s a lot of option principals in football,” Monken says. “What Willie [Fritz] is doing is great stuff. Whether it comes back around to under center, I don’t know, but not a lot of coaches have grown up on an option background. You can’t all of a sudden just do it.” Doug Dotson is in his third year as head coach at Comeaux High, just six miles from Acadiana’s campus, the place where he played quarterback for his father as part of the Veer Machine. Bill Dotson used to make his son sit on the back of a chair and pitch footballs into a laundry basket for hours each summer— perhaps a drill he learned from Yeoman, the innovator he met with in 1974 to learn the split-back Veer. Bill passed in 2001 after a battle with cancer; Yeoman is 91 now and is in a daily fight with dementia, his son says. Doug Dotson had moved away from the triple option offense during his coaching career until a recent epiphany. He is in the process of installing a Flexbone-based option at Comeaux. It takes time to perfect, years even, but he hopes to build what his dad constructed across town.

So maybe the triple option’s not dead, despite reports to the contrary. Within every valley in its popularity, as dead as it can ever be, there will always be a, coach out of innovation or desperation, willing to borrow from its base principles to level the playing field. And so another crew of football-playing youths, another bubbling generation, gets a chance to run the dive, the keeper and—if you’ve practiced it enough—the pitch. Dotson needs that laundry basket, the plain kind with wheels, just like the one he trained with. I wonder if they still make those? he asked himself recently before scouring the web. “Sure enough, they do.” TRACING THE HISTORY OF THE OPTION 1941: Missouri coach Don Faurot derives the option play from the 2-on-1 fast break in basketball. Using Faurot’s invention out of the Split-T formation, two former assistants win big at other programs: Bud Wilkinson at Oklahoma and Jim Tatum at Maryland. The Sooners win three national titles in the 1950s and go on a 47-game win streak that still stands as a Division I record. 1965: Houston coach Bill Yeoman invents the split-back Veer option by accident during practice. “They had a straight dive called and [the quarterback] saw the dive was going to be taken away, and so he pulled it and ran around the end, a busted play,” says Larry Zierlein, who later became Yeoman’s offensive line coach. “They were looking at film and said, ‘That’s really something!’” The option helps the Cougars become the nation’s most explosive offense, and they finish in the top-25 in nine of 12 years. 1968: Texas coach Darrell Royal, having lost 12 games in a four-year stretch, commissions assistant Emory Ballard to create a new offense for his plethora of tailbacks. Ballard adds a fullback to Yeoman’s two-back option attac, and the Wishbone is born. “It was the summer of ’68,” says Bob Bellard, Emory’s son. “My older brother and a bunch of his guys he was playing football with went out to the yard with my dad to practice it. That was the time in which they put it together and they presented it to Darrell Royal.” Texas wins 30 of its next 33 games. 1969: Jim Brakefield, heading into year three at Wofford having won just eight games, phones Royal for help. After installing the Wishbone, the Terriers begin the season 0–2, fumbling 11 times in one loss, then rip off 21 straight wins. Brakefield takes a new gig at Appalachian State, where he hires one of his former players, Fisher DeBerry, to his staff. 1970: After a disappointing first season at William & Mary, Lou Holtz makes a change, adopting the Veer and soaring to success in stops at NC State and then Arkansas. Holtz says he always kept a piece of the option in his offense, even as he led Notre Dame to a national title in 1988. “Every game I ever coached after that, we had one or two option plays in our offense,” he says. “Everybody started running the zone blitz, but they could not defend the option with that.” 1971: Bellard’s Wishbone is all the rage in college football, leading Texas to back-to-back titles. Oklahoma’s Barry Switzer and Alabama’s Bear Bryant visit Austin, learn the Wishbone and install it at their respective programs. The coaches win a combine six national titles in 15 years, further spreading the offense. “The Wishbone then was the college football offense,” says SBNation college football writer Bill Connelly. 1975: Getting pummeled by Oklahoma and its Wishbone, Tom Osborne adopts Switzer’s scheme, incorporating it into Nebraska’s I-formation offense. It wouldn’t be until nearly two decades later that the Cornhuskers would im

The Past, Present and Future of the Triple Option CONT’D. By Ross Dellenger Date: Sep. 27, 2018 plement the offense fully and roll to three national championships in the late 1990s, the final one led with Scott Frost at quarterback for Osborne. 1979: Larry Lacewell, a member of the staff at Oklahoma for nearly a decade, begins his stint at Arkansas State, where he uses the Wishbone to advance to the 1986 Division I-AA title game, bringing the offense further success in a different division of football. Also, Jim Wacker takes Yeoman’s Veer and wins two Division II championships at Southwest Texas State before landing at TCU, where former Southwest Texas State player Bob DeBesse joins him on staff. 1981: Pat Dye, a former Bryant assistant at Alabama, leads Auburn to seven top-15 finishes in his first nine years at the helm, using the Wishbone that Bryant bludgeoned opponents with in the 1970s. Tim Stowers is a young assistant on Dye’s Auburn staff. 1982: DeBerry, an assistant at Appalachian State under Brakefield, joins Ken Hatfield’s staff at Air Force. A year into his tenure, Hatfield and DeBerry “break the Wishbone,” moving two tailbacks from the backfield to slot positions to boost the passing attack. The Falcons win 18 games in two years, and Hatfield leaves for Arkansas, leading the Razorbacks to three 10-win seasons in five years. “[Defenses] weren’t sure what we were doing,” Hatfield says. 1985: This is a significant year in option football history. Bill McCartney’s tenure at Colorado starts with five wins in three years, so he sends assistant Gerry DiNardo out to find the best option offense. From visits with DeBerry and Lacewell, DiNardo and McCartney create the I-bone option, a mesh of the wishbone and I. Meanwhile, at Georgia Southern, coach Erk Russell hands his offense to Stowers and Paul Johnson. Stowers and Johnson combine the Run’n’-Shoot with the ground-and-pound principles of the Wishbone to create something similar to the Flexbone, and over the next five years, the offense leads the Eagles to three Division I-AA titles. Johnson lands a job as offensive coordinator at Hawaii and then Navy before taking the top job at Georgia Southern and claiming three consecutive Division I-AA crowns from 1997 to 2001. 1991: Remember that I-bone offense that DiNardo and McCartney created? It wins a national championship for Colorado in 1990, and DiNardo lands a head coaching gig at Vanderbilt, using the option to win nine SEC games in a four-year stretch, producing some of the best Commodores teams in nearly 40 years. He stops using the option once he’s hired at LSU, for fear that it would have negative effects on recruiting in a conference that Steve Spurrier is dominating. 1999: A longtime Osborne assistant, Frank Solich lasts six years at Nebraska before he is fired despite seasons of 10, 11 and 12 wins. Solich has spent the last 14 years at Ohio, where he’s won four division championships. 2001: A young up-and-comer named Urban Meyer lands his first head job at

Bowling Green. A former Davie and Holtz assistant, Meyer visits then West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez, who has excelled with a brand new form of a double option—the shotgun-based zone read. Meyer moves on to Utah, then wins two national championships at Florida and one with the Buckeyes while perfecting and expanding a scheme that Rodriguez accidentally created during a practice in the mid-1990s while head coach at Division II Glenville State. 2007: Johnson takes his Flexbone offense to a power conference, leaving Navy for Georgia Tech, where he would lead the Jackets to seven straight bowl games. His assistant Ken Niumatalolo is elevated to the head coaching job at Navy. Using Johnson’s Flexbone, the Midshipmen have won at least eight games in eight of Niumatalolo’s 10 years in charge. Meanwhile, Troy Calhoun, a longtime DeBerry assistant, replaces his mentor as the head coach of Air Force, taking the Falcons to nine bowl games in his 11 years and expanding on the Flexbone offense. 2009: Meyer’s former offensive coordinator at Florida, Dan Mullen, begins what will be a nine-year stint as Mississippi State’s head coach. He uses the shotgun-based zone read to piled up jaw-dropping rushing numbers and 69 wins. In December 2017, he is hired away to be Florida’s new head coach. 2010: In his first year at a struggling Sam Houston State program, Willie Fritz and his offensive coordinator DeBesse mesh the shotgun spread and zone read with the old-fashioned triple option, creating a scheme that leads them to 34 wins over the next three seasons and new jobs—Fritz to Georgia Southern and then Tulane; DeBesse to New Mexico and then Georgia Southern as OC. 2012: Bob Davie, a former Holtz assistant at Notre Dame, resurfaces at New Mexico, where DeBesse brings the shotgun-based triple option that he ran at Sam Houston State. The Lobos peak with 7–6 and 9–4 seasons in 2015–16. 2017: Jeff Monken, a Johnson disciple, leads Army to its first 10-win season since 1996, using the Flexbone in its most run-heavy form, a similar offense he used to win 38 games in four years at Georgia Southern (2010–13). Brian Bohannon brings Johnson’s triple option when he is hired to start the nascent Kennesaw State football program in 2015. In its third year of existence in 2017, the Owls go 12–2 and make the FCS playoffs. Meanwhile, Frost, blending what he learned playing under Osborne with what he learned coaching under Chip Kelly, leads UCF to an undefeated season, and Clay Hendrix, in his first season at Furman, wins eight games while utilizing Calhoun’s option. At Texas, Tom Herman, Meyer’s former offensive coordinator, assumes one of the biggest head coaching jobs in the country.

touchdown nullified by a holding penalty in the fourth quarter.

‘We call him the Brahma Bull’ Tulane RB Darius Bradwell ready to rumble By Guerry Smith Date: Sep. 25, 2018 On his first carry against Ohio State, Tulane starting running back Darius Bradwell knocked linebacker Tuf Borland to the turf with a powerful stiff arm before gaining 12 yards. If Bradwell (6-foot-1, 230 pounds) can play with the same energy down after down rather than just when the ball is in his hands, the Green Wave could have a true difference-maker in the backfield to complement big-play specialist Corey Dauphine. In a game Tulane lost 49-6 while going backwards on 14 plays, Bradwell made something positive happen on all four of his touches against the Buckeyes. On his second carry, he cut sharply, broke an arm tackle as he burst through a small hole and fell forward for another 12-yard gain when he was hit again. The run started a 75-yard touchdown drive that ended when he bulldozed into the end zone from 2 yards out, fighting through contact for the last yard. “Like I said last week, you have to praise God that we were in that atmosphere,” he said. “It was a crazy atmosphere. It was football at its best.” On Tulane’s next offensive snap, he picked up 5 yard, giving him 31 yards on four attempts midway through the second quarter. Then, nothing. He never touched the ball again, partially because the game got out of hand before halftime, possibly because he tweaked an ankle on his second attempt and potentially due to other shortcomings. “We just need him to play physical in all aspects of the game,” coach Willie Fritz said. “If he can start doing that, he’ll be a big-time player. When he’s got the ball in his hands, we call him the Brahma Bull. He’s hard to get down.” Fritz did not elaborate on Bradwell’s deficiencies, but he is coming off back-to-back impressive rushing performances. He led Tulane with 90 yards on 15 carries in a 31-24 loss to UAB and had a go-ahead 18-yard

When the Wave entertains Memphis (3-1, 0-1 AAC) on Friday night at Yulman Stadium, he might be the pivotal player. Navy handed Memphis its lone loss, 22-21, by controlling the ball for 42 minutes and 47 seconds, limiting the Tigers’ high-powered offense to 49 plays. Who better than a Brahma Bull to churn out first downs? “If you look at the NFL, most of the time they are not making all the big runs, but if you stay consistent, stay on your landmarks, keep grinding, keep pounding, they are going to eventually open up and you are going to get a home run,” Bradwell said. “Those two or three yards, as long as I’m not negative two or negative three, I’m going to be happy.” Bradwell was not healthy at the start of the year after missing a large segment of preseason drills with an unspecified injury. He looked like he was tiptoeing around a china shop in the opener against Wake Forest, gaining 22 yards on 10 attempts, but he has averaged 6.7 yards on 32 carries since then, getting some of his work as a wildcat quarterback. He arrived at Tulane from Tallahassee, Florida as a full-time quarterback in 2016 before moving to running back near the end of his freshman season. “Darius is the type of guy, one person’s not going to tackle him,” cornerback Donnie Lewis said. “He’s big and he’s very elusive, so he’ll make the first guy miss. He doesn’t look that fast, but he has some quick speed.” Tulane, 1-3 entering conference play, has started slowly this year after entering with high expectations. Friday night is the perfect opportunity to put it all together before the Wave runs out of time. “We’re really close,” Bradwell said. “It’s all minor mistakes that we’re doing. We’re competing against the other teams. It’s about 11 men doing the correct thing. If we do that, you see us make explosive plays and move the ball. The stupid penalties and blown assignments have been keeping us from winning games.” Lagniappe Senior tight ends Charles Jones and Kendall Ardoin returned to practice on Tuesday after neither traveled to Ohio State. Jones has missed three consecutive games with a leg injury while Ardoin (unspecified injury) sat out his first. Redshirt freshman Will Wallace and true freshman Tyrick James played in their place. … Tulane is a 14-point underdog to Memphis, the preseason media pick to win the AAC West.

McNeese State in a 31-23 loss.

Tulane walk-on against Ohio State extends team streak of 100-yard rushing games By Christopher Dabe Date: Sep. 24, 2018 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Tulane came into Saturday (Sept. 22) having never rushed for fewer than 100 yards in any contest with Willie Fritz as coach. His spread option rushing offense has produced high rushing totals for longer than two decades, but on this day -- against a team Fritz said was “the best” he’s coached against in all those years -- the Green Wave needed every rushing yard it got against Ohio State. Jared Bertrand, a senior walk-on from Archbishop Hannan in Covington, took the final handoff and gained 2 yards on a run to the left side of the line. That put Tulane’s rushing total for the day at exactly 100 yards. Tulane (1-3) has rushed for at least 100 yards in 28 games with Fritz as coach. Fritz didn’t have that streak in mind when he put in Bertrand in the game for the final play of the 49-6 defeat. His intent was to reward a walk-on with a chance to carry the ball inside an historic stadium. Bertrand works hard on “every single play,” the third-year Tulane coach said, and “I wanted to give him a chance to play in this atmosphere. He certainly deserves it.” More than half of Tulane’s cumulative rushing total came in the final two drives. Tulane had 46 total rushing yards and averaged 1.4 per carry before before freshman Amare Jones gained 9 and 1 yards, and junior Corey Dauphine’s 38-yard run put the team total at 94. In total, Tulane rushed eight times for 54 yards on the final two possessions and boosted its per-carry average to 2.4 yards. That’s slightly better than the 2.3 yards the Green Wave averaged in a 56-26 loss at Memphis last season that ranks as the poorest rushing performance with Fritz as coach. The streak also covers all five seasons Fritz has coached on the Football Bowl Subdivision level, a stretch of 53 games that includes his two seasons at Georgia Southern. The overall streak stands at 60 games going back to 2013, when FCS-level Sam Houston State gained 84 yards on 32 carries at

Rushing totals don’t equate to team success but can be a measure of effectiveness. Outside one big pass play by Jonathan Banks to Terren Encalade that set up a touchdown in the first half, Tulane did not have much success against the No. 4-ranked Buckeyes. Next for the Green Wave is an American Athletic Conference opener at home Friday against Memphis, which is averaging nearly 50 points per game despite a 22-21 conference loss to Navy in Week 2. That’s an offense Tulane would like to keep on the sideline. One way to do that is to do that is to run the ball effectively.

for the whole team. I think every position but the D-linemen has gotten them, so we’re going to try to get our fair share.” Lewis and Graham did not get to bring the beads home because Tulane lost. Teamer and fellow safety Chase Kuerschen were more fortunate after their interceptions in Tulane’s 42-17 victory against Nicholls State. Rousing success: Turnover beads off the chain for Tulane By Guerry Smith Date: Sep. 13, 2018 Tulane players and coaches offer a different version of how the football team’s new Takeaway Beads concept started, but they all agree on the outcome. The derivative of the Miami Hurricanes’ turnover chain that went viral last season has worked as they envisioned. Yahoo Sports, ESPN.com and USA Today led a parade of coverage during the Green Wave’s opener against Wake Forest, showing a picture of linebacker Lawrence Graham wearing the big, gaudy, multi-colored Mardi Gras beads after a fourth-quarter interception. “There’s people all over the country who have said stuff to me about that, and it’s through social media that everybody’s heard about it,” Tulane coach Willie Fritz said. “These guys are actively engaged all day, looking at their phones, looking at TV, talking to somebody. If we were doing this 20 years ago, it would have taken a whole season for somebody to figure it out.” Fritz said the Wave’s defensive coaches approached him with the idea a day before the Wake Forest game. “They’d been talking about it and wanted to have a little New Orleans flavor to it,” he said. “I’m a planner and an organized guy and was like, wait a second. I said ‘You guys write up the guidelines and present it to me here in a couple of hours, and then we’ll present it to the kids tonight.’ Obviously I’m not a big surprise guy.” Senior safety Roderic Teamer offered a different story, saying the idea originated with tight end Charles Jones. “He actually was trying to have a type of sword or something like that, but we figured the Mardi Gras beads would fit New Orleans more,” Teamer said. “As far as I know, it was Charles’ idea and everyone loves it. The offensive guys want to get some touchdown beads.” Cornerback Donnie Lewis became the first player with the honor of wearing the beads after an interception in the second quarter against Wake Forest. But the whole deal attracted national attention when Graham intercepted an ill-advised pass in the fourth quarter, raced to the sideline and had the beads placed around his neck. Defensive end Cameron Sample almost became the third bead-wearer on the Demon Deacons’ next possession. A deflected pass was headed right into his hands when linebacker Marvin Moody, making his own play on the ball, knocked it away from him without seeing him. “I wish I could have gotten my Mardi Gras beads, but that’s just all of us playing hard trying to create turnovers,” Sample said. “Those turnover beads get the fans into it and the sideline hype. It’s just a big momentum swing, a boost

“After we win, whoever gets the turnover beads during games gets to keep them,” Teamer said. “So that’s also fun, seeing who gets the most turnover beads (for the season).” Fritz laid down some ground rules to make sure the gimmick did not become a distraction, and he is happy with the result. “I watch some games and (other players) are still worried about the turnover (object) two series later,” he said. “You’ve got to move on. But we want to have fun and play this game the way it’s supposed to be played. We’re embracing New Orleans. We’re New Orleans’ college football team.” Lagniappe Freshman nose tackle Jeffery Johnson (unspecified injury) did not practice again Thursday but has not been ruled out of the UAB game. Fritz said Wednesday he expected him to play, and it will be a game-time decision. … Fritz said quarterback Justin McMillan, who transferred from LSU in late August, had learned about half of the playbook and was getting close to being ready to play. Coaches are designing limited packages for him for each game in case he is needed.

Yulman Stadium) and he’s out there running routes or doing something. Those are the kind of guys you want to have.”

Tulane receivers Terren Encalade, Darnell Mooney on early record pace By Guerry Smith Date: Sep. 13, 2018

Encalade, a 6-foot-0, 190-pound former Belle Chasse star, is more proven. His 11 100-yard games rank tied for fifth with current Chicago Bears receiver Ryan Grant in Tulane annals. His 15.9 yards per catch is fifth in school and second to Jerome McIntosh among players with at least 100 career receptions. He started his current torrid streak in a 20-17 home upset of Houston in November, making eight receptions for 186 yards while scoring the winning touchdown on a 64-yard catch and run off a slant in the fourth quarter.

Remember when coach Willie Fritz arrived and everyone thought Tulane might become a strict triple-option team in the mold of Navy and Army?

He was twice as nice in this year’s opener against Wake Forest, scoring from 52 yards out on an improvised play off a Banks scramble and getting a career-long 74-yard touchdown on a simple go route.

It has not quite worked out that way, as he insisted was the case from the start.

This, after he practiced sparingly in a no-contact jersey in the two weeks before the game because of a sore shoulder.

When Tulane (1-1) plays UAB (1-1) Saturday at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, the Green Wave will boast the two most prolific wide receivers in the American Athletic Conference. Senior Terren Encalade, who torched Wake Forest for a pair of long touchdown receptions, leads the league with 227 yards on 10 catches. Junior Darnell Mooney, who lit up Nicholls State, is right behind him with 185 yards on 14 receptions.

“A lot of guys have problems, but I just tried not to focus on it and prayed about it,” Encalade said. “I did everything to help the team win.”

That 1-2 combination is becoming the go-to option for quarterback Jonathan Banks when he needs a big play. “They always are able to beat man coverage, and they are students of the game,” Banks said. They are in the film room with me all the time. On scramble drills, they do a fantastic job of just working with me. They are kind of similar. They can play slot and the outside and sit down in a zone.” Encalade and Mooney have been in a zone of their own since November of last season. Extrapolate the numbers they put up in the final two games of 2017 and the first two games of 2018 into a full year, and the duo is making its case as one of the best tandems in Tulane history.

That reliability endeared him to Fritz. “We just put him in a red shirt for two weeks and said, ‘You know, the game is going to be on this date, so we need you to be ready for this day,’ ” Fritz said. “He’s smart. Other guys need reps, but he can just come out and execute the gameplan and maybe not practice.” Mooney was lightly regarded even though he was named first-team all-state (Class 7A) at Gadsden City (Alabama) High in 2015, but he made an impact right away, catching 24 passes as a true freshman. He raised that total to 34 last season and had two 100-yard performances in the past four games, including a six-catch, 168-yard explosion in the finale at SMU. All six of his receptions against Nicholls last Saturday went for first downs, and five occurred on touchdown drives. He runs precise patterns, frequently finding the open spot in a defense on corner routes.

Encalade has 25 catches for 524 yards and three touchdowns in that stretch. He will shatter the single-season school record for yardage if he maintains the same pace.

“I’m pretty quick and get a lot of (yards after the catch),” he said. “It’s just repetition as far as running routes. Terren helped me with a lot of stuff when I first got here like looking the ball all the way in. I haven’t dropped one yet.”

Mooney has 22 receptions for 381 yards and three scores in those four games. He, too, could approach Franklin’s Tulane mark of 1,288 receiving yards (counting bowl stats) in 1998 if he does not taper off.

During down time in a practice this week, Mooney led an impromptu hands drill on the sideline. He shouted “ball,” then threw it as a receiver with his back to him about 10 yards away turned around to catch it. That work ethic has helped him and Encalade approach their full potential while helping turn Tulane’s supposedly one-dimensional offense into a two-pronged quandary for opponents.

P.J. Franklin and JaJuan Dawson combined for 2,251 yards, 154 catches and 23 touchdowns in the 12-0 season of 1998. Dawson and Adrian Burnett combined for 2,146 yards, 175 catches and 15 touchdowns in 1999. No other Tulane combo has come close to getting 1,000 yards apiece in a season, but if Encalade and Mooney stay healthy, they can do it. “I’ve been blessed with really good receivers over the years, but the thing I like about those two guys is they are both tough,” Fritz said. “Darnell plays up to his ability always. He plays as fast and as physical as he can. “Terren, he doesn’t like football, he loves football. I work every day, and I’ll come out here on a Saturday (in the offseason) and look out the deck (at

“I tried to teach him as much as I knew and everything that I learned from the past,” Encalade said. “He was raw when he first came in but really talented. He pushed me to get better because he was making more plays than I was. The competition between us really helped make us better.”

The Blazers have turned the ball over three times thus far - two interceptions and one fumble. Averaging 285.5 rushing yards per game, the Blazers could control the clock making turnovers even more critical.

It’s all about the beads: Mardi Gras throws have inspired Tulane takeaways By Joseph Halm Date: Sep. 13, 2018 The oversized beads just popped up around the neck of junior linebacker Lawrence Graham after he hauled in an interception against Wake Forest in the season opener. Mardi Gras beads with an Angry Wave, and thus, the takeaways beads were born to a national TV audience. “We discussed it this summer, and I’m not sure exactly where the Mardi Gras beads came from,” Tulane defensive coordinator Jack Curtis said. “But what a great idea. It’s unique to New Orleans and Tulane, and I think people have jumped all over it. The kids love it. It’s something that is unique to us. It’s our deal. The kids love to play for it.” The defense has embraced its ball-hawking ways for the first two games - the Wave has four interceptions and a Zachery Harris fumble recovery. The result is despite allowing 473.5 yards per game, Tulane has given up just 40 points, only 34 of those coming in regulation. The caveat with the beads is simple. You get a turnover, you get the beads, and you get to keep them. Curtis said they include the date, opponent and final score on them. For those keeping track at home, that means Harris, Graham, seniors Donnie Lewis and Roderic Teamer along with sophomore Chase Keurschen have some special Carnival throws in their dorm rooms. Teamer said the beads were the idea of tight end Charles Jones, a redshirt senior from St. Augustine High School. Originally, Charles was trying to have a takeaway sword but settled on Mardi Gras beads, Teamer said. “Everybody loves it. The offensive guys want to get some touchdowns beads or something,” Teamer said, with a smile. Tulane coach Willie Fritz said the beads have been plus and not a distraction thus far this season. “We’re embracing New Orleans,” Fritz said. “We’re New Orleans’ college football team. Some of my coaches came to me and talked about it, I said, ‘Hey, let’s go ahead and do it and make sure that we have guidelines that we want to follow with it.’ I think the kids have done a good job. “I watch some games and [other players] are still worried about the turnover [object] two series later. You’ve got to move on. But we want to have fun and play this game the way it’s supposed to be played. I think our guys enjoy it, and it was a good idea by the defensive coaches.” The Wave hopes to keep the turnover streak going against UAB on Saturday.

While the beads are getting the attention, Fritz said they are just another motivational tool that might not have garnered so much national interest if not for social media. “Because of social media, because of TV, because of seeing all the things that are going on. These guys are actively engaged all day,” Fritz said. “Looking at their phones, looking at TV, talking to somebody. There’s people all over the country who have said stuff to me about that, and it’s through social media that everybody’s heard about it. If we were doing this 20 years ago, it would have taken a whole season for someone to figure it out.” Sophomore defensive lineman Cameron Sample said the defensive line which has yet to record a turnover - is ready to claim some beads. “I would rock mine anywhere,” he said. “I love them. As a d-lineman, we’ve got to try to get our fair share of them. It’s a great thing for the defense. It keeps everyone competitive and brings some fun and excitement and energy to the game.”

There may not be much else. The Nicholls defense drowned trying to keep up with him. “Once he got to the edge, he made a couple of big cuts,” Colonels coach Tim Rebowe said. “But we gotta be able to get him down and we didn’t do that.” Nearly a record: Corey Dauphine’s eye-popping runs wow teammates By Guerry Smith Date: Sep. 9, 2018

Dauphine was Tulane’s most effective running back in the opener against Wake Forest, gaining 29 yards on five carries, but he was not impressed with his performance.

The only thing that stopped Tulane running back Corey Dauphine on Saturday night was dehydration.

“I wanted to do better than what I did last week, so I did a lot of film study and a lot of things to better me,” Dauphine said. “It feels great. It was easy getting back in my groove. I had a lot to prove.”

Nicholls State never tackled him during the first half of the Green Wave’s convincing 42-17 victory, which features his brief bursts of brilliance followed by long stints on the sideline while he recovered.

He showed something to his teammates even though they already knew what he could do.

His eye-popping 25.3-yard average on six carries almost set a school record, falling just shy of Claude Mason’s mark of 26.0 yards on five attempts against Army in 1957. It was a comprehensive win heading into a pivotal non-conference game at UAB, but everyone was talking about Dauphine, a game-breaking junior transfer from Texas Tech. “He’s fast, very fast,” wide receiver Darnell Mooney said. “When (number) 6 comes in the game, you can hear on the sideline (from the defense), get ready, get ready, get ready, stretch, stretch, stretch. Every time he touched the ball, he scored.” Not quite, but he reached the end zone on both of his first-half carries. Dauphine, third string on Tulane’s depth chart, was in first gear the second he entered. He accelerated past everyone for a 38-yard touchdown with 6:12 left in the opening quarter and did a little bit of everything on a crisscrossing, 69yard jaunt to start the second quarter on Tulane’s next offensive snap. That one was a personal all-timer. “It’s definitely top five,” he said. “I had a couple of runs like that in high school where I zig zagged back in and made a couple of people miss, but it’s better on the college level. It’s 10 times better on the college level.” While all of his steps were perfect on the field, his next step off the field has to be improving his conditioning. Suffering from dehydration, he missed the rest of the second quarter and finished with fewer carries than Darius Bradwell (13) and Stephon Huderson (7) despite his sensational production. He blamed the issue on a nearly two-year layoff between carries after playing sparingly at Texas Tech in 2016 and sitting out 2017 as a transfer. “I was just so pumped and I just really had to calm down,” he said. “I really have to work on getting in shape and helping the team in any way I can.” A spectator for most of the final three quarters, he carried once on Tulane’s first drive of the second half and twice on the second possession before capping off his special night with a 35-yard sprint to the end zone to seal the victory in the fourth quarter. “We were going to try to feed him the ball quite a bit more,” coach Willie Fritz said. “It’s one of the things he’s got to work on.”

“He has tremendous speed,” quarterback Jonathan Banks said. “I know once he gets past the second level, it’s kind of like a foot race, so I keep my hands up. I know he’s going to score.” Yet, he still exceeded expectations. “I knew he was great like that because I’ve seen him at practice, but he even shocked me,” linebacker Zach Harris said. “He’s got blazing speed. He’s definitely going to get more carries. I look forward to seeing him for the rest of the season.”

But this team wasn’t good just because of who was playing. Instead, they give credit to the closeness of the team and the up- tempo offense.

Walker: 20 years later, legacy of Tulane’s undefeated team lives on By Rod Walker Date: Sep. 8, 2018 They lifted the 1998 Liberty Bowl trophy above their heads Saturday night, just like they did 20 years ago in Memphis, Tennessee. And as the players hoisting that trophy from Tulane’s magical 1998 season tell it, it feels just a special now as it did back then. “It really is like a fine wine,” said Jimmy Ordeneaux, an offensive lineman on that team. “Every single year, it gets better and better.” Tulane celebrated the 20-year anniversary of its undefeated team Saturday night, then the current team paid homage as well with a 42-17 victory over Nicholls State. “They are the standard here at Tulane,” current Green Wave coach Willie Fritz said afterwards. An announced crowd of 21,092 — sprinkled with just as much Colonels red as Green Wave green — showed up for the first meeting between the two schools. Almost every seat would have been filled 20 years ago if Yulman Stadium was around then. Average attendance at home games in the Superdome for the 1998 team was 27,943. “Can you imagine if we had played in this environment with our team?” Ordeneaux said. “Business for the scalpers would have been very profitable.” That team, led by its offense that put up Arena League type numbers, gave Wave fans plenty to see. They won 11 of their 12 games by double digits and averaged 45 points per game. The 540 points scored that season is still a school record. “We were just ahead of our time,” said receiver P.J. Franklin. “We were doing it 10 years before what Oregon was doing with Chip Kelly. We were just so focused on winning and we were willing to do whatever it took.” Franklin, who had 1,221 receiving yards that season, was one of the more notable stars who came back for the reunion. The three more high-profile names associated with that team — head coach Tommy Bowden, offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez and quarterback Shaun King (an assistant coach at South Florida) — didn’t attend.

“We weren’t the most talented guys in the world, but we were willing to do what it took to win,” Ordeneaux said. “We knew we had a team beat when we saw the defensive linemen bending over with their hands on their hips. They were more talented, but we were going to wear their (butts) out. And that’s precisley what hapened.” Tulane’s special season came in the first year of the BCA era. Tennessee, led by quarterback Tee Martin, beat Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl for the national championship that year. Tulane beat BYU in the Liberty Bowl. Although there wasn’t any buzz back then of Tulane playing for the national title, some members of that team say they could have held their own. “We probably would have played Tennessee and given them a run for their money,” Jordan said. “On December 31, 1998, I think that day we could have beat anybody that day.” That was the date the Wave lifted the Liberty Bowl trophy in Memphis. Twenty years later, the greatest team in Tulane history lifted it again.

returned to practice this week after missing the final two weeks of the fall and last week’s game due to injury. Although he was not listed on the Tulane depth, coach Willie Fritz said he will likely see playing time Saturday. Tulane’s P.J. Hall finds a home at safety By Joseph Halm Date: Sep. 7, 2018 Tulane junior P.J. Hall is a jack of trades for the Green Wave secondary, but he’s seemingly found a home at safety this season. Against Wake Forest, he recorded a team-high 11 tackles, but the Hoover, Alabama, product said the defense can improve dramatically. “I think we played average overall,” said Hall, after Tulane allowed 548 yards on 94 plays. “We stopped the run game, but in the passing game, he allowed too many yards. Individually, I had a lot of tackles, but I gave up a few plays. This week should be better.” Hall has played all over the secondary including cornerback, nickleback and free safety. Defensive coordinator Jack Curtis calls him “the quarterback of the defense.” “He’s one of the smartest guys we have on the defense, if not the smartest guy,” Curtis said. “He knows the defense inside and out, so he is versatile. Now, we’ve been fortunate to keep him at one position, so his play has really elevated.” While the Wake Forest offense racked up 378 yards passing, the Tulane defense recorded three takeaways to help limit the damage to just 17 points in regulation. Lawrence Graham and Donnie Lewis each had interceptions, and Zach Harris recovered a fumble. “My coach in high school used to tell us bend but don’t break,” Graham said. “I think as a defense and a unit, we took a step in the right direction.” Curtis agrees and also praised the play of freshman defensive lineman Jeffery Johnson (6-3, 320). “Jeffery Johnson was very strong inside,” he said. “He was a big part of clogging up the middle and not allowing any kind of big plays. Even though we gave up yards last week, we didn’t allow a running play over nine yards. That was the longest run of the night, so we gave up no explosive plays in the run game. We made them earn everything that they got.” Hall said he sees has already seen improvement in the defense this week at practice. “The main thing that we have to improve is that we have to be technique-sound,” Hall said. “That’s really where we messed up in the back end last week, so we’re really working on that this week. I know this defense from the front end to the back end. Being able to play games at each position has helped me a lot. I think this is where I will up at the end of my college career. I like safety. We just want to hold them to as few yards as possible this week.” CHARLES JONES RETURNS TO PRACTICE: Redshirt senior tight end Charles Jones

“We think he is going to be able to jump in there and go this weekend,” Fritz said. “That’s exciting because he’s a good football player. He’s got good size, good movement, and he’s been through the wars. He’s played a lot of football here at Tulane, so he is very experienced.” Last week, Tulane’s tight ends recorded just one catch - a five-yard reception by Tyrick James.

A game every single week,” Fritz said. “It’s very, very difficult to do. I know they’ve had a couple of other undefeated teams (9-0-1 in 1925; 9-0 in 1929), but they were quite some time ago.”

Tulane’s Willie Fritz holds perfect team of 1998 as example of what Wave can become By Guerry Smith Date: Sep. 6, 2018 After an oh-so-close overtime loss to Wake Forest, safety P.J. Hall has an even greater appreciation for the Tulane football team’s perfect season in 1998. With some notable absences, the players and coaches who fashioned that remarkable 12-0 record will be honored in a ceremony before the Green Wave (0-1) plays Nicholls State (1-0) on Saturday at Yulman Stadium. The carefully selected date for the tribute is 9-8, matching the year of their perfection. Tulane was one play away from starting 1-0 last Thursday night but could not get it done near the end of regulation and came up empty in overtime against Wake Forest. “It’s very hard to go undefeated for 12 games,” Hall said. “That’s really impressive. Coach (Willie Fritz) talks to us about that team a lot—their poise and the work they put in. It’s really a team we look at as the standard we want to be.” The coach of the ’98 team, Tommy Bowden, informed Tulane on Wednesday he would not be at the event because of a late change to his TV schedule as a college football analyst. His offensive coordinator, Rich Rodriguez, never planned to attend, and star quarterback Shaun King cannot make it because of his job as running backs coach with South Florida. Still, 54 players and 14 members of the coaching and support staff intend to be there, including receiver P.J. Franklin (80 catches, 1221 yards), running back Toney Converse (974 yards) and first-team All-Conference USA selections in cornerback Michael Jordan and offensive lineman Bernard Robertson. Fritz, a big believer in recognizing history, refers to that group frequently even though he was a second-year coach at Division II Central Missouri in 1998. “I tell these guys all the time, they’re the standard without question here at Tulane University,” he said. “They had an unbelievable season, a bunch of great players, coaches, managers and trainers. I always talk about it when we’re recruiting to show this is what can be done at Tulane.” With King throwing for 3,508 yards and 38 touchdowns, Rodriguez’s groundbreaking spread offense was virtually unstoppable, shattering the school record by scoring 540 points. But the ball-hawking defense came through when it mattered most, forcing six turnovers and carrying the Wave to a 21-7 victory against Southern Miss when King played through a broken left (non-throwing) wrist that rendered him ineffective. “Coach Bowden and his staff and players did a good job of bringing their

It would be a massive understatement to say Tulane did not build on that team’s success. The Wave’s record since then is 75-153, and Fritz still is trying to change the losing culture he inherited when he arrived in 2016. “Our expectations are totally different,” he said. “We go out every week with the belief of winning. When it doesn’t happen that way, you’re disappointed because you put a lot of stuff into that game, but you have to move on. If you sit there and dwell on ineffective play from the week before, you’re probably going to repeat it.” The ’98 team never had to worry about dwelling on negatives, finishing seventh in the final Associated Press poll. The players Fritz has recruited are using that special season as motivation. “They are the only team in modern times to do it here,” linebacker Lawrence Graham said. “They brag on it because it’s an accomplishment. It’s something we strive for. It’s the standard we want to live up to.” Lagniappe Tulane’s Thursday practice was interrupted twice by lightning, finally forcing everyone to head to the locker room about 15 minutes before the scheduled conclusion. … With Bowden unavailable. Fritz said he was unsure whether he would have one of the 1998 members address the team on Friday as former coach Mack Brown did before the Wake Forest game.

has returned to practice this week and expects to play Saturday after missing the Wake Forest game. “I’m so blessed to be back,” he said. “The injury was frustrating, but rather than being a pessimist about it, I’m glad that it happened when it did. It could happen at any point.” Tulane football notebook: Corey Dauphine happy with first game in nearly two years By Guerry Smith Date: Sep. 5, 2018 After going nearly two years without a carry, running back Corey Dauphine had to wait a little longer than he hoped for his first touch in Tulane’s season opener against Wake Forest.

Tulane is searching for a complement to standout receivers Terren Encalade and Darnell Mooney, who combined for 263 of the team’s 283 receiving yards versus Wake Forest. Jones, who has 51 career catches, is a viable option with untapped potential. “He brings everything,” Fritz said. “He has good size and he’s been through the wars. He’s played a lot of football.”

When the opportunity finally came late in the second quarter, he looked like he wanted to make up for lost time quickly.

In Jones’s absence, tight ends Kendall Ardoin, Will Wallace and true freshman Tyrick James combined for one reception against Wake Forest–a 2-yarder by James. Jones battled his frustration at sitting out by keeping busy on the sideline, heeding the coaches’ admonition to “not be an energy vampire.”

On an otherwise rough night for the Green Wave running backs, he picked up 9 yards with a decisive cut on his first attempt. A little later, he gained 5 yards with another quick downhill run.

“Personally I felt like I could have played, but as a staff and a team were like it may be better to just rest it,” he said. “Time heals all wounds. I’m excited about this Saturday.”

Dauphine, a Texas Tech transfer whose last game was Oct. 15, 2016 and whose last rushing attempt was Sept. 3 of the same year, surprised himself with his calmness. He finished with more yards on his five carries (29) than Stephon Huderson (26) and Darius Bradwell (27) managed with twice the attempts as Wake Forest controlled the line of scrimmage.

Back Outside

“It was easier than what I thought it was going to be,” Dauphine said. “I transitioned into it really well. The game speed wasn’t as fast as I expected it to be. I felt great.”

With Tropical Storm Gordon bypassing Louisiana entirely, Tulane practiced at Yulman Stadium on Wednesday after planning to work out in the Superdome. The Wave practiced at the Saints indoor facility on Tuesday. “We had to adjust and improvise, but that’s just the way it is with weather,” Fritz said. “I wanted to be outside today if we could.”

Nagging injuries hindered Dauphine in preseason practice, leading to his late entry against Wake Forest. Although coach Willie Fritz does not plan any kneejerk depth-chart changes, look for Dauphine to play earlier against Nicholls State on Saturday.

Nicholls State’s routine was disrupted a little more. The Colonels practiced Monday, their typical day of rest, in anticipation of bad weather later in the week, so they had to sit out Wednesday under an NCAA rule that requires all teams to have one off day per week.

“Corey did a nice job,” Fritz said. “When he was in there he ran the ball inside effectively, and then outside he’s got good speed.”

Lagniappe

Dauphine was a 2014 Texas state champion in the 200 meters and was part of Tulane’s school-record-breaking 4X100 relay time this past spring. He wants to use that speed while at the same time making sure he never runs backwards in an attempt to outrace someone. “I wasn’t trying to get minus yards,” he said. “That was my main focus.” Fritz said the pecking order at running back still needed to be sorted out in early-season games. The list includes freshmen Cameron Carroll and Amare Jones, who did not play against Wake Forest after having strong camps. “Every game is close and we had to make sure we were assignment sound,” Fritz said. “We probably should have gone ahead and gotten them in there a little bit. We just didn’t. That’s something we talked about.” Back from Injury Senior tight end Charles Jones, who sprained an ankle midway through camp,

Tulane and Nicholls State are meeting for the first time. … The Colonels are ranked 10th and 11th in the two major FCS polls after beating Kansas in overtime. … No FCS team has come within single digits of Tulane since Southeastern Louisiana did it three times in a row in 2005, 2007 and 2010.

“For a guy who hadn’t practiced really the past two weeks, he made some big-time plays,” Fritz said.

Terren Encalade doesn’t practice but shows big-play ability for Tulane in opener By Christopher Dabe Date: Sep. 1, 2018 Terren Encalade hadn’t spent much time on the field during Tulane football practices in the two weeks leading into the Thursday opener. He showed no clear sign of injury but always was on the sideline wearing something other than a full uniform with pads and a helmet. Regularly asked about his leading receiver from a season ago, Tulane coach Willie Fritz insisted the Belle Chasse product would be healthy enough to play. Clearly, Fritz wanted to protect his most valued offensive player -- at least one who doesn’t play quarterback. Encalade needed only three plays on offense to show that whatever kept him off the field wasn’t so serious that it would impact him much in the game. His 38-yard run on a third-down option pitch toward the right sideline put the Green Wave in Wake Forest territory. He later scored on two long pass plays of 52 and 74 yards in the third quarter for Tulane to hold a 14-10 lead in a game the Green Wave lost 23-17 in overtime. “It’s always frustrating to lose,” Encalade said. Not frustrating, however, were his eight catches for 189 yards and the two touchdowns. His 227 total yards were more than the 209 rushing and receiving yards by the rest of the team. His three biggest plays accounted for 37 percent of the total offense over 79 offensive plays. Without Encalade, the Tulane opener might have looked like something other than a hard-fought game where the home team came up just short. The Green Wave six times reached the Wake Forest 40 but never reached the red zone. Five of those six possessions ended with punts. Tulane for much of the night struggled to give quarterback Jonathan Banks a clean pocket, causing him to scramble. The fifth-year senior quarterback kept his eyes looking downfield. That’s how he found Encalade for that first touchdown. On that third-and-15 play, Banks brushed aside a defender who put a hand on his left shoulder as he ran toward the right sideline. The quarterback showed a quick throwing motion with a dart to the on-the-run Encalade down the right sideline as he ran toward the end zone. The next touchdown appeared to be more of a designed play with Encalade running a straight pass route down the right sideline past the Wake Forest defender.

Banks spoke frequently in the preseason about the connection he felt with Encalade. Given another full offseason together, that connection should be strong for the two players in what should be their final college seasons. Encalade was clearly a preferred target Thursday. Also counting his 22-yard reception early in the fourth-quarter drive that resulted in a tying field goal, Encalade had a hand in the four longest plays from scrimmage for Tulane. “It’s something we work on, chemistry,” Encalade said. The Green Wave certainly will want to spice up the big-play variety going forward, starting next week against Nicholls, an FCS school that has come close to knocking of Power 5 schools Georgia and Texas A&M in the last two seasons. The Colonels play Saturday night at Kansas.

turnarounds. Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson has done it at the FCS level with Fordham and Richmond before his move to the FBS mid-major level with Bowling Green. He’s now in his fifth season at Wake Forest.

Mack Brown comes back to Tulane, likes what he sees in Willie Fritz By Christopher Dabe Date: Aug. 30, 2018 Back when Mack Brown coached at Tulane, his football team had two 50-yard practice fields on which to do workouts. One field was grass. The other was turf. When the Green Wave practiced deep passes, the wideout would go from grass to turf. The Green Wave now plays in the on-campus Yulman Stadium located just about where those turf fields were located. Thursday (Aug. 30), Tulane opened the season against Wake Forest with Brown back on campus for the first time since he left after the 1987 season. Brown coached the Wave for three seasons, lifting them from 1-10 in his first season to a bowl game in his third, just before his decision to leave for North Carolina. While here, a basketball point-shaving scandal led to the dissolution of the program for four seasons. Brown, who arrived as a 33-year-old, soon became the athletic director. It was a lot to take on. “When I decided to take a job that had some issues and then had more issues when I got here, it taught me how to coach,” Brown said about 90 minutes before the Thursday kickoff. “It taught me how to handle issues. It taught me how to handle problems.”

“There’s not too many people who are Division I head coaches who have worked themselves through the level of FCS and mid-major and all that,” Clawson said Wednesday on the ACC coaches teleconference. “Some of the guys that have done that, I always find their career interesting.” Fritz has coached at more levels than Clawson. His first head-coaching job came in 1993 and he held jobs in junior college at Blinn, NCAA Division II at Central Missouri and the FCS at Sam Houston before his move to Georgia Southern of the Sun Belt Conference. He’s never been at the schools that attract the top-level football recruits. That’s something Brown noticed. “He’s been a great evaluator and a developer, so that he can take the two-star and make him play like a five-star or a four-star,” Brown said. “That’s hard to do.” Wednesday, Brown stepped on the Tulane campus for the first time since he left and spoke with the football team. He reminded the players that it’s the start of the season. Nobody truly knows who is any good. Against Wake Forest, “you’ll establish part of who you are,” he said. During the meeting, Brown could see Fritz had his players’ full attention. “There’s no cell phones,” he said. “There’s nobody looking around. There’s not anybody who’s not focus on what the message is.”

Brown remembered the words of retiring Georgia coach Vince Dooley in 1988 that young coaches moving forward in the profession needed to understand how to turn crisis into positives.

Brown visited the Wilson Center -- a $7.2 million facility that was in the developmental stage when Brown left -- for the first time that night too.

“You’re going to have crisis,” Brown remembered Dooley saying. “You can’t panic. You got to fix them.”

The office that would have belonged to Brown if he stayed long enough is now held by Tulane athletic director Troy Dannen. The two took a picture together in the office with a window that overlooks the Yulman Stadium facade.

At Tulane, Brown proved to be more than a fixer. He was a builder. Nobody who followed Tulane back then expected Brown to stay long, but there was definite reason to believe he could have given the football team a run of success had he stayed another few seasons. His first recruiting class included Parade All-America quarterback Terrence Jones out of Lutcher, who was a key difference-maker for the program. Jones left Tulane after four seasons with nearly 10,000 total yards rushing and receiving and 70 combined touchdowns. Brown’s recruiting acumen came clear with how he lifted North Carolina from 20 losses in his first two seasons there to 20 victories over his final two seasons. At the University of Texas came his greatest coaching triumph in winning the 2005 national championship. That Tulane has played in only three bowl games in the 30 seasons since that 1987 Independence Bowl loss to Washington is not lost on most Green Wave backers. It’s part of the reason why the goal-line stop of Jonathan Banks’ run for the end zone in the season finale last season hurt so much. Had he scored, Tulane would have had something tangible to celebrate. Instead, the wait continued for another season. Which is what brought fans to Yulman Stadium on Thursday, a chance to see current coach Willie Fritz open his third season against Wake Forest, another school with a coach who knows something about program

Tulane also brought Brown onto the field as a way to acknowledge his upcoming December induction to the College Football Hall of Fame. But the night didn’t belong entirely to Brown. Devon Walker, the paralyzed former Tulane football player, had his No. 18 officially retired in all sports. Tulane announced the gesture in the spring. Tulane invited some of Walker’s old teammates for the ceremony, as they pulled a No. 18 flag up a newly installed flagpole located in the southeast corner of the stadium. The former safety continues to inspire for how he moved forward with his life, earning a Tulane bachelor’s degree in cell and molecular biology in May 2014 and a Master’s in neuroscience in December 2017. Next week will be a 20-year celebration of the undefeated 1998 squad, one that some around the school somewhat jokingly believe should have a “national champion” label attached to it. That’s dreaming big. On a night like this, the first of the college football season, it’s OK to dream big. Once kickoff came Thursday, there was no reason to think the season could be anything but something worth celebrating -- perhaps again several decades from now. Whatever happened after kickoff Thursday would help put that into focus.

“There would be times when we’d have workouts, have three classes in the morning and then 10 minutes to grab lunch and get back and dressed for practice,” Walker said. “And then we’d go back to class and study hall. It was a grind. It was a tough two years.”

Devon Walker never stopped learning at Tulane. He continues to teach Tulane, too. By Chris Vannini Date: Aug. 28, 2018 NEW ORLEANS — When Devon Walker enters the James W. Wilson Center for Intercollegiate Athletics on Tulane’s campus, he smiles. People come to say hi, and he makes the rounds to the offices of his friends. He’s a familiar face around the building. An inspirational one, too. None of Tulane’s current athletes were members of the Green Wave when Walker was paralyzed during a football game Sept. 8, 2012, but he’s remained a constant presence around the team. The football program has honored him with his No. 18 visible at Yulman Stadium and on the flag that is waved when the team runs out of the tunnel. Now Tulane is making sure it honors Walker permanently. At Thursday’s football opener against Wake Forest, Tulane will retire No. 18 across all sports. “I don’t have words to describe it,” Walker told The Athletic. “I was really content just having the 18 up there. It really means a lot to me. It means the Tulane community is still behind me. They’re still showing me support. “They appreciate not only what I have done, but what I’d tried to embody in myself to show other people who are going through my situation or might be in a different situation and are looking for a reason to keep going and keep being better and improving.” You might remember Walker’s injury. You might not know how he responded to it. He returned to school in a wheelchair a year after the injury and earned his undergraduate degree in 2014. He earned a master’s degree in neuroscience last December. “In the face of adversity, you hope you’d react and respond in the way he did,” Tulane athletic director Troy Dannen told The Athletic. “I’m not sure I would’ve had the power and courage.” Walker doesn’t have feeling below his shoulders. He moves his motorized wheelchair with a mouthpiece and breathes using a ventilator. But he still gets out as much as possible, coming to watch Tulane practice and all the games. Finally finished with school, Walker is eager to figure out what’s next. But first, he’s focused on one thing. “Right now, I’m just ready for football season.” Tulane is a top-40 university academically, according to U.S. News & World Report, and Walker might have been there without football. A strong student growing up in nearby Destrehan, La., Walker wanted to continue playing football after high school, so he walked on to the Tulane team as a safety and began studying pre-med. Half of his schooling was paid through a need-based academic scholarship, but the rest was paid with student loans — which he says he’s still paying off.

Walker played in nine games as a true freshman in 2009 and all 12 games in 2010. The next year, he earned a full athletic scholarship from then-head coach Bob Toledo. “It made me feel accomplished. It made me feel appreciated,” Walker said. By 2012, the Green Wave had a new coach in Curtis Johnson. Walker was close to graduating with a degree in cell and molecular biology and was a senior leader on the team. In the second game, Tulane trailed Tulsa 35-3 before halftime. The final play of the first half, in a blowout, figured to be routine and inconsequential. Devon Walker’s mother, Inez, who was watching on TV because she had stayed home for a wedding, had gotten up and gone to the kitchen. Tulsa completed a pass on a crossing route, 30 yards from the end zone. Devon Walker broke through a block to help on a group tackle. As he moved in, the Tulsa player was tackled by the legs and dropped, and Devon Walker’s head collided with another teammate. “Some things are kind of (fuzzy). I have a little retrograde amnesia from it,” Devon Walker said, trying to remember the play. “It’s kind of like it’s foggy, but it’s not foggy. You can remember specifics about certain things, like who was chasing after the guy running, tackle, he started tripping up right before I got to him, so my head went down and the crown of my head hit one of my teammates. I remember having a feeling like everything went numb, and my arms and legs were in a different position than I could see them. I couldn’t breathe.” He blacked out. Inez Walker heard the TV announcers note that an injury looked bad, and she returned to the room. “All I could see was a lot of people around legs. But you know what your child looks like,” Inez Walker told The Athletic. “I had a feeling it was him, but I was saying, ‘Please Lord, don’t let it be him.’ Then they flashed his picture on the screen, and I just lost it.” Liz Devlin-Ziegler, the football team secretary, had been listening to the game on the radio and got a call from Johnson’s wife, Angel. They needed to get Inez Walker’s phone number to keep her updated. “When you’re a mom and you see another mom, there’s a level of frantic and dread when you see another parent going through that,” Devlin-Ziegler said. Then-athletic director Rick Dickson arranged for the Walker family to travel to Tulsa to get to Devon Walker in the hospital. On the way, Inez Walker didn’t want to read anything about her son. Booker Walker, Devon’s father, was a retired EMT and could tell where things were headed. At one of the stops on the trip, Inez Walker pulled up an article that noted Devon had a cervical spine injury and a broken neck. He was paralyzed. “We lost a lot that day,” Johnson told The Athletic. “That day took a lot out of us.” Devon Walker was later told he flirted with his nurses. He doesn’t remember it, but he laughs about it now. After 10 days in Tulsa that included a medically induced coma, he was moved to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta for three months of rehabilitation. “I was thinking, tomorrow I’ll get up and walk again. The next day, I’ll get up and walk again. It’ll be fine,” Devon Walker said. “I’m going to bounce back from it like any injury. The days went by, months went by.”

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CONT’D. Devon Walker never stopped learning at Tulane. He continues to teach Tulane, too. By Chris Vannini Date: Aug. 28, 2018 Before the injury, Devon Walker was fiercely independent. To return home and have to rely on other people for everything was frustrating. He battled depression for a while. At the time, there was little feeling and nothing he could control. A combination of insurance and fundraising helped pay for adjustments to Inez Walker’s house. At home, nurses get Walker up, dress him and are with him 12 hours a day for six days a week. He has physical therapy two days a week for two hours, and he is transported in a large Mercedes-Benz van. Family is always around to help. When Devon Walker sleeps, he can’t remain on one side for more than six hours, so his mother has to turn him over. As the reality of the situation set in, Devon Walker had to figure out what to do with the rest of his life. He decided to return to Tulane and finish his degree. He had to finish what he started.

In 2016, Devon Walker helped create the Devon Walker Foundation, which raises money to provide equipment and medical treatment for other people dealing with spinal-cord injuries and paralysis. Walker said the high-profile attention around his injury helped get him assistance, and other people may not have that. He also knows what has helped him and what he could have used earlier and wants to assist others in any way he can. Through charity events like basketball games, Walker estimates around $50,000 has been raised, and it all goes to help others. “I saw a need in the community and I just try to help as much as I can to get that equipment or various things to better their lives,” he said. Walker said he’s probably done with school, and he has ideas in mind for what’s next. The NFL Player Care Foundation works with the Tulane School of Medicine for its Healthy Body and Mind Screening program, and he is interested in helping. He also wants to grow his foundation. Some days, he sleeps in. Some days, he just goes out to hang out with people. Though he spends a lot of time watching YouTube or other videos, he wants to get outside. He’s social and is often around his friends from high school and college. He’d like to travel more, but he understands it’s a difficult process. Sometimes Inez Walker has to push back, worried he’s doing too much, but she understands his independence. “He doesn’t shy away from anything,” she said. “He wants to live life as best he can.” Whatever he does next, he wants to help people in his position. Devlin-Ziegler remembers the Tootsie Rolls.

“We talked about it, and he basically said he wanted to go back because if he didn’t, he felt everything would have been in vain,” Inez Walker said. “He wanted to complete his degree. I was totally behind that.”

She forged a friendship with Devon Walker early in his career. She was the football secretary at the time, and players would regularly come by her desk. She kept a big bowl of candy out, and Walker always grabbed Tootsie Rolls. He often went out of his way to talk with her, and she made sure the candy was always there.

He needed physical help from nurses and teammate and close friend Jacob Davis, from taking notes to working in the lab, but he knew what he was doing, and he knew what needed to be done. Voice-activated computers helped him dictate. He did schoolwork alongside rehab.

After the injury, Devlin-Ziegler became a vital liaison between the athletic department and the Walker family. To this day, every time Devon Walker comes to campus, he tries to see “Miss Liz,” who is now the athletic department’s director of administrative services.

In May 2014, he completed his goal, receiving his degree in cell and molecular biology and crossing the stage to receive his diploma. Inez Walker cried. That same day, he signed a one-day contract with the New Orleans Saints. Former Saints player Steve Gleason, who is in a wheelchair because of ALS, became one of Devon Walker’s close friends.

Walker has remained ingrained in the Tulane community. He still attends all Tulane football games and some Saints games. He’s close with current Green Wave head coach Willie Fritz. Johnson was fired after the 2015 season, but he returned to New Orleans as a Saints assistant in 2017, and he and Devon Walker remain in contact.

“To me, it was a feeling something along the lines of euphoria,” Devon Walker said of graduation. “When you work hard for something, put in a lot of hours, and all of a sudden you get to your goal — OK, I’m here, I did it, it was worth it. I showed I could do it. What’s next?” He continued multiple treatments to help his physical condition, and he returned to school in 2015 for a master’s degree in neuroscience. He wanted to better understand his injury and what kinds of medical treatment he should be looking for. Tulane paid for his schooling. Dannen became Tulane’s athletic director in late 2015, and Devon Walker was one of the first people he met with upon getting the job. “A lot of people have this ideal situation laid in front of them and don’t take advantage of it,” Dannen said. “As much as it says about Devon, hopefully it sends a message to everybody else. ‘Look how important this is to him. Why is it not that important to me?’ I’ve used the word courage a couple of times. When he couldn’t play football anymore, he didn’t walk away from what he set out to accomplish. In fact, he’s done it and done it in spades again. That, to me, is a special breed of person that is willing and

Tulane’s locker room includes a locker shrine to Walker. The No. 18 is everywhere, even painted on the front of the new football equipment truck. The number hasn’t been worn in football since his injury, and now it will be remembered at Tulane forever. While talking about their relationship, Devlin-Ziegler was holding a stack of passes for the opening football game. They were all for Devon Walker and his family. He’d asked for a dozen, and she gave him a few extra. “Lagniappe,” she says, a Louisiana French word for “a little more.” “He’s such a dear kid,” Devlin-Ziegler said. “In the best of circumstances, it’s tough to get where he is academically. Then you add on what he’s going through, and it’s just a real testament to intestinal fortitude, perseverance, how well he was raised. His parents did a great job with him. “He’s always stuck to a good and true path. He never complains. Always in a great mood, jokes, exactly the same as when he was picking up Tootsie Rolls when he would go to practice. It’s a thing to admire. You don’t want to be tested that way, but he’s met the challenge and done an amazing job.”

By 1987, with Jones throwing passes to Marc Zeno, another Lutcher product who ended his four-year college career with the NCAA record for most receiving yards, Tulane developed a high-scoring offense. But with a defensively-challenged team, Tulane found itself in a number of shootouts, scoring 36 points in a pair of losses to LSU and Memphis and 40 points in a loss to Louisville.

How Mack Brown, the title-winning Texas coach, made the most of what he had at Tulane By Christopher Dabe Date: Aug. 24, 2018 When Mack Brown returns to Tulane next week for the first time since 1987, he will walk through the James W. Wilson Jr. Center, a three-story building the football coach helped design before the $7.2 million project was completed in 1990. Before then, Brown had an office inside a trailer with only one film projector, and the Tulane athletic facilities weren’t anything like they are now. “As bad as those years were,” Brown said about his three seasons coaching the Green Wave, “it really helped me so much more than if as a young assistant I (went to a school) where it was easy to win.” Instead, the Tulane experience hardened Brown to handle the 20 losses he endured in the first two seasons at his next coaching stop at North Carolina. He knew a turnaround there was possible because he did it at Tulane. Brown will return to Tulane on Thursday (Aug. 30) to be honored for his upcoming December induction to the College Football Hall of Fame during the Green Wave opener against Wake Forest at Yulman Stadium. The highlight of Brown’s career is winning a national championship with the University of Texas in 2005, but there ought to be some recognition for how he coached Tulane in 1987 to a bowl game -- something the school has achieved only three times in the 30 seasons since. When Brown arrived, he took over a roster that included 41 players put on academic probation, he recalled, causing him to use a freshmen-heavy lineup from the start. With that, Tulane lost the first eight games with him as coach and began the next season with a 1-5 record, an overall string of 15 losses in 17 games. But as that largely inexperienced Tulane team began to get some seasoning, the Green Wave won three games late in the 1986 season, and that momentum carried into a memorable six-win 1987 that included a near-upset of LSU inside the Louisiana Superdome. That season ended with many wondering what heights Tulane could reach with the personable Brown as coach. But it never happened. He announced his decision to leave for North Carolina just days before the Green Wave faced Washington in the Shreveport-based Independence Bowl. Even so, there’s a connection some former Tulane players feel to the coach who went on to revive the Tar Heels program before he achieved his greatest successes at Texas. One main player was Terrence Jones. A Parade All-America quarterback out of Lutcher, Jones first met Brown when he coached quarterbacks for LSU in 1982. By 1984, Brown had moved on to Oklahoma to be the offensive coordinator for Barry Switzer. That’s where Jones first planned to be coached by Brown. But when Brown left for Tulane, he re-recruited the quarterback to stay close to home. According to Brown, convincing Jones to stay “made all the difference in the world.” Without Jones, the Tulane rebuild takes a far different path. “He was honest about where the program was,” Jones said about the recruiting pitch that helped sway his decision. “He was honest about how he saw my future was going to unfold at Tulane.” While at Tulane, Jones charted his progress with how Brown brought him along as a freshman, first letting him play wideout and running back as a way to put him on the field as incumbent senior Ken Karcher continued at quarterback. “The more I played, the more I adjusted,” Jones said. At quarterback, Jones once got baited into throwing an interception to Florida State cornerback Deion Sanders, who would go on to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “The speed he had,” Jones said. “I quickly realized I would have to (throw with) all my strength because the guys at the collegiate level are faster.”

Of the six wins, three came against SEC schools Ole Miss, Vanderbilt and Mississippi State, as Tulane then played as an independent. While at Tulane, Jones accounted for nearly 10,000 yards throwing and rushing combined, with 46 touchdowns passing and 24 rushing. He wasn’t like most quarterbacks of his time. By playing in an offense coached by Brown, he was the type of quarterback more programs would seek in the decades to come. Which brings Jones to 2003. He hadn’t seen Brown since his playing days when Texas came to New Orleans for a late-September game against the Green Wave. During dinner with Brown, the coach told Jones he had another quarterback who was like him -- a well-built thrower who could also run. That quarterback was Vince Young, then a freshman. Two years later, Young quarterbacked Brown’s Longhorns to the Rose Bowl and the national championship game against Southern Cal. Jones watched that game on television. He saw Young with the same No. 10 jersey number that Jones wore for Tulane. During timeouts, Young would go to the sideline to talk with Brown. Jones watched that game with friends but had what he described as an out-of-body experience seeing Brown with his similarly skilled quarterback on the sideline. “I would imagine (Brown) saying, ‘We got the clock. We’re in control. It’s still football,’” Jones said. “He would say that -- ‘It’s still football.’” Anything to keep it simple, especially when things got tough. “He had a lot of ways to deal with the young kids,” Jones said. As the game wore on, Jones saw Young play with more confidence. Southern Cal led by 12 points midway through the fourth quarter. Young scored two rushing touchdowns in the final 5 minutes, the championship-winner coming with 19 seconds on the clock. Texas won 41-38. “I felt like I was there,” Jones said. Jones hasn’t seen much of Brown since that dinner. As the host of a local radio show, Jones recently had Brown and former Tulane associate athletic director Wright Waters call in so they could reminisce about those days. Some conversation centered around how frustrated Brown was at halftime of a 58-3 loss at Georgia. With his players in the locker room, Brown told them they might as well not return to the field if they weren’t going to try harder. The next week, Tulane won for the first time with Brown as coach, beating Southwest Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette) 27-17 to snap an 0-8 start to the season. “That was a key moment for us,” Brown said. “We needed something positive to happen.” They also talked about Brown’s unconventional role as the school athletic director, a duty he took on after a men’s basketball point-shaving scandal forced the previous AD to resign three months after Brown arrived. They agreed Tulane was put in a tough spot with the point-shaving scandal. As a result, the university chose to not put a basketball team on the court for four seasons before it returned in 1989. Tulane athletics now are in a much healthier place. The university has an on-campus football stadium and there’s a sense of optimism for a football program that came within a goal-line stand of reaching a bowl game last season. It’s not often when Tulane football gives reason for hope, but it usually does in memorable ways. That was the case back then, back when Brown arrived as a 33-year-old with a strong desire to become the coaching great he went on to be.

the test result proved to be a false positive, but he has been working his way back into shape ever since then. “He’s done a great job,” coach Willie Fritz said. “He’s really a hard-working young man. He has a great attitude, and he has the mass you’re looking for.”

Tulane freshman Jeffery Johnson says he is ready for veteran Wake Forest O-line By Guerry Smith Date: Aug. 23, 2018 Touted freshman nose tackle Jeffery Johnson will not have an easy assignment when Tulane opens against Wake Forest next Thursday at Yulman Stadium. The Demon Deacons return all five starters on the offensive line, boasting four fifth-year seniors and a fourth-year junior. The group, which Phil Steele rates the second-best blocking crew in the Atlantic Coast Conference, includes 6-foot-6, 306-pound, 2017 second-team All-ACC center Ryan Anderson. Welcome to college football, young fellow. “They have a lot of experience and some big guys, but it really doesn’t matter as long as you play your key and do what you’re supposed to do,” said Johnson, who takes up plenty of space himself at 6-foot-3, 320 pounds. “That’s all that matters.” Johnson may or may not start against Wake Forest — defensive coordinator Jack Curtis said he planned on starting him earlier this week — but he will play plenty of downs either way in an interior line rotation that includes Robert Kennedy and De’Andre Williams. Looking to shore up a run defense that allowed a whopping 5.4 yards per carry a year ago, the coaches love Johnson’s potential as an anchor in the middle. He squatted 600 pounds in a late-summer workout, an amount coach Willie Fritz said would rank among the top five at any football program in America. He also has quick feet, a combination that prompted the likes of Alabama and Florida State to recruit him during his junior season at Brookhaven High in Mississippi. A health scare cooled them off and helped Tulane land one of its hottest prospects in years. “He’s going to be a really good player,” Curtis said. “It will be interesting to watch him play for the first time in a college game. He’s 18 years old, but we expect a lot out of him.” Johnson already has improved significantly since enrolling early and participating in spring drills. He admitted the speed of practice stunned him at first, often leaving him flat-footed. Lately, he has kept the offensive linemen on their toes. “Just going through fall camp, we’ve made jokes about how I’m not easy to block and they can’t move me,” he said. “I feel pretty confident stopping the run and plugging up the gap.” He also has become more comfortable in his body after losing 25 pounds in the spring semester. He ballooned to nearly 350 pounds before his senior season at Brookhaven after a doctor told him to avoid all exercise because of a high enzyme count that threatened his career. He was cleared to play again three months later in August when

His amazing weight room prowess is nothing new. He was a power lifter in high school for four years. His 600-pound effort in the Tulane weight room, captured on video and tweeted out by the athletic department, surprised everyone but him. “That’s just my thing,” he said. “I love lifting weights, and squat’s one of my favorite lifts. It was impressive to a lot of people, but it wasn’t really a shock to me.” Whether or not playing in his first college game fazes him remains to be seen. Wake Forest named true freshman Sam Hartman as its starting quarterback on Thursday, but almost everyone else on offense played a significant role as the Demon Deacons piled up 251 points in their last six games of 2017. It will not be just another normal night for Johnson. “It’s kind of like an adrenaline rush right now,” he said. “There is some nervousness behind it, too, but I’m more excited than I am nervous.” Lagniappe Tulane will not practice Friday, giving everyone a chance to rest before beginning game-week preparation for Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon. There will not be a curfew. Said Fritz: “I want them to enjoy themselves, but they also have to be smart.” … Wideout Terren Encalade (unspecified injury) watched from the sideline but dressed out in a no-contact jersey for the first time this week. Fritz expects him to practice before the Wake Forest game. Wake Forest names starter Sam Hartman will start at quarterback for Wake Forest when it opens the season at Tulane on Aug. 30 in New Orleans. The true freshman has been locked in a two-man competition for the Deacons’ starting spot with redshirt sophomore Jamie Newman since June 14, when it was announced that expected starter Kendall Hinton was suspended the first three games of the season for a violation of team rules.

“He’s kind of a cool-hand Luke guy in the game,” Fritz said. “Nothing gets him rattled. He’s just a really smart player. He’s thinking one step ahead.” His chemistry with Banks is much better now than a year ago, when Banks was in his first season at Tulane and played through a series of injuries. Loss of father driving Tulane wide receiver Darnell Mooney to excel By Guerry Smith Date: Aug. 22, 2018

“I have a lot more than I can do,” Mooney said. “It’s all about trusting your quarterback, and he trusts me. We’re relying on each other. He knows my success is his success, and his success is my success.”

Darnell Mooney was the last prospect Tulane offered a scholarship before signing day in 2016 and the last freshman to step on campus the next summer.

Mooney’s signature is finishing every play in practice. Frequently when he catches a short pass in a team drill, he keeps running to the end zone even though almost none of the Wave’s workouts involves live tackling.

He has been all about firsts since then, driven to succeed since his father’s death from leukemia when he was a 10th-grader.

Although he has locked up a starting position along with senior Terren Encalade, he refuses to slack off for a second.

Mooney, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound junior wide receiver from Gadsden, Alabama, caught 24 passes while starting eight times in his freshman year, four more than any of his classmates. He started every game last season, making 34 receptions for 599 yards. No other second-year player started more than eight times.

“Last year it was just play your role, hush and do what you have to do,” he said. “This year me and Terren have to be vocal because the young guys look up to us now. We need to do everything right and perfect.”

“When my father passed, I felt like I had to step up for my siblings and my mom,” he said. “I had to give it all for my family and never take a day off, to make sure I could feed my family. I couldn’t be a kid anymore.” Mooney credits that single-minded determination for his overcoming the early barriers to his college career. A late-arriving ACT score scared off all of his suitors before Tulane swooped in a week before signing day in 2016. Transcript issues forced the Green Wave to delay his admission to school until a few days before preseason camp the next August, so he missed the summer workouts that all of his classmates attended. No matter. He was up to speed in a week and soon zoomed past the other freshmen. “He (Mooney) plays up to his ability level every day,” Tulane coach Willie Fritz said “Some guys don’t. He has a lot of ability, but he has a great work ethic, too. He knows exactly what you’re talking about. You don’t have to give him a dissertation. You can give him a couple of key buzzwords, and he’s able to digest it.” Mooney has a twin brother attending Jacksonville State and an older sister, too. They all dealt with the declining health of their dad, a computer technician, his apparent recovery and ultimately fatal blood clots. Life changed with his loss, and so did Mooney. Well-rounded with good hands, slick moves and impressive quickness, he appears poised for a huge year. When quarterback Jonathan Banks began airing it out late last season, Mooney caught a team-best 28 passes (for 509 yards) in the last six games, capping it off with a six-catch, 168-yard outburst against SMU in the finale.

It is as if he is still making up for his imperfect start. He does not understand why, but he says the qualifying score for an ACT he took in August of his senior year in high school did not surface until January when it was almost too late. Everyone else’s loss turned into Tulane’s gain. “It was a blessing,” he said. “I don’t look at it as, ‘Oh man, I missed out on something.’ I love it here. I love this team. I love our offense. I love the way the defense has to play man on us (while defending the run). Everything has been way better than I thought it would be.”

man rebounded in a big way Tuesday. First, he made a diving catch in the middle of the field to snag a Jonathan Banks pass just before it the ground. On the next snap, he dove along the sideline and kept his feet in bounds, providing back-to-back contenders for the best play in camp.

Tulane football notebook: Wave buys 18-wheel equipment truck to keep up with the times

“With my rough day yesterday, I knew I was going to bounce back,” he said. “It was just one of those days everybody has, but in my head that’s unacceptable. To come back right away out of the gate and make some big plays was big for me.”

By Guerry Smith Date: Aug. 21, 2018

Newman, a senior who was awarded a scholarship right before the start of preseason camp, does not want that moment to be the end of his story. He is competing for the third starting spot at receiver along with Jabril Clewis, Jacob Robertson and Jaetavian Toles.

At the end of Tuesday morning’s football practice, Tulane players and coaches exited Yulman Stadium on the opposite side of the field than normal. Their destination was the 18-wheel equipment truck parked next to the practice field outside the stadium, where they stood for a series of group pictures while beaming athletic director Troy Dannen watched. The Wave is saying goodbye to the days when it had to pack all of its equipment into the belly of a plane before road trips, then rent a U-Haul to transport it when the plane arrived. “It’s awesome, isn’t it?” coach Willie Fritz said. “This is the deal a little bit with Division I football. It’s kind of neat when we see all these other teams come in here with these big old 18-wheelers, and now we’ve got one.” The truck’s cab had an Angry Wave logo on the side of it. The trailer is painted green with capital white letters spelling “Green Wave.” In between the two words is a depiction of a player wearing a blue helmet with a picture of Yulman Stadium inside of his face mask. Dannen said the process started last fall when he asked associate athletic director for business and operations Chris Maitre to “find an equipment semi like every other program has.” Maitre spent about six months on the project before finding the right deal in Tampa, Florida. Tulane paid for the trailer. The tractor was provided. “We worked on the design late last spring,” Dannen said. “It’s a brand-new semi and a brand-new trailer.” Dannen said having the 18-wheeler would make getting in and out of airports quicker because they will not have to load and unload the equipment from a plane. It might have meant an extra hour,” he said. “But when you’re playing a game at 7 and get to the airport at midnight, it’s an extra hour you’d like to keep.” Mainly, though, it can serve as a nice recruiting tool to prove Tulane is willing to keep up with other major college football programs. “That cab is going to be on the road all the time year-round, so people will see that, too,” Fritz said. “It’s great advertising for Tulane University and the football program in particular. It’s first-class. I’ve driven the equipment truck a lot (when he coached at Blinn College in the 1990s), but it didn’t look like that.” Bouncing back After dropping two easy passes during Monday’s practice, wide receiver Brian New-

Fritz has said Newman will play anywhere from five to 50 snaps per game depending on his production. After his first terrific catch Tuesday, Fritz walked over and slapped hands with him. “I think I’m definitely in the running for (a starting spot),” Newman said. “I have to control what I can control and be a consistent playmaker.” New approach Instead of having the offense and defense practice against different scout teams in preparation for the Aug. 30 opener against Wake Forest, Fritz is using starters against each other to prepare for the Demon Deacons. First quarterback Jonathan Banks and company simulate the Wake Forest offense for the defense. Then the defense gives the offense the looks it might see against the Demon Deacons. “We started doing that toward the end of last year because we got banged up and didn’t have enough guys to be scouts,” Fritz said. “Plus, our pool of who’s going to play right now is a lot larger, so we wanted everybody to get a few reps. There are a lot of things we can call in our defense that are similar to what Wake Forest does that our kids know already, and there are a lot of similarities offensively, too.” Lagniappe Defensive end Cameron Sample returned to full practice Tuesday after missing some time with a minor knee issue. … Wide receiver Terren Encalade missed his second consecutive day (unspecified injury), but Fritz said he would be ready soon. … Quarterback Keon Howard, a Southern Miss transfer, took practice reps for the first time after observing for two weeks. He has to sit out the season under NCAA rules and will serve as a scout-team quarterback.

that we can, we want a great approach to the tackle so come game time, we’ll have no problems.”

Tulane secondary looks to tap ‘unlimited’ potential By Joseph Halm Date: Aug. 21, 2018 When Tulane takes the field against Wake Forest on Aug. 30, the Green Wave secondary will have something to prove. And to a man, their expectations are sky high. “I feel like we can be the best secondary in the country, and I mean that from my heart,” senior free safety Roderic Teamer said. “We have the talent. We have the depth this year. We have smart guys, and our two secondary coaches are two of the best in the country. If we do what we’re supposed to do and take in all the coaching, we can definitely reach our full potential.” Teamer had 48 tackles last season and will be one of the leaders of a unit that coach Willie Fritz said might be the deepest on the team. “We’re got a bunch of guys,” Fritz said. “That’ll be one area where we’ll be able to roll some guys in and play. There are probably going to be a couple of guys back there who are going to play the majority of the snaps at their position, but we’ve got some depth. Of those five spots, we’ll have seven, eight, nine guys who will play some for us.” There are two spots to fill from last season. Cornerback Parry Nickerson, who was drafted by the New York Jets, left the first NFL-sized hole, and the second is the void left by the last season’s second leading tackler Jarrod Franklin (72 tackles). But there is a ton of talent. In fact, there is so much competition in the secondary that sophomore Chase Kuerschen, who was fourth on the team with 60 tackles last season, has been on the second team all fall. Redshirt senior cornerback Donnie Lewis will look to build on last season when he recorded three interceptions and 11 pass breakups. “We are trying to take the defense into our hands,” Lewis said, about the returning seniors. “We talk to all the players and let them know what needs to be done because we’ve been here before. The competition is very tough right now. It’s up to us to fly around and make plays. That’s what creates the competition, and it brings out the best in us.” Junior Thakerius Keyes (6-1, 195) will start opposite Lewis. Keyes didn’t see the field much behind Nickerson and Lewis the last two seasons but has impressed thus far this fall. “We take a lot of pride (in tackling),” Keyes said. “Our coaches always tell us that the approach to the tackle is just as important as the tackle itself. Anytime

Junior P.J. Hall has also shot up the depth chart and found a home at strong safety. Last season, he played in 12 games but struggled at times as a cornerback. This season, he’s settled in at strong safety giving Tulane some need big-play coverage skills. Sophomore Jaylon Monroe will likely see plenty of playing time at cornerback as well while sophomores Larry Bryant and Tirise Barge are in a battle for the nickleback position. “There’s a lot of other young guys who are competing for positions,” Teamer said. “No spot in the secondary is safe. My spot is not safe, [Donnie Lewis’] spot is not safe. Nobody has a safe spot in the secondary. You see the talent out of those young guys and it makes me look over my shoulder.” Keyes said it’s the unit versatility that will lead to big plays. “Everybody can play every position,” Keyes said. “Right now, we’re just trying to see who is going to be the starter. Nobody has a spot right now, so we’re just trying to do everything right. Everybody is challenging each other right now. I feel like we can be the best secondary in the country. We practice every day like it’s a real game situation. We just want to be the best we can be.”

Those guys will play, but not before Williams, who has worked with the first team every day of preseason camp.

Channeling Tanzel Smart: Defensive tackle De’Andre Williams a standout in Tulane camp By Guerry Smith Date: Aug. 20, 2018 Unlike Tanzel Smart, De’Andre Williams was nowhere near ready to play when he arrived at Tulane in 2016. More and more, though, coach Willie Fritz sees similarities between the two defensive tackles who attended Scotlandville High in Baton Rouge three years apart before also playing for the Green Wave. Williams, a redshirt sophomore projected to start for the first time in his career on Aug. 30 against Wake Forest, is giving everything he has every single day. His work ethic is right out of Smart’s playbook even if he lacks the raw ability that made Smart a first-team All-American Athletic Conference selection in 2016 and a contributor for the NFC West-winning Los Angeles Rams as a rookie. “The light kind of turned on for (Williams) after last season,” Fritz said. “He decided, ‘Hey, I want to play more, and in order to play more, I’ve got to get better.’ His body’s changed. When you watch him in uniform, he’s a different guy, and he knows what’s going on. He really works hard. He does extra things. He’s a gym rat. He’s up here all the time trying to get better at his craft.” Williams had no other choice if he wanted to be relevant. After making six tackles in a limited role as a redshirt freshman, he faced the possibility of being passed over by a ballyhooed crew of freshmen that included Jeffery Johnson, Davon Wright, Alfred Thomas and Jamiran James. Instead, he emerged as not just a leader, but the leader of a young defensive line according to senior Robert Kennedy, the only returning first- or second-team player up front who is older than Williams. Whether or not he starts at the nose or at defensive tackle after being double-trained, he will play a pivotal role on Tulane’s defensive front. “I worked real hard last spring and this summer on my technique,” Williams said. “I see a difference in the film when I watch my individual technique. I got a lot faster and more explosive, and I understand the defense really well.” He also got bigger. He weighed about 250 pounds as an overwhelmed freshman. He played at about 265 last year, when he failed to make a tackle in Tulane’s last seven games. This camp he is up to 295, putting on the extra pounds to handle nose guard while losing none of the quickness that gives him an edge on freshmen like Johnson and Wright.

“De’Andre’s improved a lot going from scout team to starter in a season,” senior free safety Roderic Teamer said. “That turnaround is really fast. I don’t even think he saw it coming until he really bought into himself.” Having Smart as a role model helped. They never played together, but then-freshman Williams watched Smart’s work ethic as a senior when he earned first-team All-State honors at Scotlandville, and again in 2016 with the Wave, when Smart had 18 ½ tackles for loss while Williams redshirted. This summer, they worked out together, opening Williams’ eyes some more. “It’s just his demeanor, how he approaches every practice and every day the same,” Williams said. “The way he worked drove me to work just as hard because I want to get where he’s at.” It will not be easy. Williams, an honorable-mention All-State selection after making 54 tackles with 13 ½ sacks as a Scotlandville senior, received no significant scholarship offers other than Tulane. He committed to the Wave in December of 2015 for its academics more than anything else, never having met the newly hired Fritz. Williams made the dean’s list in Scotlandville’s engineer magnet program and is majoring in applied computing systems analysis. His dramatic improvement on the field came once he began applying himself as hard there as in the classroom. “Whatever this team needs me to do, I’m going to do,” he said. “If they need me to be an All-Conference tackle, I’m going to be an All-Conference tackle. If they need me to play a (smaller) role, I’ll play my role.” LAGNIAPPE Tulane began serious prep work for Wake Forest in Monday morning’s practice, switching gears from the first three weeks of camp. … Running back Corey Dauphine and offensive tackle Noah Fisher practiced at full strength, while defensive lineman Cameron Sample was in uniform for the first time in more than a week since sustaining a minor knee injury.

time so he can sit in there and feel comfortable and doesn’t have to scramble.”

Tulane’s offensive line shows versatility, signs of breakout season By Joseph Halm Date: Aug. 19, 2018 Tulane coach Willie Fritz has a tried and true example of just how far the Green Wave’s offensive line has come since he arrived in 2016. In the final game of his first season at Tulane, the Wave took just six healthy offensive linemen to the season finale at UConn. What a difference a couple of years make. “The start of camp this year compared to three years ago, it’s unbelievable how much better we look as an offensive line,” said redshirt senior John Leglue, who has started 25 games. “We’ve got a lot of depth. We’ve got some people on the second team right now who have started a few games for us, so if somebody goes down, we’ve got people who will step up. We’re definitely a tighter knit group than in years past.” Tulane averaged 231.5 rushing yards per game last season, the second-most in school history. Now, instead of looking to find healthy bodies -- Tulane has more than a dozen linemen on the roster -- they’re looking to build on that last year’s total, thanks to solid recruiting and some graduate transfers. “The line has been doing a good job in pass protection and the run game,” Tulane senior quarterback Jonathan Banks said. “Our backs have been able to pick out some holes, and they’ve given me good time in the pocket to make my throws. They’re doing a great job. We’re just ready to get it going.” Part of Banks confidence in his line has come from the relatively smooth transition of sophomore Corey Dublin from left guard where he started all 12 games as a true freshman to center this season to replace Junior Diaz, who transferred to Florida Atlantic this spring. “You’re always concerned when you move a guy over to center about the snapping part, but he’s done a great, great job with that,” Fritz said, about Dublin. “Leglue has started at every position for us. He started at center a couple of years ago, tackle last year and now he’s playing guard. He’s a smart kid. He’s picking it up quickly.” Leglue (6-7, 310) has spent this fall at right guard after starting 11 games at right tackle last season, but he’s embraced the change, as has Dublin, a 6-4, 300-pound Jesuit product, who said the move to center is a welcomed challenge. “I feel really comfortable at center,” Dublin said. “I think I’m ready for the season. I’ve got my snaps down, and I’m getting better at reading the defense. We’ve been really stressing giving (Banks) a good pocket. We want him to have

The offensive line has also been bolstered by some experienced additions over the past two seasons. Senior Dominique Briggs (6-3, 295) started 12 games last season including the final 11 at right guard after transferring from Coffeyville Community College. His experience and grit, as teammate Roderic Teamer described it, have rubbed off on the rest of the team. Briggs will likely start at left guard this season to make room for South Alabama graduate transfer Noah Fisher (6-5, 325) at tackle. Fisher, who earned second-team All-Sun Belt honors last season, impressed early in camp but missed more than a week with a leg injury. He returned to practice on Friday. Add in redshirt junior Keyshawn McLeod (6-4, 305) at the other tackle position, and Tulane has extensive experience on the line. But it’s more than just the starters who have experience, Tyler Johnson (6-3, 280) started eight games last season while Hunter Knighton (6-5, 300) has logged some time. Redshirt freshman Joey Claybrook (6-6, 290) has caught Fritz’s eye while filling in for Fisher. Leglue said the key to the offensive line’s success is that the coaches teach the entire scheme to allow players to move freely from position to position if needed. “I know right now during practice that everybody has a better understanding of what it is going to take to reach the next level,” he said. “We’ve been harping on consistency and out-efforting teams. We’ve got to be the smartest out there, and then out-effort everybody that we play.” Dublin said he can see the difference on the offensive line and in the entire locker room. “We have high energy in the locker room,” Dublin said. “You can see what everybody sees that this is the year, so everybody has the high energy and the high intensity. We trained a lot harder in the summer to prepare to have a great season. We feel like we’re heading in the right direction, so we just keep stress finishing and avoiding mistakes.”

“He’s a very explosive back,” Giles said. “If you get a toss or a stretch play, you’ll send it straight to the house.”

LSU’s Jonathan Giles, Tulane’s Corey Dauphine chart similar paths from Texas Tech By Christopher Dabe Date: Aug. 17, 2018 They first met after each committed to play football at Texas Tech and became fast friends when one messaged the other about getting a ride to the school for a recruiting visit. Jonathan Giles and Corey Dauphine later lived as roommates for a year at the Lubbock-based campus, commonly playing the Madden video game together -- with Dauphine always picking the 49ers because he liked running back Frank Gore. After another year with the Red Raiders, both decided to leave, each looking for something different. That’s what brought the pair of Texas natives to separate Louisiana schools, with Dauphine hoping for a breakout season at Tulane and Giles showing potential as a trusted wideout for LSU. “I’ve been waiting for this moment for years,” said Dauphine, whose last meaningful playing time on offense came as high school senior in 2014. “I can’t wait.” The seldom-used Dauphine rushed two times and scored one touchdown in his two seasons at Tech. His last meaningful playing time on offense came when he rushed for 1,215 yards with a 6.79-yard average and nine touchdowns as a senior at Port Arthur (Texas) Memorial. Dauphine did not play last season due to NCAA transfer rules, and he now is part of a crowded Tulane backfield that includes junior Darius Bradwell and sophomore Stephon Huderson as potential replacements for 1,000-yard rusher Dontrell Hilliard, now in training camp with the Cleveland Browns. He’s best known for his speed, having won the 200 meter Texas state championship as a high school junior, but Dauphine wants to show he’s more than “just a track guy,” he said. “I’m more of a running back,” he said. “I’m a football player. I’m an athlete.” Dauphine learned from his Tech experience how to figure out the type of offense he wanted to be a part of when he transferred. He found Tulane and coach Willie Fritz’s triple-option system to his liking. “I knew the Tulane offense was for me,” Dauphine said. In addition to their time together at Texas Tech, Giles saw some of Dauphine’s running ability when their schools split a pair of Texas high school state playoff games during their sophomore and junior seasons.

For LSU, Giles will wear the No. 7 previously worn by the likes of Leonard Fournette and Tyrann Mathieu before D.J. Chark had it in 2017. “He ain’t going to let them down, I know that for sure,” Dauphine said. “There’s a reason why they gave him the No. 7. He had to be killing it in practice during his sat-out time.” Giles played a big part in the Tech offense as a sophomore with 69 catches for 1,158 yards and 13 touchdowns but surprisingly chose to transfer when coaches talked about changing his role. Also joining Giles in Baton Rouge is Texas Tech transfer defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko, who also sat out last season due to transfer rules. The three of them committed to Texas Tech at around the same time while in high school. They’ll now finish their college careers at different places, but not all that far apart from each other.

Leglue’s adaptability made the coaches’ decision easy. They were not going to ask someone to change spots without the confidence he could handle it.

Tulane offensive lineman John Leglue shows smarts on and off the field By Guerry Smith Date: Aug. 16, 2018 John Leglue received an undergraduate degree from Tulane after his junior season and will earn his master’s in business at the end of the fall semester, only 4½ after he arrived. Still, it is possible he is showing just as much intelligence on the football field as in the classroom. Barring injury, Leglue will complete the career trifecta on the offensive line, starting at guard all season after playing pivotal roles at tackle and center in the past.

“He’s got some mass,” Fritz said. “He doesn’t look like it, but he’s 310 pounds, 6-foot-5, 6-6, a big guy. With us and what we’re doing running that inside zone play, we need some mass inside to get some movement.” Having experienced nothing but losing seasons in his time at Tulane, Leglue offers concrete reasons for why the program is upward bound. He says the talent level Fritz and his staff bring in at their summer camps — resulting in numerous signings — dwarfs the camp he attended the summer before his senior year in high school. Combine that increase with high-level coaching, and he sees good times ahead. He swears by Atkins. “He knows how to handle his business,” Leglue said. “He gives the offensive linemen the whole picture so you understand the scheme and why we run things. We know exactly why we’re doing it and what to expect.”

He has done it all up front, no small accomplishment.

Although his own path has branched out more than he planned, Leglue does not regret for a moment his decision to choose the Wave. He de-committed from Louisiana-Lafayette less than a week before signing day in 2014, heading to Tulane primarily for its academics.

“I’d say the biggest deal is he’s a smart kid student-wise, but he’s also a smart football player,” coach Willie Fritz said. “Sometimes those don’t always go hand in hand, but it sure does with him. He understands what we’re doing.”

He wants to enjoy the best of both worlds this fall, vying for All-American Athletic Conference honors for the first time and earning a bowl bid while finishing the two classes he needs for his MBA.

That has been true no matter where Leglue lined up. After redshirting in 2014 and starting once in 2015, he was set to start all of 2016 at right tackle. Instead, a season-ending injury to center Junior Diaz in the third game forced Leglue to move to the middle of the line. It was a significant adjustment, but he used his experience as the starting center from his freshman through his junior years at Holy Savior Menard High in Alexandria to get by.

“My parents just wanted me to really consider the next 40 to 50 years (when he picked a school),” he said. “I’m really excited about my future on and off the field. Tulane puts their athletes on a whole another level when it comes to job success. Football is going to end one day and having that Tulane degree, you’ll get a job over other people in the state. I had a class in Paris, and everybody in France knew what Tulane was. It’s a world renowned program.”

Last season, he started the opener at left tackle before moving back to his comfort zone on the right side the rest of the way. This year, though, the coaches shifted Leglue to right guard at the beginning of preseason camp as part of a wholesale shift to accommodate the arrival of South Alabama graduate transfer Noah Fisher, a second-team All-Sun Belt tackle in 2017. If you think a fifth-year senior with 25 starts under his belt would have misgivings about changing positions, you don’t know Leglue. “I take a lot of pride in it,” he said. “I just want to be reliable, and I want (offensive line) coach (Alex) Atkins to be able to count on me in anything he ever needs me to do. I’ll do whatever I can to help the team.” He insists the difference between tackle and guard — a position he never has played in a game — is not that dramatic and just a matter of adjusting his steps.

“I think both Lawrence (Graham) and Marvin (Moody) are really athletic,” Fritz said. “Both of them can really run. They are 4.5, 4.6 guys. They have good size and great strength. They’re what you’re looking for in a linebacker. They can erase a bad play. They can chase things down and make it a 10-yard play instead of a 40-yard play.” Tulane linebacking trio embracing high expectations

Harris agreed that his unit has the speed to be dominant.

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“I feel like our strength is definitely our speed,” he said. “Now with the teams that we’re playing against, linebackers have got to move. That’s what I feel all of us do very well. We’re looking forward to proving that this season.”

Tulane redshirt senior Zachary Harris knows the recent history of the Green Wave’s linebacker corps. Now, he’s hoping to add another chapter to the position’s legacy of excellence. “This is my fifth year, so I feel like a veteran,” said the Holy Cross product, who was third on the team last year with 69 tackles. “I’ve been around the game for a very long time plus I have a great support cast. All around I think the linebackers can fulfill all our expectations and more.” That tradition started with Nico Marley earning first-team American Athletic Conference All-Conference honors in 2015 and 2016 while Destrehan-product Rae Juan Marbley (team-leading 96 tackles in 2017) earned second-team honors last season. This season, Tulane’s linebackers are mostly underclassmen. There are eight linebackers on the roster while only Harris and junior Lawrence Graham are upperclassmen. Sophomore Marvin Moody, who recorded five tackles in 11 games last year, is the lone underclassman with notable experience. Tulane coach Willie Fritz said the trio of Harris, Graham and Moody will be key to the unit’s success. “Those three guys will rotate and play a bunch and also contribute in the kicking game,” Fritz said. Harris agreed, adding that Graham and Moody are great students of the game. “Even though they didn’t play as much last year, it’s basically like they were playing each week,” Harris said. “They were always in the film room with us preparing like they were going to start that week. They know this defense and what we’re doing as a unit. We’re going to be a great trio this year.” Graham, who also contributes on special teams, said he’s excited to show his growth from last season. “I feel like I’ve come a long way since I first got here,” Graham said. “Coach Mutz has really molded me into the player I’m becoming. I feel like I’ve really made a big leap forward and I think it’s going to continue each game and each practice.” Fritz said that while Harris (6-0, 220) is the most experienced linebacker, Graham (5-10, 230) and Moody (6-2, 225) bring big-play ability to the unit.

Moody was even more lightly recruited. Tulane was the only FBS school to offer him, and he jumped at the opportunity after previously committing to Central Arkansas.

Linebacker spotlight: Tulane excited about potential of Lawrence Graham, Marvin Moody By Guerry Smith Date: Aug. 14, 2018 Tulane’s Lawrence Graham and Marvin Moody know they have a huge legacy to uphold at inside linebacker following in the footsteps of Nico Marley and Rae Juan Marbley. They also know they can leave giant imprints of their own, a notion supported by everyone around them. Graham, a stocky (5-foot-10, 230 pounds) junior from Lauderhill, Florida, and Moody, a lanky (6-2, 225) sophomore from Bryant, Arkansas, lack only experience as they compete for a starting spot at middle linebacker alongside senior weakside ‘backer Zach Harris. “Both of them can really run,” coach Willie Fritz said. “They are 4.5, 4.6 guys with good size and good strength. They are what you are looking for in a linebacker.” They just have not gotten the opportunity to show it yet. Graham played almost exclusively on special teams as a true freshman in 2016 and had limited action at linebacker last year, making 12 tackles. Moody played sparingly in 11 games as a true freshman in 2017, finishing with five tackles. Marley made 319 tackles in a stellar career as a four-year starter from 2013 to 2016. Marbley led the team with 96 stops and 9½ tackles for loss a year ago. Relying on terrific instincts and hard work, neither Marley nor Marbley possessed the raw athletic ability of Graham and Moody. “They can erase a bad play up front,” Fritz said. “They can chase things down and make it a 10-yard play instead of a 40-yard play. They are really good. They just need more reps.” Although Graham is bigger than Marley, who was 5-foot-8 and a shade over 200 pounds, he takes heart from his diminutive forerunner’s prowess, admitting to getting a charge every time Marley made a play in film cut-ups the linebackers watch. No Power 5 conference school offered Graham a scholarship, with Tulane, Army and Florida Atlantic his primary pursuers. “I was always told I’m not supposed to play (Division I),” he said. “The fact that I’m here just motivates me, and I know I can do whatever I put my mind to.”

When he arrived on campus, the lack of attention from other schools became a mystery. He possesses all of the measurables to be a big-time linebacker. “My best strengths are going side to side and my coverage ability,” he said. “I’ve got wide range, and my speed helps, too.” The coaches have been slow to identify a front-runner between the two because it is hard to separate them. Linebackers coach Michael Mutz said each of them will play extensively in a rotation with Harris and have been double-trained at the two linebacker spots since the first day of spring practice. Their competition is friendly but fierce, extending to every activity on and off the field as they try to gain an edge. “Marvin pushes me a lot,” said Graham, who began preseason practice on top of the depth chart. “It makes me do everything right, from getting to class on time to being focused in the meeting room. I just have to be on my Ps and Qs because Marvin is a competitor, too. He’s shooting for it.” Moody, who boasts a GPA above 3.0, shared that sentiment. “With Lawrence it’s pretty tough, but we’re right there neck and neck,” he said. “It pushes us both. We’re always getting to class on time, to meetings on time, running to the ball, getting strips and tips.” Usually, breaking in a new player at such an important position would be cause for concern. But with Harris leading by example as Tulane’s top returning tackler (69), defensive coordinator Jack Curtis loves what he has in his threeman crew. No Marley? No Marbley? No problem. “We’re actually in better shape at linebacker than what we’ve been in the past,” Curtis said. “That’s going to help us.”

FBS schools by February 2016 and intended to play for East Mississippi College, less than 100 miles from his hometown of Laurel, Mississippi, before deciding not to sign anywhere.

Rising junior: Thakarius Keyes one reason Tulane coaches excited about cornerback play By Guerry Smith Date: Aug. 10, 2018 Cross cornerback off the list of concerns for Tulane’s football coaches. They still are not sure who will start against Wake Forest in the Green Wave’s Aug. 30 opener at Yulman Stadium, but the development of junior Thakarius Keyes is a primary factor in their fervor. Keyes has practiced with the first-team defense all week, joining sophomore Jaylon Monroe in a heated battle that includes freshmen Willie Langham and Chris Joyce as the Wave tries to replace first-team All-American Athletic Conference selection Parry Nickerson. “We’ve got a lot of good corners,” coach Willie Fritz said. “It’s a very good competition.” The next step is proving it in games. Nickerson, a tremendous playmaker who was a sixth-round draft pick of the New York Jets, had 55 tackles, six interceptions and eight breakups last season. The four of them accounted for three tackles, zero interceptions and one breakup — Langham redshirted and Joyce was still in high school — but they keep impressing in practice. Keyes showed what he could do Friday, reading the offensive alignment and running step for step with wide receiver Jacob Robertson before cutting in front of him to deflect a deep ball in the end zone from quarterback Jonathan Banks and catching it on his own tip drill for an interception. “He’s just gotten so much better,” Fritz said. “He’s a different looking guy now. He came in as a 170-pound skinny guy and now he’s 193, 194. He’s tall (6foot-1), he’s long, has control of his body and has gotten a lot stronger in the weight room. We think he can be a very good player for us.” Couple Keyes’ improvement with Monroe’s stellar camp, and Tulane’s only issue at the position is a lack of experience. Keyes played sparingly in his first two years, making eight tackles as a freshman and only two as a sophomore while struggling with consistency in practice. More mature now, he wants to use his size to his advantage. He is four inches taller than Monroe. “I feel like it helps me a lot because when receivers come up, they do not want to see a tall, long corner,” he said. “They already are panicking. It throws them off. It’s hard for a receiver to get off my press coverage.” Keyes’ progression figured to take time. He had zero scholarship offers from

When Tulane offered him in late March, he jumped at the opportunity. His progression from there turned into a slow walk. “I thought it was just going to be easy, but everybody is working hard,” he said. “Then I tore my meniscus in practice my freshman year. It was frustrating, but I just had to shake back. I couldn’t give up.” He is starting to blow up in preseason camp. Because of the way he and Monroe are playing, two-year starting cornerback Donnie Lewis (36 tackles, three interceptions in 2017) took some reps at safety in Friday’s practice as the coaches looked for different combinations. “We have so many guys that are making so many plays, it’s just bringing out the best in all of us,” Lewis said. “Guys are flying around and having fun. Depth is pushing us to compete even more.” Keyes is a case study. “He’s showing that he’s ready to roll this year,” defensive coordinator Jack Curtis said. “We’ve got some other issues we have to address with some depth at certain positions, but we’re going to be pretty solid at corner.”

Although Tulane averaged the second-most rushing yards (231.5) in school history last year, the line left plenty of room for improvement. It is a position group still trying to separate itself from the dark days of the Curtis Johnson era, when the Wave struggled to block anyone. Unknown leader: Tulane offensive lineman Dominique Briggs speaks for entire team By Guerry Smith Date: Aug. 9, 2018 Tulane senior offensive lineman Dominique Briggs is not into social media, but his list of followers on the team is as large as anyone on the roster. Briggs, a 6-foot-3, 295-pound Tulsa, Oklahoma, native who has tweeted only once since April, saves his pronouncements for the field. He is the leader no one hears about outside of the Green Wave locker room. Senior safety Roderic Teamer credits Briggs for elevating the attitude of everyone around him when he arrived in the spring of 2017 from Coffeyville (Kansas) Community College. “Dom brought toughness not only to the offensive line, but to the whole team,” he said. “He’s a gritty guy. He has a nasty attitude on the field. Dom is a tremendous leader, and he goes under the radar because he just goes about his work.” Briggs will be playing from his fifth position in four years this fall. He started on the defensive line as a freshman at Coffeyville before moving to center as a sophomore. He started 11 games at right guard for Tulane a year ago after starting the opener at right tackle. He will start at left guard this season after moving there on the first day of camp as part of a multiplayer switch to accommodate left tackle Noah Fisher, a graduate transfer from South Alabama. Briggs does not have much to say about that change, insisting he is happy to do whatever his coaches want, but he is expansive on just about anything else. “I feel like I’m one of the nastiest players in the country, not just the conference and not just the team,” he said when asked about Teamer’s compliment. “I play hard. I play through the whistle. I don’t stop whether it’s 5 yards down the field, 10 yards down the field or 30 yards down the field. I’m never going to stop.” Coach Willie Fritz has a hard stopping himself when praising Briggs’ makeup. He points out a grade-point average that is above 3.0, combating the stereotypes about junior college transfers, and the football smarts that make him versatile. “He can do a little bit of everything,” Fritz said. “He’s got good feet. He plays with energy and physicality. I hate it when people say he’s an offensive guy that plays with a defensive mentality. Everybody ought to have that tough mentality. It’s controlled fury, and when you can control it, it’s pretty good.”

Briggs said that time has arrived. SPONSORED CONTENT ON THE ADVOCATE Get Ready to Crush Tough Mudder 2018 BY MERRELL - The All Out Crush2 is a versatile trail running shoe... “Just look out for a whole entire new Wave,” he said. “Me and my guys preach that all the time. We are not the old Wave. Last year was just the beginning. This is about to be a whole another level, a 100 times better.” That verbal aggressiveness matches his demeanor on the field. Quarterback Jonathan Banks labeled him one of the most vocal leaders on the team, and he plans to lead by example as well. After adjusting to Division I football last fall, he says he has grown comfortable enough in the system to start learning what the defense will do as well as just paying attention to his assignments. He has big plans for himself, his fellow blockers and the entire team. His rare tweet on July 20, “I love when y’all sleep on me,” reflects his view of Tulane in general. “We came in with a different culture and a different mindset from last year’s fall camp,” he said. “No missed practices, no missed workouts — everybody is in the same mode. We are about to make this team one of the best in Tulane history.” Lagniappe Tulane practiced for the second time in as many days at the Saints indoor facility Thursday afternoon. Fisher and senior defensive tackle Robert Kennedy and Fisher did not participate because of unspecified injuries. Redshirt freshman Joey Claybrook replaced Fisher. True freshman Alfred Thomas went in for Kennedy. … The Wave will have a closed scrimmage Saturday night at Yulman Stadium.

that I coached here against Wake Forest, he made a bunch of plays. He dominated that game.” Now that Kennedy has fully recovered from his knee injury, he’s expected to instill that toughness into a young squad that is creating competition. Tulane’s youthful D-line ready to make big impact By Joseph Halm Date: Aug. 9, 2018 While Tulane’s offense has garnered a lot of attention early in fall practices, it’s the Green Wave defense that likely will decide the fate of the upcoming season. Tulane’s defensive line is young, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing when one of those young guys is 6-3, 280-pound sophomore Cameron Sample. Sample played in 11 games last season, racking up 26 tackles, including two for a loss and a pass breakup.

“They’re pushing me to get better,” Sample said. “Just being consistent and being a vocal leader too. It’s even just the little things like making sure I’m lined up right, and they’re lined up right. We’re all working to get better.” MOTIVATING FACTOR: Tulane sophomore receiver Jacob Robertson Jr. might have had the best, or worst view depending on your perspective, of the final play of Tulane’s 2017 season. He, like many Tulane faithful, thought Banks was in. “I was 100 percent sure (it was going to be a touchdown),” he said. “I was like ‘Wow, he’s in,’ and when they changed it, it’s just how the game is.”

Sample said his unit has shown good energy thus far in camp.

Robertson said that missed opportunity has been a motivating factor for the entire team.

“We want to be the best D-line in our conference,” he said. “We’ve got really high goals. We’re real young, so we’re just using our speed and athleticism and getting after it every day. The sky is the limit for us. We can be a very dominant D-line.”

“We think about that all the time,” he said. “We don’t want it to happen again. It fuels us to keep going to keep working every day, so we don’t end up in that situation. We want to be ahead early in the game, so we don’t have to worry about the last play.”

After Sample, redshirt senior Robert Kennedy (6-1, 275) and redshirt sophomore De’Andre Williams (6-3, 290) and sophomore end Patrick Johnson (6-3, 255) are the most experienced on the team. Kennedy started the final three games of the 2017 season after recovering from a knee injury, while Williams and Johnson both played in 12 games last season. “(Williams) is a much, much, much better football player than he was when he first got here,” Tulane coach Willie Fritz said. “He happens to be from the same high school as Tanzel Smart, and he’s got a work ethic like Tanzel. He’s up here extra and his body has changed. He’s really developed as a player.” Fritz is hopeful that several freshmen will develop like Williams has this fall. Those younger players include freshmen Jeffery Johnson (6-3, 320), Davon Wright (6-1, 290), Alfred Thomas (6-2, 290) and Carlos Hatcher (6-3, 235). All four have shown flashes as well as growing pains in second-team reps. But Sample and Kennedy will be the stalwarts of the line. “He’s a great student,” Fritz said, about Sample. “He could have got in here on his academic prowess. That’s the other part about figuring out who you are going to play is how quick guys pick things up and are able to do it on the field. The toughest thing about where we’re at is that every game is close, so you’ve got to be on point on every single play.” Kennedy brings a toughness to the line. “He’s just kind of an old-fashioned football player,” Fritz said. “He’s just tough, hard-nosed, and when he’s on, he can be very explosive too. The first game

6-3, 320-pound Johnson has a personal-best squat of 600 pounds, which, Fritz said, “would (rank in the) top 5 of any program in the country.” Johnson was a standout at Brookhaven, Miss., High School. Backup quarterback competition is one to watch Bowl is the goal: What happened at Tulane football media day

Observations and highlights from Tulane University’s football media day on Tuesday:

Backup quarterback should be one of the most competitions of fall camp. Three players are vying to be Jonathan Banks’ backup and none of them has any previous college experience. Because true freshman Christian Daniels and redshirt freshmen Dane Ledford and Miles Lapeyre have yet to take an official college snap, it will be critical for Banks to stay healthy. Fritz said he wants Banks to think of three things when he runs: “First down, touchdown or get down.”

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I asked Fritz what he would consider a successful season for 2018 and he didn’t hesitate with his answer: “We need to go to a bowl game.” The Green Wave fell inches short of qualifying for a bowl last season, when Jonathan Banks was stopped at the goal line as time expired in a 41-38 loss in the season finale at SMU. The 2013 New Orleans Bowl was the program’s only bowl appearance in the past 16 seasons.

“Tulane has the best official visit in the country,” Fritz said. He’s biased, of course. But he also might be telling the truth. One of the highlights of the program’s recruiting pitch to prospective student-athletes and their parents: A New Orleans second line parade. The entourage starts at the Omni hotel downtown and ends 12 blocks laster at a French Quarter restaurant near Jackson Square. “We usually start with abotu 75 people and it ends with about 400 or 500,” Fritz said. “Everybody loves a second line.”

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Improved depth is biggest difference in 2018 The Green Wave have about 110 players on the roster, including walk-ons and transfers. It’s easily the most of Fritz’s tenure. The added depth should translate to improved practices and better conditioning in the fourth quarter of games. Fritz said he only had 87 players on the roster in his first season and actually played a game at UConn that season with only six healthy offensive linemen. Transfers expected to make impact The Green Wave are excited about their class of Division I transfers, especially left tackle Noah Fisher and receiver Freddy Canteen. Both are expected to start from Day One. Canteen is one of the fastest players on the roster. He also has degrees from both Notre Dame and Michigan. Something tells me he won’t struggle to pick up the Green Wave offense. At 6-5, 325 pounds, Fisher is one of the biggest players on the roster. “I like guys that make me look like a little dude,” Frtiz quipped. Fritz wants Wave to play angry -- and smart Fritz is a stickler for details and smart play. Improving his team’s football IQ has been an offseason point of emphasis. “Don’t let the Wave beat the Wave,” is an oft-repeated phrase of his, especially during practices. “I want our opponents to respect our discipline and the way we play,” Fritz said. Fritz knows Mississippi products headline freshman class Two Mississippi products have earned early praise in the freshman class. Cameron Carroll is going to be a part of a deep rotation at running back. The Flowood, Miss., native has excellent size and power for a first-year player. Defensive tackle Jeffrey Johnson is also in line to see early playing time. The

While Bradwell mentors the younger backs, Dauphine, a former four-star recruit, said he’s just ready to get back on the field.

Darius Bradwell’s experience powers talented Tulane backfield By Christopher Dabe Date: Aug. 7, 2018 When junior Darius Bradwell came to Tulane in 2016, he was a quarterback, but now, he’s carved out a new role. Bradwell switched to running back full-time last season, and the results speak volumes. He was third on the team a year ago with 411 yards rushing and four touchdowns, including a 6.2 yards per carry average. With last year’s feature backs Dontrell Hilliard (1,091 yards rushing) and Sherman Badie at NFL camps this fall, the imposing Bradwell (6-1, 230) figures to be a big part of the offense. “Since my first spring, our offense has totally changed,” he said. “I think it’s just going to be a different year for us.” Who will be the main backup behind Jonathan Banks? Coach Willie Fritz shares that optimism. “We’ve just got a lot more Division I football players,” Fritz said. “We’ve always had some but maybe at some positions not quite or maybe the back up wasn’t. I just think we’ve got a lot more guys, and I think running back is indicative of that.” Bradwell headlines the talented group that includes Texas Tech transfer Corey Dauphine, sophomore Stephon Huderson and senior Devin “Jet” Glenn along with impressive freshmen Cameron Carroll and Amare Jones. But what makes Bradwell unique is his knowledge of the offense and experience. He was an early enrollee, and that year under center was informative. “Being a quarterback at first, it helped me a lot with knowing the offense,” he said. “I know every position and what they have to do, so everybody comes to me with questions, I can answer those questions.” He takes his leadership role seriously. Just ask Carroll, whom Bradwell has dubbed “Mini-me.” “We’re pretty close,” said Carroll (6-0, 230), who posted a 4.42 in the 40-yard dash. “We’re similar in size. I look to him as a big brother because he helps me out a lot because I’m new. He knows the plays inside out, so I look to him for the guidance that I need.”

“I’ve been waiting for this moment for years,” he said. “I just can’t wait. We’ve got a great combination (in the backfield). We talk to each other. We coach each other up. Runs that we messed up on, the other running backs are going to let you know. We’ve just got a good relationship.” Dauphine sat out last season due to NCAA transfer rules after registering 25 yards and a touchdown in three games at Texas Tech. Dauphine said August 30 can’t get here soon enough. “I might be a little bit pumped because I’ve got a lot of stuff on my shoulders,” he said, about his first game. “I feel like I have to prove a lot. I’m just trying to get back in the groove and show people who Corey Dauphine is.” Bradwell said he’s confident the entire backfield will turn some heads this season. “I feel like once (Dauphine or Glenn) get open grass, nobody is going to catch them,” Bradwell said. “I feel like that is going to bring another dynamic to our offense. Me and Cam (Carroll) might be the big backs with some speed, and then you have some players like Corey and Jet who can stretch the field, it’s just going to bring another element to our offense. As a group, you can’t go wrong with us.”

If Bradwell does not start, Dauphine will. He has waited four years for a significant role, redshirting at Texas Tech as a four-star recruit in 2015, playing only the opener in 2016 and sitting out 2017 after transferring to Tulane. Deep and talented: Willie Fritz loves potential of Tulane’s running backs By Guerry Smith Date: Aug. 7, 2018 Tulane coach Willie Fritz is not losing any sleep about replacing the 1,091 yards rushing Dontrell Hilliard had last season — or, for that matter, backup Sherman Badie’s big-play ability. Fritz has immense respect for the talent that propelled both of them into NFL training camps, but he believes the Green Wave is loaded at running back. Name after name rolls off his tongue when he talks about the group, starting with junior Darius Bradwell and Texas Tech transfer Corey Dauphine, then continuing through sophomore Stephon Huderson and freshmen Amare Jones and Cameron Carroll, then stopping at senior Devin Glenn. They are not proven yet, but Fritz will take that six-man group any day. “I’ll be surprised if we’re not as good as what we were last season at running back,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of depth there and a lot of talent.” The intense competition should force each of them to get better. Seeing Bradwell in the back of the room at media day Tuesday, Fritz praised his upside while giving him a little verbal kick to the backside. “He came out (Monday) at practice, and it was like, wow,” Fritz said. “There was a significant difference in that practice compared (to the first week). I don’t know what he did, but he got himself ready to go. Where he (messed) up is I expect that out of him every single day.” Bradwell, converted from quarterback near the end of his freshman year in 2016, showed in the finale against SMU why Louisville recruited him as a running back. He raced for a 57-yard touchdown and added a second scoring run, finishing with a career-high 80 yards on nine carries. A bruiser (6-foot-1, 230 pounds) with deceptive speed, he appears ready to at least double his total of 411 yards (on a team-best 6.2 average per carry) if he gets the opportunities. “If we had kept playing the season, he may have ended up starting,” Fritz said. “He really came on.” Bradwell said he wants to pound opponents until they break down. “If you look at the NFL, most of the time they are not making all the big runs,” he said. “But if you stay consistent, stay on your landmarks and keep grinding, they are going to eventually open up and you are going to get a home run.”

Shifty with quick acceleration, Dauphine provides a different look than Bradwell but is big and physical enough (6-0, 200) to take contact, and he cannot wait for the Aug. 30 opener against Wake Forest. After biding his time on the scout-team offense a year ago, his only outlet for competition came on Tulane’s track team, where he helped the Wave to a third-place finish at the American Athletic Conference 4x100 relay in a school-record time. “Who likes practicing and not playing?” he said. “I will be pumped because I’ve got a lot of things on my shoulders. I feel like I have to prove a lot. I just want to show everyone I’m not just a track guy. I’m a running back. I’m a football player. I’m an athlete.” Fritz praised Huderson, who carried 19 times for 70 yards as a freshman, for getting stronger and better. He loves Carroll’s size and Jones’ moves. Even Glenn, a Warren Easton graduate and the smallest player on the roster (5-7, 160), has found a niche as a change-of-pace back in practice after playing primarily on special teams in his first three years. With a blazing time of 4.31 in the 40-yard dash, he is Tulane’s fastest player and was part of that record-breaking 4x100 relay, too. Other than a lack of experience, Fritz said he sees no weaknesses in the group. “The thing I was impressed with today, we had three running backs step up and splatter linebackers blitzing,” he said after one practice. “We hadn’t had that in the past.”

Sample started three times as a freshman and had 26 tackles, exhibiting his upside every time he stepped on the field. “We think he can be an all-conference type guy for us,” Fritz said. “He is a quick learner.” Not so fast: Tulane’s returning defensive linemen holding off talented freshmen By Guerry Smith Date: Aug. 6, 2018 Tulane’s promising freshman defensive linemen played as a unit in practice Monday morning, with ends Alfred Thomas and Carlos Hatcher flanking tackles Jeffery Johnson and Davon Wright. There was one other pertinent detail about that collective 1,145 pounds of promise, though. All of them were on the second team. Extreme youth will be served, but not in the starting lineup. To no one’s surprise, senior tackle Robert Kennedy and sophomore ends Cameron Sample and Patrick Johnson are entrenched as starters after ending spring practice in the same roles. More unexpectedly, redshirt sophomore De’Andre Williams has created separation from the touted newcomers at nose guard with his performance in the first week of practice. “In recruiting, we talk about retaining the guys and then developing the guys,” coach Willie Fritz said. “He (Williams) has really developed. He is a much, much, much better player than he was when he first got here. He’s a guy that I thought might play limited snaps for us, but he’s probably going to play a lot.” Williams did not make a tackle in Tulane’s final seven games a year ago. Instead of standing still, he jumped ahead, reminding Fritz of the work ethic of fellow Scotlandville High alum and recent Tulane standout tackle Tanzel Smart. That is heady company. After a dominant senior year at Tulane. Smart earned significant playing time as a rookie with the Los Angeles Rams last year despite being under-sized (6-foot-1, 295 pounds) for an NFL interior lineman. Weighing about 285 pounds on his 6-3 frame, Williams is nowhere near as imposing as the 320-pound Johnson, a one-time Alabama and Florida State recruit, but he is quicker. “We got to have enough mass, but you also have to move up there,” Fritz said. His (Williams’) body has noticeably changed. He’s moving well. Jeffery Johnson is still getting in shape a little bit. Those freshmen are a little up and down. I call it hitting the freshman wall. They do good for the first week, and then they start regressing instead of progressing.” With Sample and Kennedy on each side of the nose tackle, Tulane needs a reliable playmaker there more than a potentially dominant one who is not ready yet.

Kennedy is healthy again after tearing an ACL and a meniscus in a weight room accident in the spring of 2017. He returned for the final five games last season but was not completely confident in his knee. Two years ago, he started seven games and made 27 tackles despite battling injuries issues then, too. “He’s just kind of an old-fashioned player,” Fritz said. “He’s a tough, hard-nosed guy, and when he’s on, he can be very explosive, too. The first game that I coached here against Wake Forest, he made a bunch of plays and dominated that game. The guy ran a 22-something 200 meters in high school. He’s a good athlete.” Throw in Patrick Johnson, who gained valuable experience as a true freshman while starting one game, and it is easy to see why this group is confident. The freshmen linemen, most of whom were among the highest ranked prospects in a banner signing class, will have to earn their playing time. “The sky’s the limit for us,” Sample said. “We are young, big, strong and athletic, so once everything gets put into motion, we can be a very dominant front.” Lagniappe Quarterback Keon Howard, a transfer from Southern Miss, was in uniform for the first time Monday, shadowing Jonathan Banks and the other quarterbacks while not taking any reps. Howard is ticketed for the scout-team offense while he sits out the season as per NCAA transfer rules. Said Fritz: “He’s just trying to learn the offense. He’s going to have to help us out in a little different way than he’s used to, but he’ll do a good job.” … Fritz offered little sympathy for players who struggled in the steamy conditions after an unseasonably pleasant first week of practice, saying it was nothing compared to the really hot days of August.

“He’s a big kid (6-foot-1, 205 pounds) with good speed,” Fritz said. “We think he’s good for this offense. He’ll be able to run it.”

Tulane football notebook: Freshman RB Cameron Carroll an imposing presence By Guerry Smith Date: Aug. 3, 2018 Not long after looking at freshman Cameron Carroll for the first time, Tulane junior running back Darius Bradwell dubbed him “Mini-me.” Bradwell, who likely will start the opener against Wake Forest on Aug. 30, is an imposing physical specimen at 6-foot-1, 230 pounds. But Carroll, listed at 6-0, 230, is even more imposing because he is only a few months removed from high school. “I take a lot of pride in my body because some of it is genetics, but it definitely took a lot of hard work,” Carroll said. “You have to be hungry to get better, bigger, stronger and faster.” Carroll rushed for 1,370 yards as a senior at Northwest Rankin High in Flowood, Mississippi last year, and those numbers would have been bigger if he had not torn a meniscus at midseason that he tried to play through the rest of the way rather than having surgery. He gained more than 900 yards in the first six games. Back to full strength, he hopes to make an immediate impact. He was timed at 4.42 in the 40-yard dash by Tulane’s staff recently, but his calling card is power. “I’m a bruiser,” he said. “I’ve always been known to be physical. That’s kind of my motto. If you are in front of me, it’s best that you move. Just like my high school coach told me, when the train is on the tracks, you might want to get off.” Tulane coach Willie Fritz says Carroll looked more like a senior than a freshman. He joins a backfield loaded with talented but inexperienced players, including Bradwell, Texas Tech transfer Corey Dauphine, sophomore Stephon Huderson, speedy Devin Glenn and fellow freshman Amare Jones. “Cam Carroll is what we thought he was going to be,” Fritz said. “He was a big steal for us.” FRITZ ON TRANSFER QB Fritz shored up a shaky depth chart for the future when former Southern Miss starting quarterback Keon Howard announced Thursday he was transferring to Tulane. Howard, who started nine times for USM in the past two years, will have two years of eligibility left when he becomes eligible in 2019.

Fritz said his coaches recruited Howard, who led Laurel (Mississippi) High to a state championship in 2015, right after they arrived at Tulane but got on him too late. A Laurel teammate, cornerback Thakarius Keyes, signed with the Wave after signing day in 2016. Two years later, they have been reunited. “Our coaches really know his high school coaches well,” Fritz said. “We’ve gotten great reports on him. He came on an official visit last week and really impressed us.” Better Scout Team Howard’s first role will be as Tulane’s scout-team quarterback this fall while he is ineligible to play in games, further strengthening an aspect of the program that was deficient in Fritz’ first two years. “We just didn’t have the bodies in the past, number one, and number two, there was such a difference in the skill level there between the guys who were practicing,” Fritz said. “It (having guys like Howard) just makes it so much better. We have more Division I (caliber) players.” The Wave has 105 players at preseason practice, up from 87 in 2016. Senior safety Roderic Teamer expects a tremendous difference when preparing for opponents. In the past, the defensive backs worked against an assortment of scout-team walk-ons before facing potential NFL players in games. “I’m not knocking them, but it wasn’t the same,” he said. “We had only five or six scholarship receivers at practice. With a lot more guys and a lot more talent, you get the looks that you’re going to see in games.” Lagniappe Second-team linebacker KJ Vault joined quarterback Dane Ledford in getting approved for medical redshirts after playing in three games last season and is classified as a redshirt freshman rather than a sophomore. … Former walk-on Brian Newman, who received a scholarship before preseason practice began, made several nice catches in Friday morning’s workout, the first in shoulder pads. ... Tulane will practice again Saturday morning before resting Sunday under the NCAA’s new mandate that teams have an off day once a week during preseason camp.

He also talked about lowered ticket prices and donation requests in hopes of getting increasing game attendance. He wanted to eliminate some of the reasons people have said why they’re not coming to games, he said.

Tulane AD explains how ‘football consumes us’ at school in need of wins

The best way to do that could come by winning. The Green Wave has 10 starters on offense returning with senior wideout Terren Encalade and tight end Charles Jones II both listed on preseason award watch lists.

By Christopher Dabe Date: July 28, 2018

Tulane has a three-deep rotation on the offensive line for the first time since the school hired Fritz for the 2016 season, and the six cornerbacks vying for playing time gives the Green Wave depth it hasn’t always had on defense.

Of the 125 people who work in the Tulane athletic department, 41 of them work specifically for the football program, and another 48 of those athletic department workers are at least partially involved with some behind-thescenes aspect of the program.

Still, there will be limitations. Tulane had two defenders -- cornerback Parry Nickerson and tackle Ade Aruna -- selected in the 2018 NFL Draft, leaving voids to fill.

That’s more than 70 percent of the athletic department with at least some responsibilities geared toward football. That’s significant, according to Tulane athletic director Troy Dannen. “Football consumes us,” Dannen said Thursday (July 26) as he spoke in a room with about 250 onlookers that included many of those staffers during a “Let’s Talk Football” event at the Boomtown Hotel and Casino in Harvey. Dannen and coach Willie Fritz both spoke from a stage as they looked ahead to their third season together, one that Dannen said has him the most excited he’s been for any season as a college AD. “It’s the best feeling in the world because we come into the season with expectations,” Dannen said. These expectations come despite a fifth-place West Division projection in a poll of media at the American Athletic Conference media day Monday in Newport, Rhode Island. Some reason for optimism comes from the increased level of competitiveness on the field over the last two seasons, Dannen said. In 2016, Tulane won only four games, with just one victory in American play. Last season, Tulane inched ahead by coming within a game-ending goal-line stop in a finale loss at SMU that prevented the Green Wave from achieving bowl eligibility for the second time since 2002. Clearly, Dannen and Fritz believe there’s another step to take. Some of that will come by finishing strong late in games. Of the seven losses last season, four came by six points or fewer, including that 41-38 defeat to end the season. Dannen also spoke about having what the school has branded as a “NOLA built” roster and the “Wave 100” program that asks alumni nationally to donate at least $100 each to the school.

Tulane will be reliant on freshmen in some cases. “With the class we signed, I think it’s really going to help us be more competitive,” Fritz said. All players are due to report Tuesday for preseason camp with the first practice set for Wednesday. From there, the team’s competitiveness will be determined. Everything after that will be geared toward the first game, set for Aug. 30 -- a Thursday -- against Wake Forest.

back from his proud teammates: “I’m shocked.” Later, the finance and legal studies major called his dad and told him the news. Tulane surprises walk-on transfer who overcame injury with football scholarship By Christopher Dabe Date: July 27, 2018 Brian Newman could have stayed at the Division II school in Michigan. There, he had a football scholarship and a budding role in the offense as a speedy wideout. But the Houston native wanted something different. “My dream was always to play Division I football,” he said. That’s what caused Newman to leave Hillsdale College after two seasons and enroll at Tulane with tuition and other expenses totaling more than $70,000 per year coming out of pocket as a walk-on football player. He played only on scout team and did plenty of that he called “grunt work” during that first season at the Uptown campus, and his second season -- one that appeared to have some promise at the start of fall camp -- quickly ended with an ACL tear in his right knee roughly two weeks into preseason practices. That’s when the real work began. The rehabilitation process was “one of the hardest things I’ve ever done,” said Newman, unable to walk without crutches for the first two months after ACL reconstruction surgery. But he attacked it from the start. Newman’s father, Bill, recalled taking his son home from the hospital after the surgery Aug. 24, and by 6 a.m. the next day, Brian was back at the school and in the athletic trainer’s office. “It was amazing,” Bill said. Everything quickly improved from there. With a new goal set each week -- an early one was to walk 10 steps -- Newman worked his way back to full health soon enough to participate fully in spring practices. He did the work without trying to draw much attention to himself. He didn’t want anybody to feel sorry for him, he said. But at least one person noticed. On Thursday (July 26), Tulane coach Willie Fritz announced in front of a 12 other senior football players, the full 10-man assistant coaching staff and several other team supporters at a fundraising event at Boomtown Hotel and Casino that Newman would be awarded something special: a full scholarship for the 2018 season. “This is not a gift,” Fritz told the crowd. “You earned it,” he said to Newman. Newman, after he buried his head in his hands and drew hugs and pats on the

“You’ve got to show them they made a very wise decision,” Bill Newman told his son by phone. Fritz said how Newman’s injury rehabilitation served as an inspiration for other players. He also said how the 5-foot-9 Newman -- timed the other day at 4.42 seconds in the 40-yard dash -- could be healthier and “better than he’s ever been.” In addition to whatever work Newman does on special teams -- his knee injury last summer came when he planted a foot during a punt coverage drill -- he should also fill in on offense. “I feel he can be a big factor in our offense this season,” said senior quarterback Jonathan Banks, also a transfer out of Kansas State and two junior colleges. Banks said it surprised him after he arrived in 2017 to find out Newman was not on scholarship because he was one of the leading performers in the weight room and regularly asked Banks for more passing work. “To have a guy like that always is a blessing,” Banks said. The biggest blessing now appears to be what awaits Newman this fall. He has been at Tulane for two-plus seasons and has not yet played an actual game. That could change Aug. 30 in the season opener against Wake Forest. “I had no idea he felt that way,” Newman said about Fritz and the scholarship he provided. “Now with a whole other level of responsibility to take on, I have to show everybody I’m worth it.”