Tulane Green Wave Commit Class of 27 OL Jordan Carraway- @JordanCarraway6 6-6/295 Dallas, TX As projected Tulane lands a talented OL man. Carraway possesses excellent size, length, and frame for a college interior lineman or swing tackle, with long arms/wingspan, good hip flexibility, and surprising athleticism/explosiveness for his mass. •  Elite Size & Power: Massive frame with long arms; mauls at the POA in zone schemes, drives defenders backward, and finishes blocks violently into the second level. Heavy hands, strong punch, and tenacious “mean streak.” •  Athleticism & Movement: Nimble feet, good hip flexibility, quick get-off, and lateral agility for his size. Excels pulling, sealing lanes, and mirroring in pass pro with a firm base and quick kick-slide. •  Technique & Motor: Consistent pad level, violent hands upon engagement, high effort through the whistle. Camp notes call him one of the most consistent in 1-on-1 pass pro and run drills. •  Versatility & Upside: Experience at guard/tackle; track athleticism and early production suggest high developmental ceiling. #RollWave

Tulane Green Wave Football Decisions, Decisions Tulane football is not short on players who will compete. That much was clear in the 28-24 win over South Alabama, when the Green Wave found a way at Yulman and reminded everyone what this roster can look like when the plan matches the talent. The problem sitting over this 2-2 start is not effort in the locker room. It is decision-making in the offices above it. From the December search to the portal to the Week 1 depth chart to who is wearing the headset on Saturdays, the staff has spent nine months choosing caution when the moment called for conviction. The players have been asked to live with those choices. That is the story of this season so far. The hire that set the tone: When Jon Sumrall left for Florida after a College Football Playoff run, Tulane held one of the best Group of Five jobs in the country. The search did not treat it that way. Blake Baker, a former Green Wave linebacker and then LSU’s defensive coordinator, was the first choice. Tulane interviewed him. Memphis interviewed him. Lane Kiffin used that interest the way a Power program uses it. He kept Baker in Baton Rouge on a three-year deal reported at $9.3 million. Baker later said the alma mater pull was real, then said there was “not a better defensive coordinator job” than the one he already had. Tulane became the leverage, not the landing spot. By the time Baker was off the board, the rest of the short list had moved. Bob Chesney went to UCLA. Charles Huff went to Memphis. Billy Napier landed at James Madison. Jason Candle took UConn. The window closed, and the athletic department promoted from inside. Will Hall knows this place. He coordinated the offense here in 2019 and 2020. He came back in 2025 as passing-game coordinator. Continuity after a historic year had an argument. It was also the option left after the favorite used the opening to get paid at LSU and every other serious name took a job elsewhere. A championship program spent its most important offseason decision waiting, then settled. That is how the year started. It is also how the year has been coached. Caution in the portal: Hall was open about the quarterback plan. The staff did not want to “over-sign transfers and squish the development” of the young players already in the room. The idea was two older quarterbacks to compete, then let Trace Johnson, Jay Beamon, Bruno and Cade Scott grow behind them. That sounds careful. In this sport, it also sounds like a staff more worried about hurting feelings in the meeting room than about winning the first month. The previous year Sumrall brought in 4 potential guys fighting for one job. Jake Retzlaff was gone. The 2025 offense ran through him. The response was not a finished portal veteran who had just won at this level. The response in the portal was way more to be desired. The same hesitation showed up on the DL. The Wave added players. What the staff did not add was a true veteran pass-rush closer, the kind of player who wrecks a game in September while a new defensive staff is still installing, granted that was supposed to be McCallister but he is no longer on the roster. Through the first three games Tulane had one team sack. A defense that posted 34 sacks across 13 games a year ago was generating almost nothing. That is not the players failing to rush. That is a personnel plan that asked a transitioning front to create pressure without the one piece that makes a new scheme look fast. Protect the room. Don’t scare anyone into the portal. Those are coaching and front-office choices. They have shown up on third down, run defense, and pass rush.

Holy Tulane!!!!! Blocked FG! #RMFW

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And it begins the Trace Johnson era! #RollWave

It’s Rivalry GameDay! Battle for the 🔔 Southern Miss Eagles Vs Tulane Green Wave Make sure to get your officially licensed Tulane lids for the game @RedshirtLtd ! Redshirtltd.com CODE: RDW = 10% Off #RollWave

What I think College Football should be in the future! (I went down a Rabbit Hole, massive thread enjoy!) Kill the Conferences. Build the Pyramid and put your money where your mouth is! College football has 266 Division I programs this season, 138 in the FBS and 128 in the FCS. That is a bigger ecosystem than English professional soccer’s entire top four divisions. England uses that size. It does not trap clubs in a branded cartel and call it a “conference.” It stacks them. The Premier League sits on the Championship, which sits on League One, which sits on League Two. Finish high, you go up. Finish low, you go down. Every match in April still means something. American college football does the opposite. It froze the ladder. A Group of Five champion can run the table and still beg a committee for a playoff seat, or be Notre Dane and just cry about not having a seat and have a rule made up for you. An FCS powerhouse can beat half the FBS and still live behind a glass ceiling. Conferences realign for TV money, not competitive logic. Rivalries die so a network can fill a Saturday window. The fix is not another expansion of the same broken map. The fix is to treat the 266 the way soccer treats the 92: one sport, several tiers, movement every year. This is that system, built all the way out. The model already exists. England’s pyramid is the cleanest version of the idea: one table at the top, automatic drops, automatic rises, and a playoff for the last promotion spots. College football can steal the structure without stealing the 46-game soccer calendar. Massive Thread keep reading 👇🏻 @ESPNCFB @CFBONFOX @On3 @JoshPateCFB @PeteThamel @PFF_College @nocontextcfb @RedditCFB @Rivals @247Sports @CFBPlayoff @KirkHerbstreit @JoshPateCFB @RGIII @JoelKlatt @stoolpresidente @BFW @Finebaum @StewartMandel @RossDellenger @Brett_McMurphy @andy_staples @_willcompton @RGIII @SplitZoneDuo @RJ_CFB @alex_kirshner @TheAthletic @BruceFeldmanCFB @HeatherDinich @AriWasserman

Tulane has never beaten the Southern Miss Eagles at Yulman Stadium. 2002 was the last time Tulane won at home. The tides are turnin, the wave should take care of business in Yulman stadium and keep the bell in New Orleans. 160 feet down and back, time to decompress and for some O2! Sponsor: @RedshirtLtd Redshirtltd.com CODE:RDW = 10% Off Tulane Licensed Hats! #RollWave #CommercialDiving

Tulane Green Wave vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles (Part 4 of 4) Overall and three keys to victory for Tulane: On paper this one should not be close. Tulane’s favor. The Wave is at home, healthier at quarterback, and playing a team that just got smashed in back-to-back weeks and is starting its backup QB. Southern Miss is 1-2, missing Hampton, and has allowed 220 rushing yards a night. The only reason this is interesting is 2022 in this building and the fact that this Wave team has not played a complete game yet. Hall will not talk about Hattiesburg. Everybody else will. Saturday night. 6 p.m. kick. ESPN+. Hall of Fame. The Bell is in the building! Three keys for Tulane: 1. Set the edge and make Robinson/Wilder earn everything. If Robinson gets 20 carries on schedule, Lyddy gets free play-action and the Wave defense spends the night in the middle of the field. Set the edge, tackle in space, force USM into third-and-7+. Generate pressure. Do not let a backup QB get comfortable. 2. Play-calling/Feed your Stars. Play-calling has to get better and keep your stars on the field, you can’t be worried about the Portal. Lucas and Hill should never leave the field, use this so called superback! 3. Win early downs and stay out of obvious passing situations. The line does not have to dominate. It has to give Semonza a clean pocket on first and second down and create enough push for Lucas / Turner / Daniels / McClure (if healthy) to keep that front honest. Third-and-long is where the K-State game got away. Stay ahead of the chains and this should be the night the offense finally looks like a Wave offense. Yulman will be loud if they punch first. The only time Southern Miss should be in this game is kickoff. They almost never had to sweat Alcorn State and then they had to sweat everything. This is a plus for Tulane if they strike first. Play complementary and clean football, finish in the red zone, tackle, and take the Bell back in the building that lost it in 2022. #RollWave

Tulane offense vs Southern Miss defense (Part 3 of 4) Hall and Russ Callaway will still want to run it and play-action off it. Semonza does not have to throw 40 times. He has to stay on schedule, hit Hill / Brown-Stephens / Richardson when USM loads the box, and protect the football. Zero interceptions in three games is the best thing on this tape. Keep it. The offensive line is the swing unit at home. Reese Baker is the veteran. K-State teed off for six sacks. That cannot happen against a Golden Eagle front that has not traveled well. If McClure is still out, Lucas is the feature again. 214 on 11 vs USA was real. 4 carries for -2 at K-State was also real. Turner and Daniels have to finish drives. Tight ends Dawson Johnson, Vance Bolyard and the F package still need to be involved. TE and Superback let em work! Southern Miss defense last two weeks: Auburn and UConn ran through them. 220 rush yards allowed per game. 31.3 points allowed. Third-down defense is not a strength. If that front stays gap-sound, Semonza is in obvious passing downs by the middle of the second quarter. If they overpursue Lucas the way USA did, the Wave can steal explosives. Hill already has a 61-yarder and the game-winner. Mitchell had the 41-yarder at K-State. Last time this building saw this series, USM won 27-24 in 2022. In 2023 in Hattiesburg the Wave punched first and never let them up, 21-3. The difference Saturday is whether Tulane plays like an 18.5-point favorite or like the team that needed a last-minute score to beat South Alabama. X Factor: Explosive run game + zero turnovers. Anything less and a 1-2 USM team with a backup QB stays in it longer than this crowd wants. Continued👇🏻 #RollWave

Southern Miss offense vs Tulane defense (Part 2 of 4) Anderson and Kyle Cefalo will want to run Robinson and play-action off it. QB Hampton is out. This is Lyddy’s operation. He can push it downfield. He also turned it over once vs UConn and this Tulane defense has to make him live in obvious passing downs. The run committee: Steven Robinson 246 yards, 4 rushing TDs, plus a receiving score. Workhorse. Not a home-run back so much as a volume back who will take what you give him between the tackles. Jamarice Wilder is the change of pace. 120 yards, 2 TDs, 5.2 a carry. Receivers: Mario Sanders 16-233-1. The 56-yarder vs UConn is the tape. MJ Johnson 7-103. AJ Little 11-101. Grant Page has a 33-yard catch from Lyddy. Tulane’s 4-2-5 under Tayler Polk / Nate Fuqua just watched Avery Johnson run for 152 and two scores. Before that, Nate Sheppard gouged them for 227 at Duke and South Alabama held the ball for 37 minutes. Chris Rodgers (left leg) is out and would’ve played a huge role for spying on Avery. Makai Williams has stepped up. Dickson Agu is still the tackling machine. Jack Tchienchou is still the defensive leader. Kevin Adams III is right there with him. Ed Smith IV, Kameron Hamilton, and the young ends have to set the edge against Robinson/Wilder and keep Lyddy from extending. We’re about to hit Conf play and I believe the young edges are heating up! Through three games the pass rush has been too quiet. Dalton Hughes rushing the passer could still be a fun option, if healthy. If Robinson gets 20 carries on schedule, this becomes a 60-minute possession game and Yulman gets quiet. If Tulane wins first down and forces Lyddy into third-and-7+, the secondary can hunt. X Factor: Just show the world what this D is capable of. Fast, Aggressive, and Turnover hungry. Continued👇🏻 #RollWave

Southern Miss and Tulane (Part 1 of 4) Tulane Green Wave: Year 1 of the Will Hall era. Ugly 17-3 opener at Duke. Necessary 28-24 home win when Jaylin Lucas ran for 214 and Kadin Semonza hit Destyn Hill with 1:17 left. Then a 31-20 road loss at Kansas State that was closer than the first two weeks and still not enough. Semonza is the starter. 38-of-69, 517 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT through three games. He also has a rushing TD and too many sacks. 10 carries for -27 at K-State. Roster reality heading into Saturday night: The Wave still cannot stay on the field on defense. Third down remains the wound. K-State converted enough of them for Avery Johnson to take the game over with his legs. Tulane allowed 6 sacks and finished with 260 total yards. What remains is still Wave culture: Lucas has 215 yards on 18 carries. The USA explosion was real. The K-State night was not. Maurice Turner gave them a spark in Manhattan (64 rush, 25-yard TD catch). Johnnie Daniels has two short TDs. Destyn Hill is 9-158-1. Jamauri McClure (foot) has not played in any of the three games. Zycarl Lewis Jr. is questionable (leg). If McClure is not ready again, Lucas / Turner / Daniels have to finish drives against a defense that has been gashed on the ground. Southern Miss Golden Eagles: Year 1 of Blake Anderson. Seventy-four new players! They flattened Alcorn State, then found out the rest of the schedule is not Alcorn State. They are 1-2 after 43-8 at Auburn and 48-20 vs UConn. Anderson called it getting manhandled. Starting QB Ethan Hampton is out (throwing hand). Same hand he bruised in camp. Anderson does not expect him to play. Landry Lyddy gets the offense this week. 20-of-33, 265 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. He threw for 194 in the second half vs UConn, including a 56-yarder to Mario Sanders. Steven Robinson is the problem if Tulane does not set the edge. 56-246-4. Jamarice Wilder has 120 and 2 scores. Sanders is the WR1: 16-233-1. USM defense has allowed 220 rushing yards per game and 31.3 points. That is the number that should keep Hall’s group from getting cute. Both teams have questions. Only one of them is playing at home with a two-score line and a chance to put a bad three weeks behind them. Continued👇🏻 #RollWave

Southern Miss Golden Eagles @ Tulane Green Wave 🚨Rivalry Week Preview🚨 Part 1 of 4 Battle For The 🔔 Saturday, September 26, 2026 6:00 p.m. CT Yulman Stadium ESPN+ Hall of Fame night in Uptown. Southern Miss leads the all-time series 24-10. They walked into this building in 2022 and left with a 27-24 win. Tulane answered 21-3 in Hattiesburg in 2023. The Wave’s last home win in this series was 2002. Both teams are 1-2. Tulane is an 18.5-point favorite. The Wave just took Kansas State the distance after the Duke punch and the South Alabama escape. Southern Miss beat Alcorn State 49-3, then got manhandled 43-8 at Auburn and 48-20 by UConn. Will Hall faces the program that fired him. He will not make it about him. Saturday night should. Can the Wave finally take the Bell back at home? Sponsor: @RedshirtLtd Redshirtltd.com CODE: RDW = 10% Off The Best Tulane Licensed Lids Around! Cont 👇🏻 #RollWave

🚨Texas State Bobcats Commit🚨 Class of 27 LB Kyle Horde- @kylehorde 6-2/220 Opelousas, LA 
He stands 6’2”, 220 lbs with a long, athletic frame that passes the eye test for a college linebacker or hybrid back. 
Defensive Strengths (MLB): •  Excellent run defender who fills gaps quickly, sheds blocks with violent hands, and delivers thumping tackles. •  Strong pursuit angles, sideline-to-sideline range, and ability to make calls/pre-snap adjustments. •  Disruptive in the backfield (TFL/sacks) and solid in coverage (PBU/INT production). •  Anchors the defense; coach describes him as a “total package” and high-character leader who pushes teammates. Offensive Strengths (RB): •  Powerful, one-cut runner who bulldozes through arm tackles and runs through contact (“carries defenders with him”). •  Good vision, burst through holes, and breakaway speed to turn short gains into long TDs. •  Reliable receiver out of the backfield; versatile enough to line up anywhere the offense needs him. •  Coach Byron Porter: “It doesn’t really matter where he plays… he’s going to produce regardless… integral part of what we did on both offense and defense.”

🚨Hendrix Warriors Commit🚨 Class of 27 QB Luke Delatte- @LukeDelatte 5-10/170 River Ridge, LA 
Arm Talent/Mechanics Functional arm with quick release and developing touch. Film shows solid velocity on short/intermediate throws and ability to make off-platform deliveries. Room to grow with increased volume. Accuracy/Decision-Making Smart processor in structure; low-turnover mentality. Excels in RPO/quick-game concepts common in Curtis schemes. High football IQ from elite program environment. Pocket Presence & Mobility Athletic enough to extend plays, scramble, or execute designed runs. Compact frame aids elusiveness in short areas; stands tall when needed but thrives when the play breaks down. Football IQ & Intangibles Elite competitor and leader-in-waiting. Strong character/academics (3.85 GPA) make him a coach’s dream. Thrives in championship culture at John Curtis, poise in big-game environments.

5 More! It’s Rivalry Week! 🖕🏻Southern Miss! #BeatUSM 1-0 #RollWave

The Playmakers Were Dressed. The Play Sheet Wasn’t. Tulane 20, Kansas State 31 Bill Snyder Family Stadium Sept. 19, 2026 Tulane flew into Manhattan and scored the first offensive touchdown Kansas State had allowed all season. Seven plays, 90 yards, Kadin Semonza keeping the option and walking in from nine. For a quarter, the Green Wave looked like the version of this offense Will Hall and Russ Callaway have been selling since January: stay on schedule, hit a shot, finish. Then the call sheet forgot who the best players on the field were. Kansas State won 31-20. Tulane is 1-2. The box score will say 260 total yards, 13-of-26 for 165 from Semonza, 6 sacks, 4.4 yards per play. Those numbers are real. They are not the whole story. The story is who touched the football after that opening drive, and who never did. Destyn Hill: zero catches. Garrett Mmahat: zero. Jaylin Lucas: 7 touches. ABS: 1 catch Hill is the preseason All-Conference receiver, the 61-yard threat, the guy this staff is supposed to feature when a front loads the box. Mmahat and Stephens are the complementary answers. On Saturday they were mostly spectators in their own offense. Oliver Mitchell Jr led Tulane with one catch for 41 yards, the strike that started the opening touchdown drive and then the vertical game went quiet. Bredell Richardson had three for 40. Anthony Brown-Stephens had one for 22. Maurice Turner caught the late 25-yard touchdown. Jaylin Lucas, who ran for 214 yards against South Alabama a week ago, finished with three receptions for five yards and was not the feature back. That is not a “they just missed throws” problem. That is a usage problem. What the first drive proved: The opening series is the tape this staff should pin to the wall. Semonza threw into double coverage to Mitchell for 41. The Wave stayed aggressive. They finished with an option instead of a hopeful fade. Kansas State’s defense, which had not given up an offensive touchdown in two games, blinked. Everything after that looked like a team that did not trust the same answers. The run game still produced pieces. Turner 7 carries for 64, Johnnie Daniels 10 for 59, but the identity never settled. Semonza was credited with 10 rushes for minus-27 yards, which is what six sacks look like on a stat sheet. Kansas State logged 12 tackles for loss. Once the Wave fell behind the chains, Jordan Peterson’s front lived in obvious passing downs. That is exactly the trap my preview said this defense wanted. Semonza does not have to throw 40 times. He has to stay on schedule and get Hill, Brown-Stephens, and Lewis (When Healthy) the ball when the box is loaded. Saturday he completed 13 passes. The three receivers who should stress a secondary combined for zero of them. Design, protection, and the difference between a drop and a plan. Give the defense and the drops their share. Hall said after the game that Tulane “had our opportunities” and “just didn’t come down with the ball a few times.” Dawson Johnson had a chance inside the Kansas State 10. Brown-Stephens had a deep ball that would have moved the sticks inside the 30. Both drives died into Cooper Helmke field goals, a school-record 58-yarder at the half and a 53-yarder in the third. Helmke was excellent. Field goals are not how you keep pace with Avery Johnson. Johnson accounted for 379 of Kansas State’s 428 yards: 227 passing, 152 rushing, two scores, including a 66-yarder that flipped the game after Kansas State stuffed Daniels on third-and-1. The Wildcats converted 10 of 16 third downs. Five of those were third-and-5 or longer. Tulane has now watched Duke, South Alabama, and Kansas State live on third down with mobile quarterbacks. That is a defensive problem. It became an offensive problem the moment the Wave stopped answering with explosives of their own. Continued 👇🏻

Me and my G-Ma after today’s game. Stay tuned Tulane nation Review of todays K-State loss drops tmr! Some positives and some negatives. This team is capable of so much more and still believe in them. Looking forward to kicking Southern Miss ass and the rest of the American Conf! #RMFW #RollWave

Cooper Helmke with a 58 yd field goal!!

WHAT IF the transfer portal never existed, Tulane Green Wave defensive edition! Same rules as the offense: only original Tulane high-school recruits, including guys who later left. No portal arrivals (Ed Smith IV, Reshad Sterling, Derrick Shepard, Chris Rodgers, Jack Tchienchou, Anthony Rogers, Macho Stevenson, Dalton Hughes, Justin Agu, Kajuan Banks, etc.). Tulane’s current defense is a 4-2-5. Defensive line DE Geordan Guidry/Josh Lewis/Gerrod Henderson DT Kameron Hamilton/Maxie Baudoin DT Maxie Baudoin IV/Jordyn Crites Hamilton (Zachary HS) is the big keep, multi-year starter, 12 career sacks, back for a fifth year. Guidry (Ruston HS, 2024 class) is a homegrown edge still on the roster. Lewis is a young homegrown end. The 2025 CFP front was mostly portal/graduates (Harvey Dyson, Santana Hopper, Tre’Von McAlpine). Without the portal you don’t get those Power-4-bound imports or the 2026 replacements (Smith, Sterling, Shepard). Bandit (hybrid DE/OLB) Matthew Fobbs-White/Jah’rie Garner/Warren Roberts Jr Garner (St. Augustine, New Orleans) is already the 2026 starter and a true homegrown product. Fobbs-White (Neville, Monroe) signed with Tulane, became a 2024 starter at bandit, then left for Baylor. In this world he never leaves, so you have a proven local edge duo instead of leaning on portal rushers. Linebackers MLB Makai Williams/Jesus Machado WLB Cory Platt Jr/Dickson Agu/JC Joseph Agu (Dutchtown, Geismar) is a homegrown starter right now. Williams (Cibolo Steele, TX, 2023 class) is a long-time Tulane recruit and the next man up. Chris Rodgers, the current WLB, came from Troy with Sumrall, so he doesn’t count here. The room loses portal depth (Dalton Hughes) but keeps two original Wave LBs who already play. Secondary CB E’zaiah Shine/Jahiem Johnson CB Reyshaun Pleasant/Armani Cargo Spear Javion White/Micheal Igbinoghene SS Kevin Adams III/Josh Simms FS Kentrell Webb/Joshua Moore Shine (Mainland, FL, 2024 class) is already a 2026 starter. Nicholas is a West Jefferson / Harvey product. Adams (Destrehan) is a homegrown safety and current starter. Moore (Clear Falls, TX) was a 2023 signee and would start at free safety instead of Troy transfer Jack Tchienchou. Javion White (playmaking sophomore safety/nickel who left for Houston) and Jahiem Johnson (starting CB, 4 INTs in 2025, left for Arkansas) were developed at Tulane after signing there. If they stay, the back seven is actually one of the stronger parts of this hypothetical. Jayden Lewis, a 4-star 2025 high-school signee who later entered the portal, adds another homegrown corner. Bottom line The back seven is playable Agu, Adams, Shine, Garner, Williams, Moore, plus leavers like Fobbs-White, White, and Johnson. The front is the problem. Without portal D-linemen, you’re asking Hamilton and a bunch of younger homegrown ends/tackles to replace an entire CFP rotation that walked to Power 4 schools. Special Teams K Patrick Durkin P William Carroll LS Jason Arrendendo If I’m missing anyone please let me know. #RollWave

WHAT IF the transfer portal never existed! Tulane Green Wave 2026 offensive starters would be built almost entirely from original high-school recruits (plus a few who later left). How many wins would this team get? Quarterback Darian Mensah Mensah was a 2023 high-school signee who redshirted, then exploded as a freshman in 2024 (2,723 yards, 22 TDs). He would be a junior/RS-soph in 2026 and the clear starter. Dagan Bruno (John Curtis walk-on who impressed in 2026 spring) and true freshman Trace Johnson would battle for the backup job. Running Backs Makhi Hughes (feature) with Jamauri McClure, Trey Cornist, Arnold Barnes, Javin Gordon in rotation. Hughes (original Birmingham recruit) posted 1,401 yards and 15 TDs in 2024 before leaving for Oregon. McClure (2024 Goshen, AL signee) already flashed 1,000-yard potential in late 2025. Gordon (2025 Stephens County, GA signee) ran for 516 yards as a true freshman. That bunch would give Tulane a strong, physical backfield. Wide Receivers Hunter Sumners, Zycarl Lewis Jr., Garrett Mmahat Hunter Summers was a 2023 Prosper (TX) high-school signee who redshirted his only year at Tulane before transferring to Arkansas State. He later became a starter there (44 catches, 505 yards, 4 TDs in 2025). Lewis (Venice, FL original signee) is a returning speed/slot piece. Mmahat (New Orleans product) and Oliver Mitchell Jr. (also NOLA) would fill the third and fourth spots. Tight End Alex Bauman- Court Injunction The 2022 Red Bank Catholic (NJ) signee and Cotton Bowl hero (game-winning TD vs. USC) had 13 career TDs at Tulane before leaving for Miami. He would be a senior in 2026 and the clear starter. Gabe Lovorn and 2026 freshman Colby Simpson would provide depth. Offensive Line LT Dominic Steward/Tristen Fortenberry LG Shadre Hurst/Elijah Baker C Jayce Mitchell/Tylan George RG Reese Baker/Landry Cannon RT Sully Burns/Darion Reed Hurst (2022 Cartersville, GA recruit and two-time All-AAC guard) would still be the anchor instead of heading to Houston. Reese Baker (Madison Academy, AL) was the only returning starter from the 2025 CFP line. Elijah Baker, Juelz Baptiste (St. Augustine, New Orleans), Dominic Steward, and Darion Reed are all original Tulane recruits who would have more time to develop. Sully Burns adds size on the outside. Bottom line: The 2026 offense would revolve around future Heisman winner Mensah throwing to Bauman and a group of homegrown receivers, with Hughes/McClure/Gordon carrying the run game and Hurst anchoring the line. Tulane has historically done well developing and recruiting its own high-school talent; this version would test how far that model could go without the portal safety net. Could you win a Natty with this offense?!? Who would be the HC and OC in this diff universe? If I’m missing anyone feel free to let me know! Defense coming soon! Sponsor: @RedshirtLtd Redshirtltd.com CODE: RDW= 10% Off Official Licensed Tulane Hats! #RollWave #RMFW

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Tulane Green Wave @ Kansas State Wildcats (Part 4 of 4) Overall and Three keys to victory for Tulane: On paper this one should not be close. Kansas State’s favor. K-State is 2-0, healthier, cleaner, and already has the run-game and defensive tape they want. They have not allowed an offensive touchdown. They convert 70% of third downs. They have three penalties in two games. Tulane is 1-1, a 20.5-point dog, missing Chris Rodgers, and still waiting on Jamauri McClure. The Wave just needed a last-minute score to survive South Alabama at home. The only reason this is interesting is 2022. This building has seen the Wave win here. Klein has not forgotten it. Hall’s group has to play a complete, complementary, clean road game it has not played yet. Harley Day in Manhattan. 11 a.m. kick. ESPN2. Loud. Three keys for Tulane: 1. Set the edge and make Fields/Jackson earn everything. If Fields hits the 75-yard variant early, Johnson gets free play-action and the Wave defense spends the morning in the middle of the field. Set the edge, tackle in space, force K-State into third-and-7+. That is the only down this secondary can hunt. Generate pressure and force mistakes 2. Let Semonza be efficient without turning it over. He does not have to out-duel Avery Johnson. He has to stay on schedule, take what Peterson gives him, and protect the football. One or two completed drives that end in the end zone change how K-State has to play the rest of the morning. Ball security is non-negotiable on the road as a three-score dog. 3. Win early downs and stay out of obvious passing situations. The reloaded Wave offensive line does not have to dominate. It has to give Semonza a clean pocket on first and second down and create enough push for Lucas / Turner / Daniels / McClure (if healthy) to keep Peterson honest. Third-and-long against this front is where the game gets away. Stay ahead of the chains, convert a couple of third-and-mediums, and you at least give yourself a fourth-quarter chance. Bill Snyder will be loud. Kansas State will have moments. They almost never had to sweat the first two weeks, this is a plus for Tulane if they strike first. Play complementary and clean football, finish in the red zone, tackle, and make Klein remember 2022 for one more Saturday. #RollWave

Kansas State defense Vs Tulane Offense (Part 3 of 4) Hall and Russ Callaway will still want to run it and play-action off it. Semonza is not Retzlaff and he is not Johnson. He does not have to throw 40 times. He has to stay on schedule, hit Hill / Brown-Stephens / Lewis when K-State loads the box, and protect the football. The offensive line is the swing unit on the road. Reese Baker is the veteran. The rest of that front is still proving it. Against a Jordan Peterson front that has allowed 47.5 passing yards per game and stuffed two opponents under 200 total yards, early-down protection is everything. The line is improving and played way cleaner. If McClure is still out, Lucas is the feature. 214 yards on 11 carries vs USA is real. It is also 11 touches. He cannot be the entire plan for 60 minutes in Manhattan. Turner and Daniels have to finish drives. Tight ends Dawson Johnson, Vance Bolyard and the F package (Ty Thompson/Gabe Lovorn) have to be involved. They were afterthoughts at Duke and USA. K-State defense last two weeks: No offensive touchdowns allowed. 144 yards per game. 2-of-12 third downs vs Washington State. Gabe Powers leading the linebacker room. Wendell Gregory and Elijah Hill wrecking the edge. Secondary has not been stressed because nobody has stayed on schedule. First Test for them. Peterson is multiple. Four-man, five-man, nickel. They are assignment-sound and the least-penalized team in the country. You will not draw them offside into a free first down. If that front stays gap-sound, Semonza is in obvious passing downs by the middle of the second quarter. That is when this defense lives. If they overpursue Lucas the way USA did, the Wave can steal explosives. Hill already has a 61-yarder and the game-winner. Last year in New Orleans K-State finished 34-27. In 2022 in this building they could not score after halftime. The difference Saturday is whether Tulane can stay ahead of the chains against a front that has not blinked yet. X Factor: Explosive run game + zero turnovers. Anything less and the clock becomes K-State’s friend. Continued👇🏻 #RollWave

Kansas State offense vs Tulane defense (Part 2 of 4) Klein and Sean Gleeson want to run first, stay on schedule, and live play-action. This is not a one-read air raid. It is a physical, complementary attack that has rushed for 607 yards on 84 carries through two games. Avery Johnson is the problem. Senior dual-threat. 37-of-55, 391 yards, 6 passing TDs, 2 INTs, plus 101 rushing yards and a score. He will keep it, pull it, and throw on the move. The two picks vs Washington State were stare-downs and along the sideline 10 yds or less. Jaylen Thomas (Wash St) jumped both (1-TD). Do not expect him to gift those again, but he does get stupid with the ball sometimes so Tulane must capitalize. The run committee: Rodney Fields Jr. (Oklahoma State transfer) 206 yards, 2 TDs, including the 75-yard dagger to open the second half vs WSU. Joe Jackson still hits home runs and already has receiving TDs in both games. Jay Harris and Monterrio Elston Jr. have scored on the ground. Depth is real. Size at WR Spot: Josh Manning 6-3/220 (Missouri transfer) is the clear WR1: 13-130-2. Ten catches for 97 vs WSU. Joe Jackson and Brandon White are the YAC layer. Tulane’s 4-2-5 under Tayler Polk / Nate Fuqua just got gashed for 227 rushing yards by Nate Sheppard at Duke, then survived South Alabama’s 182-yard, 37-minute possession game. Third-down defense is the wound. 10-of-16 allowed to USA. Chris Rodgers (left leg) will not play and “may” be done for the year (2nd Opnion). That is a real loss next to Dickson Agu, who just posted 14 tackles. Next Man Up: Makai Williams stepped up in his replacement, made several key stops. Safety Jack Tchienchou is still the defensive leader. Ed Smith IV, Derrick Shepard Jr., Kam Hamilton, and the young ends have to set the edge against Fields/Jackson and keep Johnson from extending. Through 2 games Tulane has 1 sack and 4 TFL, they must improve this number if they want any chance in this game. Would love to see LB Dalton Hughes rush the passer, did very well with that at USA. Kevin Adams III has 21 tackles and is 2nd on the team, Jack with 18. The secondary can hunt if it is third-and-7+. K-State is converting 70% of those. Last time in this building the Wave made K-State scoreless in the second half. That script does not exist if Fields hits the edge on first down and Johnson gets clean play-action. Look for Macho Stevenson to get a bunch of work with the height of K-State WR room. X Factor: Defense, Defense, Defense. Clean tackling, generate pressure, force mistakes that’s the only way! Continued👇🏻 #RollWave

Tulane and Kansas State (Part 1 of 4) Tulane Green Wave: Year 1 of the Will Hall era. Ugly 17-3 opener at Duke. Then a messy, necessary 28-24 win at Yulman when Jaylin Lucas ran for 214 and Kadin Semonza hit Destyn Hill from 14 yards with 1:17 left. Semonza is the starter. 25-of-43, 352 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT through two games. Roster reality heading to Manhattan: The Wave still cannot stay on the field. Duke held the ball 36:35. South Alabama held it 37:40 and went 10-of-16 on third down. Tulane is 13 first downs in a “win.” That will not travel against a better defense. What remains is still Wave culture: Lucas just set an American Conference yards-per-carry record (19.5) on 11 carries. Hill has 9-158-1. Anthony Brown-Stephens and Zycarl Lewis Jr are the next layer that need to start producing. Semonza and Hill need some help. Maybe the TE’s will finally get involved. Johnnie Daniels punched in two short TDs vs USA. Jamauri McClure (foot, I fear this is way more serious then they are letting on) has not played in either game. If he is not ready, Lucas / Turner / Daniels have to carry a road Power-4 defense that has allowed 144 yards per game. Kansas State Wildcats: Year 1 of Collin Klein. He was the OC in that 2022 home loss to Tulane. Asked this week if that still burns: “No doubt.” They are 2-0 after 71-3 vs Nicholls and 34-7 vs Washington State. 105-10 combined. Defense has not allowed an offensive touchdown. Ranked No. 2 nationally in total defense (144.0), No. 1 in passing yards allowed (47.5), No. 3 in scoring defense (5.0). Three penalties for 35 yards in two games. Fewest in the country. (Tulane First Test) Offense is physical and complementary: 52.5 points, 523 yards, 7.2 yards per carry, 19-of-27 on third down. K-State is healthier, cleaner, and already has the identity tape they want. Tulane has the 2022 scar on this building and a chip after having to survive South Alabama. Both teams have questions. Only one of them looks like it has answers through two weeks. Continued👇🏻 #RollWave

Roll Dat Wave Pod 🚨Tulane Green Wave @ Kansas State Wildcats Preview🚨 (Link 👇🏻) piped.video/Bbq7lj90DKA?is=mF3k… Saturday, 11 a.m. CT Bill Snyder Family Stadium ESPN2 Last time the Wave walked into Manhattan they left with a 17-10 win. K-State has not forgotten it. Collin Klein said “No doubt” when asked if 2022 still burns. Now they’re 2-0, 20.5-point favorites, and their defense has not allowed an offensive touchdown. Tulane is 1-1 after surviving South Alabama on Jaylin Lucas’s 214-yard night and a last-minute Semonza-to-Hill score. Can the Wave steal one in that building again? @greenwavecolin and I break it all down: What Avery Johnson and that K-State run game actually do. Why the Wave defense has to set the edge and create pressure or this one gets away early. How Semonza stays on schedule without turning it over. The 3 keys if Tulane is going to make Klein remember 2022 one more Saturday in replies. 👇🏻 Full preview is up now! Sponsor: @RedshirtLtd CODE: RDW = 10% off Best Tulane lids around. #RollWave #RMFW @beinthekneaux

Tulane Green Wave @ Kansas State Wildcats (Part 4 of 4) Overall and Three keys to victory for Tulane: On paper this one should not be close. Kansas State’s favor. K-State is 2-0, healthier, cleaner, and already has the run-game and defensive tape they want. They have not allowed an offensive touchdown. They convert 70% of third downs. They have three penalties in two games. Tulane is 1-1, a 20.5-point dog, missing Chris Rodgers, and still waiting on Jamauri McClure. The Wave just needed a last-minute score to survive South Alabama at home. The only reason this is interesting is 2022. This building has seen the Wave win here. Klein has not forgotten it. Hall’s group has to play a complete, complementary, clean road game it has not played yet. Harley Day in Manhattan. 11 a.m. kick. ESPN2. Loud. Three keys for Tulane: 1. Set the edge and make Fields/Jackson earn everything. If Fields hits the 75-yard variant early, Johnson gets free play-action and the Wave defense spends the morning in the middle of the field. Set the edge, tackle in space, force K-State into third-and-7+. That is the only down this secondary can hunt. Generate pressure and force mistakes 2. Let Semonza be efficient without turning it over. He does not have to out-duel Avery Johnson. He has to stay on schedule, take what Peterson gives him, and protect the football. One or two completed drives that end in the end zone change how K-State has to play the rest of the morning. Ball security is non-negotiable on the road as a three-score dog. 3. Win early downs and stay out of obvious passing situations. The reloaded Wave offensive line does not have to dominate. It has to give Semonza a clean pocket on first and second down and create enough push for Lucas / Turner / Daniels / McClure (if healthy) to keep Peterson honest. Third-and-long against this front is where the game gets away. Stay ahead of the chains, convert a couple of third-and-mediums, and you at least give yourself a fourth-quarter chance. Bill Snyder will be loud. Kansas State will have moments. They almost never had to sweat the first two weeks, this is a plus for Tulane if they strike first. Play complementary and clean football, finish in the red zone, tackle, and make Klein remember 2022 for one more Saturday. #RollWave

Kansas State defense Vs Tulane Offense (Part 3 of 4) Hall and Russ Callaway will still want to run it and play-action off it. Semonza is not Retzlaff and he is not Johnson. He does not have to throw 40 times. He has to stay on schedule, hit Hill / Brown-Stephens / Lewis when K-State loads the box, and protect the football. The offensive line is the swing unit on the road. Reese Baker is the veteran. The rest of that front is still proving it. Against a Jordan Peterson front that has allowed 47.5 passing yards per game and stuffed two opponents under 200 total yards, early-down protection is everything. The line is improving and played way cleaner. If McClure is still out, Lucas is the feature. 214 yards on 11 carries vs USA is real. It is also 11 touches. He cannot be the entire plan for 60 minutes in Manhattan. Turner and Daniels have to finish drives. Tight ends Dawson Johnson, Vance Bolyard and the F package (Ty Thompson/Gabe Lovorn) have to be involved. They were afterthoughts at Duke and USA. K-State defense last two weeks: No offensive touchdowns allowed. 144 yards per game. 2-of-12 third downs vs Washington State. Gabe Powers leading the linebacker room. Wendell Gregory and Elijah Hill wrecking the edge. Secondary has not been stressed because nobody has stayed on schedule. First Test for them. Peterson is multiple. Four-man, five-man, nickel. They are assignment-sound and the least-penalized team in the country. You will not draw them offside into a free first down. If that front stays gap-sound, Semonza is in obvious passing downs by the middle of the second quarter. That is when this defense lives. If they overpursue Lucas the way USA did, the Wave can steal explosives. Hill already has a 61-yarder and the game-winner. Last year in New Orleans K-State finished 34-27. In 2022 in this building they could not score after halftime. The difference Saturday is whether Tulane can stay ahead of the chains against a front that has not blinked yet. X Factor: Explosive run game + zero turnovers. Anything less and the clock becomes K-State’s friend. Continued👇🏻 #RollWave

Kansas State offense vs Tulane defense (Part 2 of 4) Klein and Sean Gleeson want to run first, stay on schedule, and live play-action. This is not a one-read air raid. It is a physical, complementary attack that has rushed for 607 yards on 84 carries through two games. Avery Johnson is the problem. Senior dual-threat. 37-of-55, 391 yards, 6 passing TDs, 2 INTs, plus 101 rushing yards and a score. He will keep it, pull it, and throw on the move. The two picks vs Washington State were stare-downs and along the sideline 10 yds or less. Jaylen Thomas (Wash St) jumped both (1-TD). Do not expect him to gift those again, but he does get stupid with the ball sometimes so Tulane must capitalize. The run committee: Rodney Fields Jr. (Oklahoma State transfer) 206 yards, 2 TDs, including the 75-yard dagger to open the second half vs WSU. Joe Jackson still hits home runs and already has receiving TDs in both games. Jay Harris and Monterrio Elston Jr. have scored on the ground. Depth is real. Size at WR Spot: Josh Manning 6-3/220 (Missouri transfer) is the clear WR1: 13-130-2. Ten catches for 97 vs WSU. Joe Jackson and Brandon White are the YAC layer. Tulane’s 4-2-5 under Tayler Polk / Nate Fuqua just got gashed for 227 rushing yards by Nate Sheppard at Duke, then survived South Alabama’s 182-yard, 37-minute possession game. Third-down defense is the wound. 10-of-16 allowed to USA. Chris Rodgers (left leg) will not play and “may” be done for the year (2nd Opnion). That is a real loss next to Dickson Agu, who just posted 14 tackles. Next Man Up: Makai Williams stepped up in his replacement, made several key stops. Safety Jack Tchienchou is still the defensive leader. Ed Smith IV, Derrick Shepard Jr., Kam Hamilton, and the young ends have to set the edge against Fields/Jackson and keep Johnson from extending. Through 2 games Tulane has 1 sack and 4 TFL, they must improve this number if they want any chance in this game. Would love to see LB Dalton Hughes rush the passer, did very well with that at USA. Kevin Adams III has 21 tackles and is 2nd on the team, Jack with 18. The secondary can hunt if it is third-and-7+. K-State is converting 70% of those. Last time in this building the Wave made K-State scoreless in the second half. That script does not exist if Fields hits the edge on first down and Johnson gets clean play-action. Look for Macho Stevenson to get a bunch of work with the height of K-State WR room. X Factor: Defense, Defense, Defense. Clean tackling, generate pressure, force mistakes that’s the only way! Continued👇🏻 #RollWave

Tulane and Kansas State (Part 1 of 4) Tulane Green Wave: Year 1 of the Will Hall era. Ugly 17-3 opener at Duke. Then a messy, necessary 28-24 win at Yulman when Jaylin Lucas ran for 214 and Kadin Semonza hit Destyn Hill from 14 yards with 1:17 left. Semonza is the starter. 25-of-43, 352 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT through two games. Roster reality heading to Manhattan: The Wave still cannot stay on the field. Duke held the ball 36:35. South Alabama held it 37:40 and went 10-of-16 on third down. Tulane is 13 first downs in a “win.” That will not travel against a better defense. What remains is still Wave culture: Lucas just set an American Conference yards-per-carry record (19.5) on 11 carries. Hill has 9-158-1. Anthony Brown-Stephens and Zycarl Lewis Jr are the next layer that need to start producing. Semonza and Hill need some help. Maybe the TE’s will finally get involved. Johnnie Daniels punched in two short TDs vs USA. Jamauri McClure (foot, I fear this is way more serious then they are letting on) has not played in either game. If he is not ready, Lucas / Turner / Daniels have to carry a road Power-4 defense that has allowed 144 yards per game. Kansas State Wildcats: Year 1 of Collin Klein. He was the OC in that 2022 home loss to Tulane. Asked this week if that still burns: “No doubt.” They are 2-0 after 71-3 vs Nicholls and 34-7 vs Washington State. 105-10 combined. Defense has not allowed an offensive touchdown. Ranked No. 2 nationally in total defense (144.0), No. 1 in passing yards allowed (47.5), No. 3 in scoring defense (5.0). Three penalties for 35 yards in two games. Fewest in the country. (Tulane First Test) Offense is physical and complementary: 52.5 points, 523 yards, 7.2 yards per carry, 19-of-27 on third down. K-State is healthier, cleaner, and already has the identity tape they want. Tulane has the 2022 scar on this building and a chip after having to survive South Alabama. Both teams have questions. Only one of them looks like it has answers through two weeks. Continued👇🏻 #RollWave

Tulane Green Wave @ Kansas State Wildcats 🚨Preview Part 1 of 4🚨 Saturday, September 19, 2026 11:00 a.m. CT Bill Snyder Family Stadium ESPN2 Last time the Wave walked into Manhattan they left with a 17-10 win in 2022. K-State got the 34-27 answer in New Orleans in 2024. This one closes the three-game series. Tulane is 1-1 after the Duke punch and a 28-24 home comeback vs South Alabama. Kansas State is 2-0, has not allowed an offensive touchdown, and is a 20.5-point favorite. Can the Green Wave steal one in Manhattan again? Roll Dat Wave Pod w/@greenwavecolin drops today! Sponsor: @RedshirtLtd Redshirtltd.com CODE: RDW = 10% Off The Best Tulane Lids Around! Cont 👇🏻 #RollWave

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Roll Dat Wave Pod: Tulane Green Wave @ Kansas State Preview Drops Thursday! Colin Cummings @greenwavecolin and I go over the USA win in Yulman, what Avery Johnson and the Kansas State offense does well, what we could expect from the defense, how the Green Wave stack up and what they have to do to get a Win in Manhattan, a lot of defensive talk, and favorite sushi spot in Nola. May be having some exciting news coming up so Stay Tuned! #RollWave

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What this win means for Tulane Green Wave QB Kadin Semonza. It means Kadin Semonza is no longer the backup who waited. He is the quarterback who won the game. Saturday was his first start at Tulane after transferring from Ball State in January 2025, sitting behind Jake Retzlaff last year, then losing the August camp battle to Zeon Chriss-Gremillion. He came in at halftime of the Duke loss. Five days later Will Hall named him the starter. Against South Alabama he went the distance, 14-of-22 for 212 yards, one touchdown, zero picks and the throw that decided a 28-24 win. That last ball is the whole story. Down three with 1:22 left, third down at the South Alabama 14, the play was a run read. Semonza saw the look, threw it anyway, and dropped a back-shoulder fade to Destyn Hill in the corner. Hill held it. 28-24, 1:17 left. Defense gets the stop. Victory formation. That is not a caretaker quarterback. That is a starter taking the play off-script because the game asked for it. Hall’s postgame line was the endorsement: “Yeah, he’s a quarterback, man.” What changed for him: He had already proven he could produce. MAC Freshman of the Year at Ball State in 2024: 2,904 yards, 25 touchdowns. What he had not proven in New Orleans was that he could close. Saturday he did it on the first chance he was given for four quarters. The winning drive was clean: option pitch to Jaylin Lucas, 13 yards to Garrett Mmahat on third-and-1, 36 yards down the sideline to his brother Cash, then the fade to Hill. Three-for-three, 63 yards, no panic. Pocket presence was better than it was at Duke. The ball came out on time. He did not hunt hero ball until the play actually required it. That matters because the job was never just about arm talent. Hall needed someone who would not flinch after a 17-3 opener and a midweek quarterback change. Semonza’s own words after getting the start were that he prepares like a starter because he knows in his heart that is what he is. The South Alabama tape is the first public proof. Kansas State is next: The offense still lived on explosives instead of chains. Thirteen first downs is not a starter’s weekly standard. The defense is a problem he cannot throw his way out of every week. AIE: He stayed, practiced, took the half at Duke, and then made the throw when Hall handed him the keys. That path, waiting, then delivering is now part of how this staff will talk about him. The real takeaway: For Semonza, this win is identity. Not “the guy who replaced Zeon.” The guy who took a run call and threw the winner anyway. Long, hard journey, first start, first win of the Will Hall era, local receivers and a 214-yard back making it possible and the quarterback finishing it. That is what he has been chasing since Mission Viejo. Saturday he finally got to play the last snap as the starter, and the last snap was the one that counted. #RollWave

Tulane Green Wave Previewing the Preview I watched K-State last 2 games here is what they do well. Kansas State is 2-0 under first-year head coach Collin Klein after a 71-3 opener against Nicholls and a 34-7 win over Washington State. The offense has been productive and physical, averaging 52.5 points and 523 yards per game. Dominant rushing attack: This has been the clearest strength. The Wildcats have rushed for 607 yards on 84 carries (7.2 yards per carry) with 7 rushing touchdowns. • Rodney Fields Jr. (Oklahoma State transfer) leads the way: 206 yards and 2 TDs, including a 75-yard scoring run to open the second half against Washington State. He also had 101 yards and a score in the opener. • Depth behind him is real. Joe Jackson, Jay Harris, and Monterrio Elston Jr. have all scored rushing TDs. Avery Johnson himself has 101 rushing yards and a score. • They generated 312 rushing yards vs. Nicholls and 295 vs. Washington State (7.4 ypc in that game). Six different players scored on the ground against Nicholls. The offensive line has created consistent push and lanes. Klein noted after Week 1 that the first-team unit had no missed assignments and kept Johnson clean. Efficient, complementary passing Avery Johnson has been accurate and productive: 37-of-55 (67.3%), 391 yards, 6 passing TDs, and 2 interceptions. He added a rushing TD in the opener. The two picks were really bad, stared down the WR and the CB Jaylen Thomas for Wash State jumped the route and picked him off twice (1-TD). • Against Nicholls he was 15-of-21 for 199 yards and 3 TDs before coming out early. • Against Washington State he was 22-of-34 for 192 yards and 3 TDs (plus 78 rushing yards). The two interceptions were the main blemish; one was returned for Washington State’s only score. • Josh Manning (Missouri transfer) has emerged as the top target: 13 catches, 130 yards, 2 TDs. He had a career-high 10 receptions for 97 yards and a score against Washington State and has been reliable on third downs with good YAC. Joe Jackson has also been a dual-threat weapon (receiving TDs in both games). Efficiency and scheme: • Third-down conversion: 19-of-27 (70%) through two games. • They’ve been balanced and physical rather than one-dimensional. Klein’s offense emphasizes run game and play-action, with Johnson comfortable in the pocket when protected. • Time of possession and first-down production have been strong (58 first downs in two games). Context: Both opponents have been limited. Nicholls is FCS and Washington State’s offense has been poor (166 total yards against K-State). The Wildcats still have some finishing issues Johnson himself pointed out after the Washington State game, they left points on the field and didn’t always put the opponent away as cleanly as they wanted. The rushing game, offensive line, and Johnson-to-Manning connection look like the things that have traveled well through two weeks. Those will be the areas Tulane has to slow down this Saturday in Manhattan. #RollWave

Tulane Green Wave Vs South Alabama Jaguars Highest PFF Grades for South Bama LT Reese Osei-Wusu 89.5 RT Ethan Hubbard 86.5 Defense Line South Alabama 87.2 Highest Graded for Tulane RB Jaylin Lucas 95.7 WR Destyn Hill 90.3 #RollWave

Bottom line: This was a win they needed more than a statement. Lucas and the late Semonza-to-Hill connection papered over a defense that still cannot get off the field and an offense that still cannot stay on it. Hall has his first win, monkey off back now let’s get rolling! The roster showed fight! Next Saturday at Kansas State will tell you whether the explosives and the fourth-quarter composure are the real identity or whether the 10-0 holes and third-down leaks are. Fix the tackling and the early-down consistency, and this group has enough playmakers to stay in the AAC conversation. Leave those holes open and the next road trip gets ugly. Stay Tuned Roll Dat Wave Pod coming with a Kansas State Preview! #RollWave

Tulane Green Wave Review South Alabama- 24 @ Tulane Green Wave- 28 First win of the Will Hall era, a home-opener grind, and a reminder that this team can make a play when it has to. South Alabama jumped out 10-0. Tulane answered with two Johnnie Daniels short-yardage TDs to lead 14-10 at the half, then spent the second half trading haymakers. The lead changed on the last five touchdowns. Kadin Semonza’s 14-yard back-shoulder fade to Destyn Hill with 1:17 left won it. The defense then forced a three-and-out. Victory formation. 1-1. What they did well: Jaylin Lucas was the difference. Eleven carries, 214 yards, 19.5 yards per carry, an American Conference record for a qualifying load and the first 200-yard rushing game in Yulman Stadium history. He had 117 yards on five first-half touches, including a 55-yard burst that set up Daniels. His first touch of the second half was an 80-yard untouched sprint around the right side after two blocks opened a lane. That is not complementary football. That is a one-man field-flipper keeping a sloppy night from becoming a second straight loss. The big-play passing game showed up when the Wave needed it. Hill’s 61-yard catch-and-run to the 3 sparked the first scoring drive. On the winner, Semonza hit Garrett Mmahat for 13 on third-and-1, then found his brother Cash “Money” Semonza for 36 down the sideline to the 20, then dropped the fade to Hill in the corner. First career start for Semonza with Tulane (14-of-22, 212 yards, 1 TD). No pick’s. Composed on the two-minute drill. That is the version of this offense that can hang with better teams. Daniels did the dirty work: Two TDs on six carries and 8 yards. Red-zone finishing was not the problem (Perfect). Neither was ball security, zero turnovers. William Hudlow’s punting (46-yard average, including a 55-yarder that flipped field position) was a quiet plus. And Hall’s postgame was fair: the players never wavered. They made the plays late. That matters more in Week 2 of a new staff than a clean box score. Local flavor helped: Lucas (Terrebonne/Karr) and Hill (Karr) produced the two biggest moments of the night in front of a Mardi Gras-uniform crowd. What still needs work: The same issues that showed up at Duke did not get fixed. South Alabama ran 72 plays to Tulane’s 51, held the ball 37:40 to 22:20, and piled up 25 first downs to 13. The Jaguars went 10-of-16 on third down. Bishop Davenport threw for 296 yards and two scores, added 50 rushing yards, and repeatedly escaped pressure. Brendan Jenkins had 9 catches for 119. Anthony Eager’s 43-yard TD on the first drive of the second half was another coverage/tackle breakdown. Tackling remains a problem. PJ Martin’s 16-yard TD to make it 10-0 came after missed tackles, the same theme as Nate Sheppard’s night in Durham. Davenport converted third downs with his legs after broken contain. Injury: Chris Rodgers left with a left-leg injury on the opening series and did not return. Next Man Up: Makai Williams made a couple of important plays in his place (including a fourth-and-2 stop). Defense: The unit as a whole is not playing to the standard this program needs against Kansas State next week or in the American. The start was again slow: Punt, missed 45-yarder, then a six-play USA scoring drive. Early miscommunication put Semonza in third-and-long on the first series. Tulane lived on explosives instead of consistent chains. Thirteen first downs is not a sustainable formula when the other side is converting third downs and chewing clock. A would-be go-ahead fumble return by Josh Moore after Dickson Agu’s strip of Davenport was correctly overturned (QB slide rule which I think is BS). Agu led the team with 14 tackles and was around the ball all night; the defense did stiffen when it had to on the final USA possession. That is the encouraging part. The rest of the 478 yards allowed is the concern. Continued 👇🏻

Tulane Green Wave WIN!!!! Battle of Mardi Gras belongs to the Wave! South Alabama- 24 @ Tulane Green Wave- 28 Battle For The Beads Offensive Player of the Game: Jaylon Lucas- 11 carries, 214 yds, 1 TD Defensive Player of the Game: Dickson Agu- 14 tackles #RollWave

Tulane Green Wave 3 keys to Victory! Three keys for Tulane: 1. Set the edge and make the committee earn everything.
 Martin, Phillips, and Dunbar are not Sheppard. If they gouge early, Davenport gets easy play-action and the Wave defense spends the night in the middle of the field. Set the edge, tackle in space, force USA into third-and-7+. That is when Tchienchou and the secondary hunt. 2. Let Semonza be efficient without turning it over.
 He does not have to be Retzlaff 2.0. He has to stay on schedule, take what Orlando gives him, and protect the football. One or two completed drives that end in the end zone change how USA has to play the rest of the night. Ball security is non-negotiable in a home opener after a 3-point road loss. 3. Home Field Advantage and Clean Football! #PackYulman 1-0 #RollWave

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Tulane Green Wave Roll Dat Wave Pod: South Alabama Preview (Link 👇🏻) piped.video/02nGZaQRlIc?is=hcuJ… @greenwavecolin (Sports Illustrated Tulane and Saints) and I go over the matchup between South Alabama, breakdown USA Offense and Defense, what Tulane must do to win Offensively and Defensively, some injury talk, Semonza named starter favorite wing spot, and more! Wing Spots: @BayouHotWings #RollWave

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