Tulane Recruiting Class of 25

Patrick Harkness • December 5, 2024

Tulane Green Wave Recruiting Class of 2025

Tulane Recruiting Class of 2025

The Tulane Green Wave have put a bow on the early signing period by signing 15 new players and one more still to sign but still a hard commit. So far it is a good class with a lot of high-end talent, but the Wave are not done yet the transfer portal opens Monday so with such a low number class look for the Green Wave to hit the portal and get some instant impact players for next year. I'm expecting them to focus on Wide Receiver, Offensive Line, Defensive Line, and Cornerback. The recruiting cycle isn't quite done with another and last signing period coming on February 5th. We should see Tulane round out its final roster spots with that last signing period. Let's get into the Players and some players still uncommitted that Tulane could snag on Feb 5th.   


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Class of 2025 Signed Letter of Intent


Micheal Igbinighene (CB) 5-10/180. 3 star/89 rating 24/7 sports- This guy has blazing speed (4.3 forty) and great hands. Will be great in the boundary and leave on an island. Senior year recorded 33 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 FF, and six pass break ups. Junior year recorded 5 interceptions.Not afraid to come up and lay a hit. Would be fun to use in the return game. Good Change of direction. Dad was in the 1996 summer Olympics, Mom was bronze medalist 1992 and gold in 1996, brother was a 1st round pick in 2020. PEDIGREE!


 Warren Roberts Jr (edge) 6-1.5/220. 3 star/88- Can play with the hand on the ground or standing edge. Will be a great fit for the Bandit position. A true attacking pass rusher who can get after the QB with speed and explosion from the first step. Aggressive play style and sure-fire tackler.


Juelz Baptiste (OT) 6-5/280. 3 star/87- Good size, can move and set the edge, has a good foundation and base when blocking. Stays with his blocks and is a good finisher.


Joshua Lewis (DE) 6-4/245. 3 star/87- Big frame and has room to grow. High effort guy doesn't give up on plays and plays to the whistle. Descent athleticism. Should turn out to be a good power rushing defensive end. 


Antwaun Parham (WR) 6-3/195. 3 star/87- Tall physical receiver on the boundary. Has the ability to go up and catch 50/50 balls. A really talented basketball player as well. Runs a 4.5 forty 


Joshua Brantley (ATH/QB/DB) 6-3/218. 3 star/86- Dual Threat QB with great athleticism. Has the ability to run with power and speed. Projected to make the transition to safety but things can change when camp starts. I could see him at Wide Receiver as well.


Javin Gordon (RB) 5-10/200. 3 star/87- Receiving back that can lineup in the slot position, can be an asset in the screen game, does not go down on first tackle, pretty good speed and can make defenders miss


Nikolas Alston (DT) 6-3/260. 3 star/86- Really good movement on the line. Impressive athleticism, can get off blocks and knows how to get after the ball for a DT.


Oliver Mitchell Jr (WR) 6-1/175. 3 star/85- A true playmaking wide receiver with decent route running and good hands. Will be a nice gadget in the short and screen game. Reliable 3rd down move the sticks guy.


PaLanding Drammeh (DT/NG) 6-2/300. 3 star/85- For a guy his size has good speed and tracking of the ball. Good build and can get off of blocks. High motor doesn't give up on plays


Landon Hammond (CB) 6-0/160. 3 star/85- Good speed and acceleration (4.47) ran track in high school. Landon needs to add some weight and strength. Has good ball skills. Willing to come up and lay a hit and can defend the run. He plays very physical for a guy his size.


Cameron Roberts (TE) 6-6/215. 3 star/85- True receiving threat at the TE position. Has a little swagger to him. Physical with the ball after the catch. Can go up and catch 50/50 balls. Knows how to get open when the play breaks down. Needs to bulk up in order to be effective in the run blocking game. He has the ability and will to block. Descent speed and has ability to make sideline catches.


Jay Beamon (QB) 6-2/205. 3 star/85- A pocket passing QB with a pretty deep ball with good accuracy. Isn't afraid to take a hit, keeps looking downfield while the defensive lineman closes in. Has some mobility to escape the pocket and improvise. He can definitely run the ball when needed. Nice zip on the ball in tight windows.


Gabriel Lovorn (ATH/RB/TE/LB) 6-4/225. 3 star/84- A do it all athlete who has the ability to play on both sides of the ball. Coaches on twitter were calling him Taysom Hill 2.0! In high school they used him alot like Ty Thompson. Gadget player. Has good speed and ability to make people miss. Fights through contact and is hard to bring down. I like him better on offense than defense.


Gresham Perry (IOL) 6-4/300. 3 star/82 rating ON3- Played LT in high school. Has a mean streak in him and has really good size. Perry play’s with power. Leans a little too much while blocking but that's easily fixed and can get too straight up when blocking. He will get coached up but i can see him being a really good Offensive lineman down the road


Jason Arredondo (LS) 5-10/240 6th best LS- Comes out of powerhouse high school Bishop Gorman. Has not signed yet but still committed 


Decommitted 


Jotavion Pierce (S) 6-2/185. 3 star/89- Last month visited Alabama and visited Oklahoma State then they gave him a scholarship. He's a true ball hawking safety who had 6 interceptions his Senior year through the first 5 games of the season. Junior year he had 103 tackles, a sack, 2 FF, and an interception 


Uncommitted 


Bishop Burkhalter (LB)- 3 star- Visited 3/30/23


Chastan Brown (OT)- 4 star- Dream sign for me I believe this was Jon Sumrall's first scholarship offer when he got hired at Tulane


Jotavion Pierce (S)- 3 star- You never know you may see he come back but usually highly unlikely


Xavier Ford (RB)- 3 star- Visited Tulane recently but may go to Houston with Javin Gordon commit


Takaylen Muex (IOL) 3 star- Offered 1/31/24


Christopher Johnson (DL) 3 star-


Darnell Williams (ATH/S) 3 star- Offered 5/10/24


Shamar Fowles (WR) 3 star- Offered 1/25/24


Colton Foster (WR) 3 star- Offered 1/26/24


Emile Picarella (QB) 3 star- Stated a while back Tulane was his favorite and came for spring camp


Hayden Delatte (LB)


Makin Lenard (RB) 3 star visited Tulane


TI Mims JR (WR) 3 star- Would love to see him in a Tulane jersey. Human highlight reel. Most likely going to Ole Miss


Roger Brownstein (WR)- Offered scholarship


Kenyatta Fleet (DB)- no offer


Caleb Ricks (DB)- no offer


Rory Lambert (OL/DL)- no offer


Jake Thibodeaux (K)- no offer


Mekah Ryder (CB)- no offer Juco college


Preston Parker (WR)- Offered


Noah Remetich (OL)- no offer


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New Orleans Saints vs Buffalo Bills 2025 Week 4 Recap

By Greyson Jenkins • September 29, 2025
New Orleans Saints 19 - 31 Buffalo Bills The Saints were never supposed to or expected to win the game today against the Bills, who are one of, if not the best team in the NFL. That being said, I wanted to see the team clean up the penalties and show some fight against a really good opponent, which they did. The team is in the rebuilding process, something we all knew going into the season, so what is most important for this team is showing that they have key building pieces in the building. Multiple young players showed up for the Saints today in key moments, with the most notable being Kendre Miller and Jonas Sanker. Kendre Miller has shown flashes in previous games, and today when the Saints relied on the run game, he took 11 carries for 65 yards and a touchdown. These numbers aren’t jaw dropping by any means, but it shows that he is potentially ready to take the reins as RB1 whenever Alvin Kamara leaves the team. On the other side of the ball, Jonas Sanker was the best player on the field, with 5 tackles, 3 PBUs, and the first interception of the Saints’ season. When Julian Blackmon went out, Jonas Sanker was called upon earlier than expected, and he’s showing key flashes in his young career. The defense is one that visibly lacks talent, yet they had a solid performance overall against one of the most dangerous offenses in the league led by the MVP Josh Allen. Although they let up two touchdowns to start the game, the Saints’ defense held the Bills scoreless in the second quarter, providing a perfect opportunity for the offense to take control of the game, which they failed to do. Like I said above, Jonas Sanker gave the defense their first turnover, and the defense had 3 sacks in big moments (Cam Jordan, Carl Granderson, Bryan Bresee). This being said, the Saints are in need of talent on defense, with their defensive line lacking the necessary speed/agility to succeed in the 3-4 scheme. They can rush the passer and get some pressure, but dropping into coverage is an issue, one that showed up when Dalton Kincaid scored the final touchdown of the game with just over 7 minutes left. Kellen Moore clearly had a gameplan focused on running the ball against the Ed Oliver-less Bills’ defense, and it worked well until the Saints were forced to turn to the pass game. Quick sidenote, I of course took the Spencer Rattler over at 200.5 yards, which he had hit the previous 3 games. It was Rattler’s first game of the season with less than 200 yards and 30 passing attempts, and with the way the Saints run game was working, that could become a new norm. The Saints also ran much more plays from under-center than they had in prior games this season, as Moore decided this would be a key in helping reduce pre-snap penalties. The biggest focus for both Kellen Moore and this offense, in my eyes, after the first 3 games was getting the pre-snap and offensive penalties under control. I expected them to do slightly better in Buffalo with another loud crowd, but they had 0 penalties on the offensive line, and the only offensive penalty was an intentional grounding. The offense did have a couple missteps in this game, with Moore calling a Philly special in an unnecessary situation, and Rattler having yet another bad open miss in the endzone. Kellen Moore dialed up the Philly special right before the half on 3rd and goal from the 5, even though the run game had been working, and Chris Olave ended up throwing an interception. I don’t mind the aggressiveness this showed, but it prevented the Saints from being able to kick a field goal to cut the lead to 1 before the half (if they got stopped on another type of play). As you can see below, Rattler mainly focused on short and outside passes, and the one long incompletion down the middle was due to yet another inaccurate redzone pass. Redzone misses have been a recurring theme for Rattler since week 1, something I hope he can clean up, and if he does he truly can be a good quarterback for this team. Here is Rattler’s throwing chart for the game:

UL Finds New Hope with Lunch Winfield After 54-51 Shootout Win: Final Takeaways vs Marshall

By Abdul Abusada • September 28, 2025
HOW ‘BOUT THEM CAJUNS? The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns emerge victorious last night, 54-51 in double-overtime against the Thundering Herd of Marshall, in a rematch of the 2024 Sun Belt Conference Championship Game. And it was a thriller, that’s for sure! Nearly just ten months ago, these two teams met at Cajun Field as the top two teams in the conference. Marshall ran away with the victory 31-3 to claim the conference title. This offseason, however, Marshall ran into a train wreck as they lost the majority of their roster to the transfer portal and graduation, including their head coach. The Cajuns on the other hand were looking forward to a season with higher expectations with the additions of QB Walker Howard, WR Shelton Sampson, and CB Curley Reed, to name a few. Yet despite all of this, Marshall came into this game in a much better position. With Howard (out for season), Sampson (out for 4-6 weeks), and other key starters out with injuries, particularly on the offensive line, the Cajuns have had a rough 1-3 start to the season. Despite a good running game, the passing game has never molded itself, and defense trended backwards as the non-conference season progressed, particularly on the ground. Meanwhile, Marshall came into this game 2-2, which included a rushing defense that ranked 34th nationally and an emerging QB in Carlos Del Rio-Wilson who won SBC Offensive Player of the Week last week. Final Takeaways 1. Louisiana’s rushing defense needs to find a better way to slow down the run game Coming into this game, Louisiana’s rushing defense ranked 127th nationally as they allowed 216 yards per game on average through four games. Not only that, but they’ve allowed the season leading rushers of Rice, Missouri, Eastern Michigan, and now Marshall to have their best season games against the Cajuns. Marshall’s leading RB Michael Allen ran for 138 yards on 19 carries and two touchdowns. Furthermore, QB Carlos Del Rio-Wilson also had a field day of his own, scrambling 21 times for 81 yards. This has certainly been the reason why the Cajuns have lost games this season, and very easily, this Marshall game could’ve ended up the same way. 2. Marshall QB Carlos Del Rio-Wilson outplayed Louisiana’s secondary Yesterday may have been a win for Louisiana, but for a Cajuns secondary that came in ranked 22nd nationally in passing yards allowed (allowing only 160 yards per game through the air), what Marshall did to this secondary should be concerning. We knew coming into this game that Marshall’s Carlos Del Rio-Wilson was an emerging quarterback who would put Louisiana’s secondary on the back of their heels. But there were just lots of wide open receivers that allowed Del Rio-Wilson to dissect this Cajuns secondary. He threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns while going 24/31. Hopefully this win is a wake-up call for this secondary as they dive deeper into conference play, because Sun Belt quarterbacks like Southern Miss’ Braylon Braxton (who played for Marshall last season), Arkansas State’s Jaylen Raynor, and Texas State’s Brad Jackson are very much capable of doing the same as Del Rio-Wilson did last night. 3. Despite facing adversity, Louisiana played real disciplined football last night versus Marshall One of the most impressive things a team can do in football is limit themselves to very few penalties, or no penalties at all. For Louisiana, there was not a single penalty thrown against them in regulation. This comes after Louisiana was flagged ten times for 85 yards at Eastern Michigan last week, which played a role in why they lost. They were flagged once in overtime last night on a very weak roughing the kicker penalty as Marshall went to take the lead in OT on a 51-yard field goal. Given that the team was dealing with an injury-riddled offensive line and still finished with no holding penalties says a lot about how well prepared and disciplined this team was. While some would argue penalties don’t affect who wins the ball game, having zero penalties in regulation definitely helped keep the Cajuns take this game into overtime rather than losing it. 4. Lunch Winfield has earned his shot at becoming Louisiana’s starting QB after 2nd half resurgence Had to save the best for last. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Lunch Winfield has always patiently waited for his opportunity ever since he joined the team in 2023. From time to time, he would come into games for special QB run packages. This season, Coach Des really wanted to emphasize that role since he was out-beaten in the quarterback battle by Walker Howard and Daniel Beale, but also knew he was a talented player. Well, sometimes things don’t always go the way they’re planned, and Lunch Winfield finally got his opportunity last night after the Cajuns benched Daniel Beale who finished the night 7/15, 72 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions. When he came in to replace Beale halfway through the third quarter, there was an immediate spark in the offense. Lunch already had scored a rushing touchdown earlier in the game (which was his first collegiate touchdown), but he came back in for good. What happened after that was history. In 20 minutes of play, Lunch led the Cajuns offense to four scores (he accounted for three of the four scores: two of which were beautiful touchdown passes and one was a rushing touchdown) that helped tie the game at 41 a piece and take it into overtime. He eventually won the game for the Cajuns in double overtime after a 10-yard run to the right pylon and a hurdle into the end zone, capping off one of the greatest comeback performances by a quarterback in recent UL football history (definitely the best in my memory). Lunch finished the game, playing for only a quarter and a half plus overtime, with 254 total yards (125 through the air and 129 on the ground), as well as accounting for five total touchdowns (two through the air and three on the ground). For an offense that has struggled through the air this season (only one passing touchdown prior to yesterday), I think it is safe to assume that Lunch has found himself as the starting quarterback for the team moving forward this season. Up until yesterday, there were question marks about his passing ability, but all of those doubts were answered by his spectacular second half performance. Coach Des was asked after the game if this performance would open his mind up to starting Lunch, and his response was “It absolutely does.” The team would like to build off of this momentum, and moving forward with Lunch would definitely help that. Up Next for Louisiana The Cajuns will now head into a bye week as they prepare to face the 3-1 Dukes of James Madison on October 11th in Harrisonburg, VA. Abdul Abusada via Cajun Sports Talk (@CajunSportsTalk) and Cajuns Insider.
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