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Pats Deep Dive Recruiting Class of 27 WR/DB/KR/PR Cody Hardy- @cody_certified 5-7/160 Piscataway, NJ A very good and useful two-way role player on a good New Jersey program, with real ball production on defense and splash plays on offense. • Ball skills. Three interceptions and a pick-six through the midseason mark. He is finding the football in coverage, not just filling a zone. • Return burst. The Sept. 4 pick against Somerville went 52 yards to the 23. He also has about 100 kick-return yards on the midseason cut. When he gets the ball in space, he can turn it into a chunk play. • Scoring production. Three receiving touchdowns and four total scores on only about 10 catches. The 24-yard touchdown on Senior Day against Franklin shows he is getting targeted in the scoring area and finishing. • Two-way utility. Listed WR/CB and used on offense, defense, and returns. That is real special-teams and roster value at the next level, especially for an FCS, Division II, or Division III staff.

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The U.S. Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act 77-22 on Monday night, sending the most ambitious federal overhaul of college athletics in decades to the House. For Tulane, a private AAC program that just used the transfer portal and its Green Wave Talent Fund to reach the College Football Playoff, the bill is less about joining the Power 4 and more about whether the current model can be made sustainable. The legislation, co-authored by Sens. Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell, would create a single national framework for NIL, transfers, eligibility, and compensation after years of state-by-state rules and court-driven chaos. It is not yet law! The House is on recess until after the midterms, and passage there is not guaranteed. Still, the Senate vote itself is a signal that Congress intends to impose order on a system that has rewarded programs able to cycle talent quickly, Tulane among them. Roster rules that would slow the portal. Undergraduates would receive one penalty-free transfer. A second move would require sitting out a year. Eligibility would be standardized at five years. Those two changes would have altered the 2025 and 2026 Green Wave football rosters, which featured dozens of incoming and outgoing transfers after Jon Sumrall’s departure for Florida and the arrival of first-year coach Will Hall. Tulane men’s and women’s basketball have also leaned heavily on the portal. A one-and-done transfer rule would not freeze movement entirely, graduate transfers would still have more flexibility but it would raise the cost of serial jumping. For a program that has turned roster turnover into a competitive advantage, the trade-off is clearer recruiting calendars and fewer mid-cycle surprises. The bill also includes a “Lane Kiffin rule” restricting FBS coaches from leaving for another head-coaching job in-season. Sumrall’s move occurred after the season, so it would not have applied, but the provision is aimed at the kind of mid-year instability that has become common. Money: caps, retention funds, and the Talent Fund The House settlement already allows schools to share roughly $21–22 million in revenue with athletes. The Protect College Sports Act would add a $22.5 million “retention fund” that can grow to $27.5 million if a school also spends on NIL for women’s and Olympic sports. Combined, the ceiling approaches $50 million per school. Tulane’s Green Wave Talent Fund, launched with major gifts from alumni and a $100,000 donation from Sumrall himself, already exists to handle direct payments and NIL in the post-settlement world. The new federal buckets would give the athletic department additional, legally shielded tools to keep players rather than constantly replacing them. Whether Tulane can actually spend to the cap depends on media revenue, donations, and CFP performance money, the AAC’s unique performance-based distribution already delivered Tulane an $8.1 million CFP payout after its 2025 title.

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 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