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09/10/24 - Darian Mensah, rFr/2028, Tulane + More +

WEEK 2 AAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Darian Mensah, RFr., QB, Tulane,...Completed 19 of 29 passes for a career-high 342 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-27 loss to No. 16/17 Kansas State. - AAC Football

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QB Darian Mensah, Tulane
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09/03/24 - Rayshawn Pleasant, rSo/2027, Tulane + More +

WEEK 1 AAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rayshawn Pleasant, So., CB, Tulane,...Pleasant had the defensive highlight of Week 1 in The American as part of Tulane's 52-0 shutout against Southeastern Louisiana, in which the Green Wave defense limited the Lions to 201 yards of offense and only 99 passing yards. Pleasant led the way a spectacular 100-yard interception return for a touchdown, becoming only the second American Athletic Conference player to go end-to-end on a pick six and the first since East Carolina's Josh Hawkins against Tulsa Oct. 17, 2015. - AAC Football

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CB Rayshawn Pleasant, Tulane
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08/29/24 - Rayshawn Pleasant, rSo/2027, Tulane + More +

Rayshawn Pleasant had a 100-yard pick-6, Darian Mensah threw a pair of touchdown passes and Tulane rolled to a 52-0 rout of Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams. Pleasant picked off Eli Stewart's pass in the corner of the end zone, ran along the left sideline for about 40 yards before cutting up the middle for a score that put the Green Wave up 21-0 just before halftime. It was just the second 100-yard interception return for a touchdown in American Conference history.

Mensah opened the scoring with an 11-yard TD pass to Yulkeith Brown. Mensah's 12-yard scoring throw to Alex Bauman made it 42-0 early in the fourth quarter. Mensah was 10-of-12 passing for 205 yards. Makhi Hughes ran for 59 of the Green Wave's 241 yards rushing that included a scoring run. Ty Thompson had a pair of short-yardage TD runs and Arnold Barnes III added another on the ground. Sawyer was 14-of-19 passing for 99 yards. Antonio Martin Jr. added 68 yards rushing on 13 carries for the Lions. - AP College Football

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CB Rayshawn Pleasant, Tulane
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11/30/23 - Michael Pratt, Sr/2024, Tulane + More +

2023 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Michael Pratt, QB, Tulane,...Pratt becomes the second consecutive Tulane player to be named as Offensive Player of the Year, following running back Tyjae Spears' win last season. Pratt has gone 10-0 as Tulane's starter this season and has gone 21-2 in the last two years, leading the Green Wave to back-to-back appearances in The American Championship Game. Pratt leads The American and ranks 10th nationally in pass efficiency (164.94) and enters the postseason with 2,168 passing yards and 21 touchdowns against only four interceptions - the fewest of any starting quarterback in The American. A four-year starter, Pratt has passed for 9,364 career yards and 89 touchdowns with 25 interceptions and has 27 career rushing touchdowns. - AAC Football

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QB Michael Pratt, Tulane
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11/29/23 - Makhi Hughes, rSo/2027, Tulane + More +

2023 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Makhi Hughes, RB, Tulane,...Hughes took home the league's Rookie of the Year honor. He became the first Tulane player to capture the award in the AAC and the second overall in school history to be named a conference Freshman of the Year as Mewelde Moore earned CUSA's Freshman of the Year in 2000. Hughes leads the team and the conference with his 1,246 yards rushing. He is averaging 5.4 yards per carry.

Hughes became just the eighth different Tulane running back, and first freshman, to top 1,000 yards rushing this season joining Matt Forte, Tyjae Spears, Mewelde Moore x2, Eddie Price x2, Darius Bradwell, Dontrell Hillard and Andre Anderson. He has seven 100-yard rushing performances this season including a career-high of 166 against UTSA. Hughes put together a streak of six consecutive 100-yard rushing games from 9/30 – 11/11. He led the conference not only in rushing yards overall but also in rushing yards in league-only games with 1,001. - Tulane Football

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RB Makhi Hughes, Tulane
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11/26/23 - Terrell Allen, rSr/2025, Tulane + More +

2023 BIG SOUTH-OVC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Terrell Allen, DL, Sr., Tennessee State,...Allen, a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, led the FCS in sacks (1.32/game) and tackles for loss (2.5/game) during the season and ranked second nationally in forced fumbles (0.45/game). Overall the senior tallied 28.0 tackles for loss and 14.5 sacks in 11 games while also adding 65 tackles (44 solo), 10 quarterback hurries, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery. He led Tennessee State to its first winning season since 2017 and keyed a defense that was second in the Association in total defense (333.82 yards allowed per game) and third in scoring defense (24.7 points allowed per game). His best game of the season came against Lindenwood where he made 10 tackles, including an Association-record 6.5 for loss, and had 4.5 sacks while also forcing two fumbles in a 43-20 win. During a four-game stretch from Weeks 7-10, Allen recorded 18.5 TFL and 11.5 quarterback takedowns. - Big South-OVC Football Association

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DT Terrell Allen, Tulane
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03/04/23 - Michael Pratt, Sr/2024, Tulane + More +

Assuming he stays healthy in his fourth year as a starter, he will shatter the school records for career touchdown passes (he needs four to tie Patrick Ramsey's 72 ) and yards passing (he needs 2,008 to match Ramsey). "Any time there is any level of success, some bigger schools will come at you and offer you some things," Pratt said. "You think the grass is always greener at other places, but just to be able to come back here with this staff again with my guys for one more year, it was definitely in my best interest to stay here with the people I know and the place where I'm comfortable." Continuity was a huge factor. After playing for a different offensive coordinator in each of his seven years of high school and college football, Pratt jumped at the chance to work with Slade Nagle again.

Technically, Nagle was not the Wave's offensive coordinator last season, but he called the plays and served as de facto coordinator until getting the job officially before spring drills. "We played to (Pratt's) strengths some times, and his strengths are he likes to run and he likes to play physical," Nagle said. "It's his natural ability, so hopefully we can keep him healthy throughout the year." If Pratt excelled while hurt down the stretch, imagine what he can do when his foot feels 100 percent. He weighed in at a career-high 225 pounds before spring practice, giving him extra confidence in his durability. "This is the healthiest I've ever felt," he said. "I'm a lot stronger than I've ever been. My body feels a lot better. I'm moving really well, so I will be able to be more physical, run faster and extend plays this year." - New Orleans Times Picayune

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QB Michael Pratt, Tulane
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02/02/23 - Yulkeith Brown, Sr/2025, Tulane + More +

Tulane posted its spring football roster this week-a 71-scholarship-player list that includes eight newcomers from the transfer portal, two earlier arrivals from the 2023 freshman class and leaves no room for any pickups when the late signing period begins Wednesday. A year after having phenomenal success in the portal on the way to a breakthrough 12-2 season, the Green Wave hopes to take the same route as it defends its first conference title since 1998. The latest additions are former Texas A&M wide receiver Yulkeith Brown, former South Florida tight end Chris Carter and former Marshall safety Andre Sam, who join offensive lineman Cameron Wire (LSU), linebacker Tyler Grubbs (Lousiana Tech), safeties AJ Hampton (Northwestern) and Darius Swanson (Nebraska-Kearney) and wide receiver Dontae Fleming (UL).

Brown, a 4-star prospect who was ranked the No. 176 recruit in the nation by Rivals.com out of Miami Central High in 2021, could bolster a wide receiver group that loses Shae Wyatt and Duece Watts, a duo that accounted for 68 catches and 15 touchdowns. As was the case with many of Texas A&M's high-profile signees, Brown made little impact in two years with the Aggies (zero receptions in 2021; six this season). - New Orleans Times Picayune

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WR Yulkeith Brown, Tulane
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01/03/23 - Michael Pratt, Sr/2024, Tulane + More +

Michael Pratt eased plenty of minds when he announced last week he would return to Tulane for his fourth year. Plenty of power five schools would have loved to have him as a starter next season. Always an outstanding leader, he has matured into an outstanding quarterback, accounting for 15 touchdowns rushing and passing in three of his last four games. In the other one, he went 3 for 3 for 71 yards and the winning score immediately after Cincinnati took its first and only lead in the fourth quarter. - New Orleans Times Picayune

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QB Michael Pratt, Tulane
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01/02/23 - *Tyjae Spears, rJr/2023, Tulane + More +

Tulane tight end Alex Bauman caught a 6-yard touchdown from Michael Pratt with 9 seconds left to cap a frantic finish by the 14th-ranked Green Wave in a 46-45 win over Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams and No. 8 Southern California in the Cotton Bowl on Monday. Bauman's contested catch, with linebacker Eric Gentry draped over him, was initially ruled an incompletion, but a replay review showed the ball never touched the ground as the players rolled over in the end zone. The Green Wave scored 16 points in the final 4:07, the game-winning touchdown coming after they got the ball back following a safety. "I might have had a heart attack," Tulane coach Willie Fritz said moments after the game ended. Williams was 37-for-52 passing for 462 yards and a Cotton Bowl-record five touchdowns, exactly one month after the quarterback suffered a hamstring injury in USC's loss to Utah in the Pac-12 championship game that kept the Trojans from making the four-team College Football Playoff.

Tyjae Spears ran for 205 yards and his career-best fourth touchdown started the final scoring surge for the American Athletic Conference champion Green Wave (12-2), who completed an FBS-record 10-win turnaround around after going 2-10 last season. They were in the New Year's Six game as the highest-ranked Group of Five team. After Spears' 4-yard TD with 4:07 left, the Green Wave opted to kick deep instead of trying an onside kick. Mario Williams signaled for a fair catch, but fumbled the ball out of bounds at the 1. Two plays later, defensive tackle Patrick Jenkins met Austin Jones in the end zone and smothered him for a safety. Pratt completed only 8 of 17 passes for 234 yards, but had two 24-yard completions on that final drive after the safety. The first one to Bauman converted a fourth-and-10, and Deuce Watts held on despite a crushing hit from a defender that left both of them on the ground after a 24-yard gain to the 6 with 18 seconds left. After Williams followed coach Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma, the Trojans (11-3) matched the biggest turnaround in school history despite the coach's first loss in six games at AT&T Stadium. It was a seven-win improvement over last season's 4-8 record before Riley and Williams arrived on the West Coast. - Tulane/AP College Football

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RB *Tyjae Spears, Tulane
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12/22/22 - Sincere Haynesworth, rSr/2024, Tulane + More +

Tulane quarterback Michael Pratt and center Sincere Haynesworth said on a podcast Tuesday night they were returning to the team in 2023, ending recent speculation regarding Pratt and reversing a senior night decision in Haynesworth's case. Pratt, a third-year player who was named second-team All-American Athletic Conference, never said a word about intending to leave after guiding the Green Wave to the league championship. Still, rumors persisted he would seek an NIL deal at a Power Five conference school-possibly Florida in his home state-and play somewhere else as a senior after 14th-ranked Tulane (11-2) faces No. 10 USC (11-2) in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 2.

Haynesworth, a first-team All-AAC pick and two-year co-captain just like Pratt, has started 36 consecutive games from 2020 to 2022 after making 11 appearances with five starts as a freshman in 2019. He participated in senior night ceremonies before Tulane's final regular-season home game against SMU on Nov. 17-leading everyone to believe he would apply for the NFL draft-but he was eligible for another season due to the free COVID year the NCAA granted all players in 2020. - New Orleans Times Picayune

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C Sincere Haynesworth, Tulane
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12/22/22 - Terrell Allen, rSr/2025, Tulane + More +

2022 ALL-OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: DE - Terrell Allen, Tennessee State,...Transfer defensive end Terrell Allen made a big impact from his defensive end position in his first year as a Tiger. Allen finds himself on the All-OVC First Team Defense after earning second-team honors last season at Austin Peay. Allen finished the year with 36 tackles (20 solo and 16 assists), while leading the team in tackles for loss (12.0), and finishing tied-in sacks with 4.5. He also swatted down two passes and had seven quarterback hurries. Allen dominated UTM's offensive line, collecting nine tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, and one sack. He finished with 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks against EIU. - Tennessee State Football

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DT Terrell Allen, Tulane
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12/20/22 - Shedro Louis, rSr/2024, Tulane + More +

2022 PHIL STEEL ALL-INDEPENDENT CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: KR Shedro Louis, Liberty,...Ranks No. 1 in school history with 76 career kickoff returns...Ranks No. 17 in the country in kickoff returns (24.9 yards per return)...Ranks No. 37 in the country in combined kick return yardage (424)...Matched his career-long with a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Virginia Tech. - Liberty Football

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RB Shedro Louis, Tulane
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12/20/22 - Vincent Murphy, rSr/2025, Tulane + More +

2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: OL: Vincent Murphy, WKU,...The Hilltoppers also saw 13 players receive honorable mention recognition, including running back Kye Robichaux, wide receiver Daewood Davis, offensive lineman Rusty Staats, offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie, offensive lineman Vincent Murphy, defensive end Juwuan Jones, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, linebacker Derrick Smith, defensive back Kaleb Oliver, defensive back Upton Stout, kicker Brayden Narveson, long snapper Jake Bowman, and Ellard. - Western Kentucky Football

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C Vincent Murphy, Tulane
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12/16/22 - *Tyjae Spears, rJr/2023, Tulane + More +

2022 ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: RB Tyjae Spears, Tulane, Jr.,...Spears leads the team and is placed third in the conference with his 1,177 yards rushing. He became just the sixth different Tulane player to ever top 1,000 yards rushing in a single season. Spears has topped 100-yards in seven games this year including six straight to end the regular season. Spears was named the AAC Player of the Week on Nov. 28 after running for 181 yards against Cincinnati in the 27-24 road victory over the Bearcats. Spears leads the conference and is placed eighth nationally in touchdowns scored with 16. His 16 touchdowns scored (14 rushing and two receiving) are the third-most ever in a single season for a Tulane player. His 96 points scored this year is the sixth-highest single season total in school history. He is also one of seven players on the team with 20 or more receptions this year. In addition to being named the AAC Offensive Player of the Year, Spears also was named First Team All-AAC for the first time in his career. - Tulane Football

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