College Football

POSITION Linebacker HEIGHT 6-2 WEIGHT 224 CLASS Redshirt Senior HOMETOWN Fort Worth, Texas HIGHSCHOOL Boswell TULSA – A three-year letterwinner … has played in 35 career games and has one career start … has 32 career tackles and one quarterback sack for -7 yards. 2019 – Played in 11 games in 2019, mostly on special teams … had 12 tackles, including nine solo stops…

GAME• Tulsa wore white helmets, white jerseys and white pants.• Tulsa game captains were: #2 Keylon Stokes, #3 Cristian Williams, #23 Zaven Collins, #71 ChrisPaul.• Tulsa won the coin toss and defers. Cincinnati receives.• This is the first American Athletic Conference Championship Game appearance for Tulsa in itsseven years as a league member.• It’s Tulsa’s…

CINCINNATI, Ohio –– A 34-yard Cincinnati field goal with no time remaining gave the Bearcats a 27-24 victory over Tulsa in the American Athletic Conference Championship Game Saturday night at Nippert Stadium. 20th-ranked Tulsa (6-2) was looking for its 5th comeback win of the season after trailing by double-digits in the first quarter but was held off by…

NEW ORLEANS – Senior defensive end Patrick Johnson, of the Tulane football team, was selected to the 2021 East-West Shrine Bowl roster. Johnson shined throughout his career Uptown with the Green Wave. He opened the season with two sacks in the win at South Alabama. He continued his success with 2.0 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss…

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University football head coach Willie Fritz announced the addition of Chip Long as the Green Wave’s new offensive coordinator today. Long joins the Green Wave staff after he spent the 2020 campaign serving as an offensive analyst at the University of Tennessee. Prior to his time at Tennessee, Long spent the previous three seasons as the…

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University football head coach Willie Fritz announced on Monday the addition of George Barnett as the team’s new offensive line coach. Barnett brings a wealth of knowledge to the Green Wave’s offensive line, having coached the position for more than 20 years, dating back to 1999. “We are thrilled to welcome George Barnett to…

NEW ORLEANS – Eight Tulane University football players earned All-American Athletic Conference honors on Tuesday, as the league announced its 2020 all-conference team. Headlining this year’s list of honorees was senior defensive linemen Patrick Johnson, as he earned First Team All-AAC honors. He becomes just the second player in program history to be named to The American’s…

ague in interceptions (12) as safety Larry Brooks posted a team-best four picks. Tulane registered 51 pass breakups and 23 quarterback pressures, while safeties Chase Kuerschen (76) and P.J. Hall (68) led the team in tackles. Both Kuerschen and P.J. Hall combined to record 144 tackles, four interceptions, 11 pass breakups, 6.0 tackles for loss, and three forced fumbles. During the 2018 campaign,…

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University football players Nick Anderson and Cameron Sample received All-America honors this week by Pro Football Focus. Anderson was selected as a PFF third team linebacker, while Sample was named honorable mention as an edge rusher. The teams were selected by utilizing PFF’s grades and advanced statistics. Anderson was named to the third team after he…

TEAM NOTES Tulane’s trip to the 24th annual Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was its 14th bowl appearance in program history, and also the Green Wave’s third consecutive. With the loss, Tulane dropped to 6-8 all-time in bowl games.  Tulane entered its matchup with Nevada with wins in four of its last five games. The Green…

BOISE, Idaho – The Tulane University football team (6-6) fell to Nevada, 38-27, on Tuesday in the 2020 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Albertsons Stadium. The postseason matchup marked Tulane’s third consecutive and 14th bowl appearance in program history. Freshman quarterback Michael Pratt completed a pair of passing touchdowns and scored one rushing touchdown against the Wolf Pack…

Signing Day: Nevada football class of 2021 2021 NEVADA FOOTBALL CLASS Name                              Pos.   Ht.    Wt.   Yr.      Exp.   Hometown (Last School)Jacques Badolato-Birdsell RB     5-11  200   Fr.       HS      Camas, Wash. (Camas HS)Jeremiah Bodwin             DE      6-4    210   Fr.       HS      Dallas, Texas (Parish Episcopal HS)Carlton Brown                  TE       6-6    215   Fr.       HS      San Luis Obispo, Calif. (Mission Prep HS)Zion Burns                       DB      6-0    185   Fr.       HS      San Tan Valley, Ariz. (Poston Butte HS)Ty Collins                         RB      5-11  200   Fr.       HS      Forney, Texas (North Forney HS)Chace Davis                     DE      6-5    265   Jr.       TR      Whittier, Calif. (East Los Angeles College)Dominic Eldridge             OL      6-5    300   Fr.       HS      Dallas, Texas (L.G. Pinkston HS)Trevyn Heil                       OL      6-3    280   Fr.       HS      Aurora,…

Sophomore QB one of record 15 Pack players honored in All-MW awards RENO, Nev. – The Nevada football team placed a school-record 15 players on the 2020 All-Mountain West team, led by sophomore quarterback Carson Strong earning Offensive Player of the Year honors, the league announced Tuesday. Strong is the first sophomore to ever win the league’s top…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Carson Strong threw for 271 yards and five touchdowns, Devonte Lee and Toa Taua each rushed for over 100 yards, and Nevada beat Tulane 38-27 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Tuesday. Nevada (7-2) finished 2020 the same way it started the year — by playing in the same bowl game, which the Wolf Pack lost 30-21…

DENTON – North Texas senior receiver Jaelon Darden was named a first team All-America selection by Pro Football Focus, the site announced Monday. Darden, the Conference USA MVP, and Biletnikoff Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award semifinalist, is among the nation’s leaders in all of the major receiving categories. The Houston native finished with 74 receptions for…

DALLAS – North Texas senior receiver Jaelon Darden was named Conference USA’s Most Valuable Player, the league office announced Tuesday. The award was voted on by the conference’s head coaches. Darden becomes the first UNT player to be named league MVP since the Mean Green moved to C-USA in 2013, and the first out and out player…

QUICK HITS Appalachian State now has a 1-0 all-time series advantage over the Mean Green in their first-ever meeting. The Mean Green played in their fourth bowl in five seasons under head coach Seth Littrell but have to yet to claim a bowl victory under Littrell. The game marked the 12th bowl appearance in Mean Green history,…

BOONE, N.C. — For the second straight year, App State has at least two All-Americans at the highest level of college football. Senior cornerback Shemar Jean-Charles and senior left guard Ryan Neuzil were named second-team All-Americans by PFF College this week. Last year, cornerback Shaun Jolly and outside linebacker Akeem Davis-Gaither were on the second and fourth All-America teams from PFF. Jean-Charles and Jolly…

App State 56, North Texas 28 With its dominant victory in the inaugural Myrtle Beach Bowl, App State improved to 6-0 in six consecutive bowl games since becoming bowl eligible in 2015. It is the only program with no losses or ties in at least five appearances. This is the third straight win over a…

CONWAY, S.C. — A flag for a penalty well behind the play wiped out Marcus Williams Jr.’s 79-yard touchdown run in the third quarter of App State’s bowl matchup with North Texas. No worries. Camerun Peoples rushed for a 76-yard gain on the very next snap, setting up his fourth of five touchdown runs during a 56-28 victory for the Mountaineers…