A Full Running Back Room, 2027 Football Commitments, & the Greatest RB in Tulane History?
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From QB to RB
Last week, we looked at the Tulane quarterback situation, both for this year and who we would pick as the greatest QB in Green Wave history. There was healthy discussion on the Internets about our choice as the top quarterback of all time. It was fun.
Earlier Monday, On SI Tulane published an in-depth look at the 2026 running back room for Will Hall. We went through the roster and found plenty of talent and depth that could launch another outstanding year for the ground game.
Just to give you a glimpse, just the returnees should be enough to make your mouth water, but the new guys, especially the three claimed in the transfer portal, should get the juices flowing even more. Our analysis gives you what we observed in Spring training as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Meanwhile, since we picked who we think our top Tulane QB of all time last week, we will follow through with our choice of who we think was the greatest running back in Green Wave history this Wednesday. Though we tried to follow the same formula of choosing the best from each era, then picking the best out of that slimmed down list, we couldn’t do it for a Tulane halfback. There were plenty to choose from. In fact, once we got to a certain time period, there were just too many, so we had to adjust the parameters. Be looking for our look at the great running backs in TU history and our pick of the cream of that outstanding crop this Wednesday on our website.
On SI Analysis: The Tulane O-Line
While we go through these skill player positions, we would be remiss if we didn’t point out something that did concern us a bit this Spring: the offensive front. There was a goodly amount of turnover there from last year. The new additions seem to be good athletes as well. However, if you were wanting that offensive line to jell over the Spring, that hasn't happened. Yet. The defensive line had its way with the O-line more times than we could count. That could be for a number of reasons, including having an outstanding defensive line and linebackers, which we will address in the weeks to come, or an offensive line that is just not there. Truth be told, an O-line does take time to become a cohesive unit. We are hoping that time will heal the lack of consistency on the offensive front.
Wave Football Adds Future High School Talent
A slew of commitments for Tulane football over the last few days. On SI Tulane reporter Colin Cummings has not just the list, but his take on each one’s key attributes and where they can fit in a Greenie uniform. That story hits the Internets Tuesday morning.
Baseball All-District Honorees
The Tulane baseball program saw five of its student-athletes honored nationally as members of the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District ® Division Baseball Team. The Green Wave's five Baseball Academic All-District selections this year are pitcher Trey Cehajic, pitcher Sam Larson, first baseman Trent Liolios, pitcher Jake Toporek, and pitcher Blaise Wilcenski. All five were first time selections at Tulane.
Next week, we’ll be looking at the receiving corps for 2026. Though the number of additions are not quite what we saw in the running back room this year, the athletes added to the roster make up the type of receiver Will Hall likes to put into the patterns, and we don’t mean just the wide outs. Be sure to join us next week for that.
We hope you’ve enjoyed our regular edition of the Green Wave Report. We’ll be back next Monday at 4:00 CDT.
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Doug has covered a gamut of sporting events in his fifty-plus years in the field. He started doing sideline reporting for Louisiana Tech football games for the student radio station. Doug was Sports Director for KNOE-AM/FM in Monroe in the mid-80s, winning numerous awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association for Best Sportscast and Best Play-by-Play. High school play-by-play for teams in Monroe, Natchitoches, New Orleans, and Thibodaux, LA dot his resume. He did college play-by-play for Northwestern State University in Natchitoches for nine years. Then, moving to the Crescent City, Doug did television PBP of Tulane games and even filled in for legendary Tulane broadcaster, Ken Berthelot in the only game Kenny ever missed while doing the Green Wave games. His father was an alumnus of Tulane in the 1940s, so Doug has attended Tulane football games in old Tulane Stadium, the Superdome, and Yulman. He was one of the 86,000 plus on December 1, 1973, sitting in the North End Zone to seeTulane shutout the LSU Tigers, 14-0. He was there when the Posse ruled Fogelman and in Turchin when the Wave made it to the World Series. He currently is the public address voice of the Tulane baseball team.