Just thought I'd get the thread started. Anyone know of any players that are visiting this weekend? I know that the coaches are going to push for a visit from Jonathan Brantley, Jared Sparks and/or DeMarcus Williams because we need a QB badly. Fritz has been offering more WR and I think he's hedging in case we lose Coleman. Any other potential visitors?

A list of questions to kinda find out what next year team will look like
Fastest player
Strongest player
Best NFL prospect
Most underrated player
Most overrated player

With the departure of Jacq’co Price from our commit list (see link below) and his subsequent commitment to SELA, we’re now down to three committed wide receivers that we know about. After Sci Martin, who decommitted early, Giovanni LaFrance, who has committed to Arkansas, and Deion Rainey, who I think is the best of CJ's remaining recruits, I thought Price had the next most potential. I'm sorry to see him go. That said, I’m pretty happy with our three WR commits: C.J. Owens, Douglas Coleman, and Christopher Johnson. I’d like to see one more, preferably Jacob Robertson.

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http://www.nola.com/recruiting/inde...ce_southeastern.html#incart_river_mobile_home

According to this TP article, Deion Rainey, who I think is far-and-away the best of CJ's remaining commitments, is still taking visits after his "official" to Tulane earlier this month. He's visiting Jackson State and Alcorn State this week. Something doesn't sound right.

http://www.nola.com/recruiting/inde...onard_robinson.html#incart_river_mobile_index

I'm not sure how good the two Tulane commitments I talked to Sunday night are (though Willie Fritz and his staff have a good track record at identifying talent), but man, are they well-spoken, particularly Strickland.

CJ's recruits at Tulane, after the initial class, were not well-spoken. That may not mean much in terms of wins and losses, but it makes for better stories. if the guys Fritz is getting are good players, they will fit in better at Tulane than the recruits of the past few years.

This was announced today in the Tampa Bay Times. One has to wonder where this leaves Teddy and if he may choose to return , if that option would be open.

Phabion Woodard, an offensive guard from Indianola (Miss) Gentry High, who is unrated by Rivals and had an offer from ULL, has committed according to Andrew Lopez.

Coach tweeted Roll Wave out of Atlanta, GA

Who is it?

One More,

Roll Wave out of Zachary...

I think it's the WR Coleman. Scott's main target....

Coach Fritz just tweeted. I assume its RB Miles Strickland. 5.4 / 2 Star. Roll Wave!

Coach Fritz just tweated "Roll Wave out of North Cobb, Georgia. The only one from there I'm aware of who is on our radar is an OLB, Larry Bryant, who was visiting today, so I assume it's him. According to hudl, he's 6'2" and weighs 196#. On his highlights ( Login to view embedded media )
he plays defensive end with his hand on the ground, but is presumably very fast (4.48 in the 40). He's clearly too small to play defensive end in college so I assume linebacker would be his position or possibly strong safety. But judging from his highlights, he hasn't had much experience in coverage so I don't know. He was a Georgia Southern commit who, evidently, Coach Fritz likes.

I'm still waiting on confirmation, but here's a list of visitors for this weekend I obtained last week, divided into categories. I will update if I get new info.

ALREADY COMMITTED TO TULANE

DB Sean Harper

NOT COMMITTED ANYWHERE

1) WR Caron Baham, John Ehret
--3 stars (5.6)
--visited Colorado Jan. 15, de-committed from Missouri but will visit Jan. 29. Colorado is recruiting his as DB, Missouri as WR and Tulane as athlete but probable WR.
--5-11, 180

2) S Jarrius Wallace, John Ehret
--2 stars (5.4)
--visited Colorado Jan. 15, both he and Baham say they may be package deal because they are best friends. Originally committed to UCF
--6-1, 175

3) RB D'Angelo Ware, Moore Haven, Fla.
--not in Rivals database
--visited FIU Jan. 15 and will visit Troy Jan. 29
--5-8, 185

4) OL Myron Hagins, Ocala (Fla.) Vanguard
--no stars
--no offers from P5 schools but visited UCF earlier this week, also considering USF, Western Kentucky, Georgia Southern and others.
--6-6, 250

5) RB Miles Strickland, Madison (Ala.) Bob Jones
--2 stars (5.4)
--considering the service academics, Memphis, Troy
--5-10, 179

COMMITTED ELSEWHERE

1) WR Onyx Brown, Daphne (Ala)
--2 stars (5.3), Arkansas State commitment
--6-3, 205

2) WR CJ Windham, Powder Springs (Ga.) McEachern
--2 stars (5.4), Middle Tennessee State commitment
--same high school as Trey Scott
--6-3, 190

3) OL Kendall Brown, Jacksonville (Fla.) Trinity Christian
--2 stars (5.4), Appalachian State commitment
--listed as DE, but Tulane is recruiting as OL
--6-4, 265

4) DE Chris Henderson, Hampton (Ga.) Lovejoy
--2 stars (5.4), Indiana commitment
--reportedly has offer from Louisville, too.
--6-4, 232

5) LB Myles Reid, Atlanta Mays
--2 stars (5.3), Miami (Ohio) commitment
--offers from Colorado State, Ga Southern, Marshall, Western Kentucky
--6-2, 202

GEORGIA SOUTHERN COMMITMENTS

1) OT Drew Wilson, Bamberg-Ehrhardt (S.C.)
--3 stars (5.6), No. 11 OL in South Carolina
--Georgia, Va Tech, Clemson, North Carolina and NC State showed interest
--6-3, 285

2) DT Davon'te Jest, Ocala (Fla.) Forest
--2 stars (5.3)
--6-1, 270

3) DE Chris Willis, Shelby (N.C.) Crest
--not rated but in database
--visiting East Carolina Jan. 29, although one story says he was supposed to visit there last weekend
--6-2, 230

4) OLB Larry Bryant, Kennesaw (Ga.) North Cobb
--not in Rivals database
--6-2, 195

5) CB Kindle Vildor, College Park (Ga.) North Clayton
--2 stars (5.4)
--5-11, 171

Last season, Syracuse started the year with five scholarship QB’s. Terrell Hunt, a redshirt senior, was the returning starter but had a season ending injury in the first game. Having also suffered a broken leg in the fifth game of the previous year he has petitioned for a sixth season. His appeal has yet to be resolved. At second string, A.J. Long, a sophomore, had started five games as a true freshman but was medically disqualified prior to the 2015 season due to multiple concussions. Austin Wilson, a sophomore, had started two games as a freshman but rapidly moved down the depth chart. He eventually split time in 2015 with Zach Mahoney after an injury to Eric Dungy in 2015. Eric Dungy, a true freshman, played in the first 8 games (starting 7) as a legitimate “dual threat” QB. He passed for 1298 yards and ran for 357 in those games prior to being injured and missing the rest of the season. Zach Mahoney, a sophomore, started the season as the fifth string QB and, due to injuries to others, played in eight games and started four. He passed for 535 yards and 7 TD’s/2 INT’s and rushed for 151 yards and two TD’s.

With a new coach, their returning QB’s, assuming Hunt’s appeal is denied, are Eric Dungy, now a sophomore, Zach Mahoney, now a junior, and Austin Wilson, also a junior. None of them are “world beaters” but all have started games against P5 opposition and performed well, if not great. Dungy has completed 60% of his passes and in his one partial year had the 9th most total yards/game in Syracuse history. He’s the clear favorite to start for the foreseeable future. I think young Scott, barring injuries to the incumbent, will have a three year wait to take over the controls at Syracuse.

At Tulane, where his friends and family can see him play, he’ll be competing on day one with a fifth year senior who, in my opinion, doesn’t have the skills for the offense we’ll run, a redshirt sophomore whose experience thus far in college involves kneeling down in the “victory formation, and one or two other freshmen with similar skill sets as himself.

I wouldn’t have much trouble making a decision if I were young Scott. We’ll see.

Roll Wave!!!

usually when there is so much transition and there are certain positions that are lacking depth you might expect some position changes. My question is who do you guys see as possibly moving to wide receiver spots

It's finalized, Fritz said. He could not give me the names other than Slade Nagel, who will be the tight ends coach rather than the running backs coach (I made the mistake of assuming earlier today based on what he coached at McNeese State). The other two coaches have not gone through the paperwork and the administrative stuff Tulane requires before announcing the hires.

I have learned from a source that the running backs coach will be Jamaal Fobbs, who just completed his fourth year at Liberty. He is a St. Aug grad who coached at LSU in 2005 and 2006.

That leaves the wide receivers coach as the only one we don't know.

Does anyone have a current and comprehensive list of scheduled visitors this weekend? T. J. Brunson and Tori Deseline, who were scheduled in, have both tweeted that they are taking no more visits and sticking to their current commitments (South Carolina and Georgia Southern respectively). Since everything seems to change almost daily in recruiting, we’ll see.

The only planned visits I know about (or think I do) are Ca’Ron Baham, C.J. Windham, Douglas Coleman, Myles Reid, and Jarrius Wallace. That’s a pretty good looking group in my opinion. I’d take any of them though, to me, our biggest need is for some “top end” offensive linemen. Where are they? Any word on the other linemen who visited last week? I expected at least two to commit; to this point, we’ve only got one. Possibly the other “offers” weren’t set in concrete. Also, has Darta Lee scheduled a visit? We offered him this week.

I’d really like to see us go after Drew Wilson, who is a Georgia Southern commit and on highlights looks better to me than any of the offensive linemen else we’ve offered. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=drew+wilson+bamberg+hudl&view=detail&mid=5B58460E81B42CE6EC2A5B58460E81B42CE6EC2A&FORM=VIRE4

Finally, has anyone heard how the visits went/are going of Marcelino Bell and Jacob Robertson? I really like Robertson.

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I was informed that Jason Rollins may be leaving to take another coaching job...I've been told where, and it's not LSU. Guerry have you heard anything about this?

I talked to Owens and Johnson tonight and got some stuff from Johnson that you won't find on Nola.com.

He told me the coaches said he would start at tight end because of his weight (265) and he would not move to offensive tackle until he was 285 or 290. He also said he had tremendous loyalty to Fritz and his staff because they offered him a scholarship before he ever played high school football. He did not play until his junior year.

Both Owens and Johnson are from Atlanta and like the big-city feel of New Orleans.

Scott did not respond to a text asking him about his visit. I will keep on him and everyone else tomorrow.

Tulane will have two midweek visitors Wedneday-Thursday in Marcelino Ball, a two-star cornerback from Roswell, Ga. who has offers from minor-conference FBS schools, and Jacob Robertson, a three-star WR from College Park (Ga.) Woodward Academy who committed to Georgia Southern.

According to his twitter, yesterday we offered Darta Lee, a 6’3” 290# Offensive lineman from Missouri City, Texas. Apparently, he is also a long snapper—a position of continuing need. He’s rated a two star by Scout and Rivals and a three-star by ESPN and 247. On his highlights, http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3910040/highlights/298285383/v2, he looks slow to me (confirmed by a 5.98 time in the 40 during a combine) but is apparently well regarded. He has roughly 25 BCS offers including five from P5 schools.

This suggests to me that we’re still on the prowl for more offensive linemen after the four that came in last week. I hope we’re not “reaching” here, though the number of offers and interest suggest this kid would be a good “get.”

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Look at the size of this guy....

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With all the recruits visiting this weekend, how many will commit to Tulane who haven’t already done so? The two everyone is looking at are QB’s Lindsey Scott and Tyrell Pigrome, but I’d be surprised if either commits this weekend. I’d be thrilled if they did, but they both have other official visits the next two weeks that I’m guessing they’ll take. I’m also guessing that is why Coach Fritz talks of taking 20 commitments when, by my count, he has at least 24 openings. He probably wants to be able to add a “can’t pass up” guy or two at the end or maybe, just maybe, wants to hold off for a transfer or two. Right now, we’ve got 11 commits, so that leaves between 9 and 13 more to close out the class.

We’ve got only one WR coming in this weekend, D. J. Owens, from Dallas, Georgia, though there may be some others the following week. I’m pretty sure we’ll sign at least one more WR, even if he may be classified as an “athlete.” I suspect Owens will commit.

We’ve got four offensive linemen visiting and Coach Fritz has said he plans to sign four, so this may be the group he is counting on. One, Lawrence Edwards, is uncommitted. The other three are committed elsewhere (Alex Mollette to Marshall, Tyler Johnson to Georgia Southern, and Dante Smith to Appalachian State), so I think we have a shot at all of them. But I couldn’t begin to guess which of the four will commit, and it could be all or none of them. I’m guessing at least two will commit, but have no idea who is most likely.

Two linebackers are scheduled to visit this weekend. Lawrence Graham is a Florida Atlantic commitment from Delray Beach, Florida. At 5’10 and 225# he is short, stocky, pretty quick, and looks good on film, and would immediately compete for playing time. Eron Carter is anther, from Palatka, Florida. He's bigger, at 6'4" but probably not as good a prospect. That said, we’re apparently after at least three other linebackers who I like better. I include Giovanni LaFrance in that group since Coach Fritz has apparently reached out to him, along with T. J. Brunson, who is slated to visit next week, and is my personal favorite. The third, in my view, is Todd Bradley, a Georgia Southern commit. If Couch Fritz keeps to his 20 number, I don’t see how we go with more than two here, so I’m not sure where that leaves Graham and Carter. Yet, since they're invited and apparently will be here, I think either one would commit if given the opportunity. I’d hate to forego either LaFrance or Brunson, however. In the end, I think Coach Fritz would find room for them.

The only defensive lineman expected this weekend is Jordan Jackson, a 6’7”, 240# defensive tackle from the Bolles School in Florida. He has a number of G5 level offers but hasn’t received much love from the recruiting services. After reviewing his highlights I don’t think he looks any better than the three defensive tackles who have de-committed (Alex Criddle, Tyarise Stephenson, and Ronald Cherry), but at his height could easily put on another 40 pounds or so and still move well. We’re probably one DT short on our roster and if Jackson has an offer, I’d guess he’ll take it.

We’ve got 11 returning defensive backs and four additional commitments, giving us 15 scholarship DB’s. How many more can we possibly take? In recent years we’ve carried 16, so normally, I’d say one. But Coach Fritz has three coming in who all look pretty good, though currently committed elsewhere. Tre Jackson is the best of the bunch (my opinion) and is currently committed to South Carolina. He’s fast, shifty, rated highly by everyone (3-4 stars) and plays both wide receiver and defensive back. Regardless of who else commits, he’s a “can’t pass up.” Not sure if he’s ready to commit this weekend, however. I’d guess not and hope I’m wrong. To me at least, Tulane is the best option for the other two coming in: Christian Holmes (currently committed to Missouri, but I’m not sure he’s still wanted), and Damar’ren Mitchell (ULL). I think Holmes looks like the better of the two but both guys look better than those who de-committed. Nonetheless, numbers are getting tough at DB. Adding to the problem are guys who may be coming in next week including Jemarius Jordan, who looks really good, but also has several P5 offers currently on the table. Jarrius Wallace, from John Ehret, was, and may still be, a UCF commit, but he is apparently trying to sell himself and Ca’Ron Baham as a package deal. He’s clearly a good player and Baham is one of the most impressive kids on our board, so I don’t know where that will all play out. They are expected to visit on the 22nd.

In the end, I’m guessing we’ll get at least five or six commitments off of this weekend between now and next Wednesday, leaving us three weeks exactly to signing day to bring in the remaining handful.

Exciting time.

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He is an all purpose/running back. According to rivals we have offered. He is at SCOTTSDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Very Interesting!!

In the new open era of Tulane recruiting info, it looks like Nola.com and I will benefit tremendously.

Here are the visitors for this weekend. Six are uncommitted. Seven have commitments to other schools. Eight are committed to Tulane.

Eron Carter, LB, Palatka (Fla.)
--two stars (5.3)
major offers: Air Force, Army, Troy
6-2, 210

Lawrence Edwards, OL, Port Orange (Fla.)
--no stars
major offers: Boise State, West Virginia, Georgia Southern
6-7, 260

Lawrence Graham, ILB, Delray American Heritage (Fla.)
--two stars (5.4), FAU commitment
major offers: Georgia Southern, Army, Tulane
6-0, 226

Christian Holmes, CB, McNair (Ga.)
--two stars (5.4), Missouri commitment
major offers: Missouri, Cincinnati, Memphis, South Florida
6-1, 182

Jordan Jackson, DT, Jacksonville Bolles
--no stars
major offers: Air Force, Navy, Tulane
6-5, 253

Tre Jackson, CB, University Lab
--three stars, 5.6, South Carolina commitment
major offers: supposedly Florida and Oklahoma
5-10, 178

Tyler Johnson, OL, Stone Mountain (Ga.) Stephenson
--no stars
major offers: Georgia Southern, Georgia State, South Florida
6-5, 265

Damar'ren Mitchell, S, Magnolia West (Texas)
--two stars (5.3), ULL commitment
major offers: ULL, Colorado State
6-0, 180

Alex Mollette, OG, Suwannee (Ga.) North Gwinnett
--two stars (5.4), Marshall commitment
major offers: Marshall, Western Kentucky, Troy
6-3. 284

D.J. Owens, RB, Dallas (Ga.) North Paulding
--two stars, 5.4
major offers: California, UCF, USM
5-11, 196

Ty Pigrome, QB, Clay (Ala.)
--three stars, 5.6
major offers: Virginia Tech, Maryland, Purdue, Memphis, Cincinnati, Indiana, USM
5-11, 180

Lindsey Scott, QB, Zachary
--three stars, 5.5, Syracuse commitment
major offers: Syracuse, Navy, Rutgers, Wake Forest
6-0, 205

D'Ante Smith, OT, Grovetown (Ga.)
--two stars, 5.4, Appalachian State commitment
major offers: Syracuse and Illinois
6-5, 277

And the Tulane commitments visiting

Saf P.J. Hall
WR Chris Johnson
Saf Eric Lewis
K/P Coby Neenan
WR Jacq'co Price
DE Deion Rainey
DE DeAndre Williams
DE Jonathan Wilson

I learned that from Fritz today.

Practices will be in the morning, and they will take off one week for spring break (something CJ hated doing, one of the reasons he moved spring ball up so early). The spring game will be held in conjunction with a home baseball game later in the day, and the date has not been established yet.

Fritz gave me April 16 as a possibility, and if that were the case, they would be practicing five times a week to get it done within three weeks. The other possibility is April 23, which would mean the more traditional four practices a week. Just to be clear, he did not talk about the number of practice per week to me. I'm just figuring it out based on the two end dates he gave me.