With aggressive moves in the transfer portal, second-year Tulane coach Jon Sumrall appears to have revamped his roster well enough to make the Green Wave an American Conference favorite again -- although Navy, Army, UTSA, Memphis or South Florida could have something to say about that.

Tulane went through an offseason of roster upheaval and uncertainty after appearing in its third straight league title game in 2024.

With 52% of Tulane’s roster comprised of players who never previously wore a Green Wave uniform, Sumrall concedes that his team entered August camp with “a lot of uncertainty” about which transfers or recruits might emerge as prominent players.

“None of them were guaranteed a starting anything,” Sumrall said, referring to a transfer class that included ex-Appalachian State d

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