Most teams would fold after taking a one-two punch like the one Tulane football experienced earlier this year.

When Darian Mensah and Makhi Hughes left for Duke and Oregon via the transfer portal, they took most of the Tulane offense with them. Add in nine other starters or key backups who transferred, and the attrition was staggering from last year’s 8-4 team.

But Jon Sumrall remains indefatigable. Tulane’s second-year head coach refused to whine about the circumstances and spent the offseason, reloading his strip-mined roster.

The Green Wave will have 17 new starters this season. Among them several notable transfers: quarterback Jake Retzlaff, running back Maurice Turner, center Jack Hollifield and edge rushers Santana Hopper and Maurice Westmoreland. They’re part of an offseason ov

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