Retzlaff’s arrival in Uptown New Orleans continues a wild offseason at quarterback for Tulane.
Final season’s starter, Darian Mensah, transferred to Duke in December 2024 after reportedly receiving a two-year, $8M NIL deal. That very same month, the Inexperienced Wave landed T.J. Finley from North Texas, however he left this system in April after being present in possession of a stolen truck with a license plate matching one other car he owned. His attorneys alleged he was the victim of a scam.
After his dismissal, Tulane added former Iowa quarterback Brendan Sullivan, who was competing with Ball State switch Kadin Semonza and Illinois switch Donovan Leary for the first-team function.
As Thamel noted, not one of the Inexperienced Wave’s potential 2025 quarterbacks have been enrolled earlier than January. With slightly over a month earlier than their season begins on Aug. 30 in opposition to Northwestern, it is anybody’s guess how the competitors will shake out.
Whereas Retzlaff has a variety of floor to cowl in a brief period of time, he has the best ceiling of the potential choices. In 2024 whereas primarily dealing with FBS energy convention opponents, he threw for two,947 yards, 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions whereas finishing 57.9% of his passes (eight yards per try) and including 511 speeding yards and 6 touchdowns on 91 carries, excluding sacks (h/t Pro Football Focus).
Semonza, who transferred in early January, began 12 video games for Ball State final season, main the convention in completions (275), makes an attempt (427), cross yards per sport (242) and passing touchdowns (25).
Sullivan has appeared in 23 video games over the previous three seasons, compiling a 69.4% completion share with 1,778 passing yards (7.2 yards per try), 13 touchdowns and eight interceptions, whereas Leary, the primary of the quarterbacks to announce his switch to Tulane in December 2024, has 5 profession cross makes an attempt.
Tulane went 9-5 final season, Sumrall’s first main this system. Per ESPN Bet, the Inexperienced Wave (+275) are the favorites to win the American Convention.
In the event that they dwell as much as expectations, there’s an opportunity they finish the season with an automated Faculty Soccer Playoff bid as one of many 5 highest-ranked convention champions
However first, Tulane should land on a quarterback. It would not be a shock if the final arrival will get the primary alternative.
