Welcome to Part 7 of our 10-part series recapping the additions and subtractions to Tulane football's roster, now that the December transfer portal has closed and the spring semester uptown has begun. If you missed our articles breaking down the December signees from the high school class of 2025, or Parts 1-6 of our series, scroll back through our Blog section and check that out. Be on the lookout for the forthcoming installments to this series, as detailed, below:
Part 1: Quarterbacks (released on January 16, 2025)
Part 2: Running Backs (released January 20, 2025)
Part 3: Wide Receivers (released January 23, 2025)
Part 4: Tight Ends (released January 28, 2025)
Part 5: Offensive Line (released February 27, 2025)
Part 6: Defensive Line/Edge/Outside Linebacker (released March 16, 2025)
Part 8: Cornerbacks
Part 9: Safeties
Part 10: Specialists
WHO'S OUT?
One to the portal (1): Mandel Eugene, Jr.
One to graduation (1): Tyler Grubbs
Tyler Grubbs, a graduate of Holy Cross, was quite the find for the 2023 Tulane defense, after transferring back home from Louisiana Tech. Recall that the 2023 team was tasked with replacing both Nick Anderson and Dorian Williams, all at once, and to make matters worse, opening day starter Corey Platt, Jr. suffered a season-ending injury in that 2023 season opener. Grubbs stepped right in and immediately announced his presence on the field, while becoming a respected voice in a locker room that lost many of them following 2022 (Anderson, in particular) and more following 2023 (Michael Pratt, Sincere Haynesworth). Grubbs ended up playing over 600 snaps in each of his two seasons uptown, and while he was not always the most effective coverage linebacker, he was routinely one of the higher graded run defenders by ProFootballFocus. Mandel Eugene, Jr. moves on for….
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