Tulane Football camp June 14-15

Here is a little info about the Friday & Saturday Tulane camps. Just some quick hits on a couple things and I will try and get some more names if I can of some kids that caught some attention that I might not have a name on yet. In case you missed the blog post on the Thursday session, you can view it by clicking HERE

Friday was a huge day as Coach Curtis Johnson handed out several offers on the field. Tulane offered and received a commitment from 2014 Donaldsonville WR/ATH Leondre James. James showed great quickness, speed and ball skills. James was a WR for Tulane player Devon Breaux who was in attendance to encourage  his former teammate. Tulane also offered a pair of 2015 player. The first was for CB/S Deshawn Raymond who is now up to about 4 offers. Deshawn has an older brother that is RS FR, 4 star CB in Corn Dog Country. Deshawn is easily a legit 6-1 but his big asset are his long arms - he just looks like he is covering twice as much ground as the other corners out there because even if his a little out of position his arms give a little bit more coverage area to get his hands on the ball or wideout. There was another 2015 offer that went out but I am trying to locate the young mans information. I know he was offered because I was standing there when it happened. UPDATE The offer went to 2015 Hahnville S/LB Dwaine Thomas. This profile says he is 6-2/190 but he looked much bigger than 190. He will be a big safety but more than likely he will be a college LB.

It also appears that we offered another 2016 kid to along with RB Tre Turner in St. Aug TE Jamal Pettigrew. Turner by the way apparently attended the Ole Miss or Miss St camp the day after the Tulane camp and received an offer there after a blazing 4.38 40.

Here is a list of players that had nice showings at the camp. They displayed above average athleticism, speed, agility & skills. I am not sure what level of offers these guys will receive if any but I would say at the very least these are guys that showed enough potential to earn a college football scholarship somewhere in the future.

*** 2014 CB Terrence Alexander from John Curtis, LA - Incredible competitor

*** 2014 CB Donovan Wilson from Woodlawn, LA - long, rangey, good length

*** 2014 WR/CB Mandell Sam from Opelousas, LA - bit of a hamstring pull, looked solid, student of the game

2014 WR Mitch Burmfield from Covington, LA - easily the most complete WR out there on Saturday

2014 ATH Russell Gage from Redemptorist, LA - visited campus last week

2014 OLB Eric Bowie from Ouachita, LA - very solid speed and range, great frame to add weight

2014 DE Herlandez Corley from Mobile, AL

2014 OG Justin Moore from Helen Cox, LA - he is not the 6-2 listed & not sure what level he will get a chance at but the kid is strong!

2014 LB Chance Barney from Covington, LA

2014 DL Jarrell Jackson from Higgins, LA

2014 CB Larry Boyd from Hahnville, LA - The guy is small at about 5-9, 165 but has great skills as a cover corner. His size might hold others back from offering a DI scholarship but his size is not holding him back from the truth - dude can play some ball.

2014 CB/ATH Leslie Collins from Kentwood, LA - 4.44 40

2014 LB Nick Holman from Bob Jones, AL

2015 CB Shawn Butler from St. Pauls, LA

2015 WR Terren Encalade from Belle Chasse, LA

2015 WR/RB Kirk Merritt from Newman, LA

2015 DT Sean Benson from Hahnville, LA

2016 TE Jamal Pettigrew from St. Aug, LA - Tulane offered

There is also a secret stud out there that I will not mention by name. He is raw and I mean raw. Certain coaches on staff just say, "when this kid gets coached up, watch out!"
Last year as a young buck he came to camp at Tulane and slipped and still ran a high 4.3. You think that is a lie? Well this year he ran a 4.25 40! Still has more HS to go. 

I am working on some more names on kids. Not sure if they will be DI (FBS or FCS) kids or not but kids that definitely showed some skills and more than anything showed the work ethic you want from a kid. I would like to get their names so they can be recognized.