Blink and You Missed It: Tulane Football’s 2027 Commitment List Surges from Six (6) to Sixteen (16)

BY JAKE WEINSTOCK

New Tulane Head Coach Will Hall and General Manager Kelly Comarda have continued to stress both publicly and privately that the foundation of the program they’re building must be through high school recruiting. In the everchanging landscape of college football, where rosters are more expensive every year, the strategy makes perfect sense.

Think of the best teams in the National Football League – they are always ones loaded with homegrown, drafted talent, and then supplemented by choice free agent acquisitions. For Tulane to continue to have the level of success that we have all come to enjoy, they must recruit and develop high school talent. Look no further than the last three Green Wave teams for examples of the type of younger, homegrown players that were pillars of each individual teams.

In 2023 Makhi Hughes, Shadre Hurst, and Chris Brazzell were standouts despite totaling 51 career snaps entering that season.

Prior to the 2024 season, Darian Mensah, Matthew Fobbs-White, and Rayshawn Pleasant had accumulated just 99 career snaps, between them.

Last year, Reese Baker, E’zaiah Shine, and Jamauri McClure burst onto the scene in starting roles, despite having totaled just 65 prior career snaps.

Despite two dozen additions in the transfer portal, this year, the 2026 Green Wave team could and should feature a number of second and third year homegrown players who take advantage of their opportunity to play. Names that immediately come to mind are Warren Roberts, Jr., Jah’Rie Garner, Dominic Steward, Gresham Perry, Elijah Baker, OIiver Mitchell, Geordan Guidry, Nik Alston, PaLanding Drammeh, Josh Lewis, Shaun Nicholas, and Josh Sims.

So, with that in mind, it should come as no surprise that the Green Wave staff have made tremendous strides adding to their class of 2027 class, taking advantage of the May 28-June 22, 2026 period wherein rising seniors can take official visits to campus, ahead of the June 23-July 31 “dead period,” which is when no in-person contact is allowed.

Over the past several weeks, the list of commitments to the 2027 class has grown from six (6) to seventeen (17). Let’s meet them.

1.      Ray’Quan Williams is a 6-0, 170 pound, 3-star wide receiver by On3 from St. Augustine in New Orleans, and has offers from Florida, Houston, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Texas, Miami, Texas Tech, Auburn, Tennessee, Nebraska, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Florida State, Baylor, USF, and Mississippi State, among others.

2.     Kingston Johnson is a 6-0, 185 pound, 185 pound 3-star quarterback by On3 from Starkville, MS, who holds offers from Old Dominion, Nicholls State and Mississippi Valley State, among others.

3.     Sharontae Bailey is a 6-4, 290 pound 3-star interior offensive lineman by on3 from Anniston, Alabama, and holds offers from Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Texas State, Liberty, ULM and Kennesaw State, among others.

4.    Tavares Stinston is a 5-10, 160 pound 3-star cornerback by On3 from Spalding in Griffin, Georgia, who has offers from East Carolina, Liberty, Florida Atlantic, Coastal Carolina, Charlotte, Eastern Michigan, and Georgia State, among others.

5.     Devin Lavalais is a 6-2, 175 pound 3-star safety by On3 from Marksville, Louisiana, who has offers from Memphis and South Alabama, among others.

6.    Gus Faulkner is a 6-2, 212 pound 3-star off-ball linebacker by On3 from Fairhope, Alabama, and has offers from Navy, Army, and South Alabama, among others.

7.    Kavarris Duncan is a 6-1, 290 pound 3-star interior defensive lineman by On3 from Winterboro in Talladega, Alabama, and holds offers from USF, South Alabama, Arkansas State, Troy, and Georgia State, among others.

8.    De’Shawn Wylie is a 6-0, 195 pound 3-star safety by On3 from Calvary Day School in Savannah, Georgia, who holds offers from Cincinnati, Navy, Wake Forest, and Connecticut, among others.

9.    Owen Reineck is a 6-4, 280 pound 3-star interior offensive lineman by On3 from Bayside Academy in Daphne, Alabama, who holds offers from Navy, Army, and East Carolina, among others.

10.  Teddy Graff is a 6-5, 220 pound 3-star tight end by On3 from Ensworth in Nashville, Tennessee who holds offers from Illinois State and Eastern Kentucky, among others.

11.    Jackson Shaw is a 6-5, 260 pound 3-star offensive tackle by On3 from Catholic in Baton Rouge, LA, who has offers from Houston, UNLV, Navy, and Texas State, among others.

12.  Jaden Terrance is a 5-10, 170 pound athlete from Rummel in Metairie, LA who was just offered by Tulane on May 15, and also holds offers from Arkansas State, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, Old Dominion, among others.

13.  Ja’ir Burks, is a 5-10, 160 pound wide receiver from Jesuit, in New Orleans, and has offers from Troy and South Alabama, among others.

14.  Peyton Perkins is a 6-1, 175 pound wide receiver from Eupora, Mississippi, who holds offers from Jackson State and Alcorn State.

15.  Anquan Jackson is a 6-0, 184 pound wide receiver from South Jones in Ellisville, Mississippi, who has offers from Cincinnati, Memphis, Oregon State, South Alabama, Troy, Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, and Southern Miss, among others.

16.  James Tyson is a 5-11, 170 pound cornerback from St. Charles Catholic in LaPlace, LA, who holds offers from ULL and Arkansas State.