Tulane signs all 24 commitments before lunch on Wednesday's National Signing Day (football)

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<p>Here is the complete list of signed prospects in the 2014 class.</p>

<p>(Name, position, height, weight, high school, hometown)</p>

<p>John Leglue OL 6-6/289 Holy Savior/Alexandria</p>

<p>Kendall Ardoin TE 6-6/215 Ville Platte/Ville Platte</p>

<p>Eric Bowie LB 6-2/215 Ouachita Parish/Monroe</p>

<p>Glen Cuiellette QB 6-1/205 Mandeville/Mandeville</p>

<p>Andrew DiRocco K 6-1/180 Ft. Lauderdale/University</p>

<p>Braynon Edwards DT 6-1/370 Gulliver Prep/Miami, Fla.</p>

<p>Terren Encalade WR 6-0/185 Belle Chasse/Belle Chasse</p>

<p>Rene Fleury LB 6-1/210 McDonogh#35/New Orleans</p>

<p>Zachery Harris LB 6-0/220 Holy Cross/New Orleans</p>

<p>Dontrell Hilliard RB 6-0/185 Scotlandville/Baton Rouge</p>

<p>Leondrea James ATH 6-0/175 Donaldsonville/Donaldsonville</p>

<p>Devon Johnson OL 6-4/260 Amite/Amite</p>

<p>Charles Jones TE 6-3/235 St. Augustine/New Orleans</p>

<p>Robert Kennedy LB 6-1/225 Belle Chasse/Belle Chasse</p>

<p>Donald Lewis Jr. DB 6-1/170 Central/Baton Rouge</p>

<p>Stephon Lofton DB 5-11/195 Miller-McCoy/New Orleans</p>

<p>RaeJuan Marbley LB 6-0/220 Destrehan/Destrehan</p>

<p>Trey Scott TE 6-2/205 McEachern/Powder Springs, Ga.</p>

<p>Daren Williams DE 6-4/235 East St. John/Reserve</p>

<p>Sean Wilson DE 6-4/265 Plaquemines/Port Sulphur</p>

<p>Peter Woullard DE 6-3/240 St. Augustine/New Orleans</p>

<p>Deondre Skinner TE 6-3/220 Patterson/Patterson</p>

<p>Already enrolled at Tulane for spring semester:</p>

<p>Raul Diaz OL 6-2/277 Miami Central/Miami, Fla.</p>

<p>Nigel Veal ATH 5-11/175 West Jefferson/New Orleans</p>

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<p>Yes, looks like another great signing class. Daren Williams almost got away. He verbally committed to Tulane, then just last week changed to Kansas State after a visit there, but then changed back to Tulane. The point of that is that he, along with several others, had offers from schools in the top 5 conferences (SEC, PAC-12, Big 10, Big 12 and ACC). So while it is a huge challenge to compete with schools from those conferences, the more Tulane has winning seasons and starts to snag more of those players, the more competitive we will be. Maybe getting to the level of a school like Stanford is a reachable goal some day.</p>

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<p>Sure, Johnson did achieve his State of Tulane; then again, how deep is Louisiana as far as high school-level football talent is concerned?</p>

<p>And I would expect many of them to declare business majors in any shape or form, if recent history is any indication. At least Tulane will actually deliver a rigorous education to them… unlike some D1 schools against which Tulane competes for the Louisiana talent.</p>

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<p>Louisiana is considered one of the deepest talent pools in the country. Some say the deepest, on a per capita basis. And 4 of the 24 were from outside of Louisiana. 3 from Florida and 1 from Georgia, IIRC. As we become more successful, the net will likely spread a bit wider to more of the Southeast and Texas. But at this point there is plenty of 2 star and 3 star talent in Louisiana to meet Tulane’s goals. 4 star and 5 star talent is still going to end up at Alabama, Missouri, Texas, etc. etc. For now, and for a while yet.</p>

<p>You are likely right about most of them choosing business degrees, although I am not sure what your point is by that. As you say, any Tulane degree is a rigorous education. But I did see a few interviews where the recruits stated they were pre-med or pre-law. I think Daren Williams that I mentioned above said he was pre-med. Even if that doesn’t stick, at least he is clearly looking for a strong education.</p>