Tulane officially has a two-deep depth chart that has plenty to analyze ahead of their season opener against the Blue Devils.
The Tulane Green Wave officially released their depth chart ahead of the season opener, though the starting quarterback was spoiled early by ESPN’s Pete Thamel, which will be Zeon Chriss-Gremillion for kickoff against the Duke Blue Devils.
Without further ado, let's get to it, and see if there are any hidden surprises that don't line up with the reporting from fall camp.
As a note, the offense has 13 listed positions as they relate to the different personnel packages, with SB standing for Superback.
Tulane Green Wave Depth Chart
Offense
Quarterback
- Zeon Chriss-Gremillion
- Kadin Semonza
Tight End (Y)
- Dawson Johnson
OR
- Vance Bolyard
Tight End (F)
- Ty Thompson
OR
- Gabe Lovorn
OR
- Cam Roberts
Running Back
- Jamauri McClure
OR
- Maurice Turner
OR
- Johnnie Daniels
Superback
- Jaylin Lucas
OR
- Maurice Turner
- Jake Randle
Wide Receiver
- Destyn Hill
- Bredell Richardson
OR
- Antwaun Parham
Wide Receiver
- CJ Lewis
- Oliver Mitchell
OR
- Gabe Daniels
Wide Receiver
- Anthony Brown-Stephens
- Garrett Mmahat
Left Tackle
- Dom Steward
- Tristen Fortenberry
Left Guard
- Gresham Perry
OR
- Elijah Baker
- Riley Rushing
Center
- John Bock
OR
- Gavin Marks
- Colin O'Carroll
Right Guard
- Reese Baker
- Tylan George
Right Tackle
- Ryan Mickow
- Darion Reed
Analysis: Nothing overtly a surprise here. Chriss-Gremillion gets the nod at quarterback for the Green Wave season opener. The injury to Thompson will put Lovorn in a starting spot. The team appears less confident in Elijah Baker's injury putting Gresham Perry ahead of him on the depth chart, but seem more confident in the injury to John Bock keeping him atop the center depth.
Defense
Defensive End
- Josh Lewis
- Reshad Stirling
OR
- Geordan Guidry
Nose Tackle
- Derrick Shepard
- PaLanding Drammeh
Defensive Tackle
- Ed Smith IV
- Jordyn Crites
OR
- Armoundous Cooley
Bandit
- Jah'rie Garner
- Warren Roberts
OR
- Gerrod Henderson
OR
- Nick Alston
WILL Linebacker
- Chris Rodgers
- Dalton Hughes
- Jean Claude Joseph
MIKE Linebacker
- Dickson Agu
- Makai Williams
- Grayson McPherson
Spear
- TJ Smith
OR
- Kajuan Banks
- Dorian Jackson
OR
- Michael Igbinoghene
Field Cornerback
- Anthony Rogers
- LJ Green
OR
- Justin Agu
Boundary Cornerback
- E'zaiah Shine
- Macho Stevenson
OR
- Shaun Nicholas
Free Safety
- Jack Tchienchou
- Josh Moore
Strong Safety
- Kevin Adams
- Chase Green
OR
- Josh Sims
Analysis: The defensive line panned out as anticipated. Really no surprises to the depth chart here. Jah'rie Garner ends up with the starting nod at bandit, though that unit all rotates heavily. TJ Smith and Kajuan Banks will split the starting role at spear as the only real question mark on that side of the ball.
Special Teams
Placekicker
- Jackson Courville
OR
- Cooper Helmke
Punter
- William Hudlow
- Brooks Moore
Kickoff Specialist
- Cooper Helmke
- Jackson Courville
Holder
- William Hudlow
- Dagan Bruno
OR
- Brooks Moore
Kickoff Returner
- TJ Smith
AND
- Jaylin Lucas
OR
- Maurice Turner
Punt Returner
- Jaylin Lucas
- Seth Gale
OR
- Maurice Turner
Long Snapper
- Jason Arredondo
- Graham Coady
Analysis: With no official "starting" kicker given the OR designation, the thought may be to have Jackson Courville as the primary kicker and give Cooper Helmke some longer shots at 50+ yards or so. William Hudlow ultimately gets the nod at punter with his experience. Expect to see a lot of electricity from Jaylin Lucas on both punt and kickoff returns while they return Smith back to a role he had a long return in last season.
