Opponent outlook: Tulane brings championship standard and substantial turnover to Durham
- Tulane promoted passing-game coordinator Will Hall to head coach and retained much of the position staff, but the roster returns only five starters from its 2025 playoff team.
- Zeon Chriss-Gremillion won Tulane's quarterback competition after compiling 2,263 passing yards, 17 touchdowns, 15 interceptions, 992 rushing yards and 10 rushing scores across 13 career starts.
- Jamauri McClure leads a flexible Tulane backfield after averaging 6.5 yards per carry in 2025, with Maurice Turner and Johnnie Daniels joining a rotation that can align multiple backs in space.
- Right guard Reese Baker is Tulane's only returning primary offensive-line starter, leaving four new starters to replace a 2025 unit that allowed fewer than one sack per game.
- Tulane must rebuild most of a defensive front that helped produce 36 sacks and 25 takeaways, with South Alabama transfer Ed Smith IV the most experienced addition.
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