2012 Tulane Green Wave football team

	2012 Conference USA football standings
	East
	West
	Championship: Tulsa 33, UCF 27
	† – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; As of December 29, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

Tulane Green Wave football
2012 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Conference USA West
2012 record	2–10 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Curtis Johnson (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Price
Co-Defensive coordinator	Jon Sumrall
Co-Defensive coordinator	Lionel Washington
Home stadium	Mercedes-Benz Superdome; (Capacity: 73,208)
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The 2012 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Curtis Johnson. The Green Wave played home games in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and competed in the West Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 2–10, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.

Pre-season [edit]

Recruits [edit]

2012 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
Kedrick Banks WR	New Orleans, LA	McDonogh 35	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	N/A	Jan 22, 2012
Kedrick Banks WR	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: NR
Jordan Batiste CB	Lutcher, LA	Lutcher	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	4.50	Jan 15, 2012
Jordan Batiste CB	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 75
Bobby Bradley OT	Medford, NJ	Shawnee	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	N/A	Jul 31, 2011
Bobby Bradley OT	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 69
Devin Breaux WR	Donaldsonville, LA	Donaldsonville	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	4.55	May 2, 2012
Devin Breaux WR	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 78
Richard Carthon RB	Shreveport, LA	CE Byrd	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	N/A	Apr 22, 2012
Richard Carthon RB	Scout:N/A Rivals:N/A ESPN grade: NR
Lorenzo Doss WR	New Orleans, LA	Saint Augustine	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	4.50	Jun 22, 2011
Lorenzo Doss WR	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 70
Colton Hanson OT	New Braunfels, TX	New Braunfels	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	N/A	Jun 30, 2011
Colton Hanson OT	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: NR
Todd Jacquet OG	New Orleans, LA	Jesuit	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	N/A	Aug 1, 2011
Todd Jacquet OG	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 74
Royce LaFrance OLB	Harvey, LA	Helen Cox	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	4.50	Jan 21, 2012
Royce LaFrance OLB	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 72
Darion Monroe CB	Reserve, LA	East St. John	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	N/A	Jan 31, 2012
Darion Monroe CB	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 80
Alex Paul OT	New Orleans, LA	Newman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	310 lb (140 kg)	N/A	Jul 27, 2011
Alex Paul OT	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: NR
Peter Picerelli P	Providence, RI	LaSalle Academy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	N/A	Jul 17, 2012
Peter Picerelli P	Scout:N/A Rivals:N/A ESPN grade: NR
Devin Powell QB	New Orleans, LA	O. Perry Walker	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	N/A	Jan 19, 2012
Devin Powell QB	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: NR
Joshua Rounds RB	New Orleans, LA	McMain Magnet	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	N/A	Jan 22, 2012
Joshua Rounds RB	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: NR
Nathan Shienle OT	Tampa, FL	Plant	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	290 lb (130 kg)	N/A	Jan 15, 2012
Nathan Shienle OT	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 73
Calvin Thomas DT	Chandler, AZ	Hamilton	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	258 lb (117 kg)	N/A	Jan 31, 2012
Calvin Thomas DT	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 73
Lazedrick Thompson RB	LaPlace, LA	St. Charles Catholic	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	N/A	May 27, 2011
Lazedrick Thompson RB	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 74
Fudge Van Hooser QB	Montgomery, AL	Trinity Presbyterian	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.37	Jul 11, 2010
Fudge Van Hooser QB	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 76
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 95 Rivals: 80
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2012 Tulane Football Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012. "2012 Tulane Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012. "Tulane Green Wave 2012". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012. "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012.

Award watch lists [edit]

Orleans Darkwa [edit]

Doak Walker Award Candidate^[1]

Trent Mackey [edit]

Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List^[2]
Lombardi Award Watch List^[2]

Roster [edit]

2012 Tulane Green Wave football team roster

Players Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`1`	Powell, DevinDevin Powell	1.0 !Fr
WR	`3`	Grant, RyanRyan Grant	3.5 !Jr
WR	`8`	Edwards, MarcMarc Edwards	1.5 !Fr
WR	`9`	Van Hooser, WilsonWilson Van Hooser	3.5 !Jr
WR	`10`	Macias, AlecAlec Macias	1.0 !Fr
QB	`11`	Griffin, RyanRyan Griffin	4.5 !Sr
QB	`12`	Ponder, DJDJ Ponder	4.5 !Sr
RB	`13`	Strozier, DerrickDerrick Strozier	3.5 !Jr
WR	`15`	Breaux, DevonDevon Breaux	1.0 !Fr
QB	`16`	Joseph, JordyJordy Joseph	3.0 !So
WR	`22`	Thomas, JamarJamar Thomas	5.0 !Jr
RB	`24`	Barnett, StephenStephen Barnett	57.0 !Sr
RB	`25`	Rounds, JoshJosh Rounds	1.0 !Fr
RB	`26`	Darkwa, OrleansOrleans Darkwa	5.0 !Jr
RB	`28`	Kelley, RobertRobert Kelley	3.0 !So
RB	`32`	Butler, DantéDanté Butler	3.0 !So
RB	`33`	Thompson, LazedrickLazedrick Thompson	1.0 !Fr
WR	`36`	Boutte, DevinDevin Boutte	1.5 !Fr
WR	`39`	Harvey II, KeithKeith Harvey II	3.0 !So
FB	`40`	Bullock, TaylorTaylor Bullock	2.5 !So
WR	`42`	Wilson, CarlosCarlos Wilson	2.5 !So
WR	`46`	Dobbs, JoJoJoJo Dobbs	5.0 !Jr
OT	`61`	Hanson, ColtonColton Hanson	1.0 !Fr
C	`64`	Henry, MikeMike Henry	3.5 !Jr
C	`65`	Morgan, ZachZach Morgan	57.0 !Sr
OT	`66`	Shienle, NathanNathan Shienle	1.0 !Fr
OG	`67`	Bradley, BobBob Bradley	1.0 !Fr
OL	`68`	Thomson, GregGreg Thomson	1.5 !Fr
OT	`70`	Donnelly, SeanSean Donnelly	3.0 !So
OG	`72`	Mares, RioRio Mares	3.5 !Jr
OG	`73`	Paul, AlexAlex Paul	1.0 !Fr
OG	`74`	Skidmore, AdamAdam Skidmore	2.5 !So
OT	`75`	Uzdavinis, ArturoArturo Uzdavinis	1.0 !Fr
OT	`76`	Skold, NateNate Skold	1.0 !Fr
OL	`77`	Paine, PrestonPreston Paine	3.0 !So
OT	`78`	Jacquet, ToddTodd Jacquet	1.0 !Fr
OT	`79`	Jones, EricEric Jones	4.5 !Sr
WR	`80`	Shackleford, JustynJustyn Shackleford	3.0 !So
WR	`81`	London, SydieSydie London	1.0 !Fr
WR	`82`	Rush, XavierXavier Rush	3.0 !So
TE	`83`	Tatford, EvanEvan Tatford	3.0 !So
TE	`84`	Suchy, StephenStephen Suchy	5.0 !Jr
WR	`85`	Dace, LarryLarry Dace	1.0 !Fr
WR	`86`	Comardelle, BrentBrent Comardelle	5.0 !Jr
TE	`87`	Drum, JoshJosh Drum	1.0 !Fr
TE	`88`	Marfisi, MattMatt Marfisi	2.5 !So
WR	`89`	Davis, JacobJacob Davis	57.0 !Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`1`	Smith, ShakielShakiel Smith	57.0 !Sr
CB	`2`	Monroe, DarionDarion Monroe	1.0 !Fr
S	`5`	LeBeau, BrandonBrandon LeBeau	3.0 !So
CB	`6`	Doss, LorenzoLorenzo Doss	1.0 !Fr
S	`7`	Van Hooser, FudgeFudge Van Hooser	1.0 !Fr
CB	`10`	Travis, RyanRyan Travis	57.0 !Sr
CB	`12`	Banks, KedrickKedrick Banks	1.0 !Fr
CB	`14`	Batiste, JordanJordan Batiste	1.0 !Fr
CB	`17`	Lauricella, AlexAlex Lauricella	4.5 !Sr
S	`18`	Walker, DevonDevon Walker	57.0 !Sr
LB	`20`	Mackey, TrentTrent Mackey (S)	57.0 !Sr
S	`21`	Davis, KyleKyle Davis	5.0 !Jr
CB	`23`	Washington, KendrellKendrell Washington	57.0 !Sr
LB	`27`	Hanuscin, ChrisChris Hanuscin	57.0 !Sr
DB	`27`	Carthon, RichardRichard Carthon	1.0 !Fr
S	`29`	Thomas, RenaldoRenaldo Thomas	3.0 !So
LB	`34`	Farley, DarrylDarryl Farley	4.5 !Sr
S	`35`	Scofield, SamSam Scofield	3.0 !So
S	`37`	Parker, LJLJ Parker	2.5 !So
S	`38`	Bronzo, AnthonyAnthony Bronzo	3.0 !So
DE	`41`	Bryant, AaronAaron Bryant	1.5 !Fr
LB	`43`	Laborde, DavidDavid Laborde	1.0 !Fr
CB	`44`	Washington, KendrickKendrick Washington	57.0 !Sr
LB	`45`	Bailey, MatthewMatthew Bailey	3.0 !So
LB	`47`	DeJean, CameronCameron DeJean	2.5 !So
LB	`48`	LaFrance, RoyceRoyce LaFrance	1.0 !Fr
LB	`49`	Byrd, KerchalKerchal Byrd	2.5 !So
DE	`50`	Jacks, AustenAusten Jacks	57.0 !Sr
DE	`51`	Pierce, Jr., MichaelMichael Pierce, Jr. (I)	3.0 !So
LB	`52`	Robertson, DominiqueDominique Robertson	5.0 !Jr
LB	`53`	Robinson, AndreAndre Robinson	2.5 !So
DT	`54`	Williams, DevinDevin Williams	3.5 !Jr
DT	`55`	Perry, TaylorTaylor Perry	1.5 !Fr
LB	`57`	Davis, ZachZach Davis	5.0 !Jr
LB	`58`	Schmidt, BrandonBrandon Schmidt	3.0 !So
LB	`59`	Oppman, RayRay Oppman	2.5 !So
LB	`60`	Zelnik, JacquesJacques Zelnik	1.0 !Fr
LB	`63`	Hamilton, LoganLogan Hamilton	5.0 !Jr
DE	`90`	Beckwith, WendellWendell Beckwith	5.0 !Jr
DT	`92`	Warmsley, JuliusJulius Warmsley	5.0 !Jr
DT	`93`	Welcome, KennyKenny Welcome	2.5 !So
DE	`94`	Blum, CaseyCasey Blum	4.5 !Sr
DT	`96`	Redwine, CoreyCorey Redwine	1.5 !Fr
DT	`99`	Thomas, CalvinCalvin Thomas	1.0 !Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P, K	`6`	Broccoli, StevenSteven Broccoli	1.0 !Fr
P	`16`	Ginsburgh, JonathanJonathan Ginsburgh	5.0 !Jr
K	`19`	Santos, CairoCairo Santos	5.0 !Jr
K	`30`	Rome, RyanRyan Rome	3.5 !Jr
P, K	`31`	Picerelli, PeterPeter Picerelli	1.0 !Fr
K	`45`	Purcell, StephenStephen Purcell	57.0 !Sr
P, K	`91`	Hilton, LoganLogan Hilton	1.0 !Fr
DS	`97`	Johnson, BillyBilly Johnson	57.0 !Sr

Head coach

Curtis Johnson (1st season)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Eric Price – Offensive Coordinator
Jon Sumrall – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
Lionel Washington – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
David Johnson – Tight Ends/Running Backs
Barry Lamb – Linebackers/Special Teams
John McDonell – Offensive Line
Mike Neu – Quarterbacks
Jason Rollins – Secondary
Keith Williams – Wide Receivers
Doug Lichtenberger - Assistant AD for Football Operations/Recruiting
Kwahn Drake – Graduate Assistant Coach, Defense
Chad Jenkins – Graduate Assistant Coach, Defense
Mike McCarthy – Graduate Assistant Coach, Offense
Casey Robottom – Graduate Assistant Coach, Offense

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 9, 2012

Schedule [edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 PM	Rutgers*	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	CBSSN	L 12–24	26,059
September 8	11:00 AM	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	FSN	L 10–45	17,880
September 22	11:00 AM	Ole Miss*	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	FSN	L 0–39	28,913
September 29	3:30 PM	Louisiana–Monroe*	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	CST	L 10–63	18,063
October 6	4:00 PM	at Louisiana–Lafayette*	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	Cox 4/ESPN3	L 13–41	29,758
October 13	12:00 PM	SMU	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	CSS	W 27–26	11,519
October 20	7:00 PM	at UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX		L 20–24	23,234
October 27	2:30 PM	UAB	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA		W 55–45	12,531
November 3	2:30 PM	Rice	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA		L 47–49	15,467
November 10	6:00 PM	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN		L 23–37	18,796
November 17	2:30 PM	East Carolina	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	CST	L 23–28	14,041
November 24	2:30 PM	at Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	FSN	L 17–40	25,402
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Game Notes [edit]

Rutgers [edit]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2010	Tulane, 17–14

Tulsa [edit]

Tulane at Tulsa^[6]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	3	0	0	7	10
• Tulsa	14	21	0	10	45

Location: Tulsa, OK
Game start: 11:00 AM CDT
Game attendance: 17,880
Television network: FSN

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–7	2011	Tulsa, 31–3

While the team trailed 35–3, senior Devon Walker fractured his cervical spine after colliding head-on with a teammate during a tackle.^[7]

Ole Miss [edit]

Ole Miss at Tulane^[8]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ole Miss	26	0	10	3	39
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0

Location: New Orleans, LA
Game start: 11:00 AM CDT
Game attendance: 28,913
Game weather: Indoors
Television network: FSN

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–42	2010	Ole Miss, 27–16

Louisiana–Monroe [edit]

Louisiana–Monroe at Tulane^[9]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• UL-Monroe	21	14	21	7	63
Tulane	0	3	0	7	10

Location: New Orleans, LA
Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
Game attendance: 18,063
Game weather: Indoors
Television network: CST

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2008	Tulane, 24–10

Louisiana–Lafayette [edit]

Tulane at Louisiana-Lafayette^[10]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	0	10	0	3	13
• UL-Lafayette	3	21	14	3	41

Location: Lafayette, LA
Game start: 4:00 PM CDT
Game attendance: 29,758
Television network: Cox4, ESPN3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–4	2000	Tulane, 38–37

SMU [edit]

SMU at Tulane^[11]

	1	2	3	4	Total
SMU	3	3	3	17	26
• Tulane	10	10	0	7	27

Location: New Orleans, LA
Game start: 12:00 PM CDT
Game attendance: 11,519
Game weather: Indoors
Television network: CSS

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–8	2011	SMU, 45–24

UTEP [edit]

Tulane at UTEP^[12]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	7	10	0	3	20
• UTEP	7	17	0	0	24

Location: El Paso, TX
Game start: 7:00 PM MDT
Game attendance: 23,234

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	2011	UTEP, 44–7

UAB [edit]

UAB at Tulane^[13]

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	7	10	14	14	45
• Tulane	14	17	7	17	55

Location: New Orleans, LA
Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
Game attendance: 12,531
Game weather: Indoors

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2011	Tulane, 49–10

Rice [edit]

Memphis [edit]

Tulane at Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	-	-	-	-	0
Memphis	-	-	-	-	0

Location: Memphis, TN
Game start: 6:00 PM CST

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–17–1	2011	Memphis, 33–17

East Carolina [edit]

East Carolina at Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
E Carolina	-	-	-	-	0
Tulane	-	-	-	-	0

Location: New Orleans, LA
Game start: 2:30 PM CST
Game weather: Indoors
Television network: CST

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–9	2011	East Carolina, 34–13

Houston [edit]

Tulane at Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	-	-	-	-	0
Houston	-	-	-	-	0

Location: Houston, TX
Game start: TBA CST
Television network: FSN

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–13	2011	Houston, 73–17

Statistics [edit]

As of November 17, 2012^[4]

Team [edit]

	Team	Opp
Scoring	240	421
Points per Game	21.8	38.3
First Downs	194	277
Rushing	39	136
Passing	130	118
Penalty	25	23
Total Offense	3445	5200
Avg per Play	4.7	6.3
Avg per Game	313.2	472.7
Fumbles-Lost	18–11	17–9
Penalties-Yards	70–600	60–577
Avg per Game	5.8–54.5	5.0–52.5

	Team	Opp
Punts-Yards	63–2580	41–1670
Avg per Punt	41.0	40.7
Time of Possession/Game	29:21	30:39
3rd Down Conversions	62/164	71/152
4th Down Conversions	4/17	6/14
Touchdowns Scored	26	55
Field Goals-Attempts	20–20	13–19
PAT-Attempts	24–25	52–53
Attendance	126,593	89,668
Games/Avg per Game	7/18,085	5/22,417

Score by quarters [edit]

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Tulane	58	65	41	76	0	240
Opponents	101	134	83	103	0	421

Offense [edit]

Rushing [edit]

Name	GP-GS	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Rob Kelley	11–4	80	292	11	281	3.5	0	15	25.5
Orleans Darkwa	8–5	70	247	29	218	3.1	3	32	27.2
Dante Butler	11–1	34	122	7	115	3.4	0	15	10.5
Josh Rounds	9–0	17	44	4	40	2.4	0	7	4.4
Derrick Strozier	9–1	4	13	1	12	3.0	0	6	1.3
Stephen Barnett	11–3	1	2	0	2	2.0	0	2	0.2
DJ Ponder	2–2	5	0	36	-36	-7.2	0	0	-18.0
Devin Powell	2–1	14	23	67	-44	-3.1	0	10	-22.0
TEAM	4–0	5	0	56	-56	-11.2	0	0	-14.0
Ryan Griffin	8–8	29	28	128	-100	-3.4	0	6	-12.5
Total	11	259	771	339	432	1.7	3	32	39.3

Passing [edit]

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G
Ryan Griffin	8-8	139.66	209–328–7	63.7	2425	18	79	303.1
DJ Ponder	2-2	71.77	35–83–5	42.2	333	2	71	166.5
Devin Powell	2-1	85.47	30–57–3	52.6	255	1	66	127.5
Ryan Grant	11-11	0.00	0–1–0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Peter Picerelli	11-0	-200.00	0–1–1	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	11	120.08	274–470–16	58.3	3013	21	79	273.9

Receiving [edit]

Name	GP-GS	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Ryan Grant	11–11	63	1041	16.5	6	68	94.6
Rob Kelley	11–4	46	340	7.4	4	31	30.9
Xavier Rush	11–1	37	439	11.9	4	62	39.9
Justyn Shackleford	9–8	28	431	15.4	2	71	47.9
Marc Edwards	11–2	19	236	12.4	1	79	21.5
Josh Rounds	9–0	14	78	5.6	0	21	8.7
Dante Butler	11–1	12	63	5.2	0	14	5.7
Derrick Strozier	9–1	11	60	5.5	0	13	10.0
Wilson Van Hooser	11–1	10	176	17.6	4	35	16.0
Orleans Darkwa	8–5	9	43	4.8	0	13	5.4
Matt Marfisi	11–8	8	20	2.5	0	6	1.8
Sydie London	10–3	6	38	6.3	0	11	3.8
Evan Tatford	10–4	6	20	3.3	0	10	2.0
Brent Comardelle	10–0	3	27	9.0	0	10	2.7
Devin Boutte	7–0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.9
Stephen Barnett	11–3	1	-5	-5.0	0	0	-0.5
Total	11	274	3013	11.0	21	79	273.9

Defense [edit]

Name	GP-GS	Tackles				Sacks	Pass Defense			Fumbles		Blkd Kick	Saf
Name	GP-GS	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	QBH	Rcv-Yds	FF	Blkd Kick	Saf
Darion Monroe	11–11	54	30	84	1.0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	3–92	0	0	0
Zach Davis	11–8	50	28	78	5.0–16	2.0–11	1–35	3	2	0–0	0	0	0
Darryl Farley	11–9	26	24	50	3.5–14	1.0–9	0–0	2	0	0–0	1	0	0
Ryan Travis	11–11	32	17	49	3.5–17	1.0–11	2–96	7	0	1–0	1	0	0
Shakiel Smith	10–8	33	9	42	1.0–1	0–0	1–39	5	0	1–0	0	0	0
Lorenzo Doss	11–8	31	8	39	0–0	0–0	4–89	2	0	1–0	0	0	0
Austen Jacks	11–11	20	17	37	8.5–51	4.5–39	0–0	0	1	0–0	0	0	0
Jordan Batiste	11–9	29	8	37	1.0–1	0–0	1–0	4	0	0–0	0	0	0
Sam Scofield	9–2	21	10	31	1.0–1	0–0	2–30	1	0	0–0	1	0	0
Dominique Robertson	10–1	23	8	31	2.5–8	1.0–5	0–0	0	0	0–0	1	0	0
Matthew Bailey	11–8	20	7	27	2.0–5	0–0	1–37	4	3	0–0	0	0	0
Kenny Welcome	11–10	13	13	26	3.0–14	1.5–10	0–0	2	0	0–0	2	0	0
Julius Warmsley	10–9	11	14	25	5.0–12	2.0–7	0–0	0	3	0–0	1	2	0
Logan Hamilton	11–0	14	7	21	5.5–13	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Calvin Thomas	11–0	9	11	20	2.0–14	2.0–14	0–0	1	0	0–0	0	0	0
Andre Robinson	11–0	10	9	19	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Corey Redwine	10–3	12	7	19	1.0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	1	0	0
Royce LaFrance	11–1	11	7	18	2.5–4	1.0–1	0–0	1	0	0–0	0	0	0
Aaron Bryant	10–9	10	8	18	2.0–5	1.0–4	0–0	1	2	1–0	0	0	0
Kyle Davis	11–0	9	7	16	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Cameron DeJean	7–0	6	7	13	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Devon Walker	2–2	9	2	11	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Brandon LeBeau	11–0	5	3	8	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Alex Lauricella	10–0	6	2	8	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	1–0	0	0	0
Renaldo Thomas	9–1	2	5	7	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	0–0	0	0	0
Taylor Bullock	11–0	6	0	6	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Richard Carthon	11–0	5	1	6	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Rob Kelley	11–4	3	2	5	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Devin Boutte	7–0	4	0	4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Wendell Beckwith	5–0	3	1	4	1.0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	1–0	0	0	0
Kerchal Byrd	9–0	3	1	4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Brent Comardelle	10–0	1	2	3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Devin Williams	8–0	2	0	2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Ryan Griffin	8–8	2	0	2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Adam Skidmore	11–11	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Billy Johnson	11–0	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Derrick Strozier	9–1	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	1	0	0
Ryan Grant	11–11	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	1	0	0
Dante Butler	11–1	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	1	0	0
Cairo Santos	11–0	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Brandon Schmidt	2–0	0	1	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Peter Picerelli	11–0	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Total	11	502	276	778	52–183	17–111	13–326	35	11	9–92	9	2	0

Special teams [edit]

Name	Punting									Kickoffs
Name	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	i20	50+	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Peter Picerelli	61	2507	41.1	70	2	11	13	7	0
Jonathan Ginsburgh	2	73	36.5	43	0	1	0	0	0
Cairo Santos										51	3265	64.0	30	2
Ryan Rome										1	60	60.0	0	0
Total	63	2580	41.0	70	2	12	13	7	0	52	3325	63.9	30	2

Name	Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Name	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Derrick Strozier	9	81	9.0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0
Darion Monroe	3	63	21.0	0	57	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Rounds	0	0	0	0	0	22	403	18.3	0	29
Richard Carthon	0	0	0	0	0	8	166	20.8	0	30
Dante Butler	0	0	0	0	0	5	84	16.8	0	25
Rob Kelley	0	0	0	0	0	3	65	21.7	0	30
Total	12	144	12.0	0	57	38	718	18.9	0	30

After the season [edit]

Awards [edit]

Cairo Santos [edit]

References [edit]

^ "Tulane's Orleans Darkwa Selected as Preseason Candidate for 2012 Doak Walker Award". TulaneGreenWave.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Tulane's Trent Mackey Selected as Conference USA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year". TulaneGreenWave.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
^ "2012 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule". TulaneGreenWave.com. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Tulane Green Wave Combined Statistics". TulaneGreenWave.com. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
^ "Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Tulane Green Wave". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
^ "Tulane Green Wave vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
^ "Tulane football player fractures spine in game at Tulsa". CNN. September 9, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
^ "Ole Miss Rebels vs. Tulane Green Wave". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
^ "Louisiana-Monroe vs. Tulane Green Wave". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
^ "Tulane Green Wave vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
^ "Southern Methodist Mustangs vs. Tulane Green Wave". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
^ "Tulane Green Wave vs. UTEP Miners". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
^ "UAB Blazers vs. Tulane Green Wave". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
^ Ben Chodos (December 6, 2012). "Tulane K Cairo Santos Wins 2012 Lou Groza Award". The Bleacher Report. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
^ Jason Kirk (December 17, 2012). "2012 College Football All-Americans: Official Consensus Team Released". Retrieved December 26, 2012.

[Darkwa-1] "Tulane's Orleans Darkwa Selected as Preseason Candidate for 2012 Doak Walker Award". TulaneGreenWave.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012.

[Mackey-2] "Tulane's Trent Mackey Selected as Conference USA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year". TulaneGreenWave.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012.

[Schedule-3] "2012 Tulane Green Wave Football Schedule". TulaneGreenWave.com. Retrieved February 8, 2012.

[TUstats-4] "Tulane Green Wave Combined Statistics". TulaneGreenWave.com. Retrieved October 19, 2012.

[5] "Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Tulane Green Wave". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 22, 2012.

[6] "Tulane Green Wave vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 22, 2012.

[7] "Tulane football player fractures spine in game at Tulsa". CNN. September 9, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.

[8] "Ole Miss Rebels vs. Tulane Green Wave". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 22, 2012.

[9] "Louisiana-Monroe vs. Tulane Green Wave". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 30, 2012.

[10] "Tulane Green Wave vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 7, 2012.

[11] "Southern Methodist Mustangs vs. Tulane Green Wave". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 13, 2012.

[12] "Tulane Green Wave vs. UTEP Miners". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.

[13] "UAB Blazers vs. Tulane Green Wave". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.

[14] Ben Chodos (December 6, 2012). "Tulane K Cairo Santos Wins 2012 Lou Groza Award". The Bleacher Report. Retrieved December 7, 2012.

[15] Jason Kirk (December 17, 2012). "2012 College Football All-Americans: Official Consensus Team Released". Retrieved December 26, 2012.

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v t e
2012 Conference USA football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
East
UCF ^x^y	7	–	1	10	–	4
East Carolina ^x	7	–	1	8	–	5
Marshall	4	–	4	5	–	7
Memphis	4	–	4	4	–	8
UAB	2	–	6	3	–	9
Southern Miss	0	–	8	0	–	12
West
Tulsa ^x^y†	7	–	1	10	–	3
SMU	5	–	3	7	–	6
Rice	4	–	4	7	–	6
Houston	4	–	4	5	–	7
UTEP	2	–	6	3	–	9
Tulane	2	–	6	2	–	10
Championship: Tulsa 33, UCF 27
† – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 29, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll