{"id":371113,"date":"2025-12-26T11:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T11:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/371113\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T11:44:21","slug":"college-football-playoff-team-loses-two-time-all-american-to-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/371113\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Playoff team loses two-time All-American to transfer portal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tulane finished the regular season as American Athletic Conference champion and secured the AAC\u2019s automatic berth into the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff, closing the year with a 12\u20131 record.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the Green Wave\u2019s historic season ended with a 41\u201310 loss to Ole Miss in the first round, as the Rebels dominated from the opening kickoff and advanced to face No. 3 Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.<\/p>\n

Jon Sumrall, Tulane\u2019s head coach since December 2023, guided the program to consecutive conference-title contention and the 2025 AAC crown before taking the open Florida job on November 30, agreeing to a six-year deal worth nearly $7.5 million annually.<\/p>\n

Now, one of the Green Wave\u2019s cornerstone players is set to leave alongside him.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Rivals’ Hayes Fawcett reported that Tulane All-American interior offensive lineman Shadre Hurst is entering the NCAA transfer portal.<\/p>\n

Hurst is a redshirt junior interior lineman who has started 36 career games for the Green Wave, earning First-Team All-AAC honors and All-American recognition in both 2024 and 2025. <\/p>\n

Tulane\u2019s athletic department<\/a> also placed Hurst on multiple preseason national watch lists in 2025, including the Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List.<\/p>\n

Pro Football Focus graded Hurst with a 90.5 pass-blocking mark, placing him among the nation\u2019s highest-rated pass protectors at his position.<\/p>\n

\"Tulane<\/p>\n

Tulane Green Wave offensive linemen Shadre Hurst (56) blocks during the first half against Memphis | Petre Thomas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Before arriving at Tulane, Hurst was a Cartersville (Georgia) high-school product who earned First Team All-State honors from the AJC and First Team All-Region 7-AAAAA recognition.<\/p>\n

He also emerged as one of the Southeast\u2019s top heavyweight wrestlers, finishing state runner-up as a junior before winning a state championship as a senior.<\/p>\n

Despite those accolades, Hurst was an unranked prospect who held just five offers\u2014Tulane, UMass, Washington State, Chattanooga, and Southeast Missouri State. <\/p>\n

Now, he is widely viewed as both an NFL prospect (projected third- to fourth-round pick) and a highly attractive Power Four transfer target in need of experienced interior offensive line help.<\/p>\n

Read More at College Football HQ$1.6 million QB linked to College Football Playoff program<\/a>SEC head coach named as \u2018surprising\u2019 candidate to replace Sherrone Moore at Michigan<\/a>Unexpected college football program among favorites for $2 million transfer QB<\/a>Major college football QB expected to \u2018command\u2019 up to $5 million in transfer portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tulane finished the regular season as American Athletic Conference champion and secured the AAC\u2019s automatic berth into the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-371113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}