As the Tulane Green Wave have turned their sights towards defeating the Rice Owls this weekend, there is also an importance in paying attention to their future recruiting classes.

The Green Wave are still balancing that as they recently announced that two defenders will be added to their 2027 recruiting class.

The first up is three-star linebacker Special Henry. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound linebacker from Melissa, Tx., received 19 offers. Two of those were Power Four programs: Iowa State Cyclones and SMU Mustangs.

Quite a few members of the American were interested in his services. Henry had offers from the Memphis Tigers, Charlotte 49ers, UTSA Roadrunners, North Texas Mean Green, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, and, of course, the Wave.

Originally, Henry committed to the Cyclones out of the Big 12 back in June before flipping to choose Tulane as a harm commit on Nov. 9. Henry visited the campus back in June as one of his three finalists, rounded out by the Mustangs.

Henry was a part of a team that saw Melissa High School reach the state semifinals in his 2025 campaign. He is the first linebacker commit for the Wave in their 2027 recruiting class.

His athleticism is impressive, with a 4.44 40-yard dash and a 38.5-inch vertical jump.

Henry has an 86 composite player rating on 247 Sports and is the No. 122 ranked linebacker in the 2027 class and the No. 172 ranked player in the state of Texas.

The other defender commit is 5-foot-11, 165-pound Trevor Caudle from James Clemens High School in Madison, Alabama. He was less coveted in his recruiting process than Henry, receiving only two offers from Tulane and from the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.

Now, Darian Mensah only received one FBS offer – from the Green Wave.

So, there’s not a ton of predictive value there. But his commitment was quick after the Wave extended an offer this last weekend.

Caudle has impressive speed that Tulane noticed, with a 4.4 40-yard dash and a 10.55-second 100-meter time.

While the Green Wave’s Homecoming didn’t produce the results they would have hoped for on the field, there were plenty of recruits in attendance, and the atmosphere towards the end was more crowded than it deserved to be given the end score.

So, that certainly helps recruiting measures, and it’s a strong sign for the future of the program that they were able to get two major commit announcements ahead of their next game.

Source: Yahoo Sports