Tulane started BYU transfer Jake Retzlaff at quarterback against Northwestern on Saturday.

Retzlaff went 11-2 as a starter for the Cougars in 2024, and his transfer in July came in the wake of an honor code violation that would have resulted in a BYU-issued suspension.

Iowa transfer Brendan Sullivan will be dressed and available at quarterback for Tulane, as he returns from a lower body injury that has limited him in practice recently. (Sullivan also played earlier in his career at Northwestern.)

Retzlaff emerged from a quintessentially modern quarterback battle at Tulane that primarily involved four quarterbacks who all enrolled in January, a group that included Ball State transfer Kadin Semonza and Illinois transfer Donovan Leary .

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