St. Augustine graduate Jah’rie Garner and John Curtis alum Dagan Bruno faced each other in high school when the Patriots won 28-21 on their way to the 2022 select Division I state championship.

Three years later, they could be the two most significant homegrown products on the roster if Tulane (5-1, 2-0 American Conference) beats Army (3-3, 2-2) on Saturday at Yulman Stadium (11 a.m., ESPNU).

Garner, a redshirt sophomore rush end, is coming off a breakthrough performance against East Carolina in which he played 60 snaps and made seven tackles, earning co-defensive player of the game honors from the Green Wave coaches along with cornerback E’Zaiah Shine.

Bruno , a redshirt freshman walk-on attending school on a legislative scholarship, is replicating Army’s under-center triple-option o

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