Former BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff has given his verbal commitment to transfer to Tulane, as first reported by Pete Thamel of ESPN. Retzlaff, who began his ca

The Tulane Green Wave continued their quarterback room transformation on Monday with a splash addition. Former BYU Cougars quarterback Jake Retzlaff, who left the university earlier this month, agreed to join the Green Wave as a walk-on, giving head coach Jon Sumrall a late entrant in the competition for the team's starting role.

Retzlaff made the decision to withdraw from BYU after facing a seven-game suspension related to a violation of the school's honor code. That suspension stemmed from allegations of sexual assault, which were later dismissed in a civil lawsuit, and BYU's strict policy prohibiting premarital sex, a rule Retzlaff admitted to violating.