Could Tulane Defy All Odds to Dominate the American Conference in 2025?
6. ECU
- 2024 final TRACR rank: 7th
One scary thing: Some of the portal losses will hurt a lot. Receiver Chase Sowell was one of the country’s better big-play threats, and he left to fill a void at Iowa State. Cornerback Isaiah Brown-Murray left his role in the slot to join Virginia Tech. Defensive tackle CJ Mims, part of a big rotation at that position, went to North Carolina. Sowell in particular seems impossible to replace.
One exciting thing: The Pirates were legitimately reinvigorated after Blake Harrell replaced Mike Houston as coach at midseason, going from a 3-4 start to a 5-1 finish. You could poke lots of holes in that if you wanted: The run included wins over three wins over teams that fired their coaches and another in a bowl game. But ECU saw enough to give Harrell the full-time job.



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