This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/tulane as Tulane Green Wave Star Connor Rasmussen's Path To MLB Draft. This year the Green Wave managed to have three players selected in the MLB draft. The first was star pitcher Michael Lombardi, who was taken in the second round with the 61st pick by the Kansas City Royals.

BYU transfer Jake Retzlaff will fave a steep learning curve after committing nine days before preseason practice begins, but he has the proven winning pedigree Tulane's other three starting quarterback candidates lack.