Rene Nadeau
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Born and raised in the New Orleans area, Rene Nadeau has been involved in sports ever since his earliest memories. Rene played basketball, wrestled, ran track, and was an All-District running back in football at John F. Kennedy High School. He went on to play football at LSU, developing a passion for the game in even greater fashion while in Baton Rouge.
Nadeau played semi-pro football for two seasons with the New Orleans Blue Knights. He has been a prominent sports figure in the New Orleans area for 29 years. Nadeau currently serves as a color football analyst for Fox Sports regional broadcasts including the LHSAA Game of the Week. He also has worked on ESPN Regional games, color football analyst for LSU games on Tigervision and as a reporter for WFAN All-Sports radio in New York.
Previously, Nadeau has served as the play-by-play voice of Loyola (New Orleans) basketball and served as a television studio host for the Wolfpack, did color analysis for prep football games on Cox Communications and WHNO-TV, co-hosted a radio show in Biloxi, Mississippi with Ken Stabler, hosted Cox Metro Sports on Cox Communications, did the HBO International play-by-play broadcast of both a Roy Jones, Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya fight in 1994, and served as public address announcer for the New Orleans Zephyrs.
Rene served as the analyst for Prep Recruiting Insider, a WHNO-TV New Orleans production highlighting the best high school athletes in south Louisiana, for five years.
In addition, Nadeau has served as a secretary/treasurer for the NFL Players Association for well over a decade.
Rene provides wide-ranging contributions to Crescent City Sports including college football recruiting analysis.
Latest Articles by Rene
- Recruiting: Mandeville WR Landon Ibieta commits to LSU
- Recruiting: Plano, Texas tackle Sullivan Burns commits to Tulane for 2022
- Recruiting: 2022 Texas prep WR Chris Brazzell commits to Tulane
- Recruiting: St. Augustine cornerback Jhamal Shelby commits to Louisiana Tech
- Recruiting Notebook: Tracking metro New Orleans Top 50 in 2022 class
- LSU’s recruiting landscape continues to evolve after coaching change
- Former Archbishop Rummel standout Aaron Brule transfers to Michigan State
- Recruiting: West Monroe’s Rayshawn Pleasant commits to Tulane
- Kerry Cooks joining LSU coaching staff from Notre Dame
- Taking a glance at college football’s portal for potential program boosters and bargains