Video: Tulane WR Brian Newman gets awarded scholarship

Wide receiver Brian Newman has not played a game at Tulane in two seasons since walking on to the squad in 2016. He injured his knee in preseason last year and worked his way back from the injury to rejoin the team for spring practice.

On Thursday, at the Green Wave’s “Let’s Talk Football” preseason event at Boomtown Casino in Harvey, Newman got some surprising news.

Hey @B_Newman17 how do you feel about not having to pay for school anymore?

We couldn’t be happier to award you a scholarship!#WellDeserved #RollWave 🌊 #NolaBuilt pic.twitter.com/szgWHR3mmv

— Tulane Football (@GreenWaveFB) July 26, 2018

After the event, Newman called his father to break the good news.

That moment when you call your dad to tell him you’ve been awarded a scholarship for your senior year:

Congrats again, @B_Newman17! You deserve this.#RollWave pic.twitter.com/6e2qoc20n9

— Tulane Football (@GreenWaveFB) July 27, 2018

The Houston native, who transferred to Tulane from Division III Hillsdale College in Michigan, has a deep list of off-field accomplishments. Newman is the university’s nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team in 2018. He has twice been a member of the Green Wave’s 3.0 Club and was named to the American Athletic Conference’s all-academic team a year ago.