(Below is the full text of UL coach Billy Napier's opening statement at Friday's news conference in the Cox Communications Building on the UL campus. On Wednesday, Napier unveiled a new initiative that encouraged Cajun football players to give a m…
When the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's football coach introduced a new concept of student-athletes donating to the school’s fundraising organization during their playing days to show gratitude, he didn't anticipate the negative reaction.
The list of names most media members covering UL's football team, as well as Ragin’ Cajuns fans themselves, suspect are more vital to the program’s success this fall than redshirt junior linebacker Chauncey Manac isn’t a very long one.
UL coach Billy Napier has made it clear during August camp where the biggest upgrade in the Cajuns figures to be.
UL sophomore cornerback Eric Garror may not have the perfect measurables, but the Mobile, Alabama native has sure been close enough to perfect for coach Billy Napier’s Ragin’ Cajuns so far.
UL football coach Billy Napier unveiled a new team initiative in his normal mid-week August camp press conference Wednesday.
UL football coach Billy Napier unveiled a new team initiative in his normal mid-week August camp press conference Wednesday.
Typically, UL coach Billy Napier is focused, prepared and ready to go at a news conferences.
Ask UL second-year coach Billy Napier and the position group that’s enjoyed the most obvious upgrade in talent level is the Ragin’ Cajuns’ secondary.
It’s an easy scene to picture.
The UL Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball schedule was completed Tuesday with the release of the non-conference portion of the slate.
UL coach Billy Napier said his focus was primarily on the intangibles, but the Ragin' Cajuns released statistics Monday for Saturday’s first secret intrasquad scrimmage of preseason camp.
East Feliciana standout Caleb Anderson another major addition to UL football's 2020 recruiting class
UL football continued to gain momentum on the recruiting trail Sunday, as East Feliciana High defensive back Caleb Anderson committed to the Ragin' Cajuns.
He’s 6-foot-5 with enough speed and he's entering his fourth year in the program.
Like many players across the country, several UL Ragin’ Cajuns reaped the benefit of the new NCAA rule allowing a student-athlete to play up to four games in a season and still be able to count that campaign as a red-shirt year.
Most coaches consistently proclaim that preseason intrasquad scrimmages are one of several tools to decide starting lineups for the regular season, not the primary proving ground.
NEW IBERIA — UL soared into first place in the Sun Belt Conference recruiting rankings with the commitment of Catholic-New Iberia athlete Trenayvian “Trey” Amos on Friday.
The UL Ragin’ Cajuns quarterback situation officially got more crowded this weekend with the news from the NCAA that Brayden Hawkins is eligible immediately and will have four years of eligibility remaining.
Like most coaches, there's no denying UL coach Billy Napier fully grasps the significance of winning the turnover battle.
Like so many high school football stars over the year, UL redshirt sophomore Bralen Trahan did a little bit of everything in earning All-State honors with the Acadiana Wreckin’ Rams.
For the record, most of us have been mispronouncing his name over his four seasons in Cajun Country.
The UL Ragin’ Cajuns are still very much in the rebuilding process in coach Billy Napier’s second season.
It wasn’t a far-fetched concept. There was good reason for it.
There’s never been any question about the potential or work ethic of UL senior wide receiver Ja’Marcus Bradley.
CARENCRO — UL basketball got its 2021 recruiting class off to a roaring start last week when the Cajuns collected a commitment from versatile Carencro High School star Joseph Charles.
In Billy Napier’s first season calling plays at UL, his offense made progress.
Injuries limited his playing time as a redshirt freshman a year ago, and he sat out the entire spring season.
UL’s three-headed running back trio of Trey Ragas, Elijah Mitchell and Raymond Calais combined for 2,920 yards and 28 touchdowns last season. It's becoming a group well-known across the Sun Belt, and to a lesser degree, across the nation.
UL football coach Billy Napier certainly expected it, but the Cajuns’ two graduate transfers — Texas-San Antonio defensive back Brenndan Johnson and Arizona State tight end Nick Ralston — are working out very well so far.
The 2018 season couldn’t have ended much worse for the UL wide-receiving group.
No single Ragin’ Cajuns football player is more excited about the start of the 2019 UL season than Joe Dillon.
Now that Kevin Mawae, Ed Reed and Johnny Robinson have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, who else with Louisiana or New Orleans Saints ties could be next? Here are five names to consider:
When the UL Ragin’ Cajuns lost to Tulane 41-24 in the Cure Bowl last December, it did quite a few things.
No single Ragin’ Cajun football player is more excited about the start of the 2019 UL season than Joe Dillon.
They can laugh about it now.
It was the first day of camp.
OFFENSE
Dabari Hawkins was contemplating a verbal commitment when he arrived in Lafayette last weekend for UL's recruiting cookout, and the 6-foot-3 cornerback departed the campus as a future Ragin' Cajun.
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Wide Receivers
1. Can Cajuns repeat as Western Division champions?
When the UL Ragin' Cajuns announced Billy Napier as their new coach a week before Christmas 2017, there was a tall pile of selling points and plenty of question marks.
The Sun Belt Conference announced its 2019-20 men’s basketball conference schedule on Tuesday, and for the seventh straight season, the UL Ragin’ Cajuns’ opening weekend will include the Arkansas schools … well, sort of.
UL continued to comb the state of Texas for football recruits over the weekend, picking up a verbal commitment from Plano High athlete Christian Sabatini in the process.
Before you know, the 2019 UL Ragin Cajuns' football opener will be here.
As the 2018 football season unfolded, UL fans learned a great deal about the offensive play-calling side of new coach Billy Napier.
Being excited about an upcoming football season is nothing new for any college athlete, especially two who are expected to be team leaders in the fall.
Like so many of coach Tony Robichaux’s former UL Ragin’ Cajuns, B.J. Ryan heard the call.
Football programs have carried the heaviest burden for athletic departments for decades.
Evangeline Downs adds two days to end of 2019 meet
Appalachian State won last season's Sun Belt Conference championship and tied for the title the previous season.