2017 Football Roster
Badie, Sherman

Jersey Number 3
Sherman Badie
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Metairie, La.
- High School:
- John Curtis Christian
Bio
Career Notes: Three-year letterman...Played in 32 games with 11 starts at running back…Rushed 236 times for 1,167 yards (4.9 avg.) and six touchdowns while hauling in 53 catches for 405 yards (7.6 avg.) and one score...Returned 30 kickoffs for 728 yards (24.3 avg.)...Returned one punt for 23 yards.
2016: Played in eight games as a redshirt junior...Rushed 43 times for 169 yards (3.8 avg) with a long of 22 yards and one touchdown to go along with 15 kickoff returns for 417 yards (27.8 avg) and one score...Ran the ball four times for 22 yards and caught one pass for three yards vs UConn on Nov. 26...Rushed 10 times for 47 yards, including a long of 14 yards, at UCF on Nov. 5...Recorded six carries for 20 yards vs SMU on Oct. 29, including a nine-yard touchdown rush - Also hauled in one catch for 10 yards...Returned a kickoff 86-yards for the touchdown vs Southern on Sept. 10, which led to him being named The American’s Special Teams Player of the Week - The kickoff return touchdown was the first of his career and the longest return as well...Rushed five times for 40 yards vs Southern on Sept. 10...Carried seven times at Wake Forest on Sept. 1, for a net gain of 26 yards, with a bulk of the yardage gained from bursting out a 22-yard attempt...Off the field, was named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016 and spring 2017
2015: Played in all 12 games with four starts as a redshirt-sophomore…Rushed 72 times for 310 yards (4.3 avg.) and two scores to go along with 27 receptions for 284 yards (10.5 avg.) while returning 15 kickoffs for 311 yards (20.7 avg.)…Recorded 905 all-purpose yards (75.4 avg.)…Led the team in kickoff returns and kickoff return yardage...Second on the team in rushing attempts, yards rushing, rushing touchdowns, all-purpose yards and all-purpose yards per game…Notched a season-high 73 yards rushing on 11 carries with a seven-yard receptions at SMU (11/21)…Hauled in a career-best 118 yards on five receptions vs Maine (9/19) while also tallying 71 yards and a touchdown on six carries…Caught four passes for 69 yards at Army (11/14)…Rushed nine times for 33 yards with one reception for 16 yards vs Tulsa (11/27)...Led Tulane in rushing vs Duke (9/3) with 22 yards on three carries…Carried the ball a team-high 11 times for 24 yards and caught three passes for nine yards vs UConn (11/7)…Returned his first career kickoffs against Duke (9/3), returning two for a total of 40 yards and a longest of 22...off the field, was named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
2014: Played in 12 games with seven starts…Earned honorable mention Freshman All-American recognition from College Sports Madness…Rushed 121 times for 688 yards (5.7 avg.) and three touchdowns to go along with 24 receptions for 108 yards (4.5 avg.) and one touchdown…Second in The American and 33rd in the nation in yards per rush (5.7 avg.)…Seventh in The American and 114th in the nation in total rushing yards (688)…Eighth in The American and 107th nationally in rushing yards per game (57.3)…Tied for second on the team in rushing touchdowns (3), scoring (24 points), total offense (57.3 yards per game) and all-purpose yards per game (66.3 yards per game)…Named College Football Performance Awards Honorable-Mention Running Back of the Week while earning Amercan Athletic Conference Player of the Week Honorable Mention honors after running for a career-high 215 yards – 10th most in Tulane single-game history - with a 90-yard touchdown on 15 carries while hauling in two passes for another six yards at Tulsa on (8/28)…Added a 108-yard effort, including an 86-yard touchdown, on 12 carries while catching five passes for 39 yards at Rutgers on (9/27)…Scored a pair of touchdowns with an 11-yard run and a three-yard catch vs Southeastern Louisiana (9/13), finishing the day with 80 yards on 15 carries and a pair of receptions for two yards…Ran for 77 yards on 14 carries and pulled down three passes for 17 yards vs UConn (10/11)...Posted three runs of 70+ yards from scrimmage (90, 86, 73).
2013: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season…Also a member of Tulane track and field team where he competed in the 100 meter, 4x100 meter relay and 4x400 meter relay…Helped the 4x100 meter relay team finish eighth at the Conference USA Outdoor Championship…Notched the 10th-fastest time in school history in the 100 meter dash with a 10.72 at the Tulane Team Challenge.
High School: Four-year letterman at John Curtis Christian School where he played running back, linebacker and defensive back for coach J.T. Curtis…Named a three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com while garnering two-star status from Scout.com…Tabbed No. 17 all-purpose running back in the nation by 247Sports.com, the No. 132 running back in the country by ESPN.com and the No. 137 back by Scout.com…Received an 87 rating and listed as the No. 32 recruit in the state by 247Sports.com while claiming a 71 Scout Grade and the No. 47 prospect in the state by ESPN.com…Helped lead the Patriots to a combined 53-3 record, an unblemished 25-0 mark in District 10-2A play, four consecutive district titles, four straight appearances in the state championship game, state titles in his final two prep seasons and a national championship as a senior...Claimed first-team all-state, all-metro and all-district honors as both a junior and senior…Also lettered in track and field where he was a member of three outdoor and two indoor state championship teams, the Division II 4x200 relay champions as a sophomore and junior, and posted a Top-100 indoor national time in the 55-yard dash (6.48) as a junior.
Personal: Majoring in Public Relations.
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Badie’s Career Highs
Carries..........15, 2x, last at Tulsa, 8/28/14
Yards..........215 at Tulsa, 8/28/14
Long..........90 at Tulsa, 8/28/14
Rushing Touchdowns..........1, 6x, last vs SMU, 10/29/16
Receptions..........5, 2x, last vs Maine, 9/19/15
Yards.........118 vs Maine, 9/19/15
Long..........51 vs Maine, 9/19/15
Receiving Touchdowns..........1 vs Southeastern Louisiana, 9/13/14
Kick Return Long..........86 vs Southern, 9/10/16
2016: Played in eight games as a redshirt junior...Rushed 43 times for 169 yards (3.8 avg) with a long of 22 yards and one touchdown to go along with 15 kickoff returns for 417 yards (27.8 avg) and one score...Ran the ball four times for 22 yards and caught one pass for three yards vs UConn on Nov. 26...Rushed 10 times for 47 yards, including a long of 14 yards, at UCF on Nov. 5...Recorded six carries for 20 yards vs SMU on Oct. 29, including a nine-yard touchdown rush - Also hauled in one catch for 10 yards...Returned a kickoff 86-yards for the touchdown vs Southern on Sept. 10, which led to him being named The American’s Special Teams Player of the Week - The kickoff return touchdown was the first of his career and the longest return as well...Rushed five times for 40 yards vs Southern on Sept. 10...Carried seven times at Wake Forest on Sept. 1, for a net gain of 26 yards, with a bulk of the yardage gained from bursting out a 22-yard attempt...Off the field, was named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016 and spring 2017
2015: Played in all 12 games with four starts as a redshirt-sophomore…Rushed 72 times for 310 yards (4.3 avg.) and two scores to go along with 27 receptions for 284 yards (10.5 avg.) while returning 15 kickoffs for 311 yards (20.7 avg.)…Recorded 905 all-purpose yards (75.4 avg.)…Led the team in kickoff returns and kickoff return yardage...Second on the team in rushing attempts, yards rushing, rushing touchdowns, all-purpose yards and all-purpose yards per game…Notched a season-high 73 yards rushing on 11 carries with a seven-yard receptions at SMU (11/21)…Hauled in a career-best 118 yards on five receptions vs Maine (9/19) while also tallying 71 yards and a touchdown on six carries…Caught four passes for 69 yards at Army (11/14)…Rushed nine times for 33 yards with one reception for 16 yards vs Tulsa (11/27)...Led Tulane in rushing vs Duke (9/3) with 22 yards on three carries…Carried the ball a team-high 11 times for 24 yards and caught three passes for nine yards vs UConn (11/7)…Returned his first career kickoffs against Duke (9/3), returning two for a total of 40 yards and a longest of 22...off the field, was named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
2014: Played in 12 games with seven starts…Earned honorable mention Freshman All-American recognition from College Sports Madness…Rushed 121 times for 688 yards (5.7 avg.) and three touchdowns to go along with 24 receptions for 108 yards (4.5 avg.) and one touchdown…Second in The American and 33rd in the nation in yards per rush (5.7 avg.)…Seventh in The American and 114th in the nation in total rushing yards (688)…Eighth in The American and 107th nationally in rushing yards per game (57.3)…Tied for second on the team in rushing touchdowns (3), scoring (24 points), total offense (57.3 yards per game) and all-purpose yards per game (66.3 yards per game)…Named College Football Performance Awards Honorable-Mention Running Back of the Week while earning Amercan Athletic Conference Player of the Week Honorable Mention honors after running for a career-high 215 yards – 10th most in Tulane single-game history - with a 90-yard touchdown on 15 carries while hauling in two passes for another six yards at Tulsa on (8/28)…Added a 108-yard effort, including an 86-yard touchdown, on 12 carries while catching five passes for 39 yards at Rutgers on (9/27)…Scored a pair of touchdowns with an 11-yard run and a three-yard catch vs Southeastern Louisiana (9/13), finishing the day with 80 yards on 15 carries and a pair of receptions for two yards…Ran for 77 yards on 14 carries and pulled down three passes for 17 yards vs UConn (10/11)...Posted three runs of 70+ yards from scrimmage (90, 86, 73).
2013: Did not play as a true freshman and redshirted the season…Also a member of Tulane track and field team where he competed in the 100 meter, 4x100 meter relay and 4x400 meter relay…Helped the 4x100 meter relay team finish eighth at the Conference USA Outdoor Championship…Notched the 10th-fastest time in school history in the 100 meter dash with a 10.72 at the Tulane Team Challenge.
High School: Four-year letterman at John Curtis Christian School where he played running back, linebacker and defensive back for coach J.T. Curtis…Named a three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com while garnering two-star status from Scout.com…Tabbed No. 17 all-purpose running back in the nation by 247Sports.com, the No. 132 running back in the country by ESPN.com and the No. 137 back by Scout.com…Received an 87 rating and listed as the No. 32 recruit in the state by 247Sports.com while claiming a 71 Scout Grade and the No. 47 prospect in the state by ESPN.com…Helped lead the Patriots to a combined 53-3 record, an unblemished 25-0 mark in District 10-2A play, four consecutive district titles, four straight appearances in the state championship game, state titles in his final two prep seasons and a national championship as a senior...Claimed first-team all-state, all-metro and all-district honors as both a junior and senior…Also lettered in track and field where he was a member of three outdoor and two indoor state championship teams, the Division II 4x200 relay champions as a sophomore and junior, and posted a Top-100 indoor national time in the 55-yard dash (6.48) as a junior.
Personal: Majoring in Public Relations.
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Badie’s Career Highs
Carries..........15, 2x, last at Tulsa, 8/28/14
Yards..........215 at Tulsa, 8/28/14
Long..........90 at Tulsa, 8/28/14
Rushing Touchdowns..........1, 6x, last vs SMU, 10/29/16
Receptions..........5, 2x, last vs Maine, 9/19/15
Yards.........118 vs Maine, 9/19/15
Long..........51 vs Maine, 9/19/15
Receiving Touchdowns..........1 vs Southeastern Louisiana, 9/13/14
Kick Return Long..........86 vs Southern, 9/10/16
South Alabama Postgame: HC Jon Sumrall, SPEAR Javion White, RB Zuberi Mobley
Sunday, September 07
Tulane Tuesday: BAN Harvey Dyson - 9/2/25
Wednesday, September 03
Tulane Tuesday: HC Jon Sumrall - 9/2/25
Tuesday, September 02
Tulane Tuesday: WR Omari Hayes - 9/2/25
Tuesday, September 02