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Wes Fritz

Title:
General Manager

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• Wes Fritz joined the University of Houston Football program as its Director of Personnel/Pro Liaison in December 2023. The 2025 season will be his second with the program and first as General Manager.

• Fritz came to Houston after spending eight seasons as Tulane's Director of Player Personnel where he managed all recruiting events as well as maintained the Green Wave’s recruiting database and recruiting board.

• Behind Fritz's recruiting efforts, Tulane saw multiple players selected in the NFL Draft in three of the last four years (2020, 2021, 2023). Since the NFL Draft moved to seven rounds in 1994, Tulane NEVER saw multiple players drafted in back-to-back seasons before doing so in 2020-21.

• Between 2020-23, the Green Wave placed 10 players in the NFL including 2023 third round NFL Draft selections Tyjae Spears (81st pick) and Dorian Williams (91st pick). The selections marked the first time since 1961 that Tulane had two players selected in the third round or higher in the same NFL Draft. On May 25, 2023, Spears, a former three-star prospect with three FBS offers who developed into the 2022 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, signed a 4-year, $5.49 million with the Tennessee Titans. Williams, a three-star prospect with three FBS offers who developed into a 2022 First Team All-American Athletic Conference honoree, signed a 4-year, $5.47 million contract with the Buffalo Bills on May 9, 2023.

• Following the 2023 season, five Tulane student-athletes received postseason bowl invites including Michael Pratt (Senior Bowl), Jha'Quan Jackson (Shrine Bowl), Jarius Monroe (Shrine Bowl), Cam Wire (Hula Bowl) and Lawrence Keys III (Hula Bowl).

• In 2021, Tulane saw two players drafted in Cameron Sample (Cincinnati Bengals) and Patrick Johnson (Philadelphia Eagles). Sample, a former two-star prospect, signed a 4-year, $4.27 million contract with the Bengals on May 17, 2021. Johnson, a former two-star prospect signed a 4-year, $3.5 million contract with the Eagles on June 4, 2021.

• In the 2020 NFL Draft, former Green Wave stars Darnell Mooney and BoPete Keyes were selected by the Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs, respectively. Neither players had official offers besides Tulane coming out of high school. Mooney signed a 4-year, $3.58 million contract with the Bears and Keyes signed a 4-year, $3.38 million contract with the Chiefs.

• The Green Wave’s 2021 and 2022 signing classes ranked among the nation’s Top 75 according to 247Sports. In 2021, Tulane ranked among the best in the American Athletic Conference, as the Green Wave landed 18 three-star prospects. The Green Wave added 16 three-star prospects one season later.

• The Green Wave’s 2020 class ranked ninth in terms of freshman production according to Pro Football Focus. In four seasons with the program (2020-23), the class would go on to compete in three bowl games and two American Athletic Conference Championships while winning one league title en route to a 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic victory against USC.

• Tulane’s 2020 recruiting class was ranked second in the American Athletic Conference and 66th in the nation. It marked the highest ranked recruiting class Tulane has ever signed. The Olive and Blue signed 20 high school seniors and three transfers. All 20 of the incoming freshmen earned a three-star rating from 247Sports including quarterback Michael Pratt who went on to be named the 2023 American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year.

• The Green Wave’s 2019 recruiting class proved to be one of the best in the American Athletic Conference as the Green Wave signed 20 student-athletes for the 2019 season. Among the Green Wave’s 20 signees, 14 individuals earned a three-star rating from 247Sports.com.

• Tulane’s 2018 signing class featured three four-star recruits and 18 three-star prospects. The class also featured individuals from eight different states, including eight from Louisiana.

• In 2017, Fritz played a major role in the team’s 2018 recruiting class, as he helped Tulane secure one of the top recruiting classes in The American.

• Fritz came to Tulane after serving the 2014-15 seasons at Georgia Southern in a similar capacity under head coach Willie Fritz.

• During his two seasons at Georgia Southern, Fritz worked primarily with recruiting and player personnel.

• During his first season at Georgia Southern, Fritz helped the Eagles score the Sun Belt Conference’s No. 2 ranked recruiting class in their first FBS season.

• Before earning his master’s degree from Georgia Southern, Fritz received his bachelor’s degree from Sam Houston State University in Kinesiology in 2013. At Sam Houston, Fritz was a two-year letterwinner for the Bearkats in basketball.

• Prior to his time at Sam Houston, he earned his associate degree from State Fair Community College & was named the “Male Student-Athlete of the Year.”

• Fritz graduated from Warrensburg (Missouri) High School in 2008 where he played both basketball and football for the Tigers.

• Fritz and his wife Rebecca were married in the summer of 2019. The couple welcomed their son, Grant, to the family in May of 2023.