The 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the

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in the

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. They were led by fifth-year head coach Mark Hudspeth and played their home games at

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. The Ragin' Cajuns were members of the

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. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a five way tie for fifth place.

Preseason

Award watchlists

The following players were named to preseason award watchlist

Walter Camp Award The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football player of the year, as decided by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I FBS head coaches and sports information direc ...

* Elijah McGuire

Lombardi Award The Rotary Lombardi Award is an award for college football in the United States. Awarded by the Rotary Club of Houston, Texas annually to the college football player "who best embodies the values and spirit of NFL's legendary coach Vince Lombard ...

* Mykhael Quave * Dominique Tovell

Doak Walker Award The Doak Walker Award honors the top running back in college football in the United States. Established in 1990, it is named in honor of Doak Walker, a former running back who played for the SMU Mustangs from 1945 to 1949 and in the National Foot ...

* Elijah McGuire

Paul Hornung Award The Paul Hornung Award is a college football award that was created in January 2010 by the Louisville Sports Commission in Louisville, Kentucky, with the support of Paul Hornung, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football ...

* Elijah McGuire

Sun Belt Media Day

Sun Belt Conference Players of the Year

Offensive Player of the Year – Elijah McGuire, RB (Louisiana-Lafayette)

Predicted standings

Preseason All–Conference Team

''Offense'' :QB Fredi Knighten (Arkansas State) :RB Matt Breida (Georgia Southern) :RB Elijah McGuire (Louisiana-Lafayette) :WR J. D. McKissic (Arkansas State) :WR Donovan Harden (Georgia State) :WR Rashon Ceaser (UL Monroe) :TE Joel Ruiz (Georgia State) :OL Jesse Chapman (Appalachian State) :OL Darien Foreman (Georgia Southern) :OL Chris May (South Alabama) :OL Joseph Scelfo (South Alabama) :OL Adrian Bellard (Texas State) ''Defense'' :DL Chris Stone (Arkansas State) :DL Ronald Blair (Appalachian State) :DL Gerrand Johnson (UL Monroe) :DL Javon Rolland-Jones (Arkansas State) :LB John Law (Appalachian State) :LB Xavier Woodson (Arkansas State) :LB Joseph Peterson (Georgia State) :DB Doug Middleton (Appalachian State) :DB Mitch Lane (UL Monroe) :DB David Mims II (Texas State) :DB Montres Kitchens (Troy) ''Specialists'' :PK Aleem Sunanon (South Alabama) :P Austin Rehkow (Idaho) :RS Blaise Taylor (Arkansas State)

Roster

Schedule

Louisiana–Lafayette announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Ragin' Cajuns hosted Sun Belt foes Louisiana–Monroe,

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, Texas State, and

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, and traveled to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia State, and South Alabama. :Schedule source:

Game summaries

Northwestern State

Akron

At Louisiana Tech

Texas State

At Arkansas State

Louisiana–Monroe

At Georgia State

At South Alabama

New Mexico State

At Appalachian State

Troy

References

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