UL Lafayette great turned NFL quarterback Jake Delhomme—currently a free agent after playing for the Houston Texans last season—will be helping call some of the plays for MidSouth Bank as an advisory director to the bank’s board of directors. “The MidSouth Bank Board, like anyone who knows Jake, has long been impressed by his energy, enthusiasm and drive,” says MidSouth Bank President and CEO Rusty Cloutier in a news release. “Never has anyone been told ‘no’ so many times and proven people wrong so many times as Jake Delhomme.” Cloutier says the bank plans to utilize the leadership skills Delhomme honed on the football field to inspire and encourage young leaders at the bank and to help instill a strong work ethic in them. Delhomme was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 1997 and went on to a successful career with the Carolina Panthers, where he holds multiple franchise records and led the team to Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2003, setting a Super Bowl record with an 85-yard touchdown pass—the longest offensive play from scrimmage in Super Bowl history. MidSouth is headquartered in Lafayette.
Free agent QB Delhomme joins MidSouth Bank roster
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