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Coach Jerry Johnson selected as a 2023 Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship participant

Texas A&M strength and conditioning coach picked to participate in Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship with the Texans

The Houston Texans recently announced the participants that have been chosen to be a part of the 2023 Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship with the team. Texas A&M strength and conditioning coach Jerry Johnson will join the Texans serving in the same position this year.

The program is geared towards getting more minority coaches exposed to NFL clubs to grow the number of minority coaches in the NFL. The Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship has been around for over 30 years and has had several Aggies participate. The two most recent being Texas A&M Sports Performance Coach Bryant Harper Jr, who worked with the Green Bay Packers, then Former Texas A&M QB and current Houston Texans QB Coach Jerrod Johnson, was with a few teams between 2017-2019.

The Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship has the following mission statement:

Designed as a vocational tool to increase the number of full-time NFL minority coaches, all 32 NFL clubs participate each year. Specific aspects of the program — including hiring, compensation and coaching duties — are administered on a club-by-club basis”

Congrats to Coach Johnson on being selected to participate; we hope this experience leads to opportunities for him the in the future!

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Texas A&M officially adds former Richmond OL Derek Ferraro as a preferred walk-on

Texas A&M has added former Richmond OL Derek Ferraro as a preferred walk-on, further adding more depth in the trenches.

One of the main areas of concern that can potentially plague Texas A&M’s rebound potential this season is the offensive line, a consistent weak link during last season’s 5-7 (2-6 SEC) 2022 debacle.

However, with added depth this offseason in like of 2023 commit, four-star OT Chase Bisontis, and former Boston College OL Finn Dirstine, the Aggies have also officially added former Rice and Richmond OT Derek Ferraro. As a member of the 2018 recruiting class, Ferraro was a three-star prospect and the 44th-ranked player in New York.

Ferraro, who spent four seasons at Rice, transferred to Richmond last season while appearing in nine games. Standing at 6-6 and 303 pounds, Ferraro announced his intentions to transfer to Texas A&M in early April. He is as experienced as they come and immediately provides depth at both tackle spots.

From left to right, all five starters on the O-line from the 2022 season, but as good as that sounds on paper, changes were made deep into the season due to injury and poor play, including then-freshman guard Kam Dewberry essentially cementing himself as the starting left guard in 2023. The strength of the line remains on the right side, as center Bryce Foster, right guard Layden Robinson, and right tackle Reuben Fatheree II look to stay healthy for the duration of the 12-game slate.

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SEC Network CFB analyst Takeo Spikes has complete faith in a Texas A&M rebound in 2023

SEC Network CFB analyst Takeo Spikes is all in on Texas A&M rebounding in 2023, starting and ending with QB Conner Weigman.

Inevitably, Texas A&M’s 2023 football season is already filled with doubt after what we all witnessed in 2022, culminating in a 5-7 (2-6 SEC) misery train that had all of us who cover the program wondering how Jimbo Fisher and Co. would respond after what has been a successful offseason thus far. Still, as we all know, results on the field are all that matter from now on.

After the usual hoe hum of SEC Media Days last week, former start Auburn linebacker and current SEC Network CFB analyst Takeo Spikes is a firm believer in Texas A&M’s chances at not only rebounds from their five-win season but making some serious noise in what could be a somewhat down year in the SEC West.

I’m still a believer,” Spikes stated while appearing on SEC Now Monday. “I believe in Conner Weigman. I really do believe in him. You look at what he did over the last four games: eight touchdowns, no interceptions, did not turn the football over.”

Entering Jimbo Fisher’s sixth season with the program, the quarterback postion has been a continual question mark, especially in recruiting, as former Aggie signal caller Haynes King’s once bright future took a turn for the worst as injuries and poor play led to his offseason transfer to Georgia Tech, leading to the ascendance of former five-star prospect Conner Weigman’s coming out party in the latter half of last season.

Appearing in five games, Weigman threw for 896 yards and eight touchdowns without an interception for a 132.3 passer rating, taking over for an injured Max Johnson while going 2-2 as a starter.

After ending the season with a rousing 38-24 win over the then No.5-ranked LSU Tigers, Fisher’s confidence in Weigman and Johnson will make its way to fall camp next month. Still, as things stand, Conner Weigman’s high ceiling and end-of-season momentum bode well for his chances to open the 2023 campaign as the starter and hopefully provide an instant offensive spark behind new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino’s play-calling debut.

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