Tag: Tommy Moffitt

Aggies junior wide receiver Noah Thomas notices the ‘results are coming in’ at fall camp

“Coach Moffitt emphasized us getting stronger and faster. He promised us that we would get stronger and faster. The results are coming in.”

After leading Texas A&M in touchdown receptions last season, wide receiver Noah Thomas is ready to have a breakout junior year this upcoming campaign.

“Coach Moffitt really emphasized us getting stronger and faster. He promised us that we would get stronger and faster. All the results are coming in. I feel much more explosive, more stable, all good types of stuff like that,” Thomas said Tuesday. “We at A&M, all of them are elite receivers, of course. Everyone competing together and stuff like that is just going to make us even better every day. Seeing one of us do a different move, different release, we can learn off of each other really. Helping each other learn the playbook more and build a relationship. I’ve built a great, strong bond with all of the receivers in the room I would say.”

Thomas recorded five scores in eight starts and 11 total games last season. After recording two touchdowns during A&M’s Maroon & White spring game, the junior is primed to steadily improve this season.

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Watch Texas A&M Football’s first fall practice hype video

Texas A&M Football is back, baby!

With just a month remaining until Texas A&M kicks off the 2024 season against the visiting Notre Dame Fighting Irish, head coach Mike Elko, and his talented squad are taking the practice field for the first time this fall with several unanswered position-based questions.

On Tuesday, Elko, alongside three players, took questions from the local media leading up to Wednesday’s first practice. They addressed a couple of injury updates, new OC Collin Klein’s offense, and the status of the Aggies’ offensive line, which will solidify several position battles, including at center.

However, redshirt sophomore quarterback Conner Weigman’s return to the lineup after missing the final eight games of the 2023 season due to injury will continue to dominate Texas A&M football-related content,

Weigman’s success under center will be determined by play calling, protection, and consistency from A&M’s talented but unproven wide receiver core, as Klein is deemed to put a heavier emphasis on the run game to make Weigman’s job a whole lot easier.

Defensively, Elko and new DC Jay Bateman have inherited and added to one of the deepest defensive lines in the country. At the same time, the secondary is vastly improved on paper after more than six additions through the transfer portal, essentially rebuilding the cornerback room.

While takeaways from the first practice are usually relatively thin, Texas A&M’s media team did a fantastic previewing things with a quick hype video to get every Aggie fan excited for what’s to come this fall. Enjoy!

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Watch Texas A&M OL Chase Bisontis show his elite strength on the squat rack

Chase Bisontis is bringings a ton of strength to Texas A&M’s offensive line this season

When developing offensive linemen with NFL potential, the weight room builds a strength profile correlating to the field and the various movements in both run and pass protection.

With the arrival of new Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko, a wave of change swept through the team. The addition of former LSU strength and conditioning coach Tommy Moffitt, a figure of immense respect in that community, further amplified Elko’s influence. In College Station, this dynamic duo inherited a talented roster, including promising sophomore offensive lineman Chase Bisontis.

As the top-ranked player out of New Jersey in the 2023 recruiting class, Bisontis was thrown into the fire early due to injury. He started nearly every game at right tackle last season. However, he struggled in pass protection early before finding his groove late in the year.

After Jimbo Fisher’s dismissal from the program, Bisontis briefly entered the transfer portal before staying in College Station. He was willing to work with Moffitt and new O-line coach Adam Cushing.

With the rumblings regarding a position change, senior right tackle Reuben Fatheree II’s return to the lineup could result in Bisontis moving to guard, but fall camp to obviously provide a final conclusion.

This offseason, the 6-foot-6, 320-pound sophomore looks stronger than ever. Texas A&M strength and conditioning coach Blake McCall posted a video of Bisontis squatting 605 pounds for three full reps, borderline elite by weight lifting standards.

If a switch to guard is imminent, Bisontis certainly brings more pure strength to hold off defensive tackles and maul his opponents in the run game.

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Texas A&M S&C Tommy Moffitt is setting the tone early for Mike Elko

Coach Tommy Moffitt weight room mentality is helping Elko shape the Texas A&M football program into his image

Mike Elko has made several impressive hires in his first season as Texas A&M’s head football coach. The evidence is just how well they have recruited out of the transfer portal and the 2025 class, where they currently sit in the top 5 of the 247Sports rankings.

However, Elko is trying to build a specific culture at A&M that relies on toughness, accountability, and togetherness. A great place to cultivate and ingrain those traits in a program is the weight room. Elko eventuallyy strength and landed legendar conditioning guru Tommy Moffitt.

During this year’s SEC Media Days not only did the Texas A&M players have great things to say about Moffitt. LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier had this to say about how Moffitt helped him during this time with him.

“Coach Moffitt does an unbelievable job. … If he taught me anything, it was definitely mental toughness. Coach Moffitt, I love him to death, and I think he’s going to do a great job over at A&M.”

There is no doubt how much Coach Moffitt genuinely loves what he does and how infectious that mentality has spread throughout the team. In wrestling, there is a popular quote, “Embrace the Grind,” that they adopted because of the work ethic needed during the grueling workouts to survive on the wrestling mat.

Shemar Turner’s comments about the impact Moffitt is having on the team provide further proof that the football program is making leaps and bounds in a new direction, and they, too, are “Embracing the Grind.”

“…nobody’s dragging in the weightroom, nobody’s dragging on the field. Everybody is excited to go to work and hurt…literally”

While strength and conditioning are only one aspect of a great team they still have to show up on the field and execute.  However, the one thing this Mike Elko team will not be lacking is mental toughness and physicality, thanks to the Moffitt Method.

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Texas A&M Football’s 2024 roster show’s new S&C Tommy Moffit’s immediate impact

Under new S&C Tommy Moffit, Texas A&M’s 2024 roster is already bigger and stronger

With SEC Media Days beginning on Monday, several head coaches, including LSU’s Brian Kelly, took the stage to preview the upcoming season, providing the usual talking points that may or may not come to fruition once the cleats hit the turf.

Before Mike Elko takes the stage on Thursday afternoon, Texas A&M’s 2024 roster was released to the public, while nearly every player has either gained or lost weight with less than a month before the Aggies kick off the season vs. Notre Dame on August 31.

Under new strength & conditioning coach Tommy Moffitt, freshman offensive tackle Blake Ivy gained the most weight out of anyone, adding 35 pounds to his 6’4″ and now 330-pound frame. Coming in behind Ivy, tight end Donovan Green, who will return after missing the entire 2023 season due to injury, gained 20 pounds, now sporting an impressive 6’4″, 265-pound frame.

Along the offensive line, three reserve O-linemen, Dametrious Crownover, TJ Shanahan, and Aki Ogunbiyi, have added 15 pounds, while the rest of the tight end rotation is beyond massive, all weighing over 260 pounds. This is clearly a sign that the run game is due to improve this season.

On the defensive line, defensive tackles DJ Hicks, Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy, and defensive end Cashius Howell have added 10 pounds of mass, and interestingly enough, three of the cornerbacks from the transfer portal (Dezz Ricks, BJ Mayes, Donovan Saunders) have also gained 10 pounds in the weight room, all billed at 195 lbs.

After photos surfaced of starting quarterback Conner Weigman during the Manning Passing Academy, the redshirt sophomore has added five pounds and looks bigger and stronger after missing the final eight games of the 2023 season.

Losing weight a player who could rise through the depth chart, defensive tackle Samu Taumanupepe has lost over 30 pounds, now weighing in at 6’3″ and 350 pounds.

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‘I really earned it,’ Texas A&M LB Taurean York shares reaction to SEC Media Days invite

“I really feel like it was a blessing because I know that I really earned it. I know that I came from a 3-star and not many people knew me.”

In a recent interview with TexAgs, Texas A&M sophomore linebacker Taurean York shared his reaction to finding out that he’d be attending SEC Football Media Days in Dallas next week.

“I really feel like it was a blessing because I know that I really earned it. I know that I came from a 3-star and not too many people knew me whenever I signed here. But I think it’s a blessing just to have the ability to represent my teammates and that my teammates and my coaching staff feels like I’m capable and applicable to represent them at media day,” York explained. “We’re here to stay and we’re here to prove a point. Really, I feel like we have a lot of experience. We got coach Elko, obviously he’s a brilliant defensive mind but he’s a great head coach as well. He breaks us down how to win the game. Coach Moffitt has championship experience.

“So those two combined, I like our chances this year.”

York will be joined by teammates, senior defensive lineman Shemar Turner and junior offensive lineman Trey Zuhn III.

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Coach Tommy Moffitt previews the strength & conditioning program for the Aggie Football team

New Director of strength and conditioning for the Texas A&M football team, Tommy Moffitt sat down with TexAgs to preview the strength program

Regarding collegiate strength programs, there are few better than veteran strength & conditioning coach Tommy Moffitt. He brings three decades of experience, multiple awards, and three national titles to Aggieland.

The Texas A&M football team did not lack toughness during the Jimbo Fisher era, but there always seemed to be a rash of injuries week to week holding the team back. Because of that, the hiring of Coach Moffitt is seen as not only head coach Mike Elko’s best staff hire but also the most important. It turns out that Elko’s reputation brought Moffitt into the fold without even having to reach out to him.

“…I became a fan of Duke and Coach Elko and so all you had to do was turn the TV on and watch how they played, how well they were coached and I knew that when this job came open and I found out Coach Feeley wasn’t coming, then I did everything possible to uh to get him on the phone and talk to him.”

Below, you can take a look at the entire interview Coach Moffitt did with the TexAgs crew.

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Texas A&M football adds another staffer to the Strength and Conditioning room

The Aggie football team will add more assistance to the strength and conditioning program with the addition of Blake McCall

Coach Mike Elko is not only still adding quality talent to the football team, but he is also continuing to add proven talent to his staff. New Director of Football Strength and Conditioning, Tommy Moffitt, will have some help with up-and-coming coach Blake McCall.

McCall confirmed to the Anniston Star that he would head to Aggieland as associate director of strength and conditioning along with Coach Moffitt.

He served as Rodriguez’s first head strength and conditioning coach when he was hired at Jacksonville State, joining the program from LSU. With LSU, he helped the Tigers’ football team to a perfect 15-0 record and a CFP national championship in 2019.

Join us in welcoming Blake McCall to the Aggie family as a hopefully successful tenure helping the Texas A&M football team reach championship levels under head coach Mike Elko comes to fruition.

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COLUMN: Brad Davis provides safety net for the LSU offense

LSU’s offensive line is set to be one of the best in the conference for years to come.

It’s hard to find good offensive linemen.

No matter the level of football, no matter the league, it’s rare to find five guys that can lineup and block consistently. And if you’re lucky enough to have a solid five, it’s even harder to keep them all healthy over the course of the season.

Depth is usually tested, and more often than not, that test is failed. Even the top programs have trouble stashing competent and experienced players on second line.

LSU struggled with this for a long time. In the final years of the [autotag]Les Miles[/autotag] era, offensive line play started to decline. Ed Orgeron’s first few years weren’t much better, until a veteran line gelled together in 2019.

But after that, it got rough again, and in the summer of 2021, Orgeron hired [autotag]Brad Davis[/autotag] to take over the offensive line.

Davis is a Baton Rouge native and upon arriving at LSU, he was already a SEC veteran who had spent the last year working under Sam Pittman.

Orgeron and LSU agreed to separate later that year, leading Davis to serve as the interim coach for the bowl game as [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] got settled in Baton Rouge.

Kelly came with his own program, wanting to put together his own staff. Assistants who had been at LSU for years, like [autotag]Corey Raymond[/autotag] and [autotag]Tommy Moffitt[/autotag] were let go. But Davis wasn’t, making him the lone assistant from the previous staff.

That decision has paid off with LSU’s offensive line emerging as one of the best in the country, with the future looking bright too.

LSU’s losing a lot on offense next year. Between [autotag]Jayden Daniels[/autotag], [autotag]Malik Nabers[/autotag] and [autotag]Brian Thomas Jr.[/autotag], LSU will be saying bye to the Heisman winner, the nation’s leading receiver, and the FBS leader in receiving touchdowns.

On top of that, someone else will be calling the plays with [autotag]Mike Denbrock[/autotag] taking the job at Notre Dame.

Changes are coming. Turnover is part of college football. But on the offensive line, LSU will have continuity.

[autotag]Will Campbell[/autotag] and [autotag]Emery Jones[/autotag] will be back at the tackle spots and there’s plenty of talent returning on the interior too.

Nussmeier will be stepping into a well-protected pocket, which is important given LSU will be taking a step back at receiver and Nussmeier doesn’t possess the same scrambling ability as Daniels.

That’s what this offensive line is, a safety net for an offense about to enter a transition period. Every unit on this team will go through growing pains next year, but the guys up front shouldn’t.

This is positioned to be one of the best offensive lines in the SEC for years to come.

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