Fear not, Aggie fans, meaningful college football is just around the corner, with the start of the 2023 season just 24 hours away! Here at Aggies Wire, we’ll be counting down by looking at each Texas A&M football player that corresponds to the number of days left till the start of the football season.
With one day until kickoff, we’re looking at No. 1 for the Maroon and White: sophomore wide receiver Evan Stewart.
Stewart returns after a promising 2022 campaign as the starting X receiver. He logged 53 receptions, 649 yards, and two touchdowns in 10 games as a true freshman last season and flashed why he was a top-10 recruit of the 2022 cycle. Suffice it to say that the five-star talent out of Frisco Liberty arrived in College Station with high expectations, and he did not disappoint when he took the field.
He led the Aggies in both receptions and yards last season and established himself as one of the top-tier receivers in the SEC in just year one. On the against Alabama, he tallied eight receptions for 106 yards with an average of 13.3 yards per reception. Just a few weeks later he finished with eight catches for a season-best 120 yards against Florida, further solidifying himself as a rising star.
What’s even scarier for opposing defenses, and conversely a delight to Texas A&M fans, is that Stewart hasn’t yet reached his fullest potential. As an already exceptional athlete with an absurd ceiling, 2023 could be the year in which he puts every facet of his game together. From his hyper-athletic build to his dynamic track and field attributes, and finally to his elite receiver skills, when the season is all said and done Stewart should be regarded as one of the top talents overall in the SEC.
Bobby Petrino advocated that the motto for the offense is, “feed the studs,” and much like the number on his jersey, Stewart should be number one when it comes to the high-profile talent on the roster.
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