Texas A&M‘s 2023 Maroon and White Spring Game will kick off at 3:00 p.m. CT from Kyle Field in College Station, but don’t be surprised if you see the annual exhibition running a bit differently than usual. According to the latest updates, the Aggies could be without a handful of participants, in addition to playing ball with some last-minute adjustments.
Among the players that are not expected to suit up for Saturday’s exhibition include:
LT Trey Zuhn III (torn labrum surgery), C Bryce Foster (torn ACL/with A&M track team), RT Hunter Erb (shoulder surgery), OL TJ Shanahan (torn ACL), and TE Max Wright (unspecified reasons). All these players were previously ruled out for the spring.
TE Donovan Green and S Jacoby Mathews will likely be unavailable as well. Head coach Jimbo Fisher told the media earlier this week that Green, who suffered an ankle injury recently in practice, may not participate. Mathews received an indefinite suspension after university police arrested him for possession of marijuana Tuesday.
Seven other players, including offensive linemen Josh Bankhead, Jordan Spasojevic-Moko, and Aki Ogunbiyi, did not practice on Wednesday. The same goes for defensive linemen McKinnley Jackson and Fadil Diggs, WR Moose Muhammad III, and DB Bobby Taylor. Early-enrolled freshman CB Jayvon Thomas managed to only participate in a limited capacity.
All of those potential absences could leave the Aggies with fewer than 50 scholarship players for the spring game.
Additionally, there remains the small, but noteworthy, storyline regarding the condition of Kyle Field.
The ongoing construction on the south end, which is being done to add 23 new suites, will not be completed until before the upcoming football season. So for today’s game, A&M will have only 85 out of 120 possible yards on the field to use, which will be between the edge of the north end zone and the opposite 25-yard line.
As a short-term solution, head coach Jimbo Fisher noted that the Aggies will simply flip the field after each possession, which means the offense will always be moving from south to north. As a result, they will always be able to simulate kickoffs, punts, and field goals when applicable.
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