Texas A&M Aggies: Keys To The Season, Top Game, Top Transfer, Fun Stats
Texas A&M Aggies: Key To The 2022 Offense
Get the downfield passing game going already.
The quarterback play was just okay, and there weren’t a whole bunch of chances taken down the field to open things up. That has to change, especially with the likely upgrade at quarterback no matter who ends up winning the gig.
Texas A&M’s receivers had plenty of good moments, and Jalen Wydermyer was a great talent, but considering the wideouts in place, it’s not necessarily a plus that a tight end was the leading yardage receiver with just 515 yards.
A&M has guys who can fly, and yet the passing game only averaged 12 yards per completion and a pedestrian 6.8 yards per pass. Compare that with the 7.8 yards per pass in 2020 when Kellen Mond was a senior and in control of the attack.
A&M was 5-0 last season when it averaged seven yards or more per throw.
Texas A&M Aggies: Key To The 2022 Defense
Let the kids play.
It’s not an insane exaggeration that at least half of the teams in college football would be ecstatic to have an all freshman starting 11 from the defensive stars in this Texas A&M recruiting class.
Of course there will be a few busts out of this group, and some will turn out to be overhyped, but for the most part there’s way too much ridiculous skill and talent coming in to not fold into the rotation.
Several of the four and five-star guys could use a few calories and a year in a college weight room, but considering all of the losses on the D line, and the need for good depth across the board, the faster this epic recruiting class makes a splash, the faster Texas A&M gets to where it wants to be.
Texas A&M Aggies: Key Player To The 2022 Season
QB Haynes King, Soph.
Or Max Johnson, or Conner Weigman.
Will Texas A&M finally get national-championship elite quarterback play under Jimbo Fisher? Kellen Mond was great. Even when he was at his best, was he Joe Burrow or Tua Tagovailoa, though? Nah.
Mond went off to be a Minnesota Viking, King was supposed to be the main man last year, got hurt, and he only threw 35 passes. Zach Calzada ended up being the leading passer, but outside of a brilliant performance in the win over Alabama he didn’t dominate the gig. Now he’s at Auburn.
King was a big-time recruit in the 2020 class with sprinter’s speed and a solid, accurate arm. It would’ve been great if he could’ve grown into the job, but a leg injury knocked him out.
Johnson is ready-made to win games for the Aggies, and Weigman would’ve been the star in this year’s recruiting class if not for all the defensive superstars. No matter who it is, A&M needs to be great at quarterback.
So …
Texas A&M Aggies: Key Transfer
QB Max Johnson, Jr.
This is sort of by default since A&M didn’t do a whole lot of big things in the transfer portal.
Johnson coming to College Station was a little bit of a curious move considering the guys already in place, but he’s a proven playmaker who threw 35 touchdown passes and just seven picks in two years as one of LSU’s few positives. He might not have the mobility the Aggie offense might want, but he’s big, has a good arm, and he’s been through the SEC wars.
By the way, he hit A&M for 306 yards and three touchdowns in last year’s 27-24 Tiger win.
Texas A&M Key Game To The 2022 Season
Arkansas, Sept. 24 (in Arlington)
Of course the Aggies would rather get the win over Alabama than anyone else on the schedule, but in a build-up-to-the-main-event sort of way, first they have to get by Arkansas.
The Hogs won 20-10 last year, and that was followed up by an A&M loss to Mississippi State and then the stunner over the Tide. This time around, Texas A&M has to go to AT&T Stadium to deal with Arkansas, then go to Mississippi State, and then go to Alabama … and then go to South Carolina after getting a week off.
Losing to Arkansas again would set a bad tone for a long month of games.
Texas A&M Aggies: 2021 Fun Stats
– Sacks: Texas A&M 39 for 202 yards – Opponents 19 for 121 yards
– Fumbles: Opponents 15 (lost 5) – Texas A&M 9 (lost 3)
– 1st Quarter Scoring: Texas A&M 107 – Opponents 53
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