Last week, amid Texas A&M’s seventh fall practice, Wil Lee III, a former Kansas State CB and one of the program’s newest cornerback additions from the transfer portal, took the podium to speak to the local media. Lee is primed to make an impact ahead of his first season in Aggieland.
The conclusion of Jimbo Fisher’s final season with the program was culminated by a secondary that lacked size, speed, and depth, ultimately resulting in nearly every one of A&M’s six losses on the year, as Fisher’s inability to acquire reliable veterans from the portal likely contributed to firing.
New head coach Mike Elko addressed the issue almost immediately after taking over last November, landing five cornerbacks, including Lee. Three corners from the Fisher era have also returned to the roster. While discussing the CB room’s development this offseason, Lee attributed Elko’s head coaching acumen to setting the secondary up for consistent success.
“He cares about the little things. You don’t see coaches teaching two-minute just play drives and stuff like that throughout practice and he tells us like, play at one speed, like we’ll change up practice days, we’ll have less yards than others, and we just play at one speed every day, and that’s fast.”
Speed has been lacking in the Aggie secondary for quite some time, but after recording 42 tackles, six pass deflections, and two interceptions during his final season with the Wildcats, Lee, along with every other future cornerback contributor, will help usher in the new era of Texas A&M football under Elko’s guidance.
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