
Game 11: UTSA at Texas A&M
Nov 18, 2016 | Football
Texas A&M plays its final non-conference game of the regular season when the 23rd-ranked Aggies (7-3) host UTSA (5-5) at Kyle Field. Kickoff is set for 11:01 a.m.
Eamon McAnaney and John Congemi will have the call of the action on ESPNU. It will air regionally on the Texas A&M Sports Network (Dave South, Dave Elmendorf, Will Johnson), and a Spanish broadcast of the game can also be heard regionally on the Texas A&M Spanish Network (Pedro Vela Almaguer, Noel Orellana).
Both Aggie radio feeds can be heard for free worldwide at 12thman.com/allaccess and inside the Texas A&M Athletics app. The Texas A&M Sports Network broadcast will be available on Sirius Channel 83 / XM Channel 190.
A&M sits at No. 25 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings with two games left in the season. Saturday will mark the first meeting between the two schools on the gridiron. UTSA is in its sixth season of football after beginning the program in 2011.
Eamon McAnaney and John Congemi will have the call of the action on ESPNU. It will air regionally on the Texas A&M Sports Network (Dave South, Dave Elmendorf, Will Johnson), and a Spanish broadcast of the game can also be heard regionally on the Texas A&M Spanish Network (Pedro Vela Almaguer, Noel Orellana).
Both Aggie radio feeds can be heard for free worldwide at 12thman.com/allaccess and inside the Texas A&M Athletics app. The Texas A&M Sports Network broadcast will be available on Sirius Channel 83 / XM Channel 190.
A&M sits at No. 25 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings with two games left in the season. Saturday will mark the first meeting between the two schools on the gridiron. UTSA is in its sixth season of football after beginning the program in 2011.
What to watch for: #UTSAvsTAMU
- A win would make Aggie head coach Kevin Sumlin and Alabama boss Nick Saban the only SEC head coaches with at least eight victories the last five seasons.
- A win would give Sumlin at least eight wins in each of his first five seasons at Texas A&M, which has only been accomplished previously by R.C. Slocum. Slocum won at least eight games in his first seven seasons (from 1989-1995), which is also the overall record.
- A win would tie Sumlin with Emory Bellard for Texas A&M's second-longest streak of eight-win seasons by an Aggie head coach. Bellard's streak ran from 1974-78.
Milestones to Watch
- Saturday's game will be the 50th of senior DE Daeshon Hall's career, which leads the team.
- Sophomore WR Christian Kirk is six catches away from becoming the first Texas A&M player to make 70 or more catches in his first two seasons. He is also less than 200 yards from 3,000 career all-purpose yards.
- Senior WR Josh Reynolds is 10 yards away from becoming the fourth Aggie to reach the 2,500 plateau in receiving yardage.
- Texas A&M is 286 yards away from reaching 5,000 total yards for a school-record eighth season. Kevin Sumlin would become the first Aggie head coach to direct a 5,000-yard offense in five straight seasons.
- Freshman RB Trayveon Williams needs 124 rushing yards to become Texas A&M's first true freshman 1,000-yard rusher.
- Texas A&M is seven successful PATs away from reaching 200 straight extra points made. Aggie PKs Josh Lambo, Taylor Bertolet and Daniel LaCamera have combined to connect on 193 consecutive extra points dating back to 2013, which is easily the longest streak in school history The NCAA record is 262 straight by Syracuse from 1978-89.
Kirk Chasing History
Sophomore WR Christian Kirk is the NCAA's active career leader in punt return average by more than seven yards per attempt and is within shouting distance of multiple SEC and NCAA punt return records.FBS Active Career PR Avg. Leaders
Player, School | Returns-Yards | TD | Avg. |
Christian Kirk, TA&M | 24-610 | 5 | 25.4 |
Brisly Estime, SYRA | 37-664 | 2 | 17.9 |
Cameron Sutton, UT | 43-639 | 3 | 14.9 |
De'Mornay Pierson-El, NEB | 56-788 | 3 | 14.1 |
Jabrill Peppers, MICH | 34-476 | 1 | 14.0 |
- Kirk has three punt return TDs in 2016, which puts him two away from the NCAA FBS season record of five originally set by Chad Owens of Hawaii in 2004 and matched by Ryan Switzer of UNC in 2013.
- Kirk has five career punt return TDs in 23 career games. Texas Tech's Wes Welker and Oklahoma's Antonio Perkins share the NCAA FBS record of eight.
- Kirk's career punt return average stands at 25.4, which is more than seven yards ahead of No. 2 Brisly Estime of Syracuse (17.9).
- In the SEC record book, Kirk has already matched the single-game record of two PR TDs (shared by nine other players) ... He needs one more PR TD to match the SEC season record of 4 by three players (most recently by Alabama's Cyrus Jones in 2015) ... He needs two to match the SEC career record of seven by Alabama's Javier Arenas (2006-09).
- Kirk is averaging 26.9 yards on 10 returns in 2016. The SEC season record (minimum of 10 returns) is 26.7 by Florida's Hal Griffin in 1947.
Disruptive Defense
The 2016 edition of defense ranks among the nation's best at QB sacks, TFLs and takeaways.- Aggies rank No. 1 nationally (tie) with 90.0 tackles for loss (TFL), which is 9.0 more than the No. 2 producer in the SEC (Alabama with 81).
- Texas A&M ranks tNo. 17 in QB sacks (2.9/G) and tNo. 3 in takeaways (23 total).
- DC John Chavis' charges have made at least seven tackles for loss (TFL) nine of 10 games and have generated 10 or more in five times.
- Produced a season-high 13 TFLs vs. Auburn on 9/17 and had 12 vs. Alabama on 10/22.
Defense Game-by-Game
Opponent | QBS-YDS | TFL-YDS | Take |
UCLA | 5.0-39 | 10.0-47 | 3 |
PVAMU | 3.0-24 | 7.0-37 | 1 |
at Auburn | 4.0-32 | 13.0-55 | 1 |
vs. Arkansas | 1.0-9 | 10.0-35 | 3 |
at S. Carolina | 3.0-23 | 10.0-41 | 2 |
TENNESSEE | 4.0-29 | 8.0-37 | 7 |
at Alabama | 3.0-11 | 12.0-36 | 2 |
NEW MEXICO ST. | 3.0-12 | 7.0-20 | 0 |
at MSU | 0.0-0 | 4.0-11 | 2 |
OM | 3.0-11 | 9.0-53 | 2 |
Garrett Set to Join Elite Texas A&M, SEC Groups
Junior DE Myles Garrett is just two sacks away from the 30-sack plateau, which has only been reached by seven players in SEC history and five players in Texas A&M history.SEC Career QB Sacks List
1. | Derrick Thomas, Alabama | 52 |
2. | Billy Jackson, Mississippi St. | 49 |
3. | Ben Williams, Ole Miss | 37 |
4. | David Pollock, Georgia | 36 |
5. | Alex Brown, Florida | 33 |
6. | Reggie White, Tennessee | 32 |
7. | Richard Tardits, Georgia | 29 |
Eric Norwood, South Carolina | ||
9. | Jimmy Payne, Tennessee | 28 |
Leonard Little, Tennessee | ||
Jarvis Jones, Georgia | ||
Myles Garrett, Texas A&M |
Texas A&M Career QB Sacks List
1. | Aaron Wallace, 1986-89 | 42 |
2. | Jacob Green, 1977-79 | 37 |
3. | John Roper, 1985-88 | 36 |
4. | Keith Mitchell, 1993-96 | 34 |
5. | Von Miller, 2007-10 | 33 |
6. | Marcus Buckley, 1990-92 | 29 |
7. | Myles Garrett, 2014-present | 28 |
8. | Damontre Moore, 2010-12 | 26.5 |
9. | Ray Childress, 1981-83 | 25 |
10. | Roylin Bradley, 1997-2000 | 24 |
Run-Game Renaissance
A year after ranking No. 66 nationally with a 169.1 rushing average, Texas A&M has improved its rushing attack by over 50 yards per game.- Texas A&M ranks No. 5 in the SEC and No. 24 in the FBS with a 223.9 rushing average and averages 5.8 per carry in 2016.
- The Aggies have rushed for 200+ yards in seven of 10 games in 2016.
- Opponents have rushed the ball 64 more times than the Aggies but gained 310 fewer yards.
Ground Attack 2016
Statistic | 2016 (FBS RK) | 2015 (FB RK) |
Rushing Offense | 223.9 (#24) | 169.1 (#66) |
Yards/Rush | 5.8 (#8) | 4.4 (t#70) |
TDs/Game | 2.4 (t#25) | 1.0 (t#111) |
10-yd+ gains | 69 (t#23) | 74 (t#48) |
20-yd+ gains | 22 (t#24) | 17 (t#75) |
30-yd+ gains | 10 (t#31) | 5 (t#101) |
40-yd+ gains | 8 (t#12) | 2 (t#107) |
60-yd+ gains | 4 (t#5) | 0 (t#83+) |
Making and Limiting Explosive Plays
Texas A&M has allowed just eight TD plays of more than 20 yards in length while scoring 19 touchdowns of more than 20 yards.- The Aggies have 58 rush or pass plays of 20 or more yards, including 23 plays over 35 yards.
- The 58 rush/pass explosive plays have been made by 13 different players.
- Opponents have been limited to 49 20-yard offensive plays -- including just 14 over 35 yards.
- Opponents have just 15 20-yard+ rushing plays while the Aggies have 22.
Balanced Attack
Texas A&M is one of 23 FBS teams averaging more than 200 rushing and passing yards per game.- Texas A&M's rush/pass play breakdown is 2,239 yards on 385 rushes/2,475 on 351 pass attempts.
- Texas A&M is one of 14 FBS teams with more than 2,200 yards rushing and passing.
- The Aggies have rushed and passed for 200-plus yards in seven of 10 games in 2016.
Transfer Impact
The Aggies have a number of four-year school and JC transfers making significant contributions in 2016.Transfer Impact in 2016
Player | Pos | Former School |
Kalvin Cline | TE | Virginia Tech |
#Jermaine Eluemenor | OT | Lackawanna (Pa.) |
#Justin Evans | SS | Gulf Coast (Miss.) CC |
#Keith Ford | RB | Oklahoma |
#Avery Gennesy | OT | E. Mississippi CC |
Claude George | LB | Hutchinson (Kan.) CC |
Jake Hubenak | QB | Blinn (Texas) JC |
#Trevor Knight | QB | Oklahoma |
Damion Ratley | WR | Blinn (Texas) JC |
#Josh Reynolds | WR | Tyler (Texas) JC |
#Priest Willis | CB | UCLA |
# -- Denotes 2016 starter |
True Freshman Impact
Multiple true freshmen from the Aggies' highly-regarded 2016 signing class have been making an early impact.Early Risers
Player | Pos | Hometown |
Austin Anderson | OL | Mineola, Texas |
Clyde Chattman | DB | New Orleans, La. |
Tyrel Dodson | LB | Franklin, Tenn. |
Aaron Hansford | WR | Washington, D.C. |
Braden Mann | PK/P | Houston, Texas |
Charles Oliver | DB | Fairfield, Texas |
#Colton Prater | OL | Bossier City, La. |
Trayveon Williams | RB | Houston, Texas |
# -- Denotes 2016 starter |
Notables: Aggies in the NFL
- The longest tenured Aggie in the league is All-Pro punter Shane Lechler with the Houston Texans. Lechler begins his 17th season in the NFL after being a fifth-round selection in the 2000 NFL draft.
- For the sixth straight year, the Aggies had a first-round NFL draft pick and for the fourth straight year it was an offensive lineman as Germain Ifedi was selected by the Seattle Seahawks.
- The defending Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos are led by Aggie Gary Kubiak who was recently named a Lifetime Achievement Award winner by the Texas A&M Lettermen's Association. Bronco linebacker Von Miller is the reigning Super Bowl MVP.
Nightmare for QBs, OCs
Junior DE Myles Garrett is, arguably, the nation's most feared pass rusher.- Has been in and out of the Aggies lineup since suffering an injury against ARK.
- Garrett was a finalist for the Rotary Lombardi Award (college lineman of the year), the Hendricks Award (top DE), a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award (defensive POY) and was a quarter-finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy.
- His older sister, Brea Garrett, was a NCAA Champion thrower for the A&M track and field team. His older brother, Sean Williams, has played for several NBA teams and currently plays basketball overseas.
- Among his measurables are: 40-yard dash: 4.46; broad jump: 9 feet, 5 inches; vertical jump: 38.5 inches; power clean: 372 pounds; deadlift: 528 pounds; incline bench press: 355 pounds; leg press: 1,100 pounds.
- Described as a "dino-geek," Garrett says of his post-football life: "I want to be a paleontologist, whether it's amateur or professional." (Sports Illustrated, July 27, 2015)
Veteran Leader
One of the keys to Texas A&M's 2016 improvement on defense has been the continued development and leadership for senior LB Shaan Washington.- Washington ranks No. 2 on the team with 72 tackles.
- Washington is regularly referenced by the coaching staff for his physical development over the past year.
- Washington arrived at Texas A&M as a 210-pound safety in 2013 but has developed into a 240-pound linebacker in 2016.
- Has increased his bench press to over 400 pounds, according to DC John Chavis.
- Chavis also believes Washington has a future in the NFL.
- Despite battling various injuries over the past two seasons, the Louisiana product or "Louisianimal" ranked No. 2 on the team with 81 tackles in 2015 and No. 4 with 64 in 2014.
- Injured for the first three games of 2014, Washington averaged 6.4 tackles per game after returning to lineup which was the best per-game average on the team.
Hall's Growth
While developing into one of the nation's top DEs, senior DE Daeshon Hall has gained nearly 60 pounds since coming to campus on his recruiting visit.- Hall came to Texas A&M on his recruiting visit in 2013 as a 208-pound "basketball player," according to head coach Kevin Sumlin. He has bulked up to 270 pounds as a senior.
- Hall's nickname is "Dae Dae."
- Hall moved from Seattle, Wash., to Lancaster, Texas in high school. His high school coach Chris Gilbert got his first glimpse of Hall playing basketball. "He was just like hammering dunks," Gilbert said. "He was a little thin, but I could tell he was strong. He said, 'Coach, I love basketball but everybody tells me they think I can play on Sundays, and I think I can.' '' (Dallas Morning News, Sept. 12, 2014)
- Hall's four-sack effort vs. Arizona State in 2015 tied for second-most in a single game in school history, trailing only the five-sack performance by Alex Morris vs. Houston in 1987. Hall matched the sack total of three first-team All-Americans: Jacob Green, Ray Childress and John Roper.
- Teams with Myles Garrett to give the Aggies one of the nation's top defensive ends combos.
- Garrett said of the pair's friendly competition to get to the quarterback, "It's a race to get to the quarterback every time."
Big-Play Ability
Junior FS Armani Watts is the SEC's only player to have registered at least one QB sack, tackle for loss, QB hurry, interception, pass breakup, forced fumble and recovered fumble.- Earned SEC Defensive Player the Week after the Aggies' 2016 win over Arkansas. He posted a pair of game-changing plays with a strip and fumble recovery at the goal line and a fourth-down TFL vs, ARK.
- Ranks No.4 on team with 56 tackles, has multiple TFLs, INTs, PBUs, FR and FF.
- With 126 tackles in 2015, Watts was the first Aggie to hit the century mark since LB Michael Hodges had 115 in 2010. Only a handful of Aggie DBs have reached 100 tackles in a season, most recently Jaxson Appel had 135 in 2003.
- Watts led the SEC with an amazing 83 solo tackles in 2016.
- His 20-tackle game vs. the Rebels in 2015 was the second-most prolific tackle game by a DB in school history. Safety Larry Horton matched the overall school record with 24 tackles vs. Baylor in 1990 (originally set by LB Larry Kelm in 1985).
- Watts finished 2015 tied for 14th nationally with 126 tackles.
- A consensus 4-star recruit out of North Forney HS, Watts earned all-state honors at safety and was an all-district pick on offense and defense and as a return man.
Record-Setting Reynolds
Senior Josh Reynolds is the only player in Texas A&M and SEC history and FBS's only active player with two 90-yard plus catches -- a 95-yarder vs. Vanderbilt in 2015 and a 92-yard vs. Arkansas in 2016.- Reynolds is the SEC's leading active receiving TD producer with 26 since 2014.
- Reynolds led the SEC with a 17.8 per catch average among players with more than 35 catches in 2015. He's on the same track in 2016 with a 19.0 average, which ranks No. 3 in the SEC.
- Overlooked by FBS programs out of HS, Reynolds went to Tyler JC as a full qualifier and then transferred to A&M with three years of eligibility in 2014. The FB coaching staff was tipped off to Reynolds by TAMU T&F coach Pat Henry, who had recruited Reynolds as a high jumper.
- Reynolds' younger brother, Moses, is a true freshman DB for the Aggies.
SEC Active Receiving TDs list
1. | 26 - Josh Reynolds, TA&M | 2014-16 |
2. | 19 - Fred Ross, MSU | 2013-16 |
16 - Keon Hatcher, ARK | 2012-16 | |
4. | 14 - Drew Morgan, ARK | 2013-16 |
14 - Christian Kirk, TA&M | 2015-16 | |
14 - Evan Engram, Ole Miss | 2013-16 |
TAMU Career Receiving TDs
Player, Years | TDs |
Jeff Fuller, 2008-11 | 34 |
Josh Reynolds, 2014- | 26 |
Ryan Swope, 2009-12 | 24 |
Uzoma Nwachukwu, 2009-12 | 19 |
Bob Long, 1966-68 | 19 |
Honey Badger Redux
Junior nickel back Donovan Wilson has drawn comparisons to former LSU playmaker Tyrann Mathieu or the "Honey Badger" because of his penchant for making big plays.- Wilson ranked third in the SEC with five interceptions in 2015, which matched the entire Texas A&M team's output in 2014.
- Texas A&M defensive coordinator John Chavis says of Wilson, "We need that catalyst and he's been that catalyst force. He's made big play after big play. (Former LSU All-American Tyrann Mathieu) had the 'it' factor. We're starting to see some of that with Donovan." (Bryan-College Station Eagle, Oct. 7, 2015)
2015 Wilson (13 gms) vs. 2011 Mathieu (13 gms)
Player | TFL | QBS | INT | PBU | FR | FF |
Wilson | 8.5 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Mathieu | 7.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
- Wilson fills the stat sheet like few other defenders. He ranked No. 4 on the team in tackles (63), had 8.5 TFL, 2.0 QBS, three FF, two FR and three PBUs, along with his five INTs last season.
- A late addition to the Aggies' 2014 signing class, Wilson led the Shreveport, La., area with 13 interceptions while earning All-City Defensive POY (Shreveport Times) and Louisiana Class 4A all-state honors.
Captain Kirk
Sophomore WR/RS Christian Kirk is the only receiver in the SEC with 60-plus catches in 2016 and he has a school-record five TD punt returns on just 24 career tries.- Became the first Aggie to post two punt return TDs in same game vs. NMSU (70 and 73 yards).
- Kirk and Washington's Dante Pettis are the only FBS players with multiple PR TDs the past two seasons.
- Among his 24 career punt returns are five TD and six 50-yard plus returns.
- His career PR average of 25.4 is the best among active FBS players (minimum: 24 returns).
- Kirk posted a career-high 12 catches vs. South Carolina.
- A consensus 5-star recruit out of Saguaro HS in Scottsdale, Ariz., Kirk was an early enrollee in January of 2015.
Tough Matchup
At 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds, junior WR Ricky Seals-Jones ranks as one of the toughest matchups for defensive backs in the nation.- Seals-Jones missed the SC and UT games due to injury, but returned vs. ALA.
- Seals-Jones has been consistently praised as one of the team's top blockers on the perimeter.
- Seals-Jones has been the team's third-leading receiver the past two seasons with 49 catches in 2014 and 45 in 2015.
- His receptions single game high is 10 catches vs. Mississippi State in 2014, which ranks as one of five double-digit catch games by a freshman.
- RSJ played in two games as a true freshman in 2013 before suffering a season-ending injury. In his first career game, Seals-Jones reeled off a 71-yard TD catch and run against Rice that remains his career long.
- The early-season showdown of future Texas A&M signees Seals-Jones of Sealy HS and QB Kohl Stewart of St. Pius in 2012 was the first destination of the "Swag-copter" when head coach Kevin Sumlin used a helicopter to get from College Station to St. Pius' Parsley Field in Houston.
Graduate Transfer QB
Graduate transfer Trevor Knight suffered a shoulder injury against MSU and is out for the remainder of the regular season, according to head coach Kevin Sumlin.- Named Midseason National Offensive Player of the Year by CollegeFootballNews.com. Also, semifinalist for Wuerffel Trophy, Davey O'Brien Award
- Knight joined the Aggies in January as a graduate transfer after playing three seasons at the University of Oklahoma.
- Has already established career highs in total offense (422 vs. PVAMU) and rushing yards (157 vs. ARK).
- Named Davey O'Brien National QB of the Week and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose POTW after rushing for 157/2 TDs and passing for 225/2 TDs in win over ARK (9/24).
- At OU, Knight started 15 games, including two bowl games.
- Knight's stats at OU were 3,424 passing yards/25 TDs and 852 rushing yards/8 TDs. He was named the MVP of OU's 2014 Sugar Bowl win over Alabama after connecting on 32-of-44 passes for 348 yards and four TDs.
- Knight had four 300-yard passing games and two 100-yard rushing games at OU.
- His fraternal twin brother, Connor, is a senior fullback for the Sooners.
- Knight earned his bachelor's degree in finance at OU and is pursuing his master's degree in management at Texas A&M.
- Knight helped spearhead the Aggies' humanitarian trip to Haiti last summer, and had made previous trips to the impoverished nation while at OU.
Ball Hawk Safety
Senior SS Justin Evans has a well-earned reputation as one of the SEC's biggest hitters. He added ball-hawk to his repertoire with four pickoffs in 2016, which is tied for the SEC lead.- Named Midseason National Defensive POTY by NFL.com...Semifinalist for the Thorpe Award (best college DB).
- Evans was spectacular in the season-opener against UCLA with a pair of interceptions, another broken up pass, a 21.0 average on kickoff returns and eight tackles. He earned Nagurski and Thorpe National Player of the Week honors.
- After the Auburn game, Evans was named SEC Defensive POTW after making a game-high 12 tackles and breaking up a pass against the Tigers.
- Evans ranked No. 3 on the team with 78 tackles in 2015, and he also contributed an interception and three broken up passes.
- He had a season-high 10 tackles in SEC games against Alabama and Vanderbilt.
- Evans joined the Aggies as an early enrollee after transferring from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
- Was also a standout baseball player in high school, batting .495 as a senior at Wiggins High School.
Instant Impact
True freshman RB Trayveon Williams still isn't listed as the Aggies' starter at running back, but his impact on the Texas A&M rushing attack is undeniable.- Williams ranks No. 6 in the SEC with an average of 87.6 rushing yards per game, while averaging 7.0 yards per rush.
- With 217 rushing yards against UT, Williams became the first Aggie true freshman to surpass the 200 rushing yards plateau. His 89-yard sprint vs. AUB was the second-longest by a freshman in A&M history.
- Was an early enrollee at Texas A&M in January 2016. A four-star recruit, Williams was District 15-5A MVP in 2015 after rushing for 1,409 yards and 20 TDs as a senior at C.E. King. Rushed for nearly 4,000 yards and 40 touchdowns his final two seasons.
Runs Like a Ford
The other half of the Aggies' formidable running back tandem is hard-running junior Keith Ford, who is in his first season of action for Texas A&M after transferring from Oklahoma.- Running style has been described as "physical" with an "earnest pursuit of contact." (Dallas Morning News, 10/27/2016)
- While not being the homerun threat of Williams, Ford does have at least one 15-yard or longer run in six games.
- While sitting out the 2015 season per NCAA transfer rules, Ford was named the Offensive Scout Team MVP.
- Played two seasons at OU, seeing action in 18 games with three starts in 2013 and 2014.
- Rushed for 369 yards and 5 TDs on 63 carries in 2014. Had a career-high 91 yards on nine carries vs. OSU. Earned starts against KU, UT and Tulsa, while seeing action in eight games. As a freshman, Ford gained 134 yards on 23 carries in 10 games.
- Five-star recruit from Cypress Ranch HS near Houston after rushing for 1,868 yards and 24 TDs as a senior.
Big Maroon Goons
Calling themselves the Maroon Goons since 2012, last week's starting lineup of tackles Colton Prater and Avery Gennesey, guards Jermaine Eluemenor and Keaton Sutherland and center Erik McCoy weigh in at 1,540 pounds, or 308 pounds per goon.Here's the Beef
Goon | HT | WT | Starts |
Colton Prater, RT | 6-4 | 295 | 10 |
Jermaine Eluemenor, RG | 6-5 | 315 | 11 |
Erik McCoy, C | 6-4 | 305 | 10 |
Keaton Sutherland, LG | 6-5 | 310 | 8 |
Avery Gennesy, LT | 6-5 | 315 | 23 |
Goon Facts
- Texas A&M has produced a NFL first-round pick at offensive tackle for the past four seasons -- Luke Joeckel in 2013, Jake Matthews in 2014, Cedric Ogbuehi in 2015 and Germain Ifedi in 2016.
- Easily the most experienced Goon, senior LT Avery Gennesy started all 13 games in 2015 and has 23 career starts.
- Entering 2016, RT Jermaine Eluemenor was the only other Goon with starting experience -- he started one game at guard in 2015 (bowl game vs. Louisville).
- Eluemenor is nicknamed "London" because he grew up in London, England before moving to New Jersey as a teen.
- Eluemenor was the "hot chicken eating" champion at last year's Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tenn.
- The Aggies have rushed for 200+ yards in seven games, including 366 vs. ARK which was the most against a SEC opponent since joining the league.
- Texas A&M hadn't rushed for 200+ yards in the first six games of a season since the days of Emory Bellard's famed Wishbone offense with Bubba Bean and George "Big Woo" Woodard in 1975.
- The first Goon off the bench has been 305-pound swing tackle Koda Martin, who has made a pair of starts at RT in 2016 and came in for an injured Gennesy against UCLA.
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