Texas A&M football all-time roster: Offensive starters and backups
Texas A&M Football has a storied history full of great players. As the 2022 season approaches Aggies Wire will take a journey through that history, putting together the Aggies all-time roster, starting with the offensive side of the ball, before hitting the defensive side, and special teams along with the coaching staff later in the week.
For a program as storied as the Aggies’ we are certain to miss some players, and there are plenty of names that deserved to be on this list who aren’t here.
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Starting QB: Johnny Manziel
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There’s really only one answer for QB1, and it’s of course, Johnny freakin’ Football. The man who burst on the scene as a redshirt freshman, leading the Aggies into the SEC, and launching them into the national scene, including the first heisman win by an Aggie in 55 years.
Backup QB: Reggie McNeal
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Before there was Johnny Football, there was the Real Deal Reggie McNeal. In 2002, a decade before the Aggies beat #1 ranked Alabama, McNeal, a freshman from Lufkin, came off the bench against #1 Oklahoma, and threw four touchdowns, leading the Aggies to their first ever upset win over a #1 ranked team at home. There are plenty of good quarterbacks in A&M history, but Reggie McNeal brought magic to the position matched only by the man he backs up on our list.
Starting RB: John David Crow
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John David Crow, the 1957 heisman trophy winner, the first Aggie to win the prestigious trophy, is the obvious choice for the starting running back role. Crow’s numbers aren’t as prestigious as some modern runners, but his place in the history of A&M is unquestionable.
Backup RB: Jorvorskie Lane
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This one is a bit of a personal bias pick. At 5’10” and around 275 pounds, Jorvorskie Lane wasn’t your typical running back. But man, he was fun to watch. He scored a whopping 19 touchdowns in 2006, and followed it up with another 16 in 2007. His 50 total scores lead A&M all-time.
Starting WR: Mike Evans
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If Johnny Manziel is our quarterback, his favorite target, Mike Evans has to be our first wide receiver. Evans totaled nearly 2,500 yards and 17 touchdowns in two seasons, and was basically uncoverable in maroon and white. He has gone on to become perhaps the most accomplished Aggies’ skill position player in the NFL ever.
Starting WR: Jeff Fuller
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There is no wide receiver in A&M history who has been more productive than Jeff Fuller. His 3,092 yards are second in program history, and his 34 receiving touchdowns are 4 more than anyone else has recorded. He was a dominant physical presence at wide receiver, and one of the best ever to wear Maroon and White.
Starting WR: Ryan Swope
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Our starting lineup features two massive perimeter wide receivers, and now we add a dominant slot option. Ryan Swope has more career receiving yards than any Aggie pass catcher with 3,117, and was extremely reliable from 2009 to 2012. He was the veteran option on that young exciting 2012 team with Johnny Manziel and Mike Evans, and he just made every important conversion, and always seemed to be open.
Backup WR: Christian Kirk
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Christian Kirk came to A&M with a great deal of pageantry and expectation, and all the wideout from Arizona did was play three years, gain 2,856 yards and score 26 receiving touchdowns, both good for 3rd in program history,
Backup WR: Josh Reynolds
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Watching Josh Reynolds win on deep balls was a beautiful thing. He did is so well in fact that he averaged 17 yards per reception at A&M, the most by any receiver in Aggies history with over 100 catches. His 30 career touchdowns are second only to Jeff Fuller.
Backup WR: Terrence Murphy
Terrence Murphy doesn’t have the gaudy numbers that the other wideouts on our roster possess. But what he brings is consistency. Murphy stepped onto campus as a freshman in 2001 and caught 36 balls for 518 yards and 3 touchdowns, and that was his least productive season. His career culminated with a 56-catch, 721-yard, 3-touchdown season in 2004, and he is the perfect sixth wideout for our team.
Starting TE: Jalen Wydermyer
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All Jalen Wydermyer did in his three years in Aggieland, is completely rewrite the tight end record book for the Aggies. He leads all A&M tight ends in catches, yards, and touchdowns, and was a key contributor to the Aggies 10-2 season in 2020. A&M has had several good tight ends in their history, but Wydermyer has proven to be the best.
Backup TE: Martellus Bennett
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Martellus Bennett came to College Station with great fanfare, and his production lived up to it. He scored atleast 3 touchdowns in each of his 3 years, and his final two seasons he averaged over 40 catches for nearly 550 yards.
Starting Tackle: Joe Boyd
Joe Boyd was a first team all-american tackle in 1939 on the Aggies team that won the programs only National Championship to date.
Starting tackle: Jake Matthews
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Jake Matthews is part of an Aggie royal family, and he won’t be the last member of that family to make our all-time roster. Jake played 49 games in four years as an Aggie, and played both right and left tackle, and was a cornerstone for multiple seasons, including the magical 2012 season.
Starting Guard: Kenyon Green
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Kenyon Green was an elite player who is one of only three Aggies ever to be recognized as a consensus all-american twice. He played every position on the offensive line throughout his career, and was a stabilizing force up front through multiple iterations of the Aggies line.
Starting Guard: Mo Moorman
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Mo Moorman is most famous for throwing a key block on a touchdown run in the 1969 NFL-AFL championship game, but he had quite a career at A&M as well.
Starting Center: Seth McKinney
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Seth McKinney started 50 games as the center for the Aggies. earning all-conference and all-american honors along the way.
Backup Tackle: Luke Joeckel
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Luke Joeckel was a good enough left tackle to keep Jake Matthews at right tackle until the 2013 season. That should tell us pretty much all we need to know.
Backup Tackle: Richmond Webb
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Richmond Webb was the left tackle for the Southwest Conference Champion teams in 1986 and 1987 and was a team captain in 1989. He went on to make 118 consecutive NFL starts protecting Dan Marino.
Backup G: Glenn Bujnoch
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Backup Center: Erik McCoy
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Erik McCoy started all 38 games in his career, and manned the pivot as the program transitioned into the Jimbo Fisher era.
