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Texas A&M gets dual commitment from Leon O'Neal, Max Wright

Just when it looked as if Texas had regained the majority of recruiting momentum in the state, the Texas A&M Aggies struck back in a big way Friday, picking up safety Leon O'Neal, ranked No. 86 overall in the 2018 class, and defensive end Max Wright, No. 235 overall, in a dual commitment video.

The 6-foot-1, 196-pound hard-hitting O'Neal chose Texas A&M over Texas, Clemson, LSU and Oklahoma with the Aggies considered the heavy favorite throughout the spring.

Wright, 6-foot-4 and 276 pounds, chose the Aggies over the Longhorns, making it two big victories out of the Houston area for Kevin Sumlin and staff.

Texas A&M remains in contention for a number of other ESPN 300 prospects, including wide receivers Jalen Preston, Al'vonte Woodard and Joshua Moore, defensive end Joseph Ossai, defensive tackle Keondre Coburn, tight end Malcolm Epps and defensive back D'shawn Jamison. Moore is the brother of Aggies commit Jordan Moore and is set to announce June 18 with Florida State considered the top competition for the Aggies.

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Just when it looked as if Texas had regained the majority of recruiting momentum in the state, the Texas A&M Aggies struck back

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This is huge. When t.u. hired a hot young coach in Herman, I had a slight concern that it would be Mack Brown all over again with t.u. getting their pick of the state's blue chips as our program is on rocky footing after disappointing results on the field as well as a coach on the hot seat.

Whether it's a matter of Sumlin unexpectedly turning the corner this year to save his job or us having a new coach next spring, making sure we consistently attract recruits is huge until we're on more stable footing as a program. In the Big XII it hurt when t.u. landed our state's top talent with us getting a fringe top 25 recruiting class. In the SEC we would be toast.

Assuming we don't do anything foolish like fire General Sumlin, these 2 studs are the tip of the iceberg. Expect us to pluck OU and tu commits when Summy feels the time is right. Right now they only have 2-3 commits between them who would appear to be SEC ready.

Texas A&M 2018 commitment Leon O'Neal says he will kneel during the national anthem at his next game for Cypress Creek High on Saturday.
O'Neal made the announcement, prefaced with an apology to military members, Sunday night on Twitter:
I will be kneeling In Saturday's Game wanna say my early apologizes for those who fought for are freedom ask you seek the understanding why