Byron Cardwell

With nearly all of the 2021 recruiting class inked, Billy Liucci takes an in-depth look at all the players signed, offers some position grades and looks ahead to what to expect in the 2022 class.

Jimbo Fisher and his staff continue to leverage deep roots in the Sunshine State, on Saturday adding commitments from Miami Central teammates Amari Daniels and Yulkeith Brown. Billy Liucci details what the 2021 duo will add to the A&M roster.

...as far the composite rankings go. The Ags are currently at No. 15 with 16 commits. This stuff is fun and you can go down about 7,000 different rabbit holes here but I just wanted to keep it simple. If A&M added LJ Johnson Jr, Shemar Turner and Elijah Jeudy they'd be at No. 8 between Georgia and Tennessee (yes, remember when Tennessee had the greatest class in history earlier this cycle?). That would be 19 commits for the Ags. UGA only has 16 so they're going to stay ahead barring very limited numbers that I'm not following enough to know. Ahead of them is USC with 22 commits. Behind the Ags would be Tenn (25 commits) and Florida (24), plus Notre Dame (19), MIami (22) and MIchigan (20) so I don't think anyone outside of ND would be positioned to catch the Ags on the close out. OU (one spot ahead of the Ags right now despite having one less commit) would be one that could remain ahead with a similar close but that's about it.And if you really want to have some fun, throw Bryce Foster into the mix and push that number to 20. That puts you at 6 directly behind the defending national champs. Then there are the guys like MJ Daniels, Taleeq Robbins, Yulkeith Brown, Remington Strickland (not offered yet but he's one I'd love to see the Ags go on), Landon Jackson (composite No 112), Je'lin Samuels, Amari Daniels and a few others that won't necessarily push you up the rankings once you're trying to climb up in the top-10 but any of whom could possibly factor into the close out.And of course you have highly very highly-regarded guys like Tywone Malone (National No 55), Louisiana WR Brian Thomas (#62) and even Florida S Terrion Arnold (#161) and San Diego RB Byron Cardwell (#171) still in the mix but I just went with three (and four if you want to throw in Foster, who still feels like a straight up A&M/OU H2H) fairly realistic 'gets' down the stretch for Jimbo Fisher and Co. to give you an idea of what would push the Ags into that '5-8 range' that so many folks are asking about.