Keelon Russell

The California based QB called the A&M staff a short time ago to inform them of his flip to USC which has now gone public. After gathering more information, I'm very confident that this came down to a couple of factors. The first one holds the most weight in terms of why the decision was made, and it's the depth chart. Since Marcel Reed became the guy for the Aggies, Lincoln Riley and the Trojans began really selling their path to the field compared to A&M's for Longstreet. USC did not take a quarterback in the 2024 class, and their current signal callers have had serious issues this fall. Their depth chart was always an element to Husan's recruitment that they were trying to utilize when they could, but the emergence of Reed as the starter in Aggieland with 3 more years of eligibility was a key turning point for the Trojan's messaging. Secondly, because the USC QB room is a bit of a mess, the Trojans are motivated to fix it as quickly as possible. In today's college football, I'll let you figure out what that means. Finally, there is the fact that the kid will stay in state and play for a guy that has worked directly with 3 Heisman Trophy winners in recent history. The question for A&M now is where do they go from here with signing day just a couple of weeks away. Based on my latest intel, I do think the staff is doing/will do a deep dive on the in-state crop of signal callers in the coming days. There are probably 4-5 names that will get extensive looks. I think the first call they'll make is to Duncanville standout Keelon Russell who visited Texas A&M a couple of times during last spring. He's been committed to Alabama for a while now, and it's hard to imagine him coming off that pledge. Still, it's worth making the call to see. After that, a few more kids that I could see getting hard looks are Adam Schobel at Columbus (TCU), Ty Hawkins (SMU) who played most of his high school career at San Antonio Johnson before transferring to IMG Academy this year, and Austin Carlisle at Ft Bend Ridge Point (UH). That list is not exhaustive by any means. There are guys like Edward Griffin (Baylor) at Coppell and Lloyd Jones III (Texas Tech) at Hitchcock who have had strong senior campaigns, as well.Regardless, I do think the Texas based quarterbacks are going to be where the search starts.

Texas A&M OC and QB coach Collin Klein has enjoyed early success recruiting, securing the commitments of top targets in Husan Longstreet and now Helaman Casuga. The former Heisman Trophy finalist is far from flashy, but he knows how to forge meaningful bonds.

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