Phidarian Mathis

According to multiple sources in Orlando, Neville (LA) DT Phidarian Mathis and his family have not ruled out Texas A&M in any form or fashion. In fact, I was told they expect to make a visit to College Station between now and signing day. While many believe LSU is the leader, Mathis likes the opportunity at A&M and believes in the direction of the program. I'd still call Katy's Corey Bethley and Houston Christian's Joshua Rogers the front runners to close the Aggie DL class, but the Mathis development is intriguing. The family of Mathis has been touch with some of the Aggie commit parents here about the prospects of Phidarian landing in College Station.

Been talking to quite a few kids and sources from the bayou state throughout the day and decided to compile all the info in one update. Let's start with guys with offers...-2017 John Ehret CB Terrell Bailey has long been considered an Aggie lean. There was even murmurs that he would shut his recruitment down in favor of the Maroon & White while on campus for Friday Night Lights. After cross checking some stuff, I found that, typically, kids from John Ehret don't make commitments while on visits. Their head coach likes to sit down with the kid and family before making a decision. This was part of the reason last cycle's Michael Divinity saga was a little hectic. Anyway, all that being said, my south Louisiana connection still says the Ags are the team to beat here. Bailey is a big fan of John Chavis and Terry Joseph, and I was told he felt really comfortable on campus. The ever growing New Orleans presence on the A&M roster should be a big help down the road...as will hosting satellite camps in the Big Easy. -A pair of Neville products - Jaiden Cole and Phidarian Mathis - are two guys with Aggie offers that you could see on campus this summer. It'll be interesting to see how the A&M staff pursues Cole from a positional standpoint. Sources in Louisiana maintain he's an electric slot/kick returner type that would fit well into a spread style attack. A&M has a guy like that committed already in Roshauud Paul. The Aggies probably have a better shot with Cole than they do with his teammate, Mathis. Phidarian received that LSU offer that so many kids over there covet this week and, while he may trip to Aggieland with Cole, the safe money is on the Tigers right now. -I was able to speak briefly with recent 2018 WR offer Lawrence Keys from McDonogh 35. (For the record, I don't know why the map on his profile page says the school is located in Central Europe, but it shows you the same image when you google the high school, too. Weird.). Anyway, Keys was very excited about the offer. He says former 35 teammate and Aggie signee Clifford Chattman "talks a lot about Texas A&M. It sounds great." Expect Keys' stock to continue to soar. I'd also be willing to bet he makes an appearance at an A&M camp. -Lastly, Evangel Christian WR Johnathan Jones doesn't have an A&M offer yet, but he may be on the cusp. He called A&M his "dream school" tonight and says he talks to Aaron Moorehead and Jeff Banks daily. He's especially fond of Moorehead. Jones says he'd like to commit this summer and definitely has plans to revisit Aggieland soon. If A&M decides to move on Jones, I'd put him on #YESSIR alert rather quickly.