Sterling Galban

January 11th marks the end of the winter dead period for all FBS schools. That means coaches will be back in-home and in-person to see prospects as the final push toward National Signing Day begins.For the A&M staff, that means getting back in to see top defensive targets like Austin Westlake LB Levi Jones, Katy DT Corey Bethley, and probably Houston Christian DT Joshua Rogers. Bethley and Rogers are planned visitors this month while the A&M staff is working hard to persuade Levi to take a trip to Aggieland before Signing Day. Changing tunes to some underclass info, I was out at the Team Texas Elite 7 on 7 tryouts yesterday in south Houston. There were about 50 kids at the tryout, but the ones I focused on were 2019 St Pius QB Grant Gunnell, 2018 Alief Taylor WR Brennan Eagles, 2018 CyCreek WR Miles Battle, and 2019 Strake Jesuit TE TJ Gordon. Gunnell told me the only junior day visit he's got lined up is the one later this month at A&M, and I would go ahead and call the Aggies the leader at this point based on the conversation we had. There's going to be a case made for Gunnell to be the top QB in the country in that class. Eagles doesn't have an A&M offer yet, but he thinks it's very close. He says he stays in continuous communication with A&M, and they've spoken about an offer. Eagles is on the top end of a loaded 2018 WR group. He showed up wearing an Oklahoma St jacket then took it off to workout in an Ohio St shirt. Reading into stuff like that at this point though is useless. I'd be surprised if Eagles doesn't make it to one of A&M's Junior Days. Miles Battle just picked up an Arkansas offer and continues to be one of the smoothest route runners in Houston. He says he's had a little contact with A&M lately but not a ton. The biggest knock on him right now is his speed. If he can test better in the 40 on the upcoming spring circuit, you could see his stock really rise. Not too much to report on Strake Jesuit's TJ Gordon right now. It's early, but he did say the A&M staff reached through his school, and there is interest. He's a big boy already (6-5, 225). Another 2018 WR of note out there was Burnet's Sterling Galban. He's small, but he has great feet. I don't think he's an A&M guy, but somebody will get a football player. Lastly, I wouldn't expect a huge, long list for that first junior day. I think you'll see A&M bring in a smaller group of first tier targets. They'll save the others for the second 2018-2020 weekend.