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Texas A&M Football Recruiting
New Orleans RB Bussey flips to A&M from Tennessee
In need of at least one more running back in the 2015 class, Texas A&M hung in the fight for a powerful one out of New Orleans — and on Monday, the Aggies finally succeeded.
Isidore Newman's Kendall Bussey, a former Nebraska commit who later opened things back up and narrowed his decision to Tennessee and A&M, picked the Volunteers in mid-December. The Aggies nonetheless remained in pursuit, feeling confident in their chances of flipping Bussey should they manage to get him to campus.
Isidore Newman's Kendall Bussey, a former Nebraska commit who later opened things back up and narrowed his decision to Tennessee and A&M, picked the Volunteers in mid-December. The Aggies nonetheless remained in pursuit, feeling confident in their chances of flipping Bussey should they manage to get him to campus.
They were able to achieve exactly that, bringing him to Aggieland last weekend and accepting his commitment eight days later — even after he visited Knoxville this past weekend as a UT commit.
The 5-9, 195-pounder joins Splendora's Jay Bradford in the A&M staff's RB haul and marks the Aggies' 24th commitment.
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