The Aggies made another key addition to their future roster tonight as 2020 Fort Bend Marshall running back Devon Achane made his verbal pledge to Texas A&M after Marshall’s 32-27 playoff win over A&M Consolidated.
The name of the game with Achane is speed. A top-end competitor for Fort Bend Marshall’s elite track and field team, Achane’s movement on a football field has drawn comparisons to current NFL speed merchants Tyreek Hill and Tarik Cohen and former Aggie greats Dante Hall and Leeland McElroy. A threat to score from anywhere on the field, Achane amassed 47 rushing touchdowns, 13 receiving touchdowns, and 5 return touchdowns during his sophomore and junior years. The scoring hasn’t stopped this season, and Friday night he registered his 100th career touchdown. He’ll be utilized at a multitude of positions in College Station.
Achane’s addition moves the 2020 class to 21 commits overall, and he joins fellow Fort Bend ISD natives Smart Chibuzo (Hightower), Akinola Ogunbiyi (Kempner) and Kenneth Phillips (Bush) as future Aggie footballers.
His junior highlight film is seven-plus minutes of nothing but touchdowns.
Achane chose the Aggies over LSU, Alabama, Houston and Florida State, among others.
We’ll have more analysis and breakdown for TexAgs Premium subscribers, including Ryan Brauninger’s interview with Achane about his decision to become an Aggie.
I wouldn't worry too much about that - leave them behind. Let's focus on getting better on the field. We have much more talent than they do and our recruiting is well ahead of them. Sips are still listed as having finished ahead of us last year in the 24/7 recruiting rankings despite having 3 of their highest recruits either leave the school or stop playing football due to injury. If those recruits had been taken into account, they'd be outside the top 10 recruiting classes for 2019.Quote:
And for those keeping score, his commitment pushed us ahead of the sips.
I guess it's time to move some sips up the rankings to 'correct' that.
Fedup said:
His tape is only tds. Let's see how he handles adversity and gets tackled short of the endzone. Otherwise, it's a great start to the weekend.
You're not a sip, okay. Then you're suffering from BAS remembering the 1995 Colorado game where we ran a fleet-footed speedster Leeland McElroy up the middle against a 9 man box for a net 52 yard game rushing effort. Used a speedster as you would a Norm Bulaich, John Riggins or a Walt Garrison - crazy. Speed is generally used in open spaces, not congested areas. We got rid of that kind of mentally deranged OC thinking, Steve Ensminger is now at LSU. Jimbo knows what he is doing. Just let the man work.Fedup said:
I'm not a sip. Just saying that he's usually running free and in the clear. Not the same as getting tackled by sec defenders play after play,
Cojack said:
Great news, funny the Marshall school colors match LSU, is this a lock?