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2024 Oak Grove (MS) quarterback AJ Maddox commits to Texas A&M

February 6, 2023
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Quarterback is always a cornerstone of a recruiting class, and Texas A&M secured one of the top 2024 signal callers in the Southeast on Monday as Hattiesburg (MS) Oak Grove standout AJ Maddox‍ announced his college decision.

The 6-foot-2, 175-pounder received his offer from Texas A&M a week ago, and Jimbo Fisher and Bobby Petrino quickly made him a top target.

Maddox was on the Aggies' radar well before his offer arrived. He visited Aggieland for the Florida game this past fall, and the 12th Man was quick to make an impression. When the opportunity to learn, grow and work under Fisher and Petrino arrived, he wasted little time making his choice.

As a junior, Maddox completed 67 percent of his passes, threw for over 2,500 yards, 25 touchdowns and only three interceptions. He also rushed for 432 yards and prides himself on his ability to improvise when the play breaks down.

He becomes Texas A&M’s fourth commitment of the 2024 recruiting class and joins Milton (GA) wideout Debron Gatling‍ as another offensive skill player in the class.

Maddox is regarded as one of the top prospects in Mississippi, and he is also a standout in basketball and baseball. In addition to his top three schools — Texas A&M, Penn State and Alabama — Maddox held offers from Akron, Appalachian State, Georgia State, Pitt, Tulane, UNLV, Vanderbilt and Western Michigan.

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2024 Oak Grove (MS) quarterback AJ Maddox commits to Texas A&M

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5:23p, 2/6/23
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Nice!
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5:48p, 2/6/23
Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.
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In reply to Aggie1188 • 6:02p, 2/6/23
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Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.


tape is significantly better than that, younger brother class of 2025 big stud defensive lineman. 2 for 1?
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6:41p, 2/6/23
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Based on stats and film looks like at least a 4 star.
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In reply to Detmersdislocatedshoulder • 6:43p, 2/6/23
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Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
Aggie1188 said:
Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.


tape is significantly better than that, younger brother class of 2025 big stud defensive lineman. 2 for 1?


I hope so because normally this board would be looking at that offer list and…….
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6:58p, 2/6/23
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I member another 3 star QB…member?
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7:08p, 2/6/23
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Love offering high completion % kids. Too many of our targets lately are sub 60% guys.
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In reply to AgOutsideAustin • 7:15p, 2/6/23
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AgOutsideAustin said:
Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
Aggie1188 said:
Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.


tape is significantly better than that, younger brother class of 2025 big stud defensive lineman. 2 for 1?


I hope so because normally this board would be looking at that offer list and…….


Alabama and Penn St? Unless I'm missing something, they aren't slouches.
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In reply to Aggie1188 • 7:58p, 2/6/23
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Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.
Only three interceptions. I'll take it, means he makes smart decisions and/or is very accurate.
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Aggie1188 said:
Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.


For what it's worth, you're an idiot.
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In reply to AgOutsideAustin • 8:08p, 2/6/23
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Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
Aggie1188 said:
Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.


tape is significantly better than that, younger brother class of 2025 big stud defensive lineman. 2 for 1?


I hope so because normally this board would be looking at that offer list and…….


watch his tape. he has a live arm, decent mechanics, and is a good athlete. gets up field quickly. plays three sports in high school so he hasn't peaked. i think by end of senior year this kid will have moved up higher in the rankings.

and his brother is a stud look at his offer list. you don't think this helps ags snag a potential 4-5 star defensive lineman in 2025 class.
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In reply to Detmersdislocatedshoulder • 9:34p, 2/6/23
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Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
AgOutsideAustin said:
Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
Aggie1188 said:
Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.


tape is significantly better than that, younger brother class of 2025 big stud defensive lineman. 2 for 1?


I hope so because normally this board would be looking at that offer list and…….


watch his tape. he has a live arm, decent mechanics, and is a good athlete. gets up field quickly. plays three sports in high school so he hasn't peaked. i think by end of senior year this kid will have moved up higher in the rankings.

and his brother is a stud look at his offer list. you don't think this helps ags snag a potential 4-5 star defensive lineman in 2025 class.


Hey I'm all for the coaches getting kids they want especially if you land his brother but everybody here used to freak out if the offer list would include Tulane. Western Michigan, Akron, and Georgia State and UNLV.
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In reply to AgOutsideAustin • 9:48p, 2/6/23
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AgOutsideAustin said:
Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
AgOutsideAustin said:
Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
Aggie1188 said:
Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.


tape is significantly better than that, younger brother class of 2025 big stud defensive lineman. 2 for 1?


I hope so because normally this board would be looking at that offer list and…….


watch his tape. he has a live arm, decent mechanics, and is a good athlete. gets up field quickly. plays three sports in high school so he hasn't peaked. i think by end of senior year this kid will have moved up higher in the rankings.

and his brother is a stud look at his offer list. you don't think this helps ags snag a potential 4-5 star defensive lineman in 2025 class.


Hey I'm all for the coaches getting kids they want especially if you land his brother but everybody here used to freak out if the offer list would include Tulane. Western Michigan, Akron, and Georgia State and UNLV.
Texags logic:

If the offer list includes Appalachian State he or she is a must have.

Actually, we run this state - we should be thankful because this is the lone star state so 3X is great! (poet and didn't know it).
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10:17p, 2/6/23
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Was he going to play QB at Bama or Penn state is the real question, or safety.......
https://i.postimg.cc/rpHKr9JQ/IMG-0770.jpg
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10:54p, 2/6/23
We will see. Looks like a good kid
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11:40p, 2/6/23
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Brett Favre came from the same area. Was not even a 3 star. This young man looks like a very good Qb. Boom!
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In reply to Canyon99 • 12:03a, 2/7/23
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AgOutsideAustin said:
Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
Aggie1188 said:
Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.


tape is significantly better than that, younger brother class of 2025 big stud defensive lineman. 2 for 1?


I hope so because normally this board would be looking at that offer list and…….


Alabama and Penn St? Unless I'm missing something, they aren't slouches.
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Was he going to play QB at Bama or Penn state is the real question, or safety.......
Alabama already has an elite 2024 QB in this class, and he's a 5-star.
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Tommy Maddux's boy?
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I must have missed the Florida game last Fall, was it televised?
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6:38a, 2/7/23
Not sure how he is as a player, but he is a 3 star. A&M has moved out of 3 star players and we focus on 4 or 5 stars. At least we should. So not sure how much playing time Maddox will get. Good luck.
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In reply to Maroon Flash • 6:39a, 2/7/23
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Brett Favre came from the same area. Was not even a 3 star. This young man looks like a very good Qb. Boom!

Take it easy, we always say this when anyone signs with us. Then reality hits.
Remember Calzada and King?
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6:51a, 2/7/23
I realize all these kids are "mercenaries" and they have very little allegiance and loyalty to the schools they sign with

That being said I would still rather have a Texas kid who has some affinity for the Ags. A kid that grew up with in 150 miles or maybe has some relatives that attended or maybe knows some older kids from his Highschool that came here.

I don't really care about the younger brother . I think that recruiting angle ended when NIL became prevalent.

A highly rated TX QB could serve as a catalyst to bring some other highly rated TX players to the program. I just don't see a Hattiesburg Kid having the same impact.

Lastly Welcome to Aggieland AJ I am Certain you are an outstanding young man and a hell of a baller to have earned an Offer from Jimbo

Please don't take it personally that I'd prefer Jimbo sign an in state prospect
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Take THAT App State!!!
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In reply to AgOutsideAustin • 7:44a, 2/7/23
AgOutsideAustin said:
Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
AgOutsideAustin said:
Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
Aggie1188 said:
Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.


tape is significantly better than that, younger brother class of 2025 big stud defensive lineman. 2 for 1?


I hope so because normally this board would be looking at that offer list and…….


watch his tape. he has a live arm, decent mechanics, and is a good athlete. gets up field quickly. plays three sports in high school so he hasn't peaked. i think by end of senior year this kid will have moved up higher in the rankings.

and his brother is a stud look at his offer list. you don't think this helps ags snag a potential 4-5 star defensive lineman in 2025 class.


Hey I'm all for the coaches getting kids they want especially if you land his brother but everybody here used to freak out if the offer list would include Tulane. Western Michigan, Akron, and Georgia State and UNLV.


is it possible we got in on this kid before everyone in college football started offering? that happens from time to time as well. kid did have offers from penn st bama and us and my guess ks over the next month he will probably pick up another 20 offers. so a month from now if he has offers that also include ou,auburn, texas, lsu, etc does that make him a better player or is he the same player that we identified instead of chasing after the fact ?
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7:49a, 2/7/23
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The tape looks good. Accurate and makes good decisions. Who rated any of these guys? Did they ever play or coach. I did but would not call myself qualified to rate.
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The Zoo never disappoints in worrying about stars.

The tape is good, looks like a real athlete. Let him get on campus and compete, who cares about the stars
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9:23a, 2/7/23
If Bama wants him so do I.
Let's go, Brandon!
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Welcome and gig 'em!!
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10:14a, 2/7/23
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This kid is ranked almost exactly where Austin Novosad was in February of his JR year (417 vs 431) and then people *****ed that we should have offered him earlier when he started blowing up.

You can't "offer kids early" if you're waiting until they blow up. Coaches clearly like him enough to offer him way ahead of time, which is not something they've done often of late, so I assume they see something they like. If you're going to take a project, one with a really high completion % and a very solid TD/INT ratio is a really good place to start...I much prefer that to a kid with elite physical tools who somehow only completes 52% of his passes for something like 16/9.
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He has a good tape and next time they rate him he will be a 4 star. Athlete that has a 60%+ completion rate, didn't see many passes in the 10-20 yard range so hopefully he is not like King and does not have the ability to hit anyone in that range.

Plus he is probably a package deal with his little brother who is a 4 star DL.
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In reply to infinity ag • 11:55a, 2/7/23
infinity ag said:
Not sure how he is as a player, but he is a 3 star. A&M has moved out of 3 star players and we focus on 4 or 5 stars. At least we should. So not sure how much playing time Maddox will get. Good luck.

Haynes King was a 4/5 star. Eli Stowers was a 4 star. Good thing we focused on 4 & 5 stars. Did us a LOT of good. Manziel was a 3*. Mike Evans was a 3*. Von Miller was a 3*. The stupidity of people on here never ceases to amaze me. 4/5* athletes or they're no good! We're too good for anything less!
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TexasAGGIEinAR said:
infinity ag said:
Not sure how he is as a player, but he is a 3 star. A&M has moved out of 3 star players and we focus on 4 or 5 stars. At least we should. So not sure how much playing time Maddox will get. Good luck.

Haynes King was a 4/5 star. Eli Stowers was a 4 star. Good thing we focused on 4 & 5 stars. Did us a LOT of good. Manziel was a 3*. Mike Evans was a 3*. Von Miller was a 3*. The stupidity of people on here never ceases to amaze me. 4/5* athletes or they're no good! We're too good for anything less!

JJ Watt was an unrecruited walk on. We should stop recruiting kids 3* and above.
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Great pick up!!!
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Canyon99 said:
AgOutsideAustin said:
Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:
Aggie1188 said:
Fwiw…. rated 85, 3-star.


tape is significantly better than that, younger brother class of 2025 big stud defensive lineman. 2 for 1?


I hope so because normally this board would be looking at that offer list and…….


Alabama and Penn St? Unless I'm missing something, they aren't slouches.


Alabama took two QBs in 2023 and has a verbal commitment from the #2 QB in 2024. There is almost no way that his Alabama offer was committable.

If A&M takes two QBs this cycle or we really just want the DL brother, then this is fine. If neither of those things happen, then this is a reach. It may work out, but like I said with Reed, this is no way to sustain success. Fisher has shown almost zero ability to recruit and develop QBs. The one guy that we think might work is the one five star he recruited. That is no coincidence.
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