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2024 Acadiana (LA) DL Dominick McKinley commits to Texas A&M

September 1, 2023
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Texas A&M kicks off the month of September with one of the nation’s best as Lafayette (LA) Acadiana defensive lineman Dominick McKinley‍ announced his verbal pledge to Jimbo Fisher & Co. at a 3:30 p.m. ceremony at Acadiana High School.

Widely regarded as one of the top defenders in the entire country, McKinley chooses the Aggies over fellow finalists Ohio State, Oklahoma, Texas and LSU as well as offers from across the country.

At 6-foot-6 and 280 pounds, McKinley’s athleticism and explosiveness jump off the tape.

It’s a rare combination of size, strength, power and speed on the defensive line. McKinley uses a quick get-off and an enormous wingspan to overwhelm blockers. He flashes change of direction and dexterity in pass-rush scenarios. He also shows positional versatility — lining up at the end, tackle and nose in multiple fronts.

You can view his junior tape below.

Defensive line coach Elijah Robinson has led Texas A&M’s recruiting efforts, and McKinley becomes A&M’s 21st commitment of the 2024 class. He joins Dealyn Evans‍ and Gabriel Reliford‍ in the defensive line room, and he also joins Reliford as top-flight prospects from the state of Louisiana in Texas A&M’s class.

This is a monster get for the Aggies. We’ll have more shortly for our Premium subscribers.


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2024 Acadiana (LA) DL Dominick McKinley commits to Texas A&M

21,421 Views | 45 Replies | Last: 11 mo ago by cavscout96
DTuba
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redjalapeno-87
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Gig'em! All your tackle are belong to us!
P.U.T.U
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Becoming DL U. Just need to win games to keep these five star kids committed
Jerry-Ag
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Hell yea!! I thought this would happen
Get back or get Jerry’d
AgBQ-00
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Heck yeah!!! Welcome aboard!!
AggieMD95
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Gig em
rocky the dog
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Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for, and politicians find out what people will fall for.
Aston04
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Wow.
Noctilucent
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Whoop!
FamousAgg
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More like "Dominate"

Welcome to aggieland!!!
EKG1996
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TAM85
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That's fantastic!! Welcome and gig 'em!
S.A. Aggie
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Welcome Home Mr. McKinley!!! Whoop!! Gig'em!!!
An L of an Ag
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Welcome!
Andrew Dufresne
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DL studs named McKinley gravitate towards the Ags.
Southlake
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Wonder what we bid?
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Whoop!

Let's go NIL
NoahAg
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Bagmen.
Know Your Enemy
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Heat is gonna be on Brian Kelly if he keeps losing top LA talent to out of state rivals.
TX_Aggie37
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Wish we could sign all these kids today. Must win season this year.
TAMU74
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Welcome aboard Mr.McKinley
NoahAg
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Know Your Enemy said:

Heat is gonna be on Brian Kelly if he keeps losing top LA talent to out of state rivals.

Dude won the West last year. I think he's ok n
lagoag
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Whooop
The Agly Duckling
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Boo-Yah! Gig 'em, Dominick! Welcome to Aggieland!
AggieOO
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NoahAg said:

Know Your Enemy said:

Heat is gonna be on Brian Kelly if he keeps losing top LA talent to out of state rivals.

Dude won the West last year. I think he's ok n


Yep, as long as he's winning, they won't care where recruits are going.
MaroonStain
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Keep stacking wins! Now add more on the field and in recruiting.
Maroon Flash
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Great choice and freaking awesome!!
Maroon Flash
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Boom?
LAAG
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Whoa Nellie !
Aggie Joe 93
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Cojack
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Whoop! Welcome to the good guys!
sharpdressedman
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WOW!! Huge commitment. Welcome aboard!
maroon89
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Reel 'em in Jimbo! Now let's have a great season!
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Was really excited to hear about this pick up. I worked in Lafayette for 3 years (2019-2021) just a couple of miles down the road from Acadiana HS, which is consistently one of the state's best programs.

Since 2005, the "Wreckin' Rams" have won six Class 5A State Championships (2006, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020) and finished second, twice (2005, 2007). The 2020 state championship team had both Running Backs (they run a well-oiled Veer ground attack) accept Appointments to West Point.

The local sports paper, The Acadiana Advocate, does a really great job of covering local prep football at every classification and also does a solid job of keeping UL in the forefront of the news versus letting LSU dominate its headlines, like in most other parts of the state.

After DM's announcement this afternoon to join the Good Guys, I wanted to see how The (Acadiana) Advocate covered it and was a bit taken back, then realized maybe not everyone who covers sports in South LA, west of the basin, is free of personal bias or maybe... lingering butt-hurt to some degree.

Check out the headline in the paper by clicking the link: https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/high_schools/acadiana-defensive-tackle-dominick-mckinley-picks-texas-am/article_1001e672-4907-11ee-8877-1f7470d207a1.html

I like what Connor Weigman's dad told him before he committed to Texas A&M: "Son, this isn't a four year decision... it's a 40 year decision." Me, personally... I graduated from a public Louisiana high school in 1988 (that did not have air conditioning) and made the decision to enroll at Texas A&M University, joining the Corps of Cadets, and that, has been one of the best decisions of my life.

Pretty poor that some sports writer in Lafayette doesn't like it that a young man wants to do better for himself.
LatinAggie1997
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Whoop!
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