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Texas A&M adds former North Carolina DT CJ Mims via transfer portal

Former North Carolina defensive tackle CJ Mims has announced his intentions to transfer to Texas A&M. In 37 career games, he logged 79 tackles, eight TFLs and four sacks, and Mims comes to Aggieland with one year of eligibility remaining.
By Ryan Brauninger
January 12, 2026
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Texas A&M has made a big-time addition to their 2026 roster today with the commitment of defensive tackle CJ Mims — one of the top overall players in the transfer portal.

The 6-foot-2, 300-pound native of New Bern, NC, is the 16th pledge for Mike Elko in this January window.

Mims left West Craven High School in the class of 2022 and started his career at East Carolina. After playing one game and redshirting his first season on campus, he then played in a total of 24 games in the ensuing two years for the Pirates. He left Greenville for Chapel Hill, where he was one of the better players for the Tar Heels in Bill Belichick’s inaugural college head coaching campaign.

For North Carolina, Mims made 42 tackles, had 2.5 tackles for loss and logged a pair of sacks. He also forced a fumble — the third of his career in that department. In total, he has played in 37 games, logged 79 tackles, eight TFLs and four sacks. He has one year of eligibility remaining.

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Texas A&M adds former North Carolina DT CJ Mims via transfer portal

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11:04a, 1/12/26
More depth and skill in the trenches. Great add!
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11:07a, 1/12/26
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Well, guess we ain't done!!! HUGE.
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11:12a, 1/12/26
More depth, but gotta hope this staff feels really good about Hicks, Rink, Sanders, bc these transfer DTs are on the small side, and arent exactly world beaters. Onyedim was a FAR more accomplished player, prior to transferring to A&M.
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11:22a, 1/12/26
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Welcome aboard Mr. Mims
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In reply to npc • 11:26a, 1/12/26
npc said:
More depth, but gotta hope this staff feels really good about Hicks, Rink, Sanders, bc these transfer DTs are on the small side, and arent exactly world beaters. Onyedim was a FAR more accomplished player, prior to transferring to A&M.

Onyedim was more accomplished, no doubt. But I think you are underselling Mims. He's a productive player. And both Mims and McCollum are heavier than TO.
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11:34a, 1/12/26
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Great addition!
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In reply to npc • 11:36a, 1/12/26
npc said:
More depth, but gotta hope this staff feels really good about Hicks, Rink, Sanders, bc these transfer DTs are on the small side, and arent exactly world beaters. Onyedim was a FAR more accomplished player, prior to transferring to A&M.


Onyedim had 4 tackles his first year, 11 tackles his second year with 1 sack. His third year increased to 42 tackles and 2 sacks. Sims third year he had 42 tackles, with 2 sacks as well. The other 2 tackles we signed with 2 years production had better production than Onyedim's second year total of 11 tackles, with 15 (Davis-Swain) and 18 (McCollum) tackles, and both also exceeded Onyedim's sack total. Mims second year 23 total tackles, 1.5 sacks, also exceeded Onyedim's production.

So all 3 tackles we signed met or exceeded Onyedim production for their respective years of experience.
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11:38a, 1/12/26
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Wild Wild West - this has become, crazy.....
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11:40a, 1/12/26
He seems to be very good at keeping his eye on the ball carrier even when he's engaged with OL.
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12:05p, 1/12/26
Great addition for the DL. Welcome to Aggieland CJ.
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12:42p, 1/12/26
I think this is a great addition for our run defense.
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12:43p, 1/12/26
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Awesome news! Can't afford to be thin at DT. Get him on campus and get him started lifting and eating!
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12:44p, 1/12/26
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Can he shed a block and make a tackle? All I care about.
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In reply to redjalapeno-87 • 2:17p, 1/12/26
Dude had no clue what he was taking about lmao
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3:50p, 1/12/26
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Welcome to Aggieland, CJ Mims!
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3:57p, 1/12/26
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Huge addition!
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6:59p, 1/12/26
Share the load
Class of 94. We never lost at Kyle Field!
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In reply to Dt20102 • 7:08p, 1/12/26
We have more than our share of posters who have a schtick.
I resolve in 2026 to be more tolerant and respectful of trolls and emotionally fragile, overly pessimistic posters so they don’t run crying to the mods and have me banned for three days.
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In reply to npc • 9:45p, 1/12/26
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Not only are you wrong about Onyedim vs Mims production being identical (Onyedim was a SDE in a 3-4 and not even a DT at the time we signed him anyways), these guys are also not small.

Brandon Davis-swain checked in at 6-3+ 320 last week.

I heard someone say Mims is 319. Not sure if that's true but it doesn't matter, because 300 isn't a small DT.

Indianas biggest DT is 302, and the other 4 are under 300. 3 of miamis top 5 DT are under 300.
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3:56a, 1/13/26
Mims is going to play a big role next year ( as part of a rotation ). He is VERY responsible at gap integrity and has the strength to take on double teams and hold his ground . The most impressive thing about him is after he holds his ground he aggressively tries to make tackles . If he has to leave his feet to get a piece of the ball carrier …. He will. Lots of big boys inside won't do that . Love this kids upside ….. he could be a major impact guy .
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