Even after stumbling in Columbia, Mike Elko and the Aggies' recruiting momentum hasn't been derailed as evidenced by Monday's commitment from Xavier Tiller. Offering a glass half-full perspective, Ryan Brauninger runs down recent news from the A&M recruiting world.

It's time to take a look around at the biggest pickups on the recruiting front as well as some of the top recruiting news and notes from around the SEC. Jason Howell details that and more in this week's Around the SEC.

As he does every Friday morning, TexAgs' senior recruiting analyst Jason Howell offered up another round of his weekly recruiting thoughts. In this edition of his three things, Howell discussed the October commitment of Nelson McGuire and much more.