Texas A&M football recruiting in middle of pack as teams return to campus

The race for the SEC’s top class is tightly contested. The 2021 Texas A&M football recruiting class is in the middle of the pack with room to grow.

On May 22, the SEC announced “voluntary in-person athletics activities” could resume on member institution campuses. As it related to football, this clears the way for a COVID-19 compliant return to a modified offseason strength and conditioning regiment for SEC teams. Conferences across the nation took similar steps, all with staggered start times, that essentially allow for the same level of resumed activity.

On-field coaching staff won’t have direct access to players at this point in time. The players will spend the majority of their time working with the strength staff, preparing their bodies for the upcoming season, which will presumably start as scheduled. The coaches will continue what they’ve been doing for the last two months, giving their efforts to the new-age of virtual recruiting.

The 2020 Texas A&M football class has grown during that time. Five of the eight current commits made their pledges to the Aggies’ since the in-person recruiting restrictions were put in place. Those recent additions have pushed the Aggies’ up to the No. 28 class in the nation and the sixth-best class in the SEC.

That’s a far cry from back-to-back Top 6 national finishes, but there’s still time. The 2021 class is still fairly small. Only Georgia, who also has eight commits, currently ranks above Texas A&M. The top three: Tennessee, Florida and LSU have 24, 17 and 12 commits, respectively.

Tennessee and Georgia are the only teams with a five-star prospect currently committed. Whoever is able to land one (or multiple) players of that caliber could find themselves near the top of the boards come the Early Signing Period in December. Suffice it to say, it’s early in the recruiting calendar. Texas A&M fans have nothing to worry about. Jimbo Fisher’s rich recruiting history is proof that things will be just fine.