SEC Football: Most important newcomers for each team in 2021

3. Texas A&M Aggies

The Aggies had their best season under head coach Jimbo Fisher. The Aggies’ only loss last season was to national champion Alabama. The Aggies do lose quarterback Kellen Mond and four seniors along their offensive line. The defense returns every significant contributor from last season’s team.

The Aggies need to figure out who is playing quarterback and offensive line. Fisher is not afraid to start newcomers and expect highly-rated recruits to challenge veterans for playing time. Here are three players that can do both.

• Jahmir Johnson (transfer), OT: Transferring from Tennessee, Jahmir Johnson should compete for playing time immediately. Johnson was a standout in high school and was good at Tennessee. Johnson played some defensive line in high school, so he has a functional understanding of moves and countermoves from linemen trying to get past him. At the very least, Johnson provides competition in spring and experienced depth in fall.
• Bryce Foster, OG: Two interior linemen that could start as freshmen are Foster and center, Remington Strickland. Foster is a mountain of a young man at 6-foot-4 and 330 pounds coming out of high school. Foster is the type of blocker you do not want to engage in close quarters. The Katy, Texas native is strong in a phone booth. Foster is a natural run blocker with pass blocking traits. Though Foster is raw as a pass blocker, he could get by on his elite strength until his technique catches up with him.
• Eli Stowers, QB: Stowers coming in the spring allows the dual-threat four-star quarterback to start this fall. Zach Calzada and Haynes King are also competing, but Stowers has the most upside of any quarterback. Stowers is polished as a pocket passer and dangerous as a runner. He is not a one-read-and-go quarterback. Stowers is willing to stand in the pocket and deliver the ball to the open receiver. Stowers is a “toolsy” quarterback with a tremendous ceiling.