Texas A&M Football: 3 reasons Haynes King was the right choice for QB1

Jimbo Fisher has made the call a week before the first game of the season: Haynes King is Texas A&M football’s QB1.

The talented freshman quarterback and former top-150 recruit beat out sophomore Zach Calzada for the starting job and it looks like he was the right choice. He was a fan favorite and had a huge fall camp which led to his command of the position.

Now that the Aggies have the quarterback position decided, there’s palpable excitement leading into the first week of the season.

Here’s why King was the right choice for the job.

3. King can be Johnny Manziel-lite with more size

I’ve heard Haynes King compared to a poor man’s Johnny Manziel and while even mentioning his name in the same sentence as the Texas A&M legend seems like an unfair expectation for a first-year starter, it just goes to show how highly I think of him.

No, I don’t think he’s going to be a Heisman candidate right away like Manziel was, but I think he has the potential to be one eventually and utilize his strong arm and legs like the Aggie legend did.

Plus, he has more size than Johnny Football, standing about three inches taller and weighing in at 200 pounds. He’s an impressive dual-threat quarterback with plenty of speed, a knowledge of the offense, and a year of experience under his belt and he has decent size. That’s a recipe for disaster for opposing defenses.

Try defending against a quarterback who has no problem seeing over the line with solid awareness who can escape and move around the pocket seamlessly — not an easy task.

Jimbo Fisher has his next elite dual-threat quarterback here.