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3 Reasons Max Johnson will be Texas A&M Football’s QB1

By Chris Peterson

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - NOVEMBER 13: Max Johnson #14 of the LSU Tigers warms up before a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Tiger Stadium on November 13, 2021 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - NOVEMBER 13: Max Johnson #14 of the LSU Tigers warms up before a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Tiger Stadium on November 13, 2021 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /
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Texas A&M football has a really interesting quarterback situation heading into the 2022 season but here are three reasons why Max Johnson will end up as the Aggies QB1.

Fresh off the greatest recruiting class in college football history, at least in the era of the 247 sports composite rankings, Texas A&M football is a program on the rise.

It all started with the hiring of Jimbo Fisher, a national-championship winning head coach away from Florida State and after a NY6 Bowl win in 2020, the Aggies regressed last season in part because of an injury to quarterback Haynes King.

Zach Calzada played well at times and helped Texas A&M football upset Alabama, but he was too inconsistent and has transferred to Auburn.

King is back to being healthy and the Aggies also signed who Fisher has called the best QB in the 2022 class in five-star Conner Weigman. But on top of those guys, Texas A&M landed former LSU starter Max Johnson out of the transfer portal this offseason.

The son of Brad Johnson is 6-foot-5 and threw 28 touchdown passes last season, as well as having 35 total in his career. He was a smart get and here are three reasons why he will be the QB1, at least to start the 2022 season for Texas A&M football.

Johnson has experience

If Johnson was on the roster last season, Texas A&M football probably would have finished ranked in the top 25 and might have even made a major bowl game.

Having a reliable signal-caller makes a big difference and while Johnson isn’t necessarily elite — he was ranked seventh among projected SEC starters recently by 247 sports — and that’s better than what A&M was working with a year ago.

Some wondered why Texas A&M didn’t try to land Quinn Ewers when he was available but Fisher believes in Weigman and Johnson wasn’t going to jeopardize his spot on the roster.

Johnson also knows a thing or two about quarterback competitions and playing in the SEC. He’s not going to flinch if he gets benched or doesn’t start but you can’t argue with the fact that he has produced at a pretty high level in the SEC and is the best option for Week 1 of the 2022 season.