{"id":6056,"date":"2017-02-12T12:54:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T17:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordoncollegefootball.com\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2017-12-30T16:17:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T21:17:36","slug":"texas-2017-recruiting-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2017\/02\/12\/texas-2017-recruiting-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&amp;M Recruiting Class of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After another tough season for the <strong>Texas A&amp;M Aggies<\/strong> on the field, it\u2019s good to see that when it comes to national signing day they can still produce a strong recruiting class. Rivals ranked their class as the #10 in the nation which was perhaps bolstered by having 27 commitments signed this year. Out of these 27 they already had nine enrolled on campus before national signing day.<\/p>\n<p>The class was headlined by <strong>Kellen Mond<\/strong> and <strong>Anthony Hines<\/strong> who are both blue chip recruits that fill huge needs for the Aggies. With <strong>Trevor Knight<\/strong> just a one year stop gap after transferring from <strong>Oklahoma<\/strong>, <strong>Jake Hubenak<\/strong> proving to only be a solid backup and <strong>Nick Starkel<\/strong> unproven so far it was important to get a top quarterback. Kellen Mond was rated as a five star by some sites and was the third ranked dual threat quarterback. Unfortunately the comparisons to <strong>Johnny Manziel<\/strong> are already being made but as Trevor Knight proved this year this team doesn\u2019t need a top quarterback to carry the whole team like Manziel did in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Hines is a four star linebacker from <strong>Plano, Texas<\/strong>. The Aggies depth chart at linebacker has been thin for a number of years so adding a top prospect certainly helps. He was one of the most offered prospects of the 2017 class with nearly 90 reported scholarship offers. He had numerous cut downs of the schools still in the running before picking Texas A&amp;M. He cited his strong relationship with defensive co-ordinator <strong>John Chavis<\/strong> as one of the main reasons for choosing to go to <strong>College Station<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is a list of the full Texas A&amp;M recruiting class:<\/h3>\n<table width=\"464\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"44\"><strong>Pos<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"135\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"135\"><strong>Stars<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Kellen Mond<\/td>\n<td>QB<\/td>\n<td>Bradenton, FL<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Myles Jones<\/td>\n<td>DB<\/td>\n<td>Magnolia, TX<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grayson Reed<\/td>\n<td>OL<\/td>\n<td>Houston, TX<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Derrick Tucker<\/td>\n<td>DB<\/td>\n<td>Manvel, TX<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keldrick Carper<\/td>\n<td>ATH<\/td>\n<td>Plain Dealing, LA<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Santino Marchiol<\/td>\n<td>LB<\/td>\n<td>Bradenton, FL<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Camron Buckley<\/td>\n<td>WR<\/td>\n<td>Cedar Hill, TX<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hezekiah Jones<\/td>\n<td>WR<\/td>\n<td>Stafford, TX<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jayden Peevy<\/td>\n<td>DE<\/td>\n<td>Bellaire, TX<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tyree Johnson<\/td>\n<td>DE<\/td>\n<td>Washington, DC<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Devodrick Johnson<\/td>\n<td>LB<\/td>\n<td>Dallas, TX<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jhamon Ausbon<\/td>\n<td>WR<\/td>\n<td>Bradenton, FL<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anthony Hines<\/td>\n<td>LB<\/td>\n<td>Plano, TX<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Devin Morris<\/td>\n<td>DB<\/td>\n<td>Caldwell, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Roshauud Paul<\/td>\n<td>ATH<\/td>\n<td>Bremond, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Carson Green<\/td>\n<td>OL<\/td>\n<td>Southlake, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Connor Blumrick<\/td>\n<td>QB<\/td>\n<td>Pearland, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Adrian Wolford<\/td>\n<td>OL<\/td>\n<td>Meeker, OK<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Debione Renfro<\/td>\n<td>DB<\/td>\n<td>Pearland, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keynel McZeal<\/td>\n<td>TE<\/td>\n<td>Port Neches, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Camron Horry<\/td>\n<td>TE<\/td>\n<td>Katy, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jared Hocker<\/td>\n<td>OL<\/td>\n<td>North Richland Hills, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ondario Robinson<\/td>\n<td>DE<\/td>\n<td>Hutto, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jacob Kibodi<\/td>\n<td>RB<\/td>\n<td>Baton Rouge, LA<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Micheal Clemons<\/td>\n<td>DE<\/td>\n<td>Cisco, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dan Moore<\/td>\n<td>OL<\/td>\n<td>Beaumont, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Joshua Rogers<\/td>\n<td>DT<\/td>\n<td>Houston, TX<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After another tough season for the Texas A&amp;M Aggies on the field, it\u2019s good to see that when it comes to national signing day they can still produce a strong recruiting class. Rivals ranked their class as the #10 in the nation which was perhaps bolstered by having 27 commitments signed this year. 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