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Texas A&M's comeback win paying dividends on recruiting trail
Texas A&M Aggies head coach Mike Elko looks on before the game against the Florida Gators at Kyle Field. Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images

Texas A&M's comeback against South Carolina paying dividends on recruiting trail

It was a win for the Texas A&M Aggies that definitely turned some heads. It also got the Aggies some major national attention, but nothing was bigger than the attention they received on the recruiting trail two weekends ago when they beat the South Carolina Gamecocks, 31-30.

The score alone doesn't tell the whole story. The Aggies went into the locker room with a 27-point halftime deficit. Quarterback Marcel Reed threw for a career-high 439 yards and three touchdowns in the second half, and the Aggies defense stifled South Carolina's offense.

The result was the biggest comeback win in Texas A&M history, with several top recruits in town for official visits. Two of those recruits, five-star safety JayQuan Snell and four-star safety Raylaun Henry, committed that weekend.

Now, a third big-time recruit from that visit, four-star wide receiver Jayden Warren from Rosharon, Texas, flipped his commitment from Houston to Texas A&M.

Warren, who goes to Iowa Colony High School, had been committed to Houston since July 13, but that official visit to College Station changed everything in his recruitment, clearly.

It's not the only time he had been to College Station, though. He had previously visited for Texas A&M's win over Florida in early October. Since then, he's clearly become a top flip target for the Aggies. 

Texas A&M Aggies land four-star WR Jayden Warren, flipping him from Houston 

Texas A&M had offered him in January of 2025, but weren't pushing much for him, so off to Houston he committed. Things changed after that October visit, and things were clearly solidified after Texas A&M's historic comeback win over South Carolina.

Now that he's in the fold, Mike Elko's 2026 class has 27 commitments, and it's ranked No. 8 in the country.

In his senior season in high school, Warren caught 51 passes for 1,038 yards and 19 touchdowns.

"Projects to the high-major level as a shot-play menace who can go run it down in the deeper third to keep defenses honest," Gabe Brooks of 247Sports wrote of Warren. "Possesses physical traits and athletic markers that suggest the possibility for long-term pro upside."

According to the 247Sports Composite, Brooks is ranked as the No. 27 wide receiver recruit in the country.

Andrew Kulha

Andrew Kulha is probably the only sports writer you know who also doubles as a mortician. Spooky! @KulhaSports

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