2010 Texas A&M Recruiting Class

Texas A&M Aggies 2010 ... Head Coach: Mike Sherman

2009 Schedule
CFN Prediction: 5-7
2009 Record: 6-7

9/5 New Mexico W 41-6
9/12 OPEN DATE
9/19 Utah State W 38-30
9/26 UAB W 56-19
10/3 Ark. (Dallas) L 47-19
10/10 Oklahoma St L 36-31
10/17 at Kansas St L 62-14
10/24 at Texas Tech W 52-30
10/31 Iowa St W 35-10
11/7 at Colorado L 35-34
11/14 at Oklahoma L 65-10
11/21 Baylor W 38-3
11/26 Texas L 49-39
INDEPENDENCE BOWL
12/28 Georgia L 44-20

2008 Schedule
CFN Prediction: 6-6
2008 Record: 4-8

8/30 Arkansas State L 18-14
9/6 at New Mexico W 28-22
9/13 OPEN DATE
9/20 Miami L 41-23
9/27 Army W 21-17
10/4 at Oklahoma State L 56-28
10/11 Kansas State L 44-30
10/18 Texas Tech L 43-25
10/25 at Iowa State W 49-35
11/1 Colorado  W 24-17
11/8 Oklahoma L 66-28
11/15 at Baylor L 41-21
11/22 OPEN DATE
11/28 at Texas L 49-9

Texas A&M Aggies

Top Five Prospects
OL	Luke Joeckel	6-6	280	Arlington, TX
OL	Jake Matthews	6-5	275	Missouri City, TX
RB	D.J. Jones	5-11	210	Denison, TX
OL	Cedric Ogbuehi	6-5	270	Allen, TX
DT	Jonathan Mathis	6-3	292	Brenham, TX
The Rest of the Class
WR	Nate Askew	6-4	213	San Antonio, TX
OL	Garrett Gramling	6-6	325	Denton, TX
DE	Nehemiah Hicks	6-4	235	Hutto, TX
QB	Clay Honeycutt	6-3	195	Dickinson, TX
DB	Toney Hurd Jr.	5-9	184	Missouri City, TX
DT	Brandon Jackson	6-4	252	Shreveport, LA
QB	Matt Joeckel	6-4	220	Arlington, TX
RB	Mister Jones	6-2	205	Littleton, CO
ATH	Malcome Kennedy	6-0	200	Cayuga, TX
OL	Shep Klinke	6-7	290	Katy, TX
RB	Ben Malena	5-9	201	Cedar Hill, TX
DB	Tramone Mickens	5-10	170	Dallas, TX
DE	Damontre Moore	6-6	227	Rowlett, TX
LB	Domonique Patterson	6-0	210	Dallas, TX
DT	Ivan Robinson	6-4	260	Longville, LA
QB	Jameill Showers	6-1	200	Killeen, TX
DE	Gavin Stansbury	6-3	235	Franklin, LA
ATH	LeKendrick Williams	5-9	175	Houston, TX

Dec. 28
INDEPENDENCE BOWL
Georgia 44 … Texas A&M 20
Neither team did much of anything for around 25 minutes, and then the fireworks began. Texas A&M started out the scoring with a 15-yard Jamie McCoy catch, but Georgia responded with a 81-yard kickoff return for a score from Brandon Boykin. A 14-yard touchdown run from Christine Michael helped the Aggies tie the score in the third, and then it was all Georgia with a 30-point run helped by Aron White touchdown catches from 24 and two yards away and Caleb King’s second short scoring run of the game. A&M was able to move the ball, but two interceptions and a few key stalls allowed the Dawgs blow the game wide open. A&M finally got back on the board in the final minutes on a five-yard Howard Morrow catch.
Player of the Game: Georgia DB/KR Brandon Boykin made six tackles, all solo, broke up a pass, and returned two kickoffs for 81 yards and a touchdown.
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 29-58, 362 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Christine Michael, 15-77, 1 TD, Receiving: Jeff Fuller, 7-102
Georgia: Passing: Joe Cox, 15-28, 158 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Washaun Ealey, 13-78, Receiving: A.J. Green, 6-57
What It All Means: A&M played a decent team and struggled once again. The offense was fantastic at cranking out yards, but the points didn’t follow, and the pass rush that was so great against the mediocre offenses was shut down cold. Von Miller failed to generate a sack and the defense got ripped up by the normally awful Georgia ground game. It might not take too much tweaking before the Aggies become a powerhouse, but the defense needs to get tougher, and more creative, and the offensive yards have to translate into points. At the very least, there are some really nice playmakers, like RB Christine Michael, to build around, while QB Jerrod Johnson should be one of the stars of the 2010 season.    
 
Nov. 26
Texas 49 … at Texas A&M 39
Colt McCoy ran for 175 yards and threw four touchdown passes, with two to Jordan Shipley and two to James Kirkendoll, as Texas survived to keep the national championship hopes alive. The two teams combined for more than 1,100 yards of total offense in a shootout with each team having an answer for the other, highlighted by A&M QB Jerrod Johnson’s four touchdown passes with three to Jeff Fuller. Texas took control of the game for good with a 47-yard Kirkendoll touchdown catch early in the fourth quarter, but A&M didn’t go away answering with a 20-yard Jeff Fuller touchdown grab to pull within three. The Longhorns took the momentum right back with Marquis Goodwin taking the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a score. A&M marched back, but missed a short field goal to end the drama.
Player of the Game: Texas QB Colt McCoy completed 24-of-40 passes for 304 yards and four touchdowns, and he ran 18 times for 175 yards and a score.
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 26-33, 342 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Jerrod Johnson, 14-97, Receiving: Jeff Fuller, 6-132, 3 TD
Texas: Passing: Colt McCoy, 24-40, 304 yds, 4 TD
Rushing: Colt McCoy, 18-175, 1 TD, Receiving: Malcolm Williams, 9-132
What It All Means: A&M might have lost, but the young team took its cuts against, one of the nation’s top teams and had several chances to put more yards and more points on the board. The Aggies suffered a few key turnovers, a missed late chip shot of a field goal, and gave up a kickoff return for a score as they made way too many mistakes against a team this good. Will it be a stepping stone? That will be seen if the Aggies play well in the bowl.

Nov. 21
at Texas A&M 38 … Baylor 3
Texas A&M ran for 375 yards with Christine Michael tearing off a 97-yard touchdown run for the longest play from scrimmage in school history. The Aggies got two Jerrod Johnson touchdown passes and a one-yard run, while the defense stuffed Baylor throughout forcing three turnovers and allowing a 31-yard field goal in the first quarter. The two teams combined for 25 penalties.
Player of the Game: Texas A&M RBs Cyrus Gray and Christine Michael combined for 223 yards. Michael ran for two scores.
Baylor: Passing: Nick Florence, 21-31, 177 yds, 2 INT
Rushing: Jay Finley, 8-41, Receiving: David Gettis, 5-30
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 19-25, 153, yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Christine Michael, 11-116, 2 TD, Receiving: Ryan Swope, 4-38 
What It All Means: For a program trying to take a few positive steps forward, getting bowl eligible isn’t anything to blow off, even though the key win came against Baylor. This has been an up-and-down year for the Aggies, but the offense has worked more often than not and it has been fantastic against the bad teams. Now comes the big prize. A good season can turn into a special one if the Aggies can throw a wrench into the Texas national title hopes, and if the defense plays like it did against BU, and if the offense can stay balanced and explosive, it could be an interesting rivalry showdown.

Nov. 14
at Oklahoma 65 … Texas A&M 10
A week after throwing five interceptions in a disastrous performance against Nebraska, Landry Jones threw five touchdown passes including two to DeMarco Murray from 36 and 67 yards out, and two to Adron Tennell from 11 and ten yards away. The Sooners scored early on a 52-yard Brian Jackson fumble return for a score and a 25-yard Ryan Broyles run, but A&M came back with ten first quarter points highlighted by a nine-yard Jeff Fuller catch. And then it was all OU with 51 unanswered points. The Sooners outgained A&M 640 yards to 226.
Player of the Game: Oklahoma QB Landry Jones completed 24-of-39 passes for 392 yards and five touchdowns with an interception
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 12-33, 115 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Cyrus Gray, 6-26, Receiving: Jeff Fuller, 5-60, 1 TD
Oklahoma: Passing: Landry Jones, 24-39, 392 yds, 5 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Jermie Calhoun, 18-94, Receiving: Ryan Broyles, 8-79, 1 TD
What It All Means: 12 penalties, four turnovers, 226 yards of total offense. How could this performance have been worse? It could’ve been 65-3, but for A&M, this was a disastrous performance coming off an ugly loss to Colorado. If nothing else, the Aggie offense is supposed to be able to bomb away with a Jerrod Johnson running the high-powered attack, but OU’s defense never let this get interesting. The Aggies need to beat Baylor next week or a bowl dream might go bye-bye with the season finale against Texas. 

Nov. 7
at Colorado 35 … Texas A&M 34
Colorado couldn’t protect QB Tyler Hansen, who was sacked eight times, but got the win as Patrick Devenny caught a 22-yard touchdown pass with just over two minutes to play. Anthony Perkins snuffed out the ensuing Aggie drive with a pick, and after CU had to punt, Marcus Burton a muffed attempt to end the drama. A&M got up 21-10 at halftime helped by a 99-yard kickoff return for a score from Cyrus Gray and a Jerrod Johnson one-yard touchdown run and a one-yard pass to Jeff Fuller. But Rodney Stewart ran for an 11-yard score and Demetrius Sumler ran for a seven-yard score to get close before Devenny was able to put the Buffs over the top. Von Miller came up with two sacks for the Aggies.
Player of the Game: Colorado RB Rodney Stewart ran 20 times for 118 yards and two scores.
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 20-36, 242 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Christine Michael, 16-74, 1 TD, Receiving: Ryan Tannehill, 9-100
Colorado: Passing: Tyler Hansen, 21-32, 271 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Rodney Stewart, 20-118, 2 TD, Receiving: Markques Simas, 7-135 
What It All Means: Just when it seems like everything is starting to come together for the Aggies, they come up with a clunker like this. The offense was fine, it wasn’t playing its best, but it was fine, but the defense couldn’t come up with stops even though the pass rush was dominant. The secondary couldn’t stop Colorado from moving the ball and the linebackers were a mess against Rodney Stewart and the Buff running game. With Baylor beating Missouri, and no longer looking like a layup game, it’s going to be tough to get bowl eligible over the final three weeks with Oklahoma, BU, and Texas to close.

Oct. 31
at Texas A&M 35 … Iowa State 10
Texas A&M dominated from the start as Jerrod Johnson ran for a one-yard score and threw two first half touchdown passes including a 32-yarder to Jeff Fuller. He threw a third scoring pass early in the fourth on a seven-yard play to Howard Morrow. Iowa State was outgained 501 yards to 324 and didn’t get into the end zone until early in the fourth quarter on a four-yard Jerome Tiller run.
Player of the Game: Texas A&M QB Jerrod Johnson completed 23-of-28 passes for 234 yards and three scores, and he ran for a touchdown.
Iowa State: Passing: Jerome Tiller, 18-27, 155 yds, 2 INT
Rushing: Alexander Robinson, 20-76, Receiving: Josh Lenz, 7-63
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 23-28, 234 yds, 3 TD
Rushing: Cyrus Gray, 21-119, Receiving: Howard Morrow, 6-49, 1 TD 
What It All Means: Jerrod Johnson might not always be on, but he’s taking more and more of a command of the team and the attack. He was terrific on third downs, and the Aggies converted on 10-of-13 chances and cranked out 501 yards. While he didn’t make any big plays, he was efficient and effective on short to midrange throws, and Cyrus Gray helped a ground attack that ripped off 267 yards. The win put the Aggies on track to get to a decent bowl game, and if they’re for real, they should be able to dominate a bad Colorado team next week in Boulder.

Oct. 24
Texas A&M 52 … at Texas Tech 30
Cyrus Gray ran for three scores and caught a 12-yard touchdown pass as Texas A&M rolled to an easy win. Texas Tech did its part with five turnovers and ten penalties, but was up 14-7 in the first quarter on a 56-yard Alexander Torres touchdown catch and a 26-yard Edward Britton score. And then the Aggies took over reeling off 31 straight points, helped by two Christine Michael touchdown runs, before Eric Stephens ran for a seven-yard score for the Red Raiders. Tech wouldn’t get any closer as Jerrod Johnson ended the suspense with a 21-yard run in the fourth. The two teams combined for 1,079 yards.
Player of the Game: Texas A&M RB Cyrus Gray ran 25 times for 131 yards and three scores, and he caught a 12-yard touchdown pass.
Texas Tech: Passing: Taylor Potts, 35-36, 310 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Baron Batch, 11-58, 1 TD, Receiving: Baron Batch, 9-62
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 19-28, 238 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Cyrus Gray, 25-131, 3 TD, Receiving: Uzoma Nwachukwu, 4-79
What It All Means: Who cares about consistency if you can do this? Just when it seemed like Texas A&M was going to go quietly into the abyss, it pulls out a game like this with 321 rushing yards and six scores, with Cyrus Gray running for 131 yards and three scores, and Lionel Smith adding 121 yards and two touchdowns. Coming up with five turnovers didn’t hurt as the Aggies put together a tremendous all-around effort to pull up out of the ugly three-game slide. Now it’s time to show that that this wasn’t a fluke. Beating Iowa State is a must to stay alive for a bowl bid with Oklahoma and Texas left to deal with, and if the team played like this, winning at least three of the last five games shouldn’t be a problem. 

Oct. 17
at Kansas State 62 … Texas A&M 14
The Kansas State defense came up with six sacks, forced five turnovers, and ended Jerrod Johnson’s Big 12-record streak of 242 passes without throwing an interception, but it was the offense that made it a blowout. Daniel Thomas ran for four first half scores on the way to a 38-0 lead, and Brandon Banks kept the scoring going by taking the second half kickoff 97 yards for a score. The Wildcats were up 59-0 before Uzoma Nwachukwu caught touchdown passes from 66 and 23 yards out. KSU outgained A&M 232 to -13 on the ground.
Player of the Game: Kansas State RB Daniel Thomas ran 18 times for 91 yards and four scores
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 21-45, 314 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT
Rushing: Christine Michael, 11-22, Receiving: Howard Morrow, 6-75
Kansas State: Passing: Grant Gregory, 10-13, 147 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Daniel Thomas 18-91, 4 TD, Receiving: Brandon Banks, 6-60 
What It All Means: For having the nation’s fifth ranked offense and sixth ranked passing attack, consistency is a big issue. The offensive line has had a nightmare of a time over the last few weeks, and it wasn’t even close against Kansas State as Jerrod Johnson didn’t have time to breathe and the running game was non-existent. On a rough three-game losing streak, the last thing the Aggies need to see is a hot Texas Tech with a suddenly strong pass rush and the high-octane passing attack. The lines have to play far better to have a shot.

Oct. 10
Oklahoma State 36 … at Texas A&M 31
Oklahoma State overcame the loss of Dez Bryant and Kendall Hunter with two touchdown passes and a touchdown run from Zac Robinson and two one-yard scores from Beau Johnson to pull out a shootout. Texas A&M got two second quarter touchdown passes from Jerrod Johnson, and a third scoring pass with 3:35 to play, but OSU was able to hold on. A&M held a 15-7 lead before Robinson connected on a 27-yard touchdown pass to Hubert Anyiam and a 51-yarder to Tracy Moore, and then the two teams traded scores the rest of the way.
Player of the Game: Oklahoma State RB Keith Toston ran 26 times for 130 yards and caught two passes for 74 yards.
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 22-42, 273 yds, 3 TD
Rushing: Cyrus Gray, 16-49, Receiving: Uzoma Nwachukwu, 8-141, 1 TD
Oklahoma State: Passing: Zac Robinson, 14-25, 279 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Keith Toston, 26-130, Receiving: Hubert Anyiam, 3-58, 1 TD
What It All Means: After the debacle against Arkansas, the Aggies showed up with a nice performance in the loss to a solid OSU team. The defensive line couldn’t generate pressure and got pushed around too much against the run, while the offense failed to get the ground game moving struggled to keep the chains moving late. Up next are two key road games, and A&M has to at least split against Kansas State and Texas Tech.

Oct. 3
Texas A&M 47 … Arkansas 19 (in Arlington)
Texas A&M got up 10-0 helped by a 60-yard Brandal Jackson touchdown catch, while the defense stuffed the Arkansas passing game with two sacks. And then the floodgates opened in Jerry Jones’ new building as the Hogs scored 30 straight points on three Ryan Mallett touchdown passes and a 85-yard fumble return for a touchdown from De’Anthony Curtis. Mallett added a fourth touchdown pass on a 29-yard play to Michael Smith in the third to keep the Hogs comfortably ahead. Jerrod Johnson threw for 345 yards for the Aggies.
Player of the Game: Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett completed 17-of-27 passes for 271 yards and four touchdowns.
Arkansas: Passing: Ryan Mallett, 17-27, 271 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Ronnie Wingo, 4-86, 1 TD, Receiving: Michael Smith, 5-65, 1 TD
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 30-58, 345 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Cyrus Gray, 12-65, Receiving: Ryan Tannehill, 6-66, 1 TD
What It All Means: The nation’s leading offense put up big yards, cranking out 458, but offense failed to click when Arkansas was going on its big run. The defense didn’t help the cause by failing to get to Ryan Mallett after a great start. To have any chance against a rested Oklahoma State, all the parts need to be working and the defensive front’s efforts into the backfield have to lead to stops. The D has to get off the field, while the O needs to go on long drives to take control of the game. 

Sept. 26
at Texas A&M 56 … UAB 19
Jerrod Johnson ran for three scores and threw for three touchdown passes as the Aggies rolled up 544 yards on the way to a dominant win. UAB couldn’t stop the A&M attack after the first quarter, and only managed two Josh Zahn field goals before finally getting into the end zone on a ten-yard Joe Webb run. But the Aggies blew the game open with a six-yard catch from Ryan Swope and a 16-yard Bradley Stephens run. UAB committed 11 penalties, while A&M committed three.
Player of the Game: Texas A&M QB Jerrod Johnson completed 23-of-29 passes for 290 yards and three touchdowns, and he ran 14 times for 61 yards and three scores.
UAB: Passing: Joe Webb, 8-18, 60 yds
Rushing: David Isabelle, 4-93, 1 TD, Receiving: Jeffery Anderson, 2-22
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 23-29, 290 yds, 3 TD
Rushing: Cyrus Gray, 19-99, 1 TD, Receiving: Howard Morrow, 5-71
What It All Means: The offense has been amazing, and Jerrod Johnson is playing as well as any quarterback in America. The Aggies lead the nation in total offense and are having a hard time being stopped, but they haven’t played anyone with a pulse. That will hold true next week against a miserable Arkansas defense, and if the A&M D can play as well as it did against Joe Webb and UAB, and if it can continue to get to the quarterback on a regular basis, it’ll earn a 4-0 start before the start of the Big 12 season against Oklahoma State. 

Sept. 19
at Texas A&M 38 … Utah State 30
Uzoma Nwachukwu caught three passes, but he made them all count scoring from 35, 16, and 50 yards out, and he ran for a 39-yard score. But Texas A&M couldn’t put Utah State away as Diondre Borel ran for two short scores, with the last one coming with 25 seconds to play, and throwing a 19-yard score to Omar Sawyer in the comeback. But it wasn’t enough as a ten-yard Ryan Tannehill scoring catch early in the fourth turned out to be enough to be up for good. The two teams combined for 1,094 yards and 25 penalties.
Player of the Game: Texas A&M WR Uzoma Nwachukwu caught three passes for 101 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for a 39-yard score.
Utah State: Passing: Diondre Borel, 24-47, 334 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Robert Tubin, 13-121, 1 TD, Receiving: Stanley Morrison, 6-126
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 21-41, 322 yds, 4 TD
Rushing: Christine Michael, 17-94, Receiving: Ryan Tannehill, 5-60, 1 TD
What It All Means: On the plus side, the A&M offense was humming with Uzoma Nwachukwu emerging as a fantastic new playmaker who’ll need the ball in a variety of ways. Unfortunately, his emergence came as star RB Christine Michael suffered an injured calf and WR Jeff Fuller suffered a broken leg. The offense is going to put up big yards and plenty of points all season long, but the defense is going to give them up just as quickly. The other big problem are the penalties, committing 16. The defensive front generated pressure and made things happen in the backfield, but it struggled too much with QB Diondre Borel and RB Robert Turbin. There could have just as many problems with UAB QB Joe Webb next week. 

Sept. 5
at Texas A&M 41 ... New Mexico 6
Texas A&M cranked out 606 yards of total offense to ruin the debut of Mike Locksley as the new New Mexico head coach. Jerrod Johnson started off the scoring with a 16-yard run and he made the game a blowout with a seven-yard strike to Jeff Fuller and a 44-yarder to Kenric McNeal in the fourth. The Lobo attack sputtered and coughed managing just two James Aho field goals and 231 yards of total offense.
Player of the Game: Texas A&M QB Jerrod Johnson completed 31-of-41 passes for 349 yard sand two touchdowns, and he ran 13 times for 57 yards and a score.
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 29-40, 210 yds
Rushing: Demond Dennis, 10-23, Receiving: Daryl Jones, 5-53
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 31-41, 349 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Christine Michael, 11-93, 1 TD, Receiving: Jeff Fuller, 10-111, 1 TD
What It All Means: This is how the Aggies were supposed to be by the end of last year. Jerrod Johnson, at least for one week, justified the coaching staff's pick of him as the No. 1, while the defense was more productive and aggressive than it was throughout last year. Christine Michael was terrific as the team's new star runner, averaging 8.5 yards per run showing off an impressive burst. If the offense can continue to be this explosive, and if Johnson can continue to spread it around and get big plays out of several targets, then this should be a hot start with Utah State and UAB to follow before facing Arkansas.