Junior defensive back Antonio Johnson is poised to become A&M’s defensive leader after a strong 2021 season where he was second on the team with 79 tackles and had one interception and five pass breakups. “They may be young guys, but we have guys that can run, that can catch the ball make a guy miss and go the length of the field.” “We have more guys at the skill positions that, even though they don’t have a lot of experience, they are dynamic playmakers,” co-offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey said. Joining him this season is speedy freshman receiver Evan Stewart, who like Weigman was a five-star recruit and rated as the No. Achane led the SEC and ranked in the top 15 in the country last season by averaging seven yards a carry. Running back Devon Achane, a junior who is a sprinter on A&M’s track team, moves into the starting lineup this season after running for 910 yards in a reserve role in 2021.
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Texas A&M’s offense has big-play potential. Saban, who has likened the emergence of NIL deals and the increased use of the transfer portal to free agency, spoke Wednesday night at a conference in Birmingham and took issue with how Texas A&M. Zach Calzada started the rest of the season before transferring to Auburn. Alabama football coach Nick Saban went on the offensive against reporters this week, snidely asking them: Did any of you play sports (Watch the video below.) The seven-time national champion coach got riled after practice Wednesday when one journalist asked him about the increased playing time of tight end Jahleel Billingsley. King won the job last year, but he broke his leg early in the second game. Three players were vying for the starting quarterback job: Haynes King, Max Johnson and Conner Weigman. "We want to rise to the occasion, especially when the lights are the brightest. “The goal for this team is to compete for the national championship,” guard Layden Robinson said. 8 game in Tuscaloosa between the two already looms large. Texas A&M knows the path to winning its first national title since 1939 goes through Alabama and the Oct. Saban showed up early to the press conference after the scrimmage was cut short due to a storm rolling through. Saban will make 10. Nick Saban talked to the media after Alabama football defeated the Tennessee Volunteers 52-24. The compensation committee for the Alabama System Board of Trustees voted in approval of a new contract for the Alabama football coach Tuesday that extends him one more year through the 2029 season and ends on Feb. The Aggies handed top-ranked Alabama its only regular-season loss last year but fell to unranked Mississippi State and LSU to leave Fisher without a 10-win season in four seasons in College Station. Alabama coach Nick Saban will address the media at approximately 3:00. Nick Sabans stint as the second-highest paid public-school coach did not last long. “But I have great respect for him and their program like always.” “We all will learn, he will learn (and) hopefully I learn from things we do and say, and we move on from there,” Fisher said.