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Texas A&M Releases Maroon & White Spring Game Rosters After Unique Selection Process
The Texas A&M Aggies will take the field Saturday for the first time since their season-ending disappointing loss to USC in the Las Vegas Bowl. And while Saturday’s game is after all just a scrimmage, it is the taste of football for fans and players alike.
Unlike other programs, the Aggies will be holding a traditional spring game set to be broadcast on SEC+. Yet still, the format for Texas A&M’s spring game will differ from others. Instead of doing one side has the first-team offense and second-team defense while the other has the second-team offense and first-team defense, the Aggies allow the players to draft the teams.
The Aggies’ social media team shared a brief video of the draft where Taurean York made the selections for the Maroon team, while Trey Zuhn III made the picks for the White team.
While you may think that starting quarterback Marcel Reed would have been the first pick in this draft, York had another Aggie teammate in mind when he made the selection. York went defense first, selecting rising senior defensive end Cashius Howell first overall.
However, even while he passed up the opportunity of taking Reed with the first selection, he landed Reed as his quarterback anyway. Reed will start at quarterback for the Maroon team, while Jacob Zeno, the UAB transfer, will lead the White team.
As for there playmakers, Reed will have two of the transfer receivers in Kevin Concepcion and Mario Craver, in addition to having Rueben Owens at running back. Meanwhile Zeno will boast Jonah Wilson, and Terry Bussey at receiver among others, with E.J. Smith and Amari Daniels at running back.
Elsewhere, the teams look fairly even. DJ Hicks, Albert Regis, and Scooby Williams, will lead the front seven for team White. While Howell, Tyler Onyedim, and York will do the same for team Maroon.
Marcus Ratcliffe and Julian Humphrey will highlight the secondary for team Maroon, as Bryce Anderson and Dezz Ricks will do the same for team White.
Kickoff for Saturday is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. CT as the Aggies return to Kyle Field for their annual Maroon and White spring game.
No. 1 seed Texas (51-12, 16-8 in SEC play) and No. 3 seed Texas Tech (61-8, 21-3 in the Big 12) begin their three-game series at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday in Oklahoma City. Each
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Brazoria County deputy shoots, kills Texas State University student after car chase, report says
BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas – A Texas State University student was shot and killed by a Brazoria County Sheriff’s deputy early Monday morning after an attempted traffic stop in Lake Jackson.
The news was first reported by The University Star, Texas State’s student-run newspaper.
In a Tuesday statement to KSAT, the university identified the student as John Gabriel Mendoza Jr., 18. He was a freshman who studied management, according to the school.
“We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, classmates, and all those affected by this tragedy,” the university said in its statement.
Deputies attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle just after midnight Monday near Farm-to-Market 2004 and This Way Street in Lake Jackson, the sheriff’s office said.
The driver of the vehicle, who was identified as Mendoza by The University Star, did not stop, deputies said. The deputies then chased after the vehicle for approximately a mile into a neighborhood located in the 100 block of Indian Warrior Trail.
According to the sheriff’s office, the driver went inside a home’s garage and parked before a deputy approached the vehicle, the release said.
The deputy then pulled out his firearm and shot into the vehicle. The sheriff’s office said the gunfire struck the driver.
The University Star reported that Mendoza was the one shot. He was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The deputy who pulled the trigger has since been placed on administrative leave in accordance with the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office policy.
KSAT reached out to the Lake Jackson Police Department and the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office for more information, but neither agency has responded at this time.
The shooting investigation is being led by the Texas Rangers, according to a Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office news release.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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