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Can Le’Veon Moss & Amari Daniels Carry Texas A&M RB Load After Rueben Owens Injury?
The Texas A&M Aggies suffered a huge setback over the weekend when they lost starting running back Rueben Owens for the season with a lower-body injury.
Last season, Owens ran 101 times for 385 yards and three scores. While those stats might not pop off the page, he had taken a major leap forward during spring and fall camp workouts.
And by all accounts, he was expected to take on the lead roll in the running back room this season.
Obviously, those plans have now been derailed.
Fortunately for the Aggies, they have a good deal of experience in the room, with Amari Daniels and Le’Veon Moss, and both should be ready to carry the load in the season opener.
In 2023, Daniels and Moss combined for 201 carries for 1,016 yards and 11 touchdowns, with both averaging around five yards per carry.
And while neither of the pair comes with the pedigree and hype that surround the former five-star, they do form a formidable pairing that helped the Aggies to a 7-5 record (including three losses to top-25 teams by a combined 16 points).
Coming to College Station as part of the 2022 class, Moss was also rated as one of the top running backs in the country, ranking as a four-star recruit, the No. 3 player at the position, and the No. 67 player in the nation per the On3 Industry Ranking.
Meanwhile, Daniels was also a four-star talent, ranking as the No. 23 running back in the 2021 class, per On3.
However, they won’t be at it alone, either, with former four-star recruit and Stanford transfer running back EJ Smith also making his debut with the program this season.
Over the past four seasons with the Cardinal, Smith appeared in 24 games, rushing for 557 yards and averaging over five yards per carry. In 2023 he had career highs across the board before suffering a season-ending injury, rushing 53 times for 218 yards and hauling in 33 catches for 242 yards.
He was also named the team’s starter in 2022 before suffering a season ending injury.
In other words, while the loss of Owens is obviously a major blow, there is more than enough talent and experience between Moss, Daniels and Smith to help the Aggies have a successful season.
At least on paper.
The Aggies will find out one way or the other on August 31 when they host the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in primetime at Kyle Field.
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Texas man accused of killing pregnant wife allegedly cuts off ankle monitor and flees to Italy
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A Texas man facing charges for allegedly killing his pregnant wife has reportedly cut off his ankle monitor and fled abroad.
Lee Mongerson Gilley, 39, is accused of murdering his wife, Christa Bauer Gilley, and the couple’s unborn child in Houston in 2024, according to KPRC.
Gilley was set to appear in court Tuesday, but instead flew from Texas to Canada, and finally Italy, where he told authorities he was seeking asylum after being “wrongfully prosecuted” and is fearful of receiving the death penalty, his attorney told the outlet.
“I’m concerned that the prosecution will try to say that it’s evidence of consciousness of guilt that he’s running from it, but I think he’s just scared,” defense attorney Dick DeGuerin reportedly said.
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Lee Mongerson Gilley, 39, is accused of murdering his wife, Christa Bauer Gilley, and their unborn child in Houston in 2024, according to KPRC. (Christa Bauer Gilley/Facebook)
Gilley, whose murder trial was set to begin later this month, is reportedly in the custody of Italian authorities. His ankle monitor alerted authorities it had been tampered with on Friday, according to the outlet.
DeGuerin told the outlet that before Gilley can be returned to Texas, the state must certify to Italy that he is not eligible for the death penalty — which the prosecution is not seeking in his case.
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Gilley is accused of killing his wife, Christa, and their unborn baby by “applying pressure to [her] neck and upper back” on Oct. 7, 2024, according to charging documents obtained by People.
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Defense attorney Ed McClees and his client, Lee Mongerson Gilley, appear in the 497th District Court at the Harris County Justice Center in Houston on Oct. 17, 2024. Gilley is charged with capital murder in the death of his wife, Christa Gilley. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Prosecutors reportedly allege Gilley initially claimed Christa, who was nine months pregnant, had overdosed and that he had tried to save her with CPR, but a medical examiner later pointed to evidence of strangulation and ruled her death a homicide.
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After he was arrested days later, Gilley allegedly admitted his wife was not a drug user or suicidal, and that the couple had been arguing before her death, KPRC reported.
In 2025, while out on bond, prosecutors reportedly allege Gilley and an unnamed woman, whom he had an affair with in 2023, devised a scheme to flee to Mexico and other countries, according to the outlet.
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Prosecutors allege Lee Mongerson Gilley killed his wife, Christa Bauer Gilley, who was nine months pregnant, in Houston in 2024. (Christa Bauer Gilley/Facebook)
“The Defendant also inquired as to whether she knew of a Mexican identity he could acquire to facilitate his departure from the country,” the document said.
Gilley also allegedly “provided a detailed plan” to remove his GPS monitor and perform a sham marriage to obtain a new identity, prosecutors reportedly said.
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Authorities are working to extradite Gilley back to the country, according to KPRC.
Gilley’s defense attorney and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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