Eli Lederman, ESPN Employees Author
Texas A&M adopted its seismic win over LSU Saturday evening by touchdown a pair of key 2026 commitments Sunday afternoon, securing pledges from four-star prospects Jordan Carter and Aaron Gregory in the future after the Douglas County (Georgia) Excessive College teammates visited Faculty Station.
Carter is the No. 2 defensive finish and the Twenty third-ranked total prospect within the ESPN Junior 300, whereas Gregory is ESPN’s No. 41 prospect and the seventh-ranked participant at his place within the 2026 cycle. Each gamers are standout contributors for a Douglas County soccer program that improved to 8-1 this fall Friday evening following a 42-0 win over Chapel Hill (Georgia).
Carter and Gregory adopted their Friday victory with a go to to Texas A&M Saturday, and each have been available to see the Aggies’ 38-23 victory over LSU. Their respective pledges arrive with Mike Elko and Co. using seven consecutive victories and sitting alone atop the SEC standings getting into Week 10. Between them, Carter and Gregory now symbolize the highest-rated commits among the many six prospects pledged to Texas A&M’s 2026 class.
The Aggies trailed LSU 17-7 within the third quarter Saturday when Elko benched beginning quarterback Conner Weigman in favor of backup Marcel Reed. The freshman passer was the spark to a 31-point second half that left Texas A&M because the final remaining undefeated in SEC league play and in agency Faculty Soccer Playoff competition with 4 common season video games left to play. Elko adopted the win with a pointed assertion on the state of the Aggies in his first fall in cost at Texas A&M.
“This can be a actual program,” the first-year coach mentioned late Saturday evening. “It isn’t pretend. It isn’t a politician operating this program, speaking quick and BS-ing all people. This can be a actual program and for all of the recruits on the market, this can be a actual place.”
Lower than 24 hours later, Elko landed a pair of anchors for his 2026 recruiting class.
Carter, a 6-foot-3, 235-pound edge rusher, is the No. 9 total defender within the ESPN Junior 300 and trails solely four-star edge Zion Elee (No. 15 within the ESPN Junior 300) because the highest-rated defensive finish within the class. Gregory is a big-bodied, two-way star at Douglas County, the place he is emerged as a standout at each huge receiver and defensive again.
Carter is now the Aggies’ prime commit within the 2026 cycle in a category that now consists of three ESPN 300 prospects. Texas A&M landed its first ESPN 300 pledge within the cycle on Oct. 17 with a dedication from three-star quarterback Helaman Casuga, ESPN’s No. 5 dual-threat passer in 2026. The Aggies additionally maintain 2026 pledges from security Markel Ford, cornerback Ryan Gilbert and defensive deal with Trashawn Ruffin.
Texas A&M holds commitments from 12 ESPN 300 prospects in a 2025 class that sits eighth in ESPN’s newest crew rankings for the cycle. The Aggies moved as much as No. 10 within the Related Press High 25 Sunday afternoon forward of a Week 10 go to to South Carolina (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN).
