I don't think there's very many just saying that "he sucks". Because he doesn't.

He's very smart, he puts in the work, he's aggressive, and he's certainly not afraid of contact and physicality.
Also seems like he's a great kid, and seems to be a great leader in the locker room.

But he's also small....and more impactfully, he's slow (comparatively).

Congrats to him though on 3rd Team All-SEC.
Good bull.

Love Taurean! Reminds me so much of Dat Nguyen. I litle undersized but so fast to the ball because he knows the play before the opposing QB does!! :-) And he's a awesome person and Aggie. Couldn't happen to a better kid!

TxAg76 said:

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I don't think there's very many just saying that "he sucks". Because he doesn't.

He's very smart, he puts in the work, he's aggressive, and he's certainly not afraid of contact and physicality.
Also seems like he's a great kid, and seems to be a great leader in the locker room.

But he's also small....and more impactfully, he's slow (comparatively).

Congrats to him though on 3rd Team All-SEC.
Good bull.

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Pretty sure you are wrong about that. I've been on many Texags threads where knuckleheads are saying he sucks. He only been our leading tackler every year he has been here except his freshman year where he was a close second behind Edgerin Cooper. The guy is an all time great here. Seems like a pretty solid dude too.

3rd Team SEC > 1st Team Big XII

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IMO, he gets a little too much criticism around here. Dude is a 3 year starter, smart, and a leader on the team. He's better than what people give him credit for.

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This. He's legit as a college LB and captain

rootube said:

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TxAg76 said:

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I don't think there's very many just saying that "he sucks". Because he doesn't.

He's very smart, he puts in the work, he's aggressive, and he's certainly not afraid of contact and physicality.
Also seems like he's a great kid, and seems to be a great leader in the locker room.

But he's also small....and more impactfully, he's slow (comparatively).

Congrats to him though on 3rd Team All-SEC.
Good bull.

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Pretty sure you are wrong about that. I've been on many Texags threads where knuckleheads are saying he sucks. He only been our leading tackler every year he has been here except his freshman year where he was a close second behind Edgerin Cooper. The guy is an all time great here. Seems like a pretty solid dude too.

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I was differentiating between what I hope is the silent majority versus the overly-vocal minority

TxAg76 said:

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rootube said:

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TxAg76 said:

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I don't think there's very many just saying that "he sucks". Because he doesn't.

He's very smart, he puts in the work, he's aggressive, and he's certainly not afraid of contact and physicality.
Also seems like he's a great kid, and seems to be a great leader in the locker room.

But he's also small....and more impactfully, he's slow (comparatively).

Congrats to him though on 3rd Team All-SEC.
Good bull.

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Pretty sure you are wrong about that. I've been on many Texags threads where knuckleheads are saying he sucks. He only been our leading tackler every year he has been here except his freshman year where he was a close second behind Edgerin Cooper. The guy is an all time great here. Seems like a pretty solid dude too.

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I was differentiating between what I hope is the silent majority versus the overly-vocal minority

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Yea I know what you meant. I've just been on too many threads with people who must not watch the games arguing about him. Someone mentioned that York is like Dat Nguyen. It's really true. He's maybe a little undersized but he's smart, tough as nails and is a fierce competitor and he seems like a like able dude. It's bizarre that he's not universally loved by the fan base. Maybe if social media was big in Dat's day there would have been trolls then too.

Just saw this Enjoy.

Taurean York gonna make an INSANELY GOOD football coach after a decade in the league pic.twitter.com/JceXyPFkLb

— Brooks Austin (@BrooksAustinBA) October 1, 2025

York is a great kid and a real competitor. That said, he's no where near Dat Nguyen's level.

Nguyen started all 51 games of his career and holds Aggie records with 517 career tackles and 30 double-digit tackle games. He led the team in tackles for four consecutive seasons, a feat unmatched in Texas A&M history and earned the Southwest Conference Freshman of the Year award in 1995 after recording a single-season record 65 solo tackles.

Nguyen also was a unanimous First-Team All-American, the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, and winner of the Bednarik Award (College Defensive Player of the Year) and Lombardi Award (top college lineman or linebacker). He finished as runner-up for the Butkus Award by just one vote, the closest margin in its history.

Nguyen was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round (89th overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft, where he played seven seasons as a middle linebacker from 1999 to 2005. He quickly became a tackling machine, leading the team in tackles three times (2001, 2003, and 2004) and amassing 516 career tackles, ranking 10th in Cowboys history as of 2010. He retired due to injuries.