Markel Ford

TexAgs' recruiting analyst Jason Howell joined TexAgs Live on Wednesday morning for another edition of Recruiting Country, highlighting the latest news and notes from the recruiting trail surrounding Texas A&M.

2026 Mesquite (TX) Horn standout S Markel Ford emerged on college radars as a freshman, and he committed to Texas A&M and Mike Elko in late June. Over the weekend, he spoke to TexAgs about his pledge, his relationship with A&M's coaching staff and his spring plans.

Brauninger mentioned the Aggies are planning to host three big visitors this weekend with Texas A&M commits TE Xavier Tiller, WR Aaron Gregory, and DE Jordan Carter making their way back to Aggieland. There was some talk about Dorian Barney maybe making his way to town, but he told TexAgs yesterday he plans to be at Georgia this weekend. Barney does plan to visit Aggieland this spring and the Aggies are high on his list. Texas A&M is also set to host a standout 2027 with QB Trae Taylor of Mundelein (IL) Carmel Catholic is also making plans to be in town this weekend. The Aggies offered the 6-3, 185 pound signal caller in early January after OC Collin Klein dropped by the school, and his offer list includes a who's who of college football with Georgia, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Oregon already on the table. He plans to arrive on Friday night and stay until Sunday The Aggies extended a new in-state 2026 offer today to North Crowley S Aaron Bradshaw, and he is definitely one to watch after putting together a strong 2024 season. He checks in at 6-3, 190 pounds and he is one of those guys you notice right away. He is physically put together and he came through for some big plays on the back end of the defense as the Panthers made their way to a state championship last fall. He has seen the offers begin to pile up in the last few weeks with LSU, Texas, Houston, Texas Tech, Arizona State, West Virginia, and Michigan State all arriving as well as the Aggies, and he is a guy who will be flying up the rankings lists. Yesterday I mentioned there were some guys I already had in mind for our next rankings update and Bradshaw is one of the first ones on that list. https://www.hudl.com/video/3/17958653/6760b4bbca3802908d255aa8Speaking of secondary the Aggies current DB commits Ryan Gilbert and Markel Ford both made their way to Norman, Okla, for the Sooners Junior Day this weekend. Oklahoma and SMU are two programs coming on strong for both, and Gilbert has seen recent offers from Oregon, Washington, Kansas State, and Washington. Both are making plans to visit College Station in the spring, and they are both committed to the Aggies. However, the attention, especially from SMU and OU, and the OU visit are worth noting and watching.