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Texas A&M adds former UAB quarterback Jacob Zeno via transfer portal

December 10, 2024
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The Aggies have added a quarterback via the transfer portal today as former San Antonio Jay standout Jacob Zeno is headed back to the Lone Star State for his final year of college football.

Originally a Baylor signee, the 6-foot-4, 210-pounder spent three years in Waco before transferring to UAB before the 2022 season.

As a Bear, he only appeared in six games. However, he came into his own with the Blazers. As a redshirt sophomore, he appeared in nine games and threw for 721 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions. He posted a career-best 332 yards that year against UTSA.

In 2023, he took over as the full-time starter in Birmingham and turned in one of their best seasons in school history. He set a single-season record for completions (279) and completion percentage (73.6). He totaled 3,126 yards passing and connected for 20 touchdowns through the air. He also added four more scores with his legs. That season, Zeno finished 11th in the country in total offense per game and had three games of over 300 yards passing.

He's the first pledge for Mike Elko & Co. in this transfer portal window.

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Texas A&M adds former UAB quarterback Jacob Zeno via transfer portal

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rondis23
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Nice
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What does this mean?!?
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In reply to BeatHellOutOfTU • 6:32p, 12/10/24
BeatHellOutOfTU said:
What does this mean?!?


Confidence in Reed. Didn't bring in someone who would truly threaten his starting spot.
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In reply to BeatHellOutOfTU • 6:33p, 12/10/24
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With a very young QB room, he's a depth piece / insurance if something happens to Reed.
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6:35p, 12/10/24
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Love this guy as an experienced backup. We would be in good hands if an injury were to occur.
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In reply to Dex_Mick_Bear • 6:35p, 12/10/24
Dex_Mick_Bear said:
BeatHellOutOfTU said:
What does this mean?!?


Confidence in Reed. Didn't bring in someone who would truly threaten his starting spot.


This. It should not be a shock. Reed is THE guy. Miles is next. This is an insurance policy. Good move. Now let's go buy some skill position talent and hogs up front.
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6:42p, 12/10/24
Why would he come here if he thought he was going to be a backup?
Nothing looks more foolish than tradition to those who have none.
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In reply to merch • 6:46p, 12/10/24
merch said:
Why would he come here if he thought he was going to be a backup?


He's from Texas. Likely wants to end career close to home so the family can come see him. He wasnt the starter at UAB this year. And the decent but small amount of money we promise in NIL likely makes this a good business and personal decision.
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In reply to merch • 6:48p, 12/10/24
For each of the past 4 years, at least two different qb's have started a game for Texas A&M
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In reply to Bunk Moreland • 6:50p, 12/10/24
Bunk Moreland said:
Dex_Mick_Bear said:
BeatHellOutOfTU said:
What does this mean?!?


Confidence in Reed. Didn't bring in someone who would truly threaten his starting spot.


This. It should not be a shock. Reed is THE guy. Miles is next. This is an insurance policy. Good move. Now let's go buy some skill position talent and hogs up front.


Incorrect. A guy doesn't transfer from a place he was the starter at if he's told he'll be transferring to be QB3. The job will be open for competition. Reed will have an edge due to having a one year head start in the system and a part-time starter last year, but he's not guaranteed anything.
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In reply to Bunk Moreland • 6:52p, 12/10/24
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merch said:
Why would he come here if he thought he was going to be a backup?


He's from Texas. Likely wants to end career close to home so the family can come see him. He wasnt the starter at UAB this year. And the decent but small amount of money we promise in NIL likely makes this a good business and personal decision.


He was the starter before he was injured.
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Glad we have somebody new but let's be real and not highlight stuff without acknowledgement of the 18 interceptions too.
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In reply to TAMUallen • 6:54p, 12/10/24
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Glad we have somebody new but let's be real and not highlight stuff without acknowledgement of the 18 interceptions too.


I haven't looked at his overall numbers. Over what span of time did he throw 18? Was that in the last two years alone?
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In reply to Rossticus • 6:57p, 12/10/24
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Rossticus said:
TAMUallen said:
Glad we have somebody new but let's be real and not highlight stuff without acknowledgement of the 18 interceptions too.


I haven't looked at his overall numbers. Over what span of time did he throw 18? Was that in the last two years alone?


Last two are 26/14
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In reply to Bunk Moreland • 6:58p, 12/10/24
Bunk Moreland said:
merch said:
Why would he come here if he thought he was going to be a backup?


He's from Texas. Likely wants to end career close to home so the family can come see him. He wasnt the starter at UAB this year. And the decent but small amount of money we promise in NIL likely makes this a good business and personal decision.
exactly why not join the Aggie network when you can! Maybe he wants to stay in the football/coaching world, maybe he wants to be part of SEC football! An addition will only make our team better! Reed and O'Neill will be pushed and it's another arm to play in both the spring game and fall camp!
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7:02p, 12/10/24
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I am old enough to remember when a college career spanned 4 seasons….
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7:14p, 12/10/24
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Good move for both parties. Sounds like the young man has a good head for business.
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In reply to Rossticus • 7:16p, 12/10/24
Rossticus said:
Bunk Moreland said:
Dex_Mick_Bear said:
BeatHellOutOfTU said:
What does this mean?!?


Confidence in Reed. Didn't bring in someone who would truly threaten his starting spot.


This. It should not be a shock. Reed is THE guy. Miles is next. This is an insurance policy. Good move. Now let's go buy some skill position talent and hogs up front.


Incorrect. A guy doesn't transfer from a place he was the starter at if he's told he'll be transferring to be QB3. The job will be open for competition. Reed will have an edge due to having a one year head start in the system and a part-time starter last year, but he's not guaranteed anything.


I'm sorry to burst your bubble. Reed is the guy going into spring. If this kid comes in and tears it up then fine, but his numbers in a much weaker conference with much more experience are not better than Reed's.

Want to lose the locker room? Go into the spring without a natural born leader at QB like Reed is. He won the team over this year and I'm fairly certain the roster was split during fall camp until Weigman had his huge scrimmage performance.
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In reply to Rossticus • 7:25p, 12/10/24
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Nah, the job is almost assuredly reeds.

Obviously if this guy lights the world on fire, anything can happen. But it's not a true competition in that he'd have to run away with the job. It's completely seen as reeds job by everyone on campus including Zeno.

He's coming here because he's a fit. Gets what he wants and we get what we wanted.
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In reply to Dex_Mick_Bear • 7:29p, 12/10/24
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Dex_Mick_Bear said:
BeatHellOutOfTU said:
What does this mean?!?


Confidence in Reed. Didn't bring in someone who would truly threaten his starting spot.
not confidence. just willingness to miss the playoffs again.
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In reply to Bunk Moreland • 7:29p, 12/10/24
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Bunk Moreland said:
Dex_Mick_Bear said:
BeatHellOutOfTU said:
What does this mean?!?


Confidence in Reed. Didn't bring in someone who would truly threaten his starting spot.


This. It should not be a shock. Reed is THE guy. Miles is next. This is an insurance policy. Good move. Now let's go buy some skill position talent and hogs up front.
THE guy…to go 8-4, or 9-3 if lucky.
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In reply to Ag1188 • 7:35p, 12/10/24
Ag1188 said:
Bunk Moreland said:
Dex_Mick_Bear said:
BeatHellOutOfTU said:
What does this mean?!?


Confidence in Reed. Didn't bring in someone who would truly threaten his starting spot.


This. It should not be a shock. Reed is THE guy. Miles is next. This is an insurance policy. Good move. Now let's go buy some skill position talent and hogs up front.
THE guy…to go 8-4, or 9-3 if lucky.


Think whatever you want. I'm not going to to try and change your opinion. I'm just telling you the facts of the situation. Reed won the team over multiple times, has a lot of promise and improved as the season went on even as he battled through a leg injury. He's a natural leader.

Those are facts. What you think he will or won't do regarding the overall TEAM'S ability to win games is opinion.
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7:40p, 12/10/24
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Welcome aboard Mr. Zeno
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In reply to Bunk Moreland • 7:41p, 12/10/24
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Several of your statements are literally opinions though, not facts. Learn what a fact is
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7:42p, 12/10/24
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Welcome to Aggieland, Jacob Zeno!
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We scored zero offensive points in our 12th game of the season against our in-state rival who we hadn't played in thirteen years. Every single offensive player should be put on notice. There are no walk in starters. Reed needs to prove that he is more than just flash. Right now, he's and 8-4 QB which isn't good enough.
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In reply to ahpetty33 • 7:42p, 12/10/24
ahpetty33 said:
Several of your statements are literally opinions though, not facts. Learn what a fact is


Which statement?

He won the team over? He did.

He's a leader? He is (coach's son, listen to Herbstreit's comments on his knowledge of him from hs days

Improved as the season went on? He did. His accuracy, awareness and control of the position all improved during the season.
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In reply to Bunk Moreland • 7:55p, 12/10/24
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We sucked when we needed to win. Cmon. I get it. Pump up the possibility but gosh it's so dead now.
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In reply to Bunk Moreland • 8:02p, 12/10/24
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Subjective assessments of character traits are opinions, I don't care if 99% of people (including me) would agree with you about his leadership. The only fact you stated is that he improved throughout the year, and even that you would have to anchor to some tangible metric.
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In reply to TAMUallen • 8:04p, 12/10/24
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We sucked when we needed to win. Cmon. I get it. Pump up the possibility but gosh it's so dead now.


He didn't suck when we needed to win. We lost Moss, the play calling was atrocious, our skill position talent was lacking, yet Reed continued to play well. I'm sorry about these facts.
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Subjective assessments of character traits are opinions, I don't care if 99% of people (including me) would agree with you about his leadership. The only fact you stated is that he improved throughout the year, and even that you would have to anchor to some tangible metric.


Completion percentage in the passing game even as opponent difficulty increased, he had key injuries around him, games got bigger and bigger. Defense got worse and put the offense/team in bigger holes.
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In reply to Bunk Moreland • 8:08p, 12/10/24
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Bunk Moreland said:
TAMUallen said:
We sucked when we needed to win. Cmon. I get it. Pump up the possibility but gosh it's so dead now.


He didn't suck when we needed to win. We lost Moss, the play calling was atrocious, our skill position talent was lacking, yet Reed continued to play well. I'm sorry about these facts.


Qbr 59.3 for that game is a fact.

Marcel was better than weigman.

It took complete failure to change that.

Why such a blind faith and optimism?
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TAMUallen said:
Bunk Moreland said:
TAMUallen said:
We sucked when we needed to win. Cmon. I get it. Pump up the possibility but gosh it's so dead now.


He didn't suck when we needed to win. We lost Moss, the play calling was atrocious, our skill position talent was lacking, yet Reed continued to play well. I'm sorry about these facts.


Qbr 59.3 for that game is a fact.

Marcel was better than weigman.

It took complete failure to change that.

Why such a blind faith and optimism?


It's not faith, he still has a lot to prove, but the optimism isn't blind. Reed is a buy stock in cfb, not a hold or sell. That doesn't mean he's a guaranteed success, but people who can't understand that aren't worth wasting time discussing it with.

You or I can have whatever opinion we want, but no team in the country would be walking away from Reed trying to find his replacement given the body of work we saw this year alomh with what he had to work with. They'd be doing everything in their power to develop him and build the best possible team around him.
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In reply to Bunk Moreland • 8:19p, 12/10/24
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Bunk Moreland said:
TAMUallen said:
Bunk Moreland said:
TAMUallen said:
We sucked when we needed to win. Cmon. I get it. Pump up the possibility but gosh it's so dead now.


He didn't suck when we needed to win. We lost Moss, the play calling was atrocious, our skill position talent was lacking, yet Reed continued to play well. I'm sorry about these facts.


Qbr 59.3 for that game is a fact.

Marcel was better than weigman.

It took complete failure to change that.

Why such a blind faith and optimism?


It's not faith, he still has a lot to prove, but the optimism isn't blind. Reed is a buy stock in cfb, not a hold or sell. That doesn't mean he's a guaranteed success, but people who can't understand that aren't worth wasting time discussing it with.

You or I can have whatever opinion we want, but no team in the country would be walking away from Reed trying to find his replacement given the body of work we saw this year alomh with what he had to work with. They'd be doing everything in their power to develop him and build the best possible team around him.


They'd also fire the OC instantly when he wasn't able to stop the QB from having tells of pass/run and had terrible play calls
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8:23p, 12/10/24
If Marcel Reed was in the portal, what kind of interest do you think there would be? I would believe a lot and from many bigtime schools. Reed has shown bigtime talent and leadership. Let's get more offensive talent to put around him and watch our offense take off. Zeno is what we need for depth at QB, similar to what Henderson provided us.
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