On Friday, Calypso (NC) North Duplin DT Trashawn Ruffin announced his commitment to Mike Elko and the Aggies, becoming Texas A&M’s fourth commitment of the 2026 class and its second in two days. Following his announcement, he spoke to TexAgs about his decision.

Mike Elko and his staff made it a priority to reestablish Texas A&M as a premier program for recruits in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and have immediately seen results. The Aggies' five 2025 D-FW commits are the most since 2019. And who knows, there may be more.

As he does every Friday morning, TexAgs' senior recruiting analyst Jason Howell offered up another round of his weekly recruiting thoughts. In this edition of his three things, Howell discussed some names on "offer watch" as well as who will be in Aggieland this weekend.