Texas A&M’s 2026 spring football season begins Friday, March 20, and third-year head coach Mike Elko has assembled a roster of 17 recruits from the transfer portal, while key starters and backups for the 2025 season have re-signed with the program, including redshirt junior quarterback Marcel Reed.
If I were to predict national coverage about the Aggies this offseason, Marcel Reed’s inability to consistently beat Final Four opponents with winning records would be the talking point every time Texas A&M is brought up in the media. However, after losing his offensive and defensive coordinators, the promotion of five staff members, including new OC Hallmon Wiggins, will also be widely discussed.
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Sixteen days before the start of the spring season, one of the more prominent voices in Texas A&M media and TexAgs co-owner Billy Liucci appeared on The Paul Finebaum Show to give a brief preview of his expectations for the Aggies in 2026, focusing on the Aggies’ transfer success, believing the roster has been “reloaded” and avoiding a rebuild.
“I like what they’re doing with the portal,” Liucci said. “Especially coming from the SEC. I think they can get back to the (College Football Playoff). I think they’re going to build on last year. Everything is trending upward and I think that’s going to continue.”
While this is just the opinion of a seasoned analyst, Mike Elko and his staff deserve a lot of credit for reloading the roster with seasoned veterans with NFL potential, led by former Alabama wide receiver Isaiah Horton and Northwestern transfer edge Anto Sacca.
However, Texas A&M’s secondary now features Colorado transfer safety Taufik Byard and Tennessee transfer cornerback Ricky Gibson, who are expected to make a big impact in an already established defensive backfield.
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This article originally appeared on Aggies Wire: TexAgs’ Billy Liucci talks Texas A&M’s 2026 football outlook
