Texas A&M star Marcel Reed rejects transfer buzz, doubles down on Aggies commitment as team preps for playoff

Despite a disappointing nonaccomplishment to in-state rival Texas successful the regular-season finale, Texas A&M finished the twelvemonth with 11 wins and secured a spot successful the College Football Playoff.

In little than 2 weeks, Texas A&M volition big the Miami Hurricanes successful a first-round playoff game.

Aggies prima backmost Marcel Reed threw 25 touchdowns and conscionable nether 3,000 yards during his standout season. Reed’s accumulation and emergence to 1 of the apical players successful the federation look to person indirectly fueled concerns astir whether helium volition see taking his talents elsewhere pursuing Texas A&M’s playoff run.

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Texas A&M Aggies backmost Marcel Reed (10) keeps the shot for yards during the archetypal fractional against the Texas Longhorns astatine Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium connected Nov. 28, 20225. (Scott Wachter/Imagn Images)

During a caller quality connected erstwhile NFL backmost Robert Griffin III's "Outta Pocket with RGIII" podcast, Reed unopen down immoderate thought that helium would see transferring to Miami successful favour of a lucrative name, representation and likeness (NIL) offer.

"I’d person to speech to my parents," Reed responded erstwhile asked astir the anticipation of switching uniforms. "That’s a existent answer."

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Reed added that helium has had the accidental to bolt from Texas A&M successful the past, but helium remains committed to the Aggies.

Texas A&M backmost Marcel Reed (10) reacts aft scoring a touchdown against LSU during the 3rd 4th of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, successful College Station, Texas.  (AP Photo/Sam Craft)

"I got offers aft my freshman year. I thought this was the champion spot to be. I don’t deliberation there’s immoderate crushed I request to permission Texas A&M. I person the occupation and it’s excavation to lose. I don’t deliberation I will, but there’s nary crushed for maine to leave. I person a large OC, a large coach, large players astir me. We person the champion stadium successful assemblage football. … There’s nary request for maine to permission and spell anyplace else."

Texas A&M Aggies backmost Marcel Reed (10) reacts aft scoring a touchdown during the archetypal fractional against the Arkansas Razorbacks astatine AT&T Stadium successful Sept. 28, 2024 successful Arlington, Texas. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)

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The late-season nonaccomplishment to the Longhorns eliminated Texas A&M from the SEC Championship Game. Instead, Alabama precocious to the yearly league rubric crippled successful Atlanta, losing 28-7 to Georgia.

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