Blast from the past recruit for Aggie fans makes surprising NFL announcement

Longtime fans of Texas A&M recruiting have a laundry list of crazy individual recruitments that they've followed over the years— there's quite a few to choose from. From Kyler Murray to Malik Jefferson to Harold Perkins to Kelvin Banks, there have been quite a few kids over the last decade who have given A&M fans heartburn in one way or another.

None were more opaque and head-scratching, though, than the case of Zach Evans. A North Shore product from the class of 2020, Evans was heavily trending towards A&M at different points, which was quite a prospect for the Aggies given that he was one of the most highly-touted recruits in the nation.

But when one single player gets his own ESPN article detailing the winding nature of his recruitment, you can tell that something is out of the ordinary. Though he seemed all but certain to end up at A&M for a while, he eventually enrolled at TCU before ending up at Ole Miss. From there, he was drafted by the Rams in 2023— but now, his football days are over.

Former hotly-discussed Texas A&M recruit Zach Evans retires from NFL

News came down recently that Evans had made the call to step away from football, leading some Aggie fans to reminisce:

24 is certainly an early age to retire from the NFL, but Evans clearly had some issues ahead of him. He ended his career with only 9 carries for 19 total yards to his name, and it appeared that he had a long row to hoe in order to get back into the league in any significant measure.

It's unknown what Evans plans to do next, but it wouldn't be surprising to see him end up in a league like the UFL. However, maybe this is a move to step away from football entirely.

Whatever the case, this is quite the blast from the past for Aggie fans. In the heat of that recruitment, I don't think many would have predicted that he would have such a short-lived pro career, but that'