Texas A&M made history in 2022 with what still stands as the top-ranked recruiting class of all time, notching 30 commits and a whopping 333.13 class rating on 247Sports' composite rankings. For reference, a championship-level class is usually considered as a 300 or above on these class ratings— which is a frontier that the Aggies have not crossed since that class.
In 2023, the Aggies notched a 268.85 class rating. In 2024, it was 245.16. In 2025, it was 282.42, and in 2026, it was 283.13. This not only illustrates how the failure to develop that 2022 class sunk the Aggies, but it shows that the inability to stack good classes in the following two years really hamstrung their efforts— in fairness, that 2024 number has a lot to do with the coaching transition.
You can see that Elko has been building some great, positive momentum with his first two full recruiting cycles. Those 2025 and 2026 classes which are beginning to come up are the highest-ranked classes for the Aggies since 2022, and better classes than the Aggies had in 2021 as well— 2020 and 2019 were roughly equivalent.
But it's this 2027 cycle that has the chance to be special. The Aggies, with their current 14 commitments, already have a 275.70 class rating— and with so many highly-rated targets still left on the board, they could not only challenge for that championship-level designation, but that title of "highest-rated class of all time" that they set only 5 years ago.
Texas A&M's 2027 class could break 2022's illustrious record and launch Aggies to national title
There are still adjustments to the ratings that will be made over the course of the upcoming months before signing day rolls around in December (and a few more between then and February, too), but all we can work with right now is the data we have available. 247's Class Calculator tool lets you see what a class's rating would be by adding players one at a time, so I decided to check what the high end of this class could actually turn out looking like.
A few disclaimers: first, I'm intentionally going for the high end here, but I'm doing so within reason. I don't have the Aggies landing both John Meredith and Joshua Dobson, for example, because though the Aggies are at or near the top for both, they are likely mutually exclusive options.
Second, it should be noted that the more players you add to a class, the more diluted the effect of each is, thanks to the way that 247 structures their class rating formula: this is to account for class size as a variable.
How good can Texas A&M's 2027 recruiting class get?
Here are the players that I added to the list.
- CB John Meredith (no. 2 overall)
- OL Albert Simien (no. 13 overall)
- DE Jaiden Bryant (no. 20 overall, flip from LSU)
- LB Kaden Henderson (no. 24 overall)
- WR Eric McFarland (no. 25 overall)
- OL Ismael Camara (no. 27 overall)
- RB Landen Williams-Callis (no. 30 overall)
- WR Dakota Guerrant (no. 35 overall)
- DE Frederick Ards (no. 68 overall)
- LB Noah Glover (no. 207 overall)
Adding those players brings the Aggies'' composite score for this class to 334.03, which would be a record-breaking class.
Now, there are several things worth noting about this: first, removing Meredith and adding Dobson still puts this class above the mark set by the 2022 class, at 333.42. Second, this is only a 24-player class: Elko has taken more than that in both of his full cycles at A&M so far.
There are still holes that the Aggies could fill, and we've seen them come in late in the cycle to flip some high-level players before. There is no tight end in this class currently, for example. In other words, there are still even more players that the Aggies could likely add to this group.
Now, that also means that there are some on this list that they will likely not end up with. Dakota Guerrant was high on the Aggies a few months ago, though, but there hasn't been a lot of buzz there recently. Ismael Camara could end up elsewhere, or the Aggies could fail to flip Jaiden Bryant.
Whatever the case, the fact of the matter is that these are all players that the Aggies are actually in on right now, and this best-case scenario— however likely or unlikely— should shed some light on how special this class has a chance to be. The 2022 class had 30 players: this scenario has the Aggies breaking their record with only 24 additions.
The finish to this cycle is going to be absolute cinema, no matter what happens. The Aggies can add to this with a big season this fall— and, importantly, continue to stack top classes going forward in a way that Jimbo was unable to do. They're already making some great headway in the 2028 class by hosting some top players on campus, but this 2027 cycle is going to be the cornerstone of what they do going forward.
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