Texas A&M football has their sights set on the top overall portal player in former Auburn receiver Cam Coleman as the prize of their transfer class— but they are obviously not alone in that pursuit. Coleman is a high-level player that everyone in the game will be attempting to bring in, and the jealous little brother Longhorns are one school just trying to play spoiler here.
Texas is doing their level best to put out as much publicity as possible about potential interest between themselves and Coleman, and while they clearly want to be seen as a program that will literally spare no expense to land a talent like this, they're missing one important variable in this chase. Though they flex Arch Manning as a name, the clear evidence for which school Coleman should pick actually points eastward towards College Station.
Texas A&M's immediate success with portal receivers should give them the edge over Texas in Cam Coleman pursuit
The Aggies' top two receivers this past year were KC Concepcion and Mario Craver, both of whom came from the transfer ranks. Concepcion notched 919 total yards on just over 70 yards per game, while Craver had 917 on just over 76 yards per game.
As a comparison, Texas's top portal receiver, Emmett Mosley, had only 408 yards on 45.3 yards per game. Their top receiver overall, Ryan Wingo, had a mere 834 total yards on 64 yards per game— no other Texas receiver had over 530 total yards.
So the Aggies produced better this past year with portal receiver and receivers overall. But this is a trend that goes further back than just this year— highly-touted transfer receiver Isaiah Bond put up only 38.6 receiving yards per game for Texas last year, and Matthew Golden, who was their top man, had only 61.7 yards per game. AD Mitchell and Isaiah Neyor are another couple of receivers who didn't nearly live up to expectations in a Texas uniform after transferring in.
The proof is clear here. The Aggies have done a much better job of featuring portal receivers, putting up bigger numbers. Narratives are one thing, but numbers are another— and they show pretty clearly that if you transfer to Texas as a receiver, it will tank your stock, while taking your talents to A&M boosts your profile in a massive way.