Texas A&M football is returning one of the best wide receiver rooms in the country for the upcoming year, getting another year from Mario Craver and Ashton Bethel-Roman as well as adding in former Alabama receiver Isaiah Horton. Add in the experienced and explosive Terry Bussey as well as a guy like Aaron Gregory who has a huge chance to make some noise, and the Aggies’ pass-catching corps can stand up to anyone else in the nation.
The linchpin of that group is Texas A&M’s near-1000 yard receiver from last year, Mario Craver. The Mississippi State transfer lit it up early for the Aggies, especially in the Notre Dame game, and though he didn’t have any other performances as big as his 200-yard day up in South Bend, he made key play after key play for the Ags in the pass game.
Craver was already highly-regarded by those who were watching the SEC closely when he came out of Mississippi State, but his name recognition blasted into the stratosphere with what he put on the field last year. It’s not just hype, either— he has the numbers to back it up, even from outlets like Pro Football Focus.
It is PFF, after all, that just ranked him as one of the top 50 players in college football for the upcoming year— and though he was the only Aggie to make the list, his placement relative to the Texas Longhorns’ star transfer is an inconvenient truth for those in the burnt orange. Craver’s placement reflects what attentive fans have already known— that despite the accolades that a guy like Coleman has racked up based on his potential, Craver is the one with the skins on the wall.
Texas A&M’s Mario Craver ranked as a better player than Cam Coleman for 2026 football season
Craver is found on this list down at no. 35, well down from the top receiver overall— obviously, Jeremiah Smith up at no. 1. But it may surprise Aggie and Longhorn fans alike to see Cam Coleman below Craver, down at no. 40.
It shouldn’t be a surprise, though. Craver’s 2025 was far better than Coleman’s, as he picked up 917 yards receiving on 15.54 yards per catch, adding a total of 5 touchdowns. Coleman picked up only 708 yards on 12.64 yards per catch and equaled Craver with 5 touchdowns.
Longhorns will be quick to point out the handicap that Coleman had playing in the hapless Auburn offense, but with all the invective they’ve levied at Marcel Reed, it’s hard for them to say A&M had a better situation without speaking out of both sides of their mouth. In any case, PFF’s grades— which is what this ranking is based on, in large part— had Craver as a better player down to down in doing the business of a wide receiver.
We’ll see if Craver lives up to this designation or if Coleman takes the college football world by storm— there’s certainly an eager media willing to aid and abet the latter scenario should anything approaching it come to pass. However, for today, it’s the Aggie receiver who has the edge in this ranking.
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