Top 5 best choices for guest picker when Texas A&M football hosts Notre Dame

College Gameday has not exactly hit it out of the park with guest pickers at Texas A&M football in the past. Here’s a helpful list of names that would work.

Former Texas A&M Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel cheers on the Aggies during / Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal / USA

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Best Gameday guest picker options for Texas A&M football: Myles Garrett

If Johnny is the most famous living former Aggie students, Myles isn’t far behind. A #1 overall pick who has blossomed into one of the premier defensive players in the NFL (to the tune of winning defensive player of the year twice, including last year), Garrett is one of the big success stories of the last decade for this football program.

He still holds the SEC freshman sack record, which he broke after only four years of Jadeveon Clowney holding the title, doing so in only nine games. His considerable profile and clear affiliation with the program and university makes him a great choice for a gameday picker.

Another thing that would be working in not only Myles’s favor, but any Aggie NFL player, is that this game will be taking place on the same weekend as the final NFL preseason game, meaning that the stars will have much more flexibility than they otherwise would (barring a coincidental bye week). That could lead to ESPN being more likely to jump at the chance to get a high-profile Aggie player as the guest picker.

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