Texas A&M football insider drops huge hint about potential RB return: 'He's healed'

Texas A&M football is looking to knock off the no. 3 Texas Longhorns this weekend in the return of a bitter rivalry. This is the first time these teams will have played since 2011, and the stakes are higher than they've ever been.

The winner of this game is headed to the SEC Championship in Atlanta. It would be the first appearance in that game for either squad, and it's just about the only path left for the Aggies to make the College Football Playoff.

The Aggies' late faltering has come, in large part, as a result of injuries they've suffered. One of the most key losses has come at the running back spot, as star offensive player Le'Veon Moss has been out with an injury since early in the South Carolina game.

However, it looks like some reinforcements could be on the way.

Texas A&M football could see return of Rueben Owens against Texas, but how effective will he be?

We've discussed already that star RB Rueben Owens has popped up on the injury report as "Questionable," after spending all year as a scratch. Last week, he showed up as "Doubtful" on the initial report before being downgraded to "Out" pretty immediately—but as of this morning, he still remains listed as "Questionable."

Then, this nugget of information came in from Billy Liucci.

Owens, according to Liucci, is healed. Now, this doesn't say "fully healed," necessarily, but I don't think this would be the terminology that Liucci would be using if Owens was, say, 50%.

The question remains, though, as Billy points out, of how effective Owens can be in this capacity. He's not been playing football since fall camp, and hasn't played in a real game since last year's Texas Bowl. It may be unreasonable to predict him to get a huge amount of run in this one, but I would have to think he's immediately RB2, given his ceiling and the current lack of depth at the position.