Who is Texas A&M football moving to running back after Le'Veon Moss injury?
Word came down on Monday that Texas A&M football would be without key offensive piece Le'Veon Moss for the remainder of the year following an injury against South Carolina. Moss has accounted for a lot of the Aggies' yards this year, both in the run and the pass game, so to be without him going forward is a pretty tough break.
It also means that the Aggies are now down to only two scholarship running backs. After Rueben Owens, the prospective RB2 ahead of this season, was injured in fall camp, we knew the depth was thin. But now, all the Aggies have are Amari Daniels and EJ Smith.
Let's be clear: Daniels has had a great year, and there's certainly room for Smith to show us more than he has in limited snaps. But you can't make it through this final gauntlet with only two backs—the team needs someone else to step up.
In an appearance on Todd McShay's podcast, college football insider Pete Thamel alluded to a move the Aggies could be making over this bye week. Thamel mentioned that the Aggies are moving a defensive back to RB.
Pete Thamel let something slip on Todd McShay’s podcast: “Texas A&M is in the middle of moving a defensive back to running back”
— Ranger222 (@Ranger222) November 5, 2024
??? is he talking about Jayvon Thomas? Bussey?
This is interesting for several reasons. Most people's minds would jump to Terry Bussey, the explosive athlete who originally came in as a DB. But Bussey has spent the entire season on offense so far, so I doubt it's him.
Some have suggested Dalton Brooks, who played his fair share of RB at Shiner High School. But given that Brooks is likely the Aggies' best safety, I don't think they'd move him from that spot.
The last two options that the mind goes to are Jayvon Thomas and Bravion Rogers. Rogers, like Brooks, was a do-it-all player at a small high school—in his case, La Grange. Thomas, though, spent a lot of time at a state power in South Oak Cliff playing RB—and he acquitted himself well against stiff competition.
For that reason, I feel it's most likely to be Thomas over against the other options. He's not a mainstay in the CB rotation, and his skills at RB are certainly formidable. Whoever this is, though, I don't foresee them picking up a huge share of snaps—maybe 10% or so.