Jimbo Fisher is pushing back hard on the most familiar accusation attached to Texas A&M’s infamous 2022 recruiting class: that the Aggies simply bought it.
In a recent interview with On3, Fisher said that version of the story is flat-out wrong. He insisted that he and his staff earned that haul the old-fashioned way, through relentless recruiting.
"We recruited our a**** off to bring in that class," Fisher told On3. "There was a lot of potential, lot of expectations and a lot of pressure too.
Didn’t work out the way any of us wanted it to, but there were a lot of good kids in that class. Anybody who says we went out and bought those kids doesn’t know what the hell they’re talking about."
That 2022 group has lived under a microscope ever since. It was supposed to be the kind of class that changed everything in College Station, but instead it became one of the biggest black marks on Fisher’s Texas A&M tenure.
Even so, the class did not disappear into nothing. Several of those players have gone on to become NFL draft picks or legitimate college contributors, which is part of why the talent evaluation around the group has never been the issue. The results at Texas A&M just never matched the hype.
Among the most notable names still active are Walter Nolen, DL (Arizona Cardinals), Shemar Stewart, DE (Cincinnati Bengals), LT Overton, DT (Dallas Cowboys), Conner Weigman, QB (Houston Cougars), Evan Stewart, WR (Oregon Ducks), and Mark Nabou Jr., C (Texas A&M Aggies).
The larger Texas A&M picture looks different now under Mike Elko. The Aggies are dealing with some early adversity in his third year, but the program has still posted a 19-7 record under him, reached a College Football Playoff, and come within one win of a SEC Championship berth in back-to-back years. Texas A&M is also on pace to land the No. 1 recruiting class in the 2026 cycle.
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