Texas A&M’s 41-0 win over The Citadel looked clean on the scoreboard, but the postgame news wasn’t entirely positive for Mike Elko’s team. The Aggies were already working through a battered receiver room, and Elko added another layer to that uncertainty with an update on junior wideout Ashton Bethel-Roman.
Bethel-Roman did not attend Saturday’s home game for personal reasons, and the team is giving him space to handle the matter. That comes after a season in which he first dealt with an injury before recently working his way back into the lineup.
He opened the year as a starter, but production has been limited. Through five games played across the first seven weeks, Bethel-Roman has seven catches for 56 yards. He has been targeted 15 times in 2026, which ranks fourth among Texas A&M’s wide receivers behind Isaiah Horton, Mario Craver and Aaron Gregory.
Here’s Elko’s update on Bethel-Roman in the postgame press conference via TexAgs:
The concern for Texas A&M goes beyond one absence. Terry Bussey and Madden Williams are already out for the year, and Craver - Marcel Reed’s top target - has also been limited in recent weeks because of injury.
Still, the Aggies got a lift from the younger receivers against The Citadel. Gregory and TK Norman stepped up in the Week 7 shutout, combining for 11 receptions, 182 yards and two touchdowns.
With several major SEC games coming up, Texas A&M’s receiver health is suddenly a major storyline. Bethel-Roman’s status only adds to the pressure on an offense that is already thinning out on the outside.
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