Texas A&M’s offseason turnover has opened the door wide for Rueben Owens, and this one feels like it belongs to him.
With Amari Daniels now in the NFL and Le’Veon Moss having retired just days after signing with the Miami Dolphins, the Aggies’ backfield picture changed fast. What was once a committee now looks like a clear runway for Owens, who enters the season as the lone back with the strongest claim to the RB1 job.
That doesn’t mean Texas A&M won’t keep Jamarion Morrow involved. He’ll be the next man up, and there’s at least a path to the same kind of tandem the Aggies used with Moss and Daniels. But Owens brings the experience, the production, and the momentum from 2025, and it would be surprising to see anyone else sitting atop the depth chart.
His road to this point has been a little bumpy. In 2023, the El Campo native was behind Le’Veon Moss and Amari Daniels, carrying the ball 101 times for 385 yards and three touchdowns. A lower-body injury wiped out most of his 2024 season, limiting him to 66 yards, but he bounced back in 2025 and started a handful of games after Moss was injured.
Once he got the chance, Owens made it count. He led the team with 639 rushing yards and five touchdowns, including a 102-yard outing against Missouri that featured a 57-yard score.
Even with that kind of production, Owens has been hard on himself as the new season approaches. He pointed to one area he wants cleaned up.
"When I break out this year, I need to stop stumbling. Like, that has to stop,” Owens said.
“And I feel like this summer I worked on that. You know, worked on a lot of balance stuff because that's not good.”
Texas A&M hasn’t had a 1,000-yard rusher since De'Von Achane in 2022, and Owens has a real shot to be the one who ends that streak.
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