Texas A&M is heading into fall camp with one backup quarterback spot that isn’t settled just yet.
Marcel Reed is the guy leading the offense, but head coach Mike Elko made it clear the No. 2 job behind him will be worth watching. As Elko told Travis L.
Brown of KBTX Sports, "Brady (Hart) will go into camp as No. 2.
Obviously, Helaman (Casuga) and Eli (Morcos) are going to try and uproot him," Elko said, per Travis L. Brown of KBTX Sports.
"We'll kind of see how that plays itself out."
That puts redshirt freshman Brady Hart in the lead for now. He enters camp with a season already spent under Elko in College Station, which gives him an edge as the Aggies sort through the depth chart.
But Hart won’t have the job handed to him. Elko also singled out true freshman Helaman Casuga as a real challenger, and Casuga arrives with plenty of buzz as a four-star recruit in Texas A&M’s 2026 class. The Provo, Utah native is hoping to eventually become the next face of the Aggies’ offense once Reed moves on.
Eli Morcos is in the mix as well. The Texas native came to Texas A&M as a three-star recruit in the Aggies’ 2025 class, and Elko included him as another quarterback who could make this a legitimate competition.
For Texas A&M, having depth at quarterback is a good problem to have. Reed is set to run the show this season, but the backup battle could shape more than just one spot on the roster. If Hart loses out, the situation could get interesting fast, including the possibility of a transfer by the end of the season.
It’s only August, but this is already one of the camp storylines that could ripple far beyond the coming weeks.
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