2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL Official Game Notes THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 689 VICTORIES • 18 CONFERENCE TITLES • 33 BOWL GAMES • 57 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS

Home , Craig Stump, Cyrus Gray, Jarvis Harrison, Jerrod Johnson, Joe Schad, Johnny Manziel

SCHEDULE/RESULTS Game #11

Saturday, Sept. 8 • 2:35 pm Florida (ESPN) l, 20-17 Sam houston St. Kyle Field, College Station (8-2, 6-2 vs. Southland) Saturday, Sept. 15 • 2:30 pm at @SMU (FSN) W, 48-3 Ford Stadium, Dallas, Texas Texas A&M Saturday, Sept. 22 • 6 pm (8-2, 5-2 vs. SEC) S.C. State (FSN) W, 70-14 Kyle Field, College Station KICKOFF/DATE:... 2:30 p.m. (CT), Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012

Saturday, Sept. 29 • 11:21 am SITE...... Kyle Field, College Station, texas (Cap. 82,423) ARKANSAS (SEC N) W, 58-10 TELEVISION...... Fox sport net Pay-per-view Kyle Field, College Station Ralph Strangis, play-by-play Saturday, Oct. 6 • 6:02 pm Shea Walker, commentary @oLE miSS (ESPNU) W, 30-27 Will Johnson, sideline reporter Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss. RADIO...... Texas A&M Sports Network Saturday, Oct. 13 • 8:17 pm Dave South, play-by-play LA. Tech (ESPNU) W, 59-57 Dave Elmendorf, commentary Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La. (Texas A&M call on Sirius channel 93 / XM 203) Saturday, Oct. 20 • 11 am RANKINGS...... Sam Houston St...... Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) (ESPN) L, 24-19 LSU Texas A&M ...... (No. 8 - BCS / No. 9 - AP / No. 10 - USA Today) Kyle Field, College Station SERIES HISTORY... Texas A&M leads 10-0-1 Saturday, Oct. 27 • 6:02 pm @AUBURN (ESPNU) W, 63-21 LIVE AUDIO...... aggieathletics.com, radioaggieland.com Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, Ala. LIVE STATS...... aggieathletics.com Saturday, Nov. 3 • 11 am @mIss. St. (ESPN) W, 38-13 Suddenly in the top 10, Aggies return to kyle Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Miss. Fresh off three straight road wins against SEC opponents, the 8-2 Texas A&M football team Saturday, Nov. 10 • 2:30 pm returns home to finish off the regular season with a pair of games at Kyle Field. The Aggies, @ALABAMA (CBS) W, 29-24 Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Ala. ranked No. 8 in the Bowl Championship Series standings, host Football Championship Sub- division (FCS) opponent Sam Houston State at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, and then close out the Saturday, Nov. 17 • 2:30 pm regular season against Missouri on Nov. 24. SAM HOUSTON ST. (PPV) Kyle Field, College Station • The 8-2 Bearkats, from nearby Huntsville, Texas, clinched a share of their second consecutive Southland Conference championship with a 52-17 win over Northwestern State last Saturday. The Saturday, Nov. 24 • 6 pm MISSOURI (ESPN or ESPN2) Bearkats, who won their fifth overall title, finished 6-1 to tie Central Arkansas atop the league Kyle Field, College Station standings, but the Bears earned the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Division I Playoffs thanks to its 24-20 victory against Sam Houston in September. The Bearkats must wait until Selec- FB MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS tion Sunday on Nov. 24 to find out if it gets an at-large bid. Alan Cannon, Associate A.D./Media Relations • The Aggies hold a 10-0-0 advantage in the all-time series between the two schools. The first nine office.... (979) 862-5447 cell...... (979) 777-4200 meetings were contested between 1919 and 1941. The two schools have only one recent meeting email...... [email protected] Brad Marquardt, Associate Director with the Aggies taking a 59-6 win over the Bearkats in 1997 at Kyle Field. office.... (979) 862-5448 cell...... (979) 229-8651 • The Bearkats will be the Aggies’ second FCS opponent in 2012. A&M beat South Carolina State email...... [email protected] 70-14 in the third game of the season. The Aggies will be the Bearkats’ second FBS opponent of Meredith Collier, Assistant Director office.... (979) 862-5443 cell...... (979) 777-6112 2012. Sam Houston State led Baylor 20-10 at halftime, but the Bears rallied for a 48-23 victory. email...... [email protected] Adam Quisenberry, Assistant Director Texas A&M-SHSU connections office.... (979) 862-5453 cell...... (713) 582-5135 email...... [email protected] • Aggie OL coach B.J. Anderson coached the Bearkat offensive line from 2005-08 before joining Jackie Thornton, Office Assistant Kevin Sumlin’s staff at Houston in 2009. office.... (979) 845-5725 • Former A&M players Will Randolph, Andrew Weaver and K.J. Williams are on SHSU’s 2012 roster. email. [email protected] Kevin sumlin • First season at Texas A&M. • Fifth season as a college head coach. • Earned his degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Purdue University in 1988. • Standout linebacker for the Boilermakers from 1983-86. • Was hired at Texas A&M on Dec. 10, 2011 after four highly success- ful seasons as head coach at the University of Houston. • Compiled at 35-17 record at UH, and led the Cougars to three bowl games in his four seasons. • Was a finalist for National Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011. • Served as an assistant coach at Texas A&M from 2001-02. Was hired hired as assistant head coach and wide receivers coach, and he added offensive coordinator to his responsibilities early in the 2002 Kyle Field season after the offense struggled early in the season. With Sumlin calling the plays, the Aggie offense flourished, averaging 33.0 points • Home of the Aggies since 1905. and 419 yards per game for the remainder of the season after post- ing just 16.0 points and 286 yards per game previously. A highlight • Capacity of Kyle Field is 82,589. of the season including a 30-26 win over top-ranked Oklahoma with • Stadium record crowd is 90,079, set vs. Nebraska in 2010 (9-6 win the Aggies gaining 404 total yards to key the victory. by the Aggies) ... school record 12 straight sellouts • Other assistant coaching stops for Sumlin include: Oklahoma • Kyle Field is named for former A&M Dean of Agriculture Edwin (2003-07), Purdue (1998-2000), Minnesota (1993-97) and Wyoming Jackson Kyle, who donated a 400 x 400-foot area of the southern (1991-92). He got his coaching start as a graduate assistant at Wash- edge of campus that had been assigned to him for horticultural ington State from 1989-90. experiments. It became the home of the Aggies. • As an assistant coach, Sumlin served under Bob Stoops at Oklaho- • Populous, one of the world’s premier sports facility design firms, ma, R.C. Slocum at Texas A&M, Joe Tiller at Purdue and Wyoming, has been hired to lead the design study phase for the upcoming Jim Wacker at Minnesota and Mike Price at Washington State. renovation and redevelopment of Kyle Field. • Sumlin has coached in 11 bowl games, including all four Bowl • With 30,000 Texas A&M students at football games, Kyle Field Championship Series games (2002 Rose Bowl, 2004 Sugar Bowl, hosts the largest student crowd in the nation. 2005 Orange Bowl, 2007 and 2008 Fiesta Bowls). Also played in Peach Bowl (now Chick-Fil-A Bowl). kYLE fIELD rECORD cROWDS • Sumlin is a native of Indianapolis, Ind., and attended high school at 1. 90,079 vs. No. 8 Nebraska (2010) Won, 9-6 Brebeuf Jesuit Prep. Was born Aug. 3, 1964 in Brewton, Ala. 2. 88,645 vs. No. 25 Texas (2011) Lost, 27-25 3. 88,253 vs. No. 12 Texas (2007) Won, 38-30 4. 87,555 vs. No. 5 Texas (2001) Lost, 21-7 5. 87,429 vs. No. 6 LSU (2012) Lost, 24-19 6. 87,361 vs. Baylor (2011) Won, 55-26 7. 87,358 vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State (2011) Lost, 30-29 8. 87,206 vs. Notre Dame (2001) Won, 24-3 9. 87,188 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (2000) Lost, 35-31 10. 87,114 vs. No. 23 Florida (2012) Lost, 20-17 Kyle Field rECORD season averages 1. 87,183 2011 610, 283/7 games 2. 86,940 2012 347, 760/4 games 3. 82,711 2001 496, 268/6 games 4. 82,477 2010 577, 338/7 games 5. 82,207 2007 575, 450/7 games 6. 82,193 2008 575, 351/7 games 7. 80,198 2002 561, 389/7 games 8. 79,732 2005 478, 389/6 games 9. 77,578 2000 465, 471/6 games 10. 76,800 2009 537, 602/7 games

2 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes Johnny Manziel 6-1 • 200 • Redshirt Freshman Quarterback Kerrville, Texas (Tivy HS)

In Manziel’s first season of action ... • Two-time Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week • Three-time SEC Offensive Player of the Week • Seven-time SEC Freshman of the Week • Davey O’Brien National QB Award semifinalist • Has broken the SEC record for total offense twice (557 vs. Arkansas on Sept. 29 and 576 vs. Louisiana Tech on Oct. 13). • Is on pace to break SEC total offense record of 4,327 yards set by Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton of Auburn in 2010. • First player in NCAA FBS history to pass for 300 yards and rush for 100 yards in the same game three times in his career. Manziel did it in the first nine games of this season. • Second freshman in NCAA FBS history to rush for 1,000 yards and pass for 2,000 yards in a season, which was first accomplished by Brad Smith of Missouri in 2002. • Needs 220 passing yards to reach 3,000 yards to become the fifth NCAA FBS player and first freshman to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a season. • Needs 34 yards to break the NCAA freshman record of 3,827 total offense yards set by Jared Lorenzen of Kentucky in 2000. • Is Texas A&M’s only 1,000-yard QB rusher, and his 1,014 rushing Manziel Game by Game yards rank No. 2 in SEC history among quarterbacks behind only Cam Newton’s 1,473 yards in 2010. SEPTEMBER Rushing Passing total tD • Manziel generates 379.4 yards of total offense per game, which is Opponent no. yds. tD lg C-A-i yds. tD lg OFF Resp more than 41 teams in the NCAA FBS. 8 FLORIDA 17 60 1 16 23-30-0 173 0 28 233 1 • Manziel has run or thrown for 59 20-yard plus plays in 2012 or 5.9 15 at SMU 13 124 2 48 20-36-0 294 4 42 418 6 per game. 22 S. CAROLINA ST. 8 78 2 39 15-20-0 174 3 37 252 5 29 ARKANSAS 14 104 1 52 29-38-0 453 3 80 557 4 Manziel in the NCAA Statistical Rankings Category______NCAA Rk______Avg._____ rank among freshmen OCTOBER Opponent no. yds. tD lg C-A-i yds. tD lg tot. O tDR Rushing/G______No. 31______101.4______No. 2 Passing Yards/G______No. 21______278.0______No. 1 6 at Ole Miss 20 129 1 38 17-26-2 191 1 34 320 2 Total Passing Yards______No. 19______2,780______No. 1 13 vs Louisiana Tech 19 181 3 72 24-40-1 395 3 75 576 6 Completions______tNo. 20______22.7______No. 1 20 LSU 17 27 0 14 29-56-3 276 0 27 303 0 Passing Efficiency______No. 25___151.17 rtg.______No. 3 27 at Auburn 9 90 3 36 16-23-0 260 2 50 350 5 Total Offense/G______No. 2______379.4______No. 1 All-Purpose/G______No. 92______101.4______No. 8 NOVEMBER Scoring/G______No. 23_____ 9.0 pts.______No. 2 Opponent no. yds. tD lg C-A-i yds. tD lg tot. O tDR Points Responsibilty/G____tNo. 7_ ____ 19.8 pts______No. 1 3 at Mississippi St. 21 129 2 37 30-36-0 311 0 40 440 2 10 at Alabama 18 92 0 32 24-31-0 253 2 42 345 2 17 SAM HOUSTON ------24 MISSOURI ------TOTAL 156 1,014 15 72 227-336-6 2,780 18 80 3,794 33

3 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes 2012 QUICK FACTS Highest BCS Rank since 1998 for aggies GENERAL INFORMATION After beating ranked teams on the road the past two weeks, including top-ranked Alabama LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 last week, Texas A&M is ranked No. 8 in this week’s Bowl Championship Series standing. It is FOUNDED: 1872 (opened 1876) the Aggies’ highest BCS rank since being ranked No. 6 in the final standings of 1998 after being ENROLLMENT: 50,054 (fall 2011) Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship game. PRESIDENT: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin (Texas A&M ’71) CHANCELLOR: John Sharp (Texas A&M ’72) The win also boosted the Aggies into the top 25 polls for the Associated Press (media) and FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ’57) the USA Today (head coaches). The Aggies are ranked No. 9 by the AP and No. 10 by the coaches DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Eric Hyman (North Carolina) heading into this week’s with FCS opponent Sam Houston State at Kyle Field. ATHLETIC DEPT PHONE: (979) 845-5129 CONFERENCE: Southeastern Conference Aggies in the Rankings (week by week) AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I Poll pRe S2 S9 S16 S23 S30 O7 O14 O21 O28 n4 n11 NICKNAME: Aggies BCS ------18 20 16 15 8 MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) AP rv rv nr rv rv rv 22 20 22 16 15 9 COLORS: Maroon (Pantone 505) and White USA Today rv rv rv rv rv rv 21 19 21 16 14 10 STADIUM INFORMATION Stadium: Kyle Field Chasing the fun ‘n’ gun... Capacity: 82,589 Texas A&M’s 2012 offense is on pace to break the SEC’s total offense per game average of LARGEST CROWD: 90,079 (vs. Nebraska, Nov. 20, 2010) Playing Surface: Natural grass 534.4, which was set by the 1995 Florida Gators. First year of Football: 1905 SEC Total Offense Team Record (Average) STADIUM BUILT: 1927 and 1929 rk team, Year______Avg. COACHING STAFF 1. Florida, 1995______534.4 2. Kentucky, 1998______534.2 Head Coach: 3. Florida, 2001______527.5 Kevin Sumlin (Purdue, ‘88) 4. Florida, 1996______503.9 Years at Texas A&M: 1st 5. Auburn, 2010______499.2 Years as head coach: 5th (43-19 record in 5 years) Assistant Coaches: On pace ... Kliff Kingsbury, Offensive Coordinator/ -- Texas A&M, 2012______545.4 Quarterbacks (Texas Tech, ’01) Mark Snyder, Defensive Coordinator (Marshall, ’88) Sumlin Against ranked teams Marcel Yates, Co-Defensive Coordinator/ Secondary (Boise State, ’00) Top-ranked Alabama was the fifth ranked team faced by Texas A&M in 2012 with the Aggies B.J. Anderson, Offensive Line (Stephen F. Austin, ’97) holding a 3-2 record in those contests. In his fifth overall season as a head coach, first-year Ag- dAVid Beaty, Wide Receivers (Lindenwood, ’94) gie coach Kevin Sumlin has a career record of 6-3 against ranked teams (in the Associated Clarence McKinney, Running Backs/ Recruiting Coordinator (Mary, ’94) Press poll). Brian Polian, Tight Ends/ Sumlin vs. the AP Top 25 Special Teams Coordinator (John Carroll, ’97) Opponent, Year______AP rank_____Result Terry Price, Defensive Line (Texas A&M, ’90) Matt Wallerstedt, Linebackers (Kansas State, ’88) at East Carolina, 2008______No. 23____ W, 41-24 Larry Jackson, FB Sports Performance (Texas A&M, ’95) Tulsa, 2008______No. 25____ W, 70-30 at Oklahoma State, 2009______No. 5____ W, 45-35 TEAM INFORMATION Southern Miss, 2011______No. 24_____L, 49-28 Basic Offense: Multiple Florida, 2012______No. 24_____L, 20-17 Basic Defense: Multiple 4-3 vs. Louisiana Tech, 2012______No. 22____ W, 59-57 2011 Overall Record: 7-6 LSU, 2012______No. 6_____L, 24-19 2011 Conference Record (Finish): 4-5 (t6th in Big 12) at Mississippi State, 2012_____ No. 17____ W, 38-13 2011 Bowl: Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (Win 33-22) at Alabama, 2012______No. 1____ W, 29-24 2011 Ranking: Not ranked LETTERMEN RETURNING:...... 47 (18 offense, 27 defense, 2 specialists) Winning away from home LETTERMEN LOST:...... 33 First-year Aggie head coach Kevin Sumlin’s teams have won 12 straight games away from (15 offense, 14 defense, 4 specialists) their home field -- six at the University of Houston and six at Texas A&M. Sumlin’s last road loss STARTERS RETURNING:...... 14 OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING:...... 8 was at Texas Tech in the Cougars’ regular season finale in 2010. DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING:...... 6 The Aggies’ 6-0 record away from Kyle Field in 2012 is A&M’s first perfect regular season SPECIAL TEAMS STARTERS RETURNING:...... 2 road slate since 1992 when the Aggies went 6-0 away from Kyle on the way to a 12-0 regular STARTERS LOST:...... 8 season. A&M was also undefeated away from Kyle in 1994, with the only blemish being a 21-21 OFFENSIVE STARTERS LOST:...... 3 DEFENSIVE STARTERS LOST:...... 5 tie with SMU at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. SPECIAL TEAMS STARTERS LOST:...... 3 Fast starters/scorers MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION OFFICE PHONE:...... (979) 845-5725 • A&M has scored first in every game in 2012, and in 15 straight games dating back to 2011. OFFICE FAX:...... (979) 845-6825 WEBSITE:...... aggieathletics.com/media • A&M has scored on eight of 10 opening drives in 2012, totaling 52 points and 35 first ASSOCIATE AD:...... Alan Cannon downs. The Aggies have scored a touchdown on their opening drive in seven straight E-MAIL:...... [email protected] games. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR:...... Brad Marquardt E-MAIL:...... [email protected] • A&M averages eight plays and 63 yards on its opening drive of the game. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:...... Adam Quisenberry • Meanwhile, A&M has forced 3-and-outs on its opponent’s first possession of the game seven E-MAIL:...... [email protected] times this season. Opponents have been forced to punt on their opening drives in five straight MAILING ADDRESS:...... P.O. Box 30017, College Station, TX 77842-3017 games. OVERNIGHT ADDRESS:...... • A&M has 20 scoring drives of five plays or less … and three scoring drives on only one play. 161 Wellborn Rd., Kyle Field Room W127 College Station, TX 77840

4 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes PRO DADS Re-Writing the Record Book The Aggies set school records for total, passing and scoring offense just last year with future Multiple players on the Aggies’ 2012 roster have NFL draft picks Ryan Tannehill and Cyrus Gray leading the way. The 2012 Aggies are on fathers that were accomplished professional pace to re-break all three marks by healthy margins. athletes in the NFL or the NBA A&M’s rushing offense isn’t on school record pace, but its SEC-best average of 251.3 is the BRUCE MATTHEWS / Sons Jake and Mike highest since averaging 259.1 rushing yards per game in 1991. 2011 vs. 2012 Category______2011______2012_____Margin Total Offense______*490.2______545.4_____+55.2 yards/G Passing Offense______*291.1______302.7_____+11.6 yards/G Scoring Offense______*39.1______43.1_____+4.0 points/G Rushing Offense______199.2______242.7_____+43.5 yards/G

The father of Aggie offensive linemen Jake and * -- School record Mike Matthews, Bruce, was a perennial All-Pro offensive lineman for the Houston Oilers and Aggies vs. the AP NO. 1 history Tennessee Titans, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007. The elder Matthews Nov. 10, 2012 at Alabama #W, 29-24 currently coaches Jake and Mike’s older brother, Kevin, with the Tennessee Titans. Kevin Matthews Nov. 8, 2003 at Oklahoma L, 0-77 was the Aggies’ starter at center in 2008 and 2009. Nov. 9, 2002 Oklahoma w, 30-26 ED NEALY / Son Spencer Nov. 11, 2000 Oklahoma L, 31-35 Nov. 26, 1977 Texas L, 28-57 Sept. 25, 1971 at Nebraska L, 7-34 Nov. 26, 1970 at Texas L, 14-52 Sept. 26, 1970 at Ohio State L, 13-56

Senior defensive lineman Spencer Nealy’s dad, Ed, Nov. 27, 1969 Texas L, 12-49 was an All-Big Eight forward at Kansas State and Nov. 27, 1963 Texas L, 13-15 played 10 seasons in the NBA, including with the 1992-93 Chicago Bulls that won the NBA title. Sept. 17, 1955 at UCLA L, 0-21 Rod Harris / De’Vante Harris Oct. 11, 1952 at Michigan State L, 6-48 # -- Highest ranked road victory in program history three of a kind The Aggies are one of just three teams in the NCAA FBS that rank in the top 20 statistically in rushing, passing, total and scoring offense (others are Louisiana Tech and Arizona). The Ag- gies rank No. 4 in scoring offense (43.1 points per game), No. 5 in total offense (545.4 yards per True freshman cornerback De’Vante Harris’ father, game), No. 13 in rushing (242.7) and No. 18 in passing (302.7). Rod, was an accomplished return specialist for three NFL teams and compiled over 150 punt and Historic QB rushing kickoff returns during his pro career.. Redshirt freshman QB Johnny Manziel has already broken Texas A&M’s QB season rush- Louis Cheek / Joseph Cheek ing yards record and ranks No. 3 on the SEC’s QB rushing list. Texas A&M QB Season Rushing List SEC QB Season Rushing List Player______Yards____ Year Player______Yards____ Year Johnny Manziel______1,014_____ 2012 Cam Newton, Auburn______1,473_____ 2010 Stephen McGee______899_____ 2007 Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M_1,014_____ 2012 Reggie McNeal______718_____ 2004 Jimmy Siddle, Auburn______1,006_____ 1963 Bucky Richardson______670_____ 1990 Tim Tebow, Florida______910_____ 2009 Reggie McNeal______664_____ 2005 Mike Fanuzzi, Kentucky______909_____ 1974 Redshirt freshman lineman Joseph Cheek’s dad, Louis, saw action in 49 games in four seasons in the NFL. SEC Freshman of the Week honors Aggie Legacies Redshirt freshman QB Johnny Manziel has been won or shared the SEC Freshman of the Week honor after seven of the Aggies’ 10 games in 2012, including the past three games. He was WR Rod Harris 1985-88 / CB De’Vante Harris, Fr-HS also named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week three times. OT Louis Cheek 1984-87 / OT Joseph Cheek, Fr-RS DB Lynn Honeycutt 1978-79 / DB Clay Honeycutt, So-1L QB Craig Stump 1984-87 / QB Joshua Stump, Fr-HS QB Mark McQueen 1981-82 / QB Conner McQueen, Fr-HS Aggie Twins

OT Luke Joeckel / QB Matt Joeckel LB Tyrell Taylor / LB Tyrone Taylor

5 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes Manziel on pace for 3,000/1,000 NCAA mark in jeopardy With 1,014 rushing yards and 2,780 passing yards through 10 games and with at least three QB Johnny Manziel is 34 yards from break- games ahead of him, Johnny Manziel is on pace to become the fifth FBS player and first fresh- ing the NCAA freshman record of 3,827 total man to reach 1,000 rushing yards and 3,000 passing yards in a season. offense yards set by Jared Lorenzen of Player, School Year Class Rushing pASSing Kentucky in 2000. Vince Young, Texas 2005 Jr. 1,050 3,036 One of a Kind Manziel Dan LeFevour, Central Mich. 2007 So. 1,122 3,652 QB Johnny Manziel is the only player in NCAA FBS history to log three games with 300 Colin Kaepernick, Nevada 2010 Sr. 1,206 3,022 passing yards and 100 rushing yards in a sea- Chandler Harnish, Northern Ill. 2011 Sr. 1,379 3,216 son. The 300/100 feat had been accomplished 39 times in FBS history entering 2012, and Freshman 2,000/1,000 On Pace four players have done it twice, which means he also holds NCAA career record for 300/100 With 1,014 rushing yards and 2,780 pass- Entering the Alabama game, the Aggies are games. Reggie McNeal is the only other ing yards, QB Johnny Manziel is the sec- on pace to make significant additions to the A&M QB with a 300/100 game on his resume ond freshman in NCAA FBS history to rush for SEC record book: on pace for a 560 points (611 (349 pass, 100 rush vs. SMU, 2005). 1,000 yards and pass for 2,000 yards in a sea- by Florida in 14 games in 2008); 43.1 scoring son. The only previous 1,000/2,000 freshman average (46.6 by Florida in 12 games in 1996); 10 in a row for Evans in FBS history is former Missouri QB Brad pace for 356 first downs (344 by Auburn in Redshirt freshman WR Mike Evans has Smith, who rushed for 1,029 yards and 2010). four or more catches in 10 straight games or passed for 2,333 yards in 2002. Manziel’s Record every game this season, which has been only Swope’s Career previously accomplished by Jeff Fuller, Chase who had 11 straight games with four or more Stacks Up Redshirt freshman QB Johnny Manziel catches over the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Senior WR Ryan Swope has 236 catches has generated 3,794 total yards in first 10 for 2,956 yards in his career at A&M. Since he games, which already ranks No. 7 in SEC histo- Swope’s Recovery didn’t play all four years in the SEC, his career ry. His 379.4 total offense average, projected Since leaving the game after an illegal statistics don’t register on the conference over 13 games, would generate 4,932 yards, hit against Louisiana Tech, senior WR Ryan career lists. If they did, he would be tied for which would break 2010 Heisman Trophy win- Swope has made a team-best 36 catches for the SEC record for receptions (236 by Earl ner Cam Newton’s SEC record by over 500 453 yards over the past four games (average Bennett, Vanderbilt, 2005-07) and near the yards. of nine catches and 113.3 yards). receiving yards record (3,093 by Terrence SEC Total Offense (Season Total) Edwards, Georgia, 1999-2002). Back in the Lineup Player, School YeAR yARDS Since missing the Louisiana Tech game due 1,000-Yard Receivers Cam Newton, Auburn 2010 4,327 to a suspension, junior LB Steven Jenkins Redshirt freshman WR Mike Evans has a Tim Tebow, Florida 2007 4,181 has made a team-high 29 tackles over the last team-high 61 catches and 842 yards in the first Tim Couch, Kentucky 1998 4,151 four games. 10 games of 2012, which puts him on pace Rex Grossman, Florida 2001 3,904 for 79 catches and 1,094 yards. If he reaches Opening Drives Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky 2000 3,827 1,000 receiving yards, that would mean that The Aggie defense has forced a punt on the Aggies would have three straight years Close... eight of 10 opening drives. The Aggie offense with a 1,000-yard receiver, and all three by dif- Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M 2012 3,794 has scored on eight of 10 opening drives ferent players. (forced to punt vs. SMU and SC State). SEC Total Offense (Season Average/G) 2010 Jeff Fuller 1,066 On second half opening drives, opponents Player, School Year AVG. have been limited to two scores in 10 games, 2011 Ryan Swope 1,207 Tim Couch, Kentucky 1998 377.4 including five straight games without a score. On Pace: Rex Grossman, Florida 2001 354.2 2012 Mike Evans 1,094 Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky 2000 347.9 Milestones ahead Tim Couch, Kentucky 1997 341.7 Junior RB Ben Malena needs 54 rushing TD Responsibility Tim Tebow, Florida 2007 321.6 yards to hit 1,000 for his career … senior LB Redshirt freshman QB Johnny Manziel Jonathan Stewart needs four tackles to is responsible for 33 touchdowns (15 rush, 18 On Pace ... hit 200 career stops ... senior WR Uzoma Nwa- rush) in 2012, which already ranks in a tie for Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M 2012 379.4 chukwu needs nine receiving yards for 2,000 No. 2 in school history behind Jerrod John- career yards ... senior WR Ryan Swope needs son’s record of 38 TDs in 2009 and tied with 44 yards for 3,000 career receiving yards. Ryan Tannehill’s 33 in 2011. Chasing a Legend In the SEC record book, Manziel’s 33 TDs rank No. 14. The nation’s No. 2 freshman scorer John- ny Manziel with 15 touchdowns is within shouting distance of the NCAA freshman record of 23 set by Marshall Faulk of San Diego State in 1991.

6 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes TRENDS AND NOTABLES oFFENSE Defense Special Teams • The Aggies have gained 400 or more yards Texas A&M is holding opponents to a 27 • Just a season after ranking among the in nine straight games, which has never percent (45-of-155) conversion rate on 3rd worst net punting teams in the nation, the been done before in school history. Previ- downs this season. Aggies rank No. 4 nationally with a 41.6 ous high streak of 400-plus games was six. Opp 3rd Down Conversions By Game average. Last year, the Aggies ranked 94th • 87 of the Aggies’ 274 first downs have Opponent______3rd D__ Pct. with a 35.0 average. Florida ______3-12____ .250 been achieved via a Johnny Manziel rush • Punter Ryan Epperson had his season-high at SMU ______3-18____ .167 (49) or a Mike Evans catch (38). South Carolina State ___ 3-16____ .188 two “coffin corner” boots in SEC games • The Aggies are converting 55.0 percent of Arkansas______9-22____ .409 against Florida, Arkansas and LSU. third-down situations (87-of-158). at Ole Miss______9-19____ .474 • In the hidden yards department, A&M vs. Louisiana Tech _____ 5-17____ .294 has gained 987 yards on kickoff and punt • A&M has had 32 or more rushes in every LSU______2-16____ .125 returns, while allowing only 523 opponent game in 2012, including season-highs of at Auburn______2-10____ .200 58 for 361 yards vs. Mississippi State. The at Mississippi State____ 2-10____ .200 return yards. Aggies also have multiple rushing TDs in at Alabama______7-15____ .467 • A&M hold a significant advantage in every games in 2012. Season______45-155__ .270 average return in both kickoffs and punts • The Aggies are averaging 5.6 yards per • Texas A&M has 29 sacks from 13 different -- 23.0-18.6 on kickoff returns and 14.7-4.3 carry, which is just behind the school players in 2012. on punt returns. record of 5.8 set by the Darren Lewis-led • The Aggies have at least one sack in nine • Since Dustin Harris’ monster punt return 1990 squad. It is tied for the sixth-highest of 10 games. game against South Carolina State (8-246), per carry average in FBS behind Oregon, he’s gained just 64 yards on 12 returns. • A&M opponents have fumbled 11 times Georgia Tech, Nebraska, New Mexico and but lost just two. • In the kicking game, punter Ryan Epperson Northern Illinois. has one touchback on 30 boots and kicker • Junior DE Damontre Moore averages 1.25 • A&M’s top four receivers all average 11.0 Taylor Bertolet has registered a touchback QB sacks per game, which is more than 15 yards per catch or higher, and seven Aggie on 52-of-78 kickoffs. teams in the NCAA FBS. receivers have double-digit catches. All • Taylor Bertolet booted a career-high • Moore ranks No. 2 nationally in tackles seven receivers with 10-or-more catches three field goals against LT, including a for loss (2.00/G) and No. 3 in QB sacks has at least one receiving TD. career-long 54-yarder. The 54-yarder was (1.25/G) • Manziel and Ben Malena have combined the longest by an Aggie since Terrence to rush for 1,701 yards and 6.5 yds/carry. • Moore is leading the Aggies in tackles, Kitchens’ 62-yard bomb against Southern which has been achieved by a DL just twice • The Aggies lead the SEC in total offense Miss in 1999. Bertolet also had a 50-yarder in last 40 years. (545.4 yards/G), rushing offense (242.7 against LSU. He became the first Aggie yards/G), scoring offense (43.1 points/G) • The only defensive back to start in every with multiple 50-yard boots in a season and third down conversions (55.1). The Ag- game is senior Steven Terrell. since Kitchens in 1999. gies lead the nation in third down conver- • The defensive line has had the same four • A&M opponents have just nine punt re- sion percentage. starters in every game: Damontre Moore turns in 2012 for a total of 39 yards with a • The Aggies’ freshman WR trio of Mike and Julien Obioha at DE and Kirby Ennis long return of 13 yards Evans, Thomas Johnson and Sabian Holmes and Spencer Nealy at DT. • Senior Ryan Epperson is averaging 43.6 have produced a first down or TD on 58 of • Senior LBs Sean Porter and Jonathan Stew- yards per punt, which would rank in a tie their 97 combined catches (59.8 percent). art have also started every game. for No. 19 nationally if he had the requisite • 38 of the Aggies’ 46 total catches in third- 3.6 punts per game to qualify for the NCAA • The Aggies have scored TDs via fumble statistics. down situations have produced a first return, interception return and punt return down or touchdown (82.6 percent). in a single season for the first time since • Last season’s NCAA punt return champ • For the season, the Aggies have outscored 2001. Dustin Harris is averaging 14.0 yards per return, which ranks No. 12 nationally. their opponents by double-digits in all • The Aggies have held opponents to 165 four quarters, but have been especially rushing yards or less in nine of 10 games in • Dustin Harris had a school record 246 dominant in the first two quarters. A&M 2012. Only LSU, with 219 rushing yards in yards on eight punt returns vs. SC State for has an overall first half scoring advantage game 8, has broken the 200-yard plateau. a gaudy 30.8 average, including a 96-yard of 267-95, including 116-34 in the first TD return that was the second-longest in quarter and 151-61 in the second. • Opponents are completing only 57.4 school history. percent of their passes after connecting on • A&M has five turnover-free games in 2012, 62.4 percent in 2011. • In a bit of a rarity, starting OT Jake Mat- including last week against Alabama. thews, son of NFL Hall of Famer Bruce, is • Texas A&M is completing 66.9 percent of A&M’s deep snapper. its pass attempts in 2012, which is well • Freshman KO returner Trey Williams broke ahead of the school record percentage of off a 76-yard return against LSU, which was 61.6 set last season. the longest since 2010 when Coryell Judie had an 84-yard TD return against Baylor.

7 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes Aggies in the NCAA, SEC Statistical Rankings

Individual Rushing Johnny Manziel______31______1__ 101.4 Ben Malena______90_____ 13___ 68.7 Christine Michael______24__ 38.67 Passing Eff. Johnny Manziel______25______4_ 151.17 Total Offense Johnny Manziel______2______1__ 379.4 Receptions/G Mike Evans______T-36______4____ 6.1 Team Ryan Swope______T-48______5____ 5.6 Category______NCAA____SEC__ Avg./G Thomas Johnson______T-22______3 Rushing Offense______13______1_ __ 242.7 Rec. Yards/G Mike Evans______29______4___ 84.2 Passing Offense______18______2_ __ 302.7 Ryan Swope______50______5___ 75.2 Total Offense______5______1_ __ 545.4 Interceptions Deshazor Everett_____T-99___ T-10___ 0.22 Scoring Offense______4______1_ ___ 43.1 Steven Terrell______T-14____ 0.2 Rushing Defense______28______6_ __ 131.1 Punting ______Pass Efficiency Defense___ 41______7_ __ 121.9 Punt Returns Dustin Harris______12______2__ 13.96 2012 STANDINGS Total Defense______53______9_ __ 382.5 Kickoff Returns Trey Williams______39______4___ 24.2 Scoring Defense______27______7_ ___ 21.3 Field Goals Taylor Bertolet______T-44______5____ 1.2 Eastern Net Punting______4______2_ ___ 41.6 Scoring Johnny Manziel______T-23______1______9 Team All SEC Punt Returns______12______2_ __ 14.68 Taylor Bertolet______T-33______2____ 8.5 Georgia...... 9-1...... 7-1 Kickoff Returns______39______4_ __ 23.04 Christine Michael______10___ 6.67 Turnover Margin______87_____11_ ____-0.4 All-Purpose Johnny Manziel______92______7__ 101.4 Florida...... 9-1...... 7-1 Pass Defense______79_____12_ __ 251.4 Trey Williams______20___ 87.2 South Carolina...... 8-2...... 6-2 Passing Efficiency______31______5__147.05 Mike Evans______22___ 84.2 Vanderbilt...... 6-4...... 4-3 Sacks______T-13______2_ ____ 2.9 Sacks Damontre Moore______3______2___ 1.25 Tackles For Loss______T-48______9_ ____ 6.1 Tackles Damontre Moore______T-12____ 7.4 Missouri...... 5-5...... 2-5 Sacks Allowed______78______7_ ____ 2.1 TFLs Damontre Moore______2______2______2 Tennessee...... 4-6...... 0-6 Kentucky...... 1-9...... 0-7 “maroon Goons” paving the way Paving the way for the Aggies’ record-setting offense is the biggest offensive front in school Western history, which features a pair of tackles that have been projected to be NFL first-round draft picks Team All SEC in the future. The starting five, self-titled the “Maroon Goons,” of senior Patrick Lewis (C), juniors Alabama...... 9-1...... 6-1 Luke Joeckel (OT) and Jake Matthews (OT) and sophomores Cedric Ogbuehi (OG) and Jarvis Har- Texas A&M ...... 8-2...... 5-2 rison (OG) weigh in at 1,542 pounds or 308.4 per goon. LSU...... 8-2...... 4-2 Joeckel and Matthews have been projected as first-round picks by several sources, and the Mississippi State...... 7-3...... 3-3 pair are on the watch lists for the Outland Award (best interior lineman) and the Rotary Lom- bardi Award (best lineman or linebacker). Lewis is on the watch list for the Rimington Trophy Ole Miss...... 5-5...... 2-4 (most outstanding center). Arkansas...... 4-6...... 2-4 Here’s the Beef Auburn...... 2-8...... 0-7 Lineman______Ht____WT___career starts LT Luke Joeckel______6-6____310_ __36 (36 consecutive) This Week’s SEC Schedule LG Jarvis Harrison______6-3____320_ __15 (11 consecutive) C Patrick Lewis______6-2____312_ __45 (45 consecutive) (All Times Central) RG Cedric Ogbuehi______6-5____295_ __16 (15 consecutive) Nov. 17 Games RT Jake Matthews______6-5____305_ __30 (30 consecutive) Arkansas at Mississippi St...... 11:21 AM/SEC Network • With the Maroon Goons clearing the way, the Aggies have produced five 600-yard total of- W. Carolina at Alabama...... 11:21 AM/SEC Network Jacksonville St. at Florida...... 12:00 PM/PPV fense games in 2012, including a season-high 716 yards against Arkansas. Wofford at South Carolina...... 12:00 PM/PPV • The Aggies are averaging 5.6 yards per carry, which is slightly behind the school record of 5.8 Georgia Southern at Georgia...... 12:30 PM/PPV Alabama A&M at Auburn...... 1:00 PM/PPV set in 1990. Ole Miss at LSU...... 2:30 PM/CBS Sam Houston St. at Texas A&M...... 2:30 PM/PPV • The Aggies lead the SEC in total offense, rushing offense and scoring offense. Syracuse at Missouri...... 6:00 PM/ESPNU • Aggies have gained 400 or more total yards in a school-record nine straight games Tennessee at Vanderbilt...... 6:00 PM/ESPN2 Samford at Kentucky...... 6:30 PM/CSS • The Aggies are converting 55.0 percent of third-down situations (87-of-158).

Nov. 10 Results Georgia 38, Auburn 0 LSU 37, Mississippi St. 17 Vanderbilt 27, Ole Miss 26 Texas A&M 29, Alabama 24 Missouri 51, Tennessee 48 Florida 27, ULL 20 South Carolina 38, Arkansas 20

8 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes Schedule Breakdown -- Rankings / TV / RAdIO Date BC/AP/HC Opponent (AP/HC) TV P play-by-Play, Analyst (s), Sideline National Radio play-by-Play, Analyst, Sideline 9/8 RV/RV Florida (24/23) ESPN (National) Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox ESPN Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad 9/15 NR/RV at SMU (NR/NR) FSN Ron Thulin, Shaun King, Desmond Purnell none 9/22 RV/RV South Carolina St. (N/A) FSN Bob Rathbun, Tim Couch, Elizabeth Moreau none 9/29 RV/RV Arkansas (NR/NR) SEC Network Dave Neal, Andre Ware, Cara Capuano Touchdown Radio Frank Frangie, Gino Torretta 10/6 RV/RV at Ole Miss (NR/NR) ESPNU Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb, Angela Mallen none 10/13 22/21 Louisiana Tech (23/24) ESPNU Joe Davis, Kelly Stouffer, Cara Capuano none 10/20 18/20/19 LSU (6/6/6) ESPN Dave Pasch, Brian Griese, Jenn Brown none 10/27 20/22/21 at Auburn (NR/NR/NR) ESPNU Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb, Allison Williams none 11/3 16/16/16 at Mississippi St. (15/17/18) ESPN Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe none 11/10 15/15/14 at Alabama (1/1/1) CBS Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, Tracy Wolfson Compass Media Drew Bontadelli, Dale Hellestrae 11/17 8/9/10 Sam Houston St. (N/A) PPV 11/24 Missouri Johnny football making mark Redshirt freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel ranks among the na- Manziel’s chronology tion’s top 100 statistically in nine offensive categories. He is the top fresh- Sept. 8 vs. Florida man in five categories. • Generated 233 total yards (60 rush, 173 pass) … TD re- Manziel in the NCAA Statistical Rankings sponsibility: 1 Category______NCAA Rk______Avg._____ rank among freshmen Sept. 15 at SMU Rushing/G______No. 31______101.4______No. 2 • In 3 quarters of action, Manziel broke or matched fresh- Passing Yards/G______No. 21______278.0______No. 1 man records for total offense (418), passing yards (294) Total Passing Yards______No. 19______2,780______No. 1 Completions______tNo. 20______22.7______No. 1 and pass TDs (4). TD responsibility: 6 … Named SEC Fresh- Passing Efficiency______No. 25___151.17 rtg.______No. 3 man of the Week #1. Total Offense/G______No. 2______379.4______No. 1 Sept. 22 vs. South Carolina State All-Purpose/G______No. 92______101.4______No. 8 • Seeing only first half action, Manziel generated 252 total Scoring/G______No. 23_____ 9.0 pts.______No. 2 yards (78 rush, 174 pass) … TD responsibility: 5 Points Responsibilty/G____tNo. 7_ ____ 19.8 pts______No. 1 Sept. 29 vs. Arkansas Nation’s Top Dual Threat? • Set the SEC record for total offense with 557 yards (104 Aggie QB Johnny Manziel has firmly established himself among the na- rush, 453 pass) … set A&M records for total offense and tion’s most dangerous dual-threat quarterbacks. Among players ranked in pass yards … TD responsibility: 4 … Named SEC Offensive the top 100 nationally in rushing, Manziel ranks No. 1 in total offense with Player #1/Freshman of the Week #2 an average of 379.2 yards per game. Oct. 6 at Ole Miss 2012 NCAA Total Offense Producers (Among Top 100 Rushers) • Led Aggies from fourth quarter 10-point deficit to 30-27 Rk. player, School______Total Off/G win … generated 320 total yards (129 rush, 191 pass) … 1. Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M__ 379.4 TD responsibilty: 2 … Named SEC Co-Freshman of the 2. Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois_____ 351.7 Week #3 3. Cody Fajardo, Nevada______323.1 4. Braxton Miller, Ohio State______291.9 Oct. 13 vs. Louisiana Tech 5. Taylor Martinez, Nebraska______288.2 • Set the SEC record for total offense for second time in three games with 576-yard outburst (181 rush, 395 pass) NEW FACES in New places ... 181 rushing yards were No. 2 effort by QB in school his- Texas A&M’s depth chart is brimming with first-year players. The two- tory ... TD responsibility: 6 ... Named SEC Offensive Player deep chart features 16 that are new to the team or redshirted last season, #2/Co-Freshman of the Week #4 ... Walter Camp National including 10 true freshmen. Offensive Player of the Week #1 Closer Look at the Depth Chart Oct. 20 vs. LSU Offense (8): WR Mike Evans, WR Derel Walker, WR Sabian Holmes, WR • Gained 303 total yards vs. the Tigers, including 276 pass- Thomas Johnson, OL Germain Ifedi, OL Mike Matthews, OL Joseph Cheek, ing yards ... TD responsibility: 0. QB Johnny Manziel Oct. 27 vs. Auburn Defense (6): DL Julien Obioha, LB Michael Richardson, DB De’Vante • Gained 350 total yards (260 pass/90 rush) ... TD responsi- Harris, DB Tramain Jacobs, DB Johntel Franklin bility: 5 ... SEC Freshman of the Week #5 Specialists (3): PK Taylor Bertolet, PK Davis Plowman, KOR Trey Wil- liams Nov. 3 vs. Mississippi State • Gained 440 total yards (311 pass/129 rush) ... TD respon- Bold Caps denotes 2012 starter sibility: 2 ... SEC Freshman of the Week #6 Nov. 10 vs. Alabama • Gained 345 total yards (253 pass/92 rush) ... TD responsibility: 2 ... SEC Offensive Player of the Week #3 ... SEC Freshman of the Week #7 ... Walter Camp National Of- fensive Player of the Week #2

9 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes New scheme, same results Weekly honors Aggie defensive boss Mark Snyder’s new 4-3 defensive scheme Overall gets pressure from all over the front seven with a whopping 13 defend- • QB Johnny Manziel: Davey O’Brien National QB Award semifinalist ers with at least a half-sack, including seven defensive linemen, five line- (10/22); Maxwell Award semifinalist (10/29). backers and a defensive back. • DE Damontre Moore: Bednarik Award semifinalist (10/29) Similar to last year when they led the nation in sacks, the Aggies are Game 1 vs. Florida again near the top of the NCAA quarterback sacks chart with 29 or 2.9 per game, which is tied for No. 13 in the FBS and No. 2 in the SEC. Last • DE Damontre Moore: SEC Co-DL of the Week (SEC); H-M National DL of the Week (College Football Performance Awards/CFPA). season the Aggies led the nation with 51 sacks (3.9 per game). • P Ryan Epperson: H-M National Punter of the Week (CFPA). Moore in rare air • TE Michael Lamothe: SEC Football Community Service Team (SEC) Junior DE Damontre Moore leads the Aggies in tackles with 74 Game 2 vs. SMU stops. The last defensive lineman to lead the Aggies in tackles was Sam • QB Johnny Manziel: SEC Freshman of the Week (SEC); H-M Davey Adams, who led the way with 78 tackles in his All-America season in O’Brien QB of the Week; Manning Award Star of the Week; SEC Offen- 1993. In fact, only two defensive linemen have led the Aggies in tackles sive Player/Freshman of the Week (Southern Pigskin/SP); H-M QB of the in the last 40 years: Adams and two-time All-American Ray Childress. Week (CFPA) Moore is building on his strong play down the stretch in 2011 with • DE Damontre Moore: H-M National DL of the Week (CFPA) an All-America-type 2012. In his last 16 games, Moore has compiled an Game 3 vs. South Carolina State incredible 18.5 sacks and 32.5 tackles for loss. • RS Dustin Harris: SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (SEC); Damonster’s Development National Punt Returner of the Week (CFPA); SEC Special Teams Player of Opponent______QBS____ TFL the Week (SP) Missouri______0.0_____1.5 • QB Johnny Manziel: SEC Freshman of the Week (SP); H-M QB of the at Oklahoma______0.0_____2.0 Week (CFPA) at Kansas State______2.0_____3.5 Kansas______2.0_____2.0 • DE Damontre Moore: H-M DL of the Week (CFPA) Texas______1.0_____1.5 • P Ryan Epperson: H-M Punter of the Week (CFPA). vs. Northwestern ______1.0_____2.0 ------Game 4 vs. Arkansas Florida______3.0_____3.0 • Head Coach Kevin Sumlin: SEC Coach of the Week (SP) at SMU______2.0_____2.0 • QB Johnny Man!ziel: SEC Offensive Player /Co-Freshman of the South Carolina State______1.0_____3.0 Week (SEC); H-M QB of the Week (CFPA); SEC Offensive Player of the Arkansas______0.0_____2.5 Week (SP); SEC Freshman of the Week (SP); Manning Award Stars of at Ole Miss______1.0_____2.0 the Week; H-M Davey O’Brien QB of the Week; Capital One Cup Impact vs. Louisiana Tech______1.5_____2.5 Performance of the Week nominee LSU ______1.0_____2.0 at Auburn______1.0_____1.0 • OT Jake Matthews: SEC OL of the Week (SEC) at Mississippi State______1.0_____1.0 • DB steven terrell: National Defensive Player of the Week (College at Alabama______1.0_____1.0 Sports Madness/CSM); National Defensive Back of the Week (CFPA) Total______18.5____32.5 Game 5 vs. Ole Miss net gain for epperson • QB Johnny Manziel: SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (SEC); SEC Fresh- Senior Ryan Epperson, who was named to the Ray Guy Award watch man of the Week (SP) list last week, is averaging 43.6 yards on 30 boots. Eleven of his 30 punts Game 6 vs. Louisiana Tech have been downed inside the opponent 20 yard line with only one touch- • QB Johnny Manziel: Walter Camp National Offensive POW; H-M back. Only nine of his punts have been returned for 39 yards. The Aggies’ Davey O’Brien QB of the Week; Manning Award Stars of the Week; season net punt average stands at 41.6 and ranked No. 4 nationally. Last National POW (CFPA); SEC Offensive Player/Co-Freshman of the Week year, the Aggies were No. 94 nationally with a 35.0 net punt average. (SEC); SEC Offensive Player/Freshman of the Week (SP) • DE Damontre Moore: H-M DL of the Week (CFPA) Swope Sets Sights on Records • PK Taylor bertolet: H-M PK of the Week (CFPA) • After breaking A&M’s single season receptions record in back-to-back Game 7 vs. LSU seasons, senior wide receiver Ryan Swope became the all-time • DE Damontre Moore: SEC DL of the Week (SEC); H-M DL of the leader receiver with 236 catches last week and needs 136 yards to Week (CFPA) break the career receiving yards record. Game 8 vs. Auburn • For his career, Swope has 236 catches for 2,956 yards and 22 touch- • QB Johnny Manziel: SEC Freshman of the Week (SEC); H-M QB of downs. the Week (CFPA); SEC Offensive Player/Freshman of the Week (SP) • Swope has a school record 13 100-yard games for his career. Game 9 vs. Mississippi State • QB Johnny Manziel: SEC Freshman of the Week (SEC); H-M QB of • He set a school record with four touchdown receptions against Bay- the Week (CFPA); SEC Freshman of the Week (SP) lor in 2011. His 206 receiving yards (on 11 catches) against the Bears was the fifth 200-yard game in A&M history. Game 10 vs. Alabama • QB Johnny Manziel: Walter Camp National Offensive POW; SEC • Was a running back at Austin Westlake High School, but lined up at Offensive Player of the Week (SEC); SEC Freshman of the Week (SEC); WR from day one at Texas A&M. Manning Award Stars of the Week; H-M QB of the Week (CFPA); SEC • Aggies are 11-2 in Swope’s 100-yard receiving games, and are 10-5 Freshman of the Week (SP); when he has 8 or more catches.

10 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes C-Mike returns List of Lists • Christine Michael’s first name is pronounced: CHRIS-tin, not Christian or chris-TEEN College Station Named America’s • Michael’s last two seasons have been cut short due to season-ending injuries. He broke his right leg in game 8 in 2010 (vs. Texas Tech) and tore his left ACL in game 9 in 2011 (vs. Oklahoma). Top College Town for 2012 • Despite missing nine games the past two seasons due to season-ending injuries, Michael is the SEC’s second- College Station, Texas (Texas A&M) leading active rusher with 2,722 career yards behind Zac Stacy of Vanderbilt. Oxford, Miss. (Mississippi) • Has nine career 100-yard plus rushing games, including four in nine games last season. Aggies are 7-2 in games when C-Mike rushes for 100-plus yards. Logan, Utah (Utah State) • His 2,722 career rushing yards rank No. 9 in school history, and his 3,250 career all-purpose yards rank No. Champaign, Ill. (Illinois) 10. Lawrence, Kan. (Kansas) • Was well on his way to his first 1,000-yard season in 2011 with 899 yards in nine games, including a monster 32-carry, 230-yard, three-TD effort against Arkansas. Corvallis, Ore. (Oregon State) Bloomington, Ind. (Indiana) Aggies in the NFL Athens, Ga. (Georgia) Texas A&M had 18 former players on NFL Opening Day active rosters. Ann Arbor, Mich. (Michigan) Aggies on NFL Opening Day active rosters Blacksburg, Va. (Virginia Tech #85 Martellus Bennett, TE, New York Giants Source: Livability.com #71 Michael Bennett, DL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers U.S. News & World Reports: #95 Rocky Bernard, DL, New York Giants National University Rankings #79 Red Bryant, DL, Seattle Seahawks The U.S. News ranking system rests on two pillars. #96 Ron Edwards, DL, Carolina Panthers The formula uses quantitative measures that educa- #25 Mike Goodson, RB, Oakland Raiders tion experts have proposed as reliable indicators of #42 Cyrus Gray, RB, Kansas City Chiefs academic quality, and it’s based on our researched #63 Geoff Hangartner, OL, Carolina Panthers view of what matters in education. #96 Kellen Heard, DL, St. Louis Rams #41 Jorvorskie Lane, FB, Miami Dolphins (SEC schools only) #9 Shane Lechler, P, Oakland Raiders 17. Vandy #60 Kevin Matthews, OL, Tennessee Titans 54. Florida #58 Von Miller, LB, Denver Broncos #48 Don Muhlbach, DS, Detroit Lions 63. Georgia #32 Jordan Pugh, DB, Washington Redskins 65. Texas A&M #17 Ryan Tannehill, QB, Miami Dolphins 77. Alabama #74 Cody Wallace, OL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers #94 *Ty Warren, DL, Denver Broncos 89. Auburn * -- Injured in season-opener, placed on 97. Missouri Injured Reserve 101. Tennessee Practice Squad 115. South Carolina #79 Ben Bass, DL, Dallas Cowboys 125. Kentucky #37 Terrence Frederick, DB, New York Giants 134. LSU #83 Jeff Fuller, WR, Miami Dolphins #63 Tony Jerod-Eddie, DL, San Francisco 49ers 134. Arkansas #80 Jamie McCoy, TE, Pittsburgh Steelers 151. Ole Miss #77 Lucas Patterson, DL, Kansas City Chiefs 160. Mississippi State Injured Reserve: Source: OutKickTheCoverage.com #4 Randy Bullock, PK, Houston Texans Washington Monthly: NFL Coaching Staffs: National University Rankings Dennis Allen, Oakland Raiders (Head Coach) Washington Monthly rated schools based on their Dan Campbell, Miami Dolphins (Tight Ends) contribution to the public good in three broad Kyle Caskey, Cincinnati Bengals (Offensive Quality Control) categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduat- Jerry Fontenot, Green Bay Packers (Tight Ends) ing low-income students), Research (producing Johnny Holland, Oakland Raiders (Linebackers) cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service Gary Kubiak, Houston Texans (Head Coach) (encouraging students to give something back to Kirk Parrish, Seattle Seahawks (College Scouting Coordinator) their country). Shawn Slocum, Green Bay Packers (Special Teams Coordinator) 1. UC-San Diego TEam captains, leadership council 2. Texas A&M • Team captains, selected by player voting, are seniors LB Sean Porter, DB Steven Terrell, OL Patrick 3. Stanford Lewis and WR Ryan Swope. 4. North Carolina • Leadership Council, also selected by player vote, is comprised of SENIORS: LB Sean Porter, TE 5. Cal-Berkeley Michael Lamothe; JUNIORS: OL Jake Matthews, OL Luke Joeckel; SOPHOMORES: QB Jameill 6. UCLA Showers, RB Brandon Williams; FRESHMEN: QB Johnny Manziel, WR Mike Evans. 7. Case Western Reserve 8. Washington 9. UC-Riverside 10. Georgia Tech

11 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes CHART CHASERS Total Offense Season Passing TDs pUNT Returns Player yeAR pASS TD 400-Yard Games Jerrod Johnson 2009 30 Longest Returns PlayeR yARDS Opponent, Year Ryan Tannehill 2011 29 PlayeR yARDS Opponent, Year Johnny Manziel 576 vs. Louisiana Tech, 2012 Jerrod Johnson 2008 21 Bob Goode 98 Ellington Field, 1945 Johnny Manziel 557 Arkansas, 2012 Dustin Long 2002 19 Dustin Harris 96 South Carolina St., 2012 Jerrod Johnson 487 Kansas State, 2008 Gary Kubiak 1982 19 Carl Roaches 84 Rice, 1972 Ryan Tannehill 458 Texas Tech, 2010 Close ... Aaron Glenn 76 Missouri, 1992 Ryan Tannehill 449 Baylor, 2011 Johnny Manziel 2012 18 Preston Smith 74 at Arkansas, 1945 Reggie McNeal 449 SMU, 2005 Kevin Smith 73 Texas, 1991 Johnny Manziel 440 at Mississippi State, 2012 Season Completion Percentage Dustin Harris 72 Kansas, 2011 Jerrod Johnson 439 Texas, 2009 Player year COMP % Jerrod Johnson 422 at Oklahoma State, 2010 Johnny Manziel 2012 .66.9 Single Game Yards Johnny Manziel 418 at SMU, 2012 Ryan Tannehill 2010 .650 PlayeR yARDS Opponent, Year Edd Hargett 418 at SMU, 1968 Stephen McGee 2006 .620 Dustin Harris 246 South Carolina St., 2012 Jerrod Johnson 413 vs. Georgia, 2008 Ryan Tannehill 2011 .611 Dustin Harris 162 Kansas, 2011 Reggie McNeal 413 Texas State, 2005 Kevin Murray 1986 .607 Aaron Glenn 131 Missouri, 1993 Dustin Long 407 at Kansas, 2002 Rod Harris 123 Louisiana Tech, 1987 Jerrod Johnson 406 New Mexico, 2009 Rushing Billy Mitchell 116 at Houston, 1994 Reggie McNeal 403 Oklahoma State, 2005 Career 2,500 Yard Rushers Season Average Jerrod Johnson 400 Utah State, 2009 PlayeR years yards Player year AVG. 2,500-Yard Seasons Darren Lewis 1987-90 5,012 Aaron Glenn 1993 19.9 PlayeR yeAR yARDS Curtis Dickey 1976-79 3,703 Dustin Harris 2011 18.6 Jerrod Johnson 2009 4,085 Cyrus Gray 2008-11 3,298 Yale Lary 1951 16.2 Ryan Tannehill 2011 4,050 Greg Hill 1991-93 3,262 Dick Todd 1937 15.2 Johnny Manziel 2012 3,794 Rodney Thomas 1991-94 3,014 Dustin Harris 2012 14.0 Reggie McNeal 2004 3,509 George Woodard 1975-79 2,911 Dante Hall 1996 13.3 Stephen McGee 2007 3,210 Bubba Bean 1972-75 2,846 Dick Todd 1938 12.6 Dante Hall 1996-99 2,818 Stephen McGee 2006 2,961 Season Yards Mark Farris 2000 2,667 Christine Michael 2009- 2,722 Player yeAR yARDS Reggie McNeal 2005 2,627 Courtney Lewis 2003-06 2,711 Dante Hall 1996 573 Jerrod Johnson 2008 2,549 Johnny Hector 1979-82 2,587 Marion Flanagan 1943 475 Dustin Long 2002 2,522 Receiving Dick Todd 1937 426 Dick Todd 1938 403 Passing Career Receptions Dustin Harris 2012 391 Player Rec. years Single Game Yards Rod Harris 1987 391 Ryan Swope 236 2009- Yale Lary 1951 388 PlayeR yARDS Opponent, Year Jeff Fuller 233 2008-11 Rod Harris 1986 345 Johnny Manziel 453 Arkansas, 2012 Terrence Murphy 172 2001-04 Aaron Glenn 1993 339 Ryan Tannehill 449 Texas Tech, 2010 Uzoma Nwachukwu 143 2009- Dustin Harris 2011 335 Jerrod Johnson 419 Kansas State, 2008 Bethel Johnson 117 1999-02 Ryan Tannehill 415 Baylor, 2011 Career Average Jerrod Johnson 409 at Oklahoma State, 2010 Career Receiving Yards Player years Avg. Dustin Long 399 at Kansas, 2002 Player yARDS years Yale Lary 1949-51 18.1 Johnny Manziel 395 vs. Louisiana Tech, 2012 Jeff Fuller 3,092 2008-11 Dustin Harris 2009- 13.5 Branndon Stewart 385 Colorado, 1996 Ryan Swope 2,956 2009- Dick Todd 1936-38 12.6 Jerrod Johnson 381 at Iowa State, 2008 Terrence Murphy 2,600 2001-04 Dante Hall 1996-99 12.1 Ryan Tannehill 379 at Oklahoma, 2011 Uzoma Nwachukwu 1,991 2009- Ray Mickens 1992-95 12.0 Bethel Johnson 1,740 1999-02 2,000 Yard Passers Career Yards Player year yards Career Touchdowns Player yeARS yARDS Ryan Tannehill 2011 3,744 Player TDs Years Dick Todd 1936-38 1,147 Jerrod Johnson 2009 3,579 Jeff Fuller 34 2008-11 Rod Harris 1985-88 971 Reggie McNeal 2004 2,791 Ryan Swope 22 2009- Dustin Harris 2009- 944 Johnny Manziel 2012 2,780 Bob Long 19 1966-68 Dante Hall 1996-99 943 Mark Farris 2000 2,551 Uzoma Nwachukwu 16 2009- Carl Roaches 1972-75 924 Dustin Long 2002 2,509 Tony Harrison 14 1990-93 Dustin Harris 2009- 944 Kevin Murray 1986 2,463 Jerrod Johnson 2008 2,435 pUNTING Randy McCown 1999 2,374 Season Average Edd Hargett 1968 2,321 PlayeR yeAR Avg. Stephen McGee 2007 2,311 Shane Lechler 1997 47.0 Stephen McGee 2006 2,295 Shane Lechler 1999 46.5 Corey Pullig 1995 2,105 Justin Brantly 2008 45.7 Mark Farris 2001 2,094 Justin Brantly 2006 44.3 Corey Pullig 1994 2,056 Justin Brantly 2007 44.2 David Davis 1992 43.8 Cody Scates 2002 43.7 Ryan Epperson 2012 43.6 Shane Lechler 1998 43.6 Phil Scoggin 1965 43.6

12 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes TEXAS A&M DEPTH CHART As of Nov. 13, 2012

OFFENSE DEFENSE

13 Mike Evans 6-5 • 218 • Fr-RS • Galveston, TX (Ball) 95 Julien Obioha 6-4 • 255 • Fr-HS • New Orleans, LA (Brother Martin) WR 11 Derel Walker 6-2 • 185 • Jr-TR • Hillsboro, TX (Hillsboro/Trinity Valley CC) DE or 72 Gavin Stansbury 6-4 • 270 • So-1L • Franklin, LA (Franklin) 9 Nate Askew 6-4 • 220 • Jr-2L • San Antonio, TX (Madison)

76 Luke Joeckel 6-6 • 310 • Jr-2L • Arlington, TX (Arlington) 42 Kirby Ennis 6-4 • 310 • Jr-2L • Huntsville, TX (Huntsville) LT NG 74 Germain Ifedi 6-5 • 338 • Fr-HS • Houston, TX (Westside) 92 Jonathan Mathis 6-2 • 300 • Sr-1L • Houston, TX (Westfield/Blinn JC)

51 Jarvis Harrison 6-3 • 320 • So-1L • Navasota, TX (Navasota) 99 Spencer Nealy 6-5 • 280 • Sr-3L • San Antonio, TX (Reagan) LG DT 74 Germain Ifedi 6-5 • 338 • Fr-HS • Houston, TX (Westside) 89 Ivan Robinson 6-3 • 270 • So-1L • Longville, LA (South Beauregard)

61 Patrick Lewis 6-2 • 312 • Sr-3L • LaPlace, LA (East St. John) 94 Damontre Moore 6-4 • 250 • Jr-2L • Rowlett, TX (Rowlett) C RUSH 56 Mike Matthews 6-3 • 260 • Fr-HS • Missouri City, TX (Elkins) 35 Tyrell Taylor 6-4 • 230 • So-1L • Houston, TX (Galena Park)

70 Cedric Ogbuehi 6-5 • 295 • So-1L • Allen, TX (Allen) 45 Steven Jenkins 6-2 • 220 • Jr-1L • Pensacola, FL (Pine Forest/Coffeyville (KS) CC) RG WLB 68 Ben Compton 6-4 • 307 • So-1L • Friendswood, TX (Friendswood) 36 Donnie Baggs 6-1 • 230 • So-1L • League City, TX (Clear Springs)

75 Jake Matthews 6-5 • 305 • Jr-2L • Missouri City, TX (Elkins) 11 Jonathan Stewart 6-4 • 244• Sr-3L • Shreveport, LA (Byrd) RT MLB 79 Joseph Cheek 6-7 • 300 • Fr-RS • Seguin, TX (Seguin) 43 Justin Bass 6-2 • 217 • So-SQ • Plano, TX (West)

19 Michael Lamothe 6-3 • 235 • Sr-3L • New Iberia, LA (New Iberia) 10 Sean Porter 6-2 • 230 • Sr-3L • Schertz, TX (Clemens) TE SLB 81 Nehemiah Hicks 6-4 • 243 • Jr-2L • Hutto, TX (Hutto) 33 Michael Richardson 6-2 • 230 • Fr-HS • DeSoto, TX (DeSoto)

7 Uzoma Nwachukwu 6-0 • 194 • Sr-3L • Allen, TX (Allen) 22 Dustin Harris 6-0 • 175 • Sr-3L • Livingston, TX (Livingston) WR CB 23 Sabian Holmes 5-11 • 175 • Fr-HS, Southlake, TX (Carroll) 7 Tramain Jacobs 6-1 • 190 • Jr-TR • Covington, LA (Covington/Mississippi Gulf Coast CC)

29 Deshazor Everett 6-0 • 181 • So-1L • DeRidder, LA (DeRidder) 25 Ryan Swope 6-0 • 206 • Sr-3L • Austin, TX (Westlake) WR CB 1 De’Vante Harris 5-10 • 175 • Fr-HS • Mesquite, TX (Horn) 84 Malcome Kennedy 6-0 • 200 • So-1L • Cayuga, TX (Cayuga) 14 Floyd Raven Sr. 6-1 • 190 • So-1L • Kenner, LA (East St. John)

5 Kenric McNeal 6-1 • 184 • Sr-3L • Spring, TX (Spring) 31 Howard Matthews 6-2 • 206 • So-1L • League City, Texas (Clear Springs) WR BS 8 Thomas Johnson 5-11 • 185 • Fr-HS • Dallas, TX (Skyline) 30 Johntel Franklin 6-2 • 200 • Jr-TR • Milwaukee, WI (Madison/Victor Valley (CA) CC)

2 Johnny Manziel 6-1 • 200 • Fr-RS • Kerrville, TX (Tivy) 21 Steven Terrell 5-10 • 193 • Sr-3L • Allen, TX (Allen) QB 16 Matt Joeckel 6-4 • 234 • So-SQ • Arlington, TX (Arlington) FS or 4 Toney Hurd, Jr. 5-9 • 180 • Jr-2L • Missouri City, TX (Fort Bend Marshall) 3 Jameill Showers 6-1 • 219 • So-1L• Killeen, TX (Showmaker) 1 Ben Malena 5-8 • 195 • Jr-2L • Cedar Hill, TX (Cedar Hill) BOLD indicates returning 2011 starter. TB 33 Christine Michael 5-11 • 220 • Sr-3L • Beaumont, TX (West Brook) or 20 Trey Williams 5-8 • 185 • Fr-HS • Spring, TX (Dekaney)

SPECIALISTS

24 Taylor Bertolet 5-9 • 174 • Fr-RS • Reading, PA (Exeter Township) K SNP 75 Jake Matthews 6-5 • 305 • Jr-2L • Missouri City, TX (Elkins) 49 Josh Lambo 6-0 • 215 • So-TR • Middleton, WI (Edison/Colin County)

48 Ryan Epperson 6-2 • 195 • Sr-3L • Keller, TX (Keller) P KR 20 Trey Williams 5-8 • 185 • Fr-HS • Spring, TX (Dekaney) 38 Drew Kaser 6-3 • 220 • So-HS • Strongsville, OH (Walsh Jesuit)

H 48 Ryan Epperson 6-2 • 195 • Sr-3L • Keller, TX (Keller) PR 22 Dustin Harris 6-0 • 175 • Sr-3L • Livingston, TX (Livingston)

13 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes 2012 TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL ALPHABETICAL ROSTER as of Oct. 29, 2012

nAME POS. HT. wt. CL-EXP HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/JC) nAME POS. HT. wt. CL-EXP HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/JC) 41 Alexander, Brandon DL 6-6 245 So-1L Brenham, TX (Brenham) 86 Little, Caleb TE 6-3 235 So-RS Salado, TX (Salado/Mary Hardin Baylor) 65 Arechiga, John-Albert OL 6-2 300 Fr-HS Houston, TX (Jersey Village) 1 Malena, Ben RB 5-8 195 Jr-2L Cedar Hill, TX (Cedar Hill) 9 Askew, Nate WR 6-4 220 Jr-2L San Antonio, TX (Madison) 90 Manukainiu, Polo DL 6-5 255 Fr-HS Euless, TX (Trinity) 85 Aubuchon, Kyle WR 5-10 190 So-TR Hebron, TX (Hebron/Blinn JC) 2 Manziel, Johnny QB 6-1 200 Fr-RS Kerrville, TX (Tivy) 36 Baggs, Donnie LB 6-1 230 So-1L League City, TX (Clear Springs) 15 Marshall, Kenneth DB 6-0 191 Fr-HS South Houston, TX (South Houston) 43 Bass, Justin LB 6-2 217 So-SQ Plano, TX (West) 49 Martinez, Taylor LB 6-0 215 Fr-HS Fort Bend, TX (Travis) 83 Beardmore, Colton WR 5-9 170 Fr-RS Cypress, TX (Cy Woods) 92 Mathis, Jonathan DL 6-2 300 Sr-1L Houston, TX (Westfield/Blinn JC) 24 Bertolet, Taylor PLK 5-9 174 Fr-RS Reading, PA (Exeter Township) 31 Matthews, Howard DB 6-2 206 So-1L League City, TX (Clear Springs) 62 Brown, Nick DS 6-4 215 Fr-HS Cumming, GA (West Forsythe) 75 Matthews, Jake OL 6-5 305 Jr-2L Missouri City, TX (Elkins) 26 Burns, Devonta DB 6-0 201 Fr-RS Arlington, TX (Martin) 56 Matthews, Mike OL 6-3 260 Fr-HS Missouri City, TX (Elkins) 21 Carson, Tra RB 6-0 227 So-TR Texarkana, TX (Liberty Eylau/Oregon) 5 McNeal, Kenric WR 6-1 184 Sr-3L Spring, TX (Spring) 79 Cheek, Joseph OL 6-7 300 Fr-RS Seguin, TX (Seguin) 14 McQueen, Conner QB 5-10 175 Fr-HS Klein, TX (Klein Oak) 68 Compton, Ben OL 6-4 307 So-1L Friendswood, TX (Friendswood) 33 Michael, Christine RB 5-11 220 Sr-3L Beaumont, TX (West Brook) 29 Cottonham, D’Cardio RB 5-9 185 Fr-HS Dallas, TX (Carter) 44 Moeller, Sam DB 5-11 186 Fr-RS San Antonio, TX (Antonian Prep) 6 Davis, Matt QB 6-2 206 Fr-HS Houston, TX (Klein Forest) 94 Moore, Damontre DL 6-4 250 Jr-2L Rowlett, TX (Rowlett) 27 Dolezal, Brice RB 5-9 170 Fr-HS Austin, TX (Westlake) 57 Munrose, Alvin LB 6-1 195 Fr-HS Baytown, TX (Goose Creek Memorial) 42 Ennis, Kirby DL 6-4 300 Jr-2L Huntsville, TX (Huntsville) 99 Nealy, Spencer DL 6-5 277 Sr-3L San Antonio, TX (Reagan) 48 Epperson, Ryan P 6-2 195 Sr-3L Keller, TX (Keller) 82 Niederhofer, Boone WR 6-0 180 Fr-HS San Antonio, TX (Churchill) 13 Evans, Mike WR 6-5 218 Fr-RS Galveston, TX (Ball) 7 Nwachukwu, Uzoma WR 6-0 194 Sr-3L Allen, TX (Allen) 29 Everett, Deshazor DB 6-0 181 So-1L DeRidder, LA (DeRidder) 95 Obioha, Julien DL 6-4 255 Fr-HS New Orleans, LA (Brother Martin) 30 Franklin, Johntel DB 6-2 200 Jr-RS Milwaukee, WI (Madison/Victor Valley (CA) CC) 70 Ogbuehi, Cedric OL 6-5 295 So-1L Allen, TX (Allen) 19 Fritsche, Matt DB 6-3 171 Fr-RS Bryan, TX (Rudder) 50 Ortega, Justin OL 5-10 235 So-1L San Antonio, TX (Reagan) 6 Gardiner, Desmond DB 5-10 193 Jr-2L Port Arthur, TX (Memorial) 27 Osadebey, Michael LB 6-1 215 Sr-SQ Grapevine, TX (Colleyville Heritage/SE Okla.) 26 Giamfortone, Sam RB 6-1 222 So-TR Friendswood, TX (Friendswood/UIW) 23 Patterson, Domonique LB 6-0 218 Jr-1L Dallas, TX (Skyline) 67 Godwin, Tyler DL 6-3 280 Fr-HS Clear Springs, TX (Clear Springs) 36 Plowman, Davis PLK 5-10 185 Fr-HS Roswell, GA (Blessed Trinity) 37 Graham, Garrett RB 5-10 197 So-SQ Mansfield, TX (Mansfield) 18 Pope, Edward WR 6-4 170 Fr-HS Carthage, TX (Carthage) 78 Gramling, Garrett OL 6-6 309 So-SQ Denton, TX (Ryan) 10 Porter, Sean LB 6-2 230 Sr-3L Schertz, TX (Clemens) 60 Gutekunst, Nathan OL 6-6 308 Fr-RS Humble, TX (Atascocita) 14 Raven, Sr., Floyd DB 6-2 190 So-1L Kenner, LA (East St. John) 57 Guthrie, Dylan OL 6-3 269 So-SQ Houston, TX (Memorial) 33 Richardson, Michael LB 6-2 230 Fr-HS DeSoto, TX (DeSoto) 1 Harris, De’Vante DB 5-10 175 Fr-HS Mesquite, TX (Horn) 34 Richmond, Jordan LB 6-3 225 Fr-HS Denton, TX (Ryan) 22 Harris, Dustin DB 6-0 175 Sr-3L Livingston, TX (Livingston) 32 Riney, Rylan DB 5-11 175 Fr-RS Aledo, TX (Aledo) 51 Harrison, Jarvis OL 6-4 320 So-1L Navasota, TX (Navasota) 89 Robinson, Ivan DL 6-3 270 So-1L Longville, LA (South Beauregard) 98 Hatten, Shayvion DL 6-4 295 Fr-RS Daingerfield, TX (Daingerfield) 46 Russell, Jake LB 6-2 229 Jr-SQ Sulphur Springs, TX (Sulphur Springs) 81 Hicks, Nehemiah TE 6-4 243 Jr-2L Hutto, TX (Hutto) 73 Scales, Rhontae DL 6-6 300 Jr-2L Killeen, TX (Killeen) 40 Hiddink, Seth PLK 6-4 200 Fr-HS Wylie, TX (Wylie) 3 Showers, Jameill QB 6-2 219 So-1L Killeen, TX (Shoemaker) 23 Holmes, Sabian WR 5-11 175 Fr-HS Southlake, TX (Carroll) 53 Smith, Caden OL 6-3 259 Fr-RS Roscoe, TX (Roscoe) 25 Honeycutt, Clay DB 6-2 197 So-1L Dickinson, TX (Dickinson) 72 Stansbury, Gavin DL 6-4 270 So-1L Franklin, LA (Franklin) 4 Hurd Jr., Toney DB 5-9 180 Jr-2L Missouri City, TX (Fort Bend Marshall) 11 Stewart, Jonathan LB 6-4 244 Sr-3L Shreveport, LA (Byrd) 74 Ifedi, Germain OL 6-5 338 Fr-HS Houston, TX (Westside) 10 Stump, Joshua QB 5-10 185 Fr-HS Beaumont, TX (Westbrook) 47 Inglett, Daniel TE 6-2 210 Fr-RS San Antonio, TX (Marshall) 25 Swope, Ryan WR 6-0 206 Sr-3L Austin, TX (Westlake) 4 Jackson, Brandal WR 6-1 191 Sr-3L Navasota, TX (Navasota) 39 Taylor, Marvin DB 5-11 187 Fr-HS Houston, TX (Lamar) 7 Jacobs, Tramain DB 6-1 190 Jr-TR Covington, LA (Covington/Miss. GC CC) 35 Taylor, Tyrell LB 6-4 212 So-1L Houston, TX (Galena Park) 45 Jenkins, Steven LB 6-2 220 Jr-1L Pensacola, FL (Pine Forest/Coffeyville (KS) CC) 50 Taylor, Tyrone LB 6-3 210 Fr-HS Houston, TX (Galena Park) 76 Joeckel, Luke OL 6-6 310 Jr-2L Arlington, TX (Arlington) 21 Terrell, Steven DB 5-10 193 Sr-3L Allen, TX (Allen) 16 Joeckel, Matt QB 6-4 234 So-SQ Arlington, TX (Arlington) 71 Tipoti, Kimo OL 6-3 320 Fr-HS Hurst, TX (L.D. Bell) 58 Johnson, Cody LB 6-1 220 Fr-RS Anahuac, TX (Anahuac) 11 Walker, Derel WR 6-2 185 Jr-TR Hillsboro, TX (Hillsboro/Trinity Valley CC) 8 Johnson, Thomas WR 5-11 185 Fr-HS Dallas, TX (Skyline) 40 Ward, Shaun LB 6-2 244 So-1L Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Boyd Anderson) 20 Jones, C.J. DB 6-1 190 Sr-2L Houston, TX (Klein Forest) 31 Wicks, Seth PLK 5-10 165 Fr-HS Keller, TX (Keller) 38 Kaser, Drew P 6-3 220 So-SQ Strongsville, OH (Walsh Jesuit) 35 Wilkins, Matt WR 5-9 185 So-SQ College Station, TX (A&M Consolidated) 84 Kennedy, Malcome WR 6-0 200 So-1L Cayuga, TX (Cayuga) 55 Williams, Alonzo DL 6-4 248 Fr-HS Long Beach, CA (Polytechnic) 77 Klinke, Shep OL 6-7 305 Jr-2L Katy, TX (Katy) 28 Williams, Brandon RB 6-0 192 So-TR Brookshire, TX (Brookshire Royal) 15 Labhart, Travis WR 5-9 182 Jr-1L Dallas, TX (Whitesboro) 17 Williams, LeKendrick WR 5-8 170 So-SQ Sharpstown, TX (Sharpstown) 88 Lamascus, Gaston WR 5-6 182 Jr-SQ Navasota, TX (Navasota) 20 Williams, Trey RB 5-8 185 Fr-HS Spring, TX (Dekaney) 19 Lamothe, Michael TE 6-3 235 Sr-3L New Iberia, LA (New Iberia) 59 Woodum, Allen OL 6-3 292 Sr-SQ Conroe, TX (Conroe) 61 Lewis, Patrick OL 6-2 312 Sr-3L Reserve, LA (East St. John)

Pronunciation Guide Name ...... Pronunciation Name ...... Pronunciation Name ...... Pronunciation Arechiga, John-Albert...... are-CHE-ga Ifedi, Germain...... IF-eddie Obioha, Julien...... oh-BEE-o-ha Aubuchon, Kyle...... o-ba-shawn JOECKEL, Luke/Matt...... JOKE-ell OGBUEHI, Cedric...... oh-BRAY (as in way)-hee ASKEW, Nate...... ass-KEW Kaser, Drew...... KAY-ser (as in laser) Osadebey, Michael...... o-sa-da-boy BertoleT, Taylor...... BURR-toe-let KLINKE, Shep...... KLINK Showers, JamEIll...... jah-MEAL Burns, Devonta...... dah-VON-tah LAMOTHE, Michael...... la-MOTH SWOPE, Ryan...... swope (as in hope) Everett, Deshazor...... dee-shay-zor MALENA, Ben...... mah-LEAN-uh Taylor, Tyrell...... TIE-rell Fritsche, Matt...... frit-chee Manukainiu, Polo...... MANA-canu TERRELL, Steven...... TAIR-ell Gutekunst, Nathan...... goot-eh-kunst Manziel, Johnny...... man-ZELL (as in yell). Tipoti, Kimo...... TEE-po-ti Hicks, NEHEMIAH...... NEE-ah-my-ah Michael, CHRISTINE...... kristin Hiddink, Seth...... HID-ink Nwachukwu, Uzoma...... WATCH-ah-coo, ooh-ZOME-uh

14 2012 AGGIE FOOTBALL • Official Game Notes 2012 TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER as of Oct. 29, 2012

nAME POS. HT. wt. CL-EXP HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/JC) nAME POS. HT. wt. CL-EXP HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/JC) 1 Harris, De’Vante DB 5-10 175 Fr-HS Mesquite, TX (Horn) 37 Graham, Garrett RB 5-10 197 So-SQ Mansfield, TX (Mansfield) 1 Malena, Ben RB 5-8 195 Jr-2L Cedar Hill, TX (Cedar Hill) 38 Kaser, Drew P 6-3 220 So-SQ Strongsville, OH (Walsh Jesuit) 2 Manziel, Johnny QB 6-1 200 Fr-RS Kerrville, TX (Tivy) 39 Taylor, Marvin DB 5-11 187 Fr-HS Houston, TX (Lamar) 3 Showers, Jameill QB 6-2 219 So-1L Killeen, TX (Shoemaker) 40 Hiddink, Seth PLK 6-4 200 Fr-HS Wylie, TX (Wylie) 4 Hurd Jr., Toney DB 5-9 180 Jr-2L Missouri City, TX (Fort Bend Marshall) 40 Ward, Shaun LB 6-2 244 So-1L Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Boyd Anderson) 4 Jackson, Brandal WR 6-1 191 Sr-3L Navasota, TX (Navasota) 41 Alexander, Brandon DL 6-6 245 So-1L Brenham, TX (Brenham) 5 McNeal, Kenric WR 6-1 184 Sr-3L Spring, TX (Spring) 42 Ennis, Kirby DL 6-4 300 Jr-2L Huntsville, TX (Huntsville) 6 Davis, Matt QB 6-2 206 Fr-HS Houston, TX (Klein Forest) 43 Bass, Justin LB 6-2 217 So-SQ Plano, TX (West) 6 Gardiner, Desmond DB 5-10 193 Jr-2L Port Arthur, TX (Memorial) 44 Moeller, Sam DB 5-11 186 Fr-RS San Antonio, TX (Antonian Prep) 7 Jacobs, Tramain DB 6-1 190 Jr-TR Covington, LA (Covington/Miss. GC CC) 45 Jenkins, Steven LB 6-2 220 Jr-1L Pensacola, FL (Pine Forest/Coffeyville (KS) CC) 7 Nwachukwu, Uzoma WR 6-0 194 Sr-3L Allen, TX (Allen) 46 Russell, Jake LB 6-2 229 Jr-SQ Sulphur Springs, TX (Sulphur Springs) 8 Johnson, Thomas WR 5-11 185 Fr-HS Dallas, TX (Skyline) 47 Inglett, Daniel TE 6-2 210 Fr-RS San Antonio, TX (Marshall) 9 Askew, Nate WR 6-4 220 Jr-2L San Antonio, TX (Madison) 48 Epperson, Ryan P 6-2 195 Sr-3L Keller, TX (Keller) 10 Porter, Sean LB 6-2 230 Sr-3L Schertz, TX (Clemens) 49 Martinez, Taylor LB 6-0 215 Fr-HS Fort Bend, TX (Travis) 10 Stump, Joshua QB 5-10 185 Fr-HS Beaumont, TX (Westbrook) 50 Ortega, Justin OL 5-10 235 So-1L San Antonio, TX (Reagan) 11 Stewart, Jonathan LB 6-4 244 Sr-3L Shreveport, LA (Byrd) 50 Taylor, Tyrone LB 6-3 210 Fr-HS Houston, TX (Galena Park) 11 Walker, Derel WR 6-2 185 Jr-TR Hillsboro, TX (Hillsboro/Trinity Valley CC) 51 Harrison, Jarvis OL 6-4 320 So-1L Navasota, TX (Navasota) 13 Evans, Mike WR 6-5 218 Fr-RS Galveston, TX (Ball) 53 Smith, Caden OL 6-3 259 Fr-RS Roscoe, TX (Roscoe) 14 McQueen, Conner QB 5-10 175 Fr-HS Klein, TX (Klein Oak) 55 Williams, Alonzo DL 6-4 248 Fr-HS Long Beach, CA (Polytechnic) 14 Raven, Sr., Floyd DB 6-2 190 So-1L Kenner, LA (East St. John) 56 Matthews, Mike OL 6-3 260 Fr-HS Missouri City, TX (Elkins) 15 Labhart, Travis WR 5-9 182 Jr-1L Dallas, TX (Whitesboro) 57 Munrose, Alvin LB 6-1 195 Fr-HS Baytown, TX (Goose Creek Memorial) 15 Marshall, Kenneth DB 6-0 191 Fr-HS South Houston, TX (South Houston) 57 Guthrie, Dylan OL 6-3 269 So-SQ Houston, TX (Memorial) 16 Joeckel, Matt QB 6-4 234 So-SQ Arlington, TX (Arlington) 58 Johnson, Cody LB 6-1 220 Fr-RS Anahuac, TX (Anahuac) 17 Williams, LeKendrick WR 5-8 170 So-SQ Sharpstown, TX (Sharpstown) 59 Woodum, Allen OL 6-3 292 Sr-SQ Conroe, TX (Conroe) 18 Pope, Edward WR 6-4 170 Fr-HS Carthage, TX (Carthage) 60 Gutekunst, Nathan OL 6-6 308 Fr-RS Humble, TX (Atascocita) 19 Fritsche, Matt DB 6-3 171 Fr-RS Bryan, TX (Rudder) 61 Lewis, Patrick OL 6-2 312 Sr-3L Reserve, LA (East St. John) 19 Lamothe, Michael TE 6-3 235 Sr-3L New Iberia, LA (New Iberia) 62 Brown, Nick DS 6-4 215 Fr-HS Cumming, GA (West Forsythe) 20 Jones, C.J. DB 6-1 190 Sr-2L Houston, TX (Klein Forest) 65 Arechiga, John-Albert OL 6-2 300 Fr-HS Houston, TX (Jersey Village) 20 Williams, Trey RB 5-8 185 Fr-HS Spring, TX (Dekaney) 67 Godwin, Tyler DL 6-3 280 Fr-HS Clear Springs, TX (Clear Springs) 21 Carson, Tra RB 6-0 227 So-TR Texarkana, TX (Liberty Eylau/Oregon) 68 Compton, Ben OL 6-4 307 So-1L Friendswood, TX (Friendswood) 21 Terrell, Steven DB 5-10 193 Sr-3L Allen, TX (Allen) 70 Ogbuehi, Cedric OL 6-5 295 So-1L Allen, TX (Allen) 22 Harris, Dustin DB 6-0 175 Sr-3L Livingston, TX (Livingston) 71 Tipoti, Kimo OL 6-3 320 Fr-HS Hurst, TX (L.D. Bell) 23 Holmes, Sabian WR 5-11 175 Fr-HS Southlake, TX (Carroll) 72 Stansbury, Gavin DL 6-4 270 So-1L Franklin, LA (Franklin) 23 Patterson, Domonique LB 6-0 218 Jr-1L Dallas, TX (Skyline) 73 Scales, Rhontae DL 6-6 300 Jr-2L Killeen, TX (Killeen) 24 Bertolet, Taylor PLK 5-9 174 Fr-RS Reading, PA (Exeter Township) 74 Ifedi, Germain OL 6-5 338 Fr-HS Houston, TX (Westside) 25 Honeycutt, Clay DB 6-2 197 So-1L Dickinson, TX (Dickinson) 75 Matthews, Jake OL 6-5 305 Jr-2L Missouri City, TX (Elkins) 25 Swope, Ryan WR 6-0 206 Sr-3L Austin, TX (Westlake) 76 Joeckel, Luke OL 6-6 310 Jr-2L Arlington, TX (Arlington) 26 Burns, Devonta DB 6-0 201 Fr-RS Arlington, TX (Martin) 77 Klinke, Shep OL 6-7 305 Jr-2L Katy, TX (Katy) 26 Giamfortone, Sam RB 6-1 222 So-TR Friendswood, TX (Friendswood/UIW) 78 Gramling, Garrett OL 6-6 309 So-SQ Denton, TX (Ryan) 27 Dolezal, Brice RB 5-9 170 Fr-HS Austin, TX (Westlake) 79 Cheek, Joseph OL 6-7 300 Fr-RS Seguin, TX (Seguin) 27 Osadebey, Michael LB 6-1 215 Sr-SQ Grapevine, TX (Colleyville Heritage/SE Okla.) 81 Hicks, Nehemiah TE 6-4 243 Jr-2L Hutto, TX (Hutto) 28 Williams, Brandon RB 6-0 192 So-TR Brookshire, TX (Royal) 82 Niederhofer, Boone WR 6-0 180 Fr-HS San Antonio, TX (Churchill) 29 Cottonham, D’Cardio RB 5-9 185 Fr-HS Dallas, TX (Carter) 83 Beardmore, Colton WR 5-9 170 Fr-RS Cypress, TX (Cy Woods) 29 Everett, Deshazor DB 6-0 181 So-1L DeRidder, LA (DeRidder) 84 Kennedy, Malcome WR 6-0 200 So-1L Cayuga, TX (Cayuga) 30 Franklin, Johntel DB 6-2 200 Jr-RS Milwaukee, WI (Madison/Victor Valley (CA) CC) 85 Aubuchon, Kyle WR 5-10 190 So-TR Hebron, TX (Hebron/Blinn JC) 31 Matthews, Howard DB 6-2 206 So-1L League City, TX (Clear Springs) 86 Little, Caleb TE 6-3 235 So-RS Salado, TX (Salado/Mary Hardin Baylor) 31 Wicks, Seth PLK 5-10 165 Fr-HS Keller, TX (Keller) 88 Lamascus, Gaston WR 5-6 182 Jr-SQ Navasota, TX (Navasota) 32 Riney, Rylan DB 5-11 175 Fr-RS Aledo, TX (Aledo) 89 Robinson, Ivan DL 6-3 270 So-1L Longville, LA (South Beauregard) 33 Michael, Christine RB 5-11 220 Sr-3L Beaumont, TX (West Brook) 90 Manukainiu, Polo DL 6-5 255 Fr-HS Euless, TX (Trinity) 33 Richardson, Michael LB 6-2 230 Fr-HS DeSoto, TX (DeSoto) 92 Mathis, Jonathan DL 6-2 300 Sr-1L Houston, TX (Westfield/Blinn JC) 34 Richmond, Jordan LB 6-3 225 Fr-HS Denton, TX (Ryan) 94 Moore, Damontre DL 6-4 250 Jr-2L Rowlett, TX (Rowlett) 35 Taylor, Tyrell LB 6-4 212 So-1L Houston, TX (Galena Park) 95 Obioha, Julien DL 6-4 255 Fr-HS New Orleans, LA (Brother Martin) 35 Wilkins, Matt WR 5-9 185 So-SQ College Station, TX (A&M Consolidated) 98 Hatten, Shayvion DL 6-4 295 Fr-RS Daingerfield, TX (Daingerfield) 36 Baggs, Donnie LB 6-1 230 So-1L League City, TX (Clear Springs) 99 Nealy, Spencer DL 6-5 277 Sr-3L San Antonio, TX (Reagan) 36 Plowman, Davis PLK 5-10 185 Fr-HS Roswell, GA (Blessed Trinity)

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KEVIN SUMLIN KLIFF KINGSBURY MARK SNYDER CLARENCE MCKINNEY HEAD COACH OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR RUNNING BACKS QUARTERBACKS

B.J. ANDERSON DAVID BEATY MATT WALLERSTEDT OFFENSIVE LINE WIDE RECEIVERS LINEBACKERS

BRIAN POLIAN TERRY PRICE MARCEL YATES SPECIAL TEAMS COOR/TE DEFENSIVE LINE CO-DC/SECONDARY

larry jackson jUSTIN mOORE Gary reynolds kENNY BELL FB S&C Assoc. AD/FB Dir. of FB Ops Dir. of Recruiting

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