Editor’s note: This is the seventh of 15 posts leading to Texas A&M camp, which starts on Aug. 10.
COLLEGE STATION – In five days, the current 105 Texas A&M players are scheduled to report for camp, with a Sept. 5 opener against Arizona State in NRG Stadium in the Texas Kickoff.
But there’s a whole slew of Aggies who already are hard at it in football camps, only they’ve traded their college maroon for pro gear. According to A&M’s crack sports news staff, 33 former A&M players are in NFL training camps.
About this time 20 years ago, I had shifted over from covering city halls for the Bryan-College Station Eagle to covering the Aggies.