2 hours ago, Atticus said:

“Great” school is very debatable. They do a good enough job of helping other Aggies get jobs though.
Not sure what football has to do with it, but there are many schools I would recommend I kid go to for football before A&M. 

Outside of Texas an Aggie degree is a run of the mill degree.

On 8/6/2025 at 11:13 AM, hookemrj13 said:

Is he a starter yet? I know he will be but will he play vs us?

The starting LB’s are Sonny Styles & Arvell Reese.  Payton Pierce (also from Texas) would be LB3. I would say odds are Pettijon plays special teams only, if that.

18 hours ago, LovingBuckeye said:

The starting LB’s are Sonny Styles & Arvell Reese.  Payton Pierce (also from Texas) would be LB3. I would say odds are Pettijon plays special teams only, if that.

I believe Pierce is from Lucas Lovejoy, same HS as Parker Livingstone, Dailyn McCutcheon and one CJ Vogel. 

They outbid us. Happens. 

Pettijohn would have been a better pick up than Barnes if we were still in the Big12.

Barnes is a big thumper in the middle.  You need size in the SEC.

If Texas really wanted him and felt like he could  contribute as a LB in the sec then they would've taken him.  Gotta get off this homegrown bias with high school players as Sark & Co. are recruiting at a national level now.  Texas should be fine given that the #1 LB in the nation for the 2026 class is committed to us. 🤘

We got Barnes! Enough said!