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Texas A&M Aggies Visit Nation's No. 1 2026 Prospect

The Texas A&M Aggies paid a visit to the top player in the 2026 class this week.
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Texas A&M Aggies head coach Mike Elko directs his team against the South Carolina Gamecocks
Texas A&M Aggies head coach Mike Elko directs his team against the South Carolina Gamecocks | Jeff Blake-Imagn Images

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The Texas A&M Aggies are making noise in the 2026 recruiting cycle, sitting with a top-25 class, with eight four-star recruits already committed to the program.

And now, they are aiming to add to that.

On Friday night, Aggies head coach Mike Elko, alongside assistants Trooper Taylor and Adam Cushing made the trip to Nixa, MO to visit the No. 1 overall player in the 2026 class, Jackson Cantwell.

Cantwell also visited the Aggies earlier this month, and came away very impressed.

“They made me feel like a priority this weekend,” Cantwell told On3 recruiting expert Chad Simmons. “The message is that they can develop as well as anybody and that I’d be in a unique position to be competing for reps early due to their offensive line losing a lot of contributors this year and next.”

Standing in at 6-foot-7 and 305 pounds, Cantwell would be a very intimidating presence for the Aggies to add to their offensive line. He has elite potential and is currently ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the nation for the 2026 class.

Landing a talent like Cantwell would be a huge step in the right direction for the Aggies. They're going to have a lot of work ahead of them to get something done with him, but they have a shot.

Some of the other schools that have offered Cantwell include Missouri, Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ohio State, and Oregon.

On3 Sports currently has Missouri as the program with the best chance at landing Cantwell at 22.3 percent. Staying in his home state gives the Tigers a leg up on the competition.

All of that being said, Cantwell is not going to rush a decision. He has plenty of time to make the right choice.

Hopefully, Texas A&M is able to convince him to join the Aggies and have a big centerpiece offensive lineman to build around for the future.

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Matt Galatzan
MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.

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