Johnson, No. 3 QB in '27 class, picks Texas A&M

Texas A&M further solidified its aboriginal astatine backmost connected Sunday erstwhile four-star enlistee Jayce Johnson, ESPN's No. 3 imaginable astatine the presumption successful the 2027 class, announced his committedness to manager Mike Elko and the Aggies.

Johnson, a 6-foot, 210-pound dual-threat passer from Valdosta, Georgia, is the No. 63 wide enlistee successful the ESPN Junior 300. He chose Texas A&M up of his inferior play astatine Georgia's Lowndes High School amid summertime involvement from a slew of Power 4 programs including Florida, Florida State, Miami, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Tennessee.

The archetypal subordinate of Elko's 2027 recruiting class, Johnson lands arsenic the latest portion successful the Aggies' increasing postulation of aboriginal backmost talent.

Texas A&M's 2025 backmost country includes four-star freshman Brady Hart, who reclassed from the 2026 rhythm and flipped to the Aggies from Michigan past November. In 2026, the Aggies clasp the pledge of four-star passer Helaman Casuga (No. 296 successful the 2026 ESPN 300), a highly productive, multi-year starter backmost from Utah's Corner Canyon High School.

Redshirt sophomore Marcel Reed volition embark connected his archetypal afloat play arsenic Texas A&M's starting backmost erstwhile the Aggies big UTSA connected Aug. 30 astatine Kyle Field. Casuga stands arsenic 1 of 15 ESPN 300 imaginable committed to Texas A&M's third-ranked 2026 recruiting people successful the midst of Elko's 2nd afloat recruiting rhythm successful complaint of the program.

Johnson took unofficial visits to Texas A&M and Florida State, among different field trips, earlier this summer. This fall, he'll beryllium a second-year starter astatine Lowndes High School aft going 10-2 successful 2024 portion throwing for 1,799 yards and 16 touchdowns. He added different 318 yards and 3 scores connected the ground.

Johnson follows Ohio State backmost pledge Brady Edmunds (No. 81 overall) arsenic the 2nd perpetrate among ESPN's apical 5 backmost prospects successful the 2027 class. No. 14 wide enlistee Elijah Haven -- the lone five-star backmost successful the latest ESPN Junior 300 -- and chap top-100 recruits Kavian Bryant (No. 48) and Peyton Houston (No. 77) volition proceed to gully attraction from apical programs this fall.