Ar'Maj Reed-Adams shares something in common with his mother, Crystal Reed: They both sought a chance to play sports at Texas A&M out of high school. Crystal was a basketball player out of Dallas Lincoln and had a scholarship offer with the Aggies. She passed on the opportunity and stayed home though, when her mother had a heart attack.
Ar'Maj never came to a game at Kyle Field, but he grew up watching the Aggies and has a photo of his mother and aunts in A&M gear. In high school, he came down to an A&M junior day as a three star prospect from powerhouse DeSoto. The Aggies didn't take him in the class of 2020, though.
"I'm still upset Jimbo didn't offer me," Reed-Adams joked on Monday. Instead, Reed-Adams went north on Interstate 35 to Kansas. He appeared in 31 games and made 15 starts for the Jayhawks in four seasons.
In 2023, he started in 11 games. Kansas went from 0-9 his freshman year to a 9-win team his senior season. After the bowl game, Reed-Adams entered the transfer portal.
When an opportunity to play at A&M came, the Dallas native jumped on the chance to come home. All roads look different, but for A&M's 20-plus transfers like Reed-Adams and tight end Tre Watson, the journey led them to Aggieland. With less than three weeks before the 2024 season, both Reed-Adams and Watson are eyeing to nail down starting roles at their respective positions.
"When you look at Texas A&M, you look at the facilities, obviously," Watson said. "You look at the conference that this beau.