Texas A&M Hires Ole Miss RB Coach Marquel Blackwell

The Aggies have added yet another former Ole Miss assistant to the coaching staff, this time on the offensive side of the ball.

Matt Galatzan | Feb 13, 2023

A new coach has joined the offensive staff for Jimbo Fisher, Bobby Petrino and the Texas A&M Aggies.

Ole Miss Rebels running backs coach Marquel Blackwell is departing the Rebels program for the Aggies, On3 reported on Monday.

Blackwell spent three seasons with the Houston Cougars before this past season in Oxford, his only year at Ole Miss.

The Rebels running backs room was a potent force in 2022, spearheaded by Quinshon Judkins who led the team in rushing yards and touchdowns with 1,612 and 16, respectively.

The Aggies got an up close and personal look at Judkins and Blackwell last season, with the rising sophomore rushing 34 times for 205 yards and a touchdown at Kyle Field.

Under Blackwell, Judkins was a First Team AP All-SEC selection as well as AP SEC Newcomer of the Year He also eclipsed Ole Miss records for rushing yards and touchdowns in 2022 en route to winning the C-Spire Conerly Trophy, awarded annually to the top football player in the state of Mississippi.

Blackwell also spent time at West Virginia, Toldeo, and Western Kentucky as a running backs coach, as well as Flordia and South Florida in other various assistant positions.

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Published Feb 13, 2023

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.