No. 1 2026 RB Sets Texas A&M Aggies Visit

The Texas A&M Aggies will host the top running back in the nation in the coming weeks.

Matt Galatzan | Aug 12, 2024

Nov 11, 2023; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Jaylen Henderson (16) hands off the ball to running back Amari Daniels (4) during the first quarter at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports / Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports

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The Texas A&M Aggies are surging in the 2025 recruiting class thus far, holding a top 10 class with multiple top targets still left on the board.

However, they are also hard at work in the 2026 cycle as well, with one of the top players in the country setting a visit to Aggieland over the weekend.

Per an interview with On3's Steve Wiltfong, four-star Forney (TX) running back Javian Osborn will head to College Station for the season opener vs. the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on August 31.

Osborn is particularly excited to get to know the Aggies coaching staff even better, including running backs coach Trooper Taylor.

Javian Osborn and Trooper Taylor / @osborne__era on X

“What excites me about the Aggies is definitely the coaching staff,” Osborne said. “(Trooper Taylor) the RB coach is a good guy. We’ve had a personal meeting back earlier this summer and he showed me how he can use me and coach."

As it stands, Osborn is currently ranked as the No. 64 player in the country, the No. 6 running back, and the No. 7 player in the 2026 class, per the On3 Industry Ranking, which is a composite of the rankings from the four major recruiting services.

However, On3 themselves have Osborn ranked as the No. 23 player in the nation, and the No. 1 running back in the 2026 class.

Since his freshman season with Forney in 2022, Osborn has been one of the most productive players in the state of Texas, rushing for 1,064 yards and eight touchdowns, and being named the District 7-5A Offensive Newcomer of the Year that season.

However, in 2023 as a sophomore the took things to an entirely new level, rushing 390 times for 2,231 yards (7.69 yards per carry) and 39 touchdowns while catching 15 passes for 181 yards and two more scores.

Published Aug 12, 2024

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.