Texas A&M Guard TJ Shanahan Suspended After Arrest

Texas A&M offensive lineman TJ Shanahan was reportedly arrested on Saturday on multiple charges

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Following the team's blowout win over McNeese State.,Texas A&M Aggies redshirt freshman offensive lineman TJ Shanahan was arrested on charges of minor in possession of alcohol and failure to identify.

According to reports from the Houston Chronicle, Shanahan, who is 20 years old, was found with two alcoholic beverages by police in the Northgate Bar District. He then allegedly attempted to identify himself as a 26-year-old by the name of Michael Shanahan, before eventually admitting his true identity to law enforcement.

On Monday, Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko updated the situation, noting that Shanahan has been suspended while an internal review is conducted.

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"We handled that internally, he was suspended immediately," Elko said on Monday afternoon. "Now it's under internal review and we'll kind of go from there on that one."

One of the more heavily recruited offensive linemen in the 2023 class, Shanahan came to the Aggies as a consensus four-star recruit, and the No. 1 ranked interior offensive lineman in the country per Rivals.com.

He was offered by the Aggies in January 2021 and had taken visits to Texas, Texas A&M, LSU, Florida, Miami, Georgia, UCF, and a host of other programs throughout the last year.

The 6-foot-4, 300-pound rising junior had also been pursued and recruited by Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas, Florida State, Georgia, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, Stanford, USC, Wisconsin, and West Virginia among many others. 

Shanahan has appeared in four games over the last two seasons with the Aggies, including this year's season opener vs. Notre Dame. With the season-ending injury to Mark Nabou, he was on track to become a valuable depth piece along the front.

Aggies head coach Mike Elko is set to address the media on Monday afternoon during his weekly press conference.