2015 Texas A&M Aggies football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2015 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M University logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference Western Division SEC 8–5 4–4 Kevin Sumlin 4th Jake Spavital 3rd John Chavis 1st Spread Multiple 4–3 Kyle Field Music City Bowl L 21–27 vs. Louisville The 2015 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at the newly renovated Kyle Field. They were members of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by fourth year head coach Kevin Sumlin. The Aggies finished the regular season 8–5 overall and 4–4 in SEC play. They were invited to the Music City Bowl, where they were defeated by the Louisville Cardinals, 27–21. Preseason Recruiting class In the 2015 recruiting class, Texas A&M signed 25 players, 11 of which were included in the ESPN 300 and 12 in the Scout 300. The class was ranked 12th in the nation by ESPN,2015 Class Ranking ESPN https://insider.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/classrankings?class=2015 ESPN February 4, 2015 10th by Rivals,2015 Class - Rivals https://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/teamrank/2015/all/all Rivals February 4, 2015 12th by 247,2015 Class Ranking – 247 https://247sports.com/Season/2015-Football/CompositeTeamRankings 247 February 4, 2015 and 10th by Scout.2015 Class Ranking – Scout http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&yr=2015 Scout February 4, 2015 yes yes 2015 Jay Bradford RB Splendora, TX Splendora HS 5 11 190 4.36 August 22, 2013 4 3 4 4 Kendall Bussey RB New Orleans, LA Isidore Newman HS 5 9 202 4.42 February 2, 2015 3 4 3 3 Deshawn Capers-Smith CB New Orleans, LA Warren Easton HS 6 0 175 5.09 February 23, 2014 3 3 3 4 Jordan Davis TE Houston TX Clear Lake HS 6 5 255  – June 25, 2013 4 3 4 4 Justin Dunning S Whitehouse, TX Whitehouse HS 6 3 201 4.53 November 10, 2013 4 4 4 4 Landis Durham LB Plano, TX Plano East HS 6 3 221 4.69 June 15, 2014 3 3 3 3 Roney Elam CB Newton, TX Newton HS 6 3 170  – August 15, 2014 4 4 4 4 Trevor Elbert OL Heath, TX Rockwall-Heath HS 6 6 292 5.02 January 26, 2014 4 4 4 4 Justin Evans S Wiggins, MS Mississippi Gulf Coast CC 6 0 188 4.50 May 1, 2014 3 3 4 4 Riley Garner LB College Station, TX A&M Consolidated HS 6 3 216 4.66 May 21, 2014 3 3 3 3 Claude George LB Lafayette, LA Hutchinson CC 6 2 233 4.70 October 30, 2014 3 3 3 3 Kingsley Keke DT Richmond, TX George Ranch HS 6 7 220 5.06 June 4, 2014 3 3 4 4 Christian Kirk WR Scottsdale, AZ Saguaro HS 5 11 192 4.48 December 17, 2014 5 5 4 4 Daniel Lacamera K Tarpon Springs, FL East Lake HS 6 4 220  – June 24, 2014 3 2 2 3 Connor Lanfear OL Buda, TX Hays HS 6 6 278  – February 28, 2014 4 4 4 4 James Lockhart DE Ennis, TX Ennis HS 6 3 250 4.70 July 25, 2014 4 4 4 4 Daylon Mack DT Gladewater, TX Glade Water HS 6 1 328 4.96 February 4, 2015 5 4 5 5 Erik McCoy OL Lufkin, TX Lufkin HS 6 4 307 5.11 November 18, 2014 3 2 3 3 Richard Moore LB Cedar Hill, TX Cedar Hill HS 6 1 209 4.80 January 2, 2015 3 4 3 3 Kyler Murray QB Allen, TX Allen HS 5 11 177 4.5 May 28, 2014 5 4 5 5 Larry Pryor S Sulphur Springs, TX Sulphur Springs HS 6 0 197 4.66 January 30, 2014 4 4 4 4 Damion Ratley WR Yoakum, TX Blinn CC 6 2 190 4.47 November 28, 2014 4 3 3 3 Kemah Siverand WR Houston, TX Cypress Ridge HS 6 1 188 4.47 May 29, 2014 4 3 3 4 Keaton Sutherland OL Flower Mound, TX Marcus HS 6 5 282 5.0 June 16, 2014 4 4 4 4 Dwaine Thomas LB Boutte, LA Hahnville HS 6 3 209 4.60 January 17, 2015 3 2 3 3 yes 2015 Texas A&M Football Commitment List 2015 Texas A&M College Football Recruiting Commits 2015 Texas A&M Aggies Commits 2015 tamu 73 245 February 4, 2015 10 10 12 12 yes Personnel Roster 2015 Texas A&M Aggies y y 1 QB FR y Kyler Murray 2 WR SO n Speedy Noil 3 WR FR y Christian Kirk 4 WR SO y Damion Ratley 5 RB SR y y Tra Carson 7 QB SO n y Jake Hubenak 9 WR SO y y Ricky Seals-Jones 10 QB SO y Kyle Allen Kyle Allen (American football) 11 WR JR y Josh Reynolds (American football) Josh Reynolds 13 WR SO n Jamal Jeffery 14 QB JR y y Conner McQueen 15 WR SO n Frank Iheanacho 16 QB FR n y Kobe Miller 16 WR FR n Kemah Siverand 17 QB JR n Jordan Traylor 18 WR JR n y Edward Pope 19 QB SO n y Janson Moore 19 WR JR n Jeremy Tabuyo 20 RB SO n y James White 21 RB JR y I Keith Ford 22 RB FR n Kwame Etwi 23 WR SR n Sabian Holmes 25 RB FR n Kendall Bussey 27 RB SR n Brice Dolezal 29 RB FR n Jay Bradford 34 RB SR n Blaine Townsend 39 FB SO n Austin English 41 TE SR n y Brandon Alexander 42 WR SO n y Josch Motley 47 TE SR n y Caden Smith 48 WR JR n Dreagan Patterson 50 OL FR n y Tank Davis 56 OL SR n C Mike Matthews 61 OL JR n y Braden Meador 62 OL SO n y Chad Loitz 63 OL JR n Ryan Lindblade 64 OL FR y Erik McCoy 65 OL JR n y Avery Gennesy 66 OL SE n Nathan Kellman 67 OL FR n Drew Beakey 68 OL FR n Justin Dworaczyk 69 OL FR n Brayden Talbert 70 OL FR n Connor Lanfear 71 OL FR n Trevor Elbert 72 OL JR y y Jermaine Eluemunor 73 OL JR n y Jeremiah Stuckey 74 OL JR y y Germain Ifedi C Germain Ifedi 75 OL FR n y Koda Martin 77 OL SO n J.J. Gustafson 78 OL FR y Keaton Sutherland 79 OL SR n y Joseph Cheek 81 WR SO n y Jalyn Judkins 82 WR JR y y Boone Niederhofer 83 WR FR n y Kyle Whitley 84 WR FR n Morgan Whatley 85 TE FR n Grant Gustafson 85 WR FR n Reggie Rusk 87 TE FR n Greer Shetler 88 WR FR n y Thom Lam 89 TE FR n Jordan Davis 1 DB SR n De'Vante Harris 4 DB JR n Noel Ellis 5 DL FR y Daylon Mack 6 DB SO y Donovan Wilson Donovan Wilson (American football) 7 LB FR n Richard Moore 8 DB SO n Nick Harvey 9 DL SO n Qualen Cunningham 10 DL JR y Daeshon Hall 11 LB SO n Josh Walker 12 DB SR n y C Sam Moeller 13 LB SO n y Reggie Chevis 14 DB JR y Justin Evans (American football) Justin Evans 15 DL SO y C Myles Garrett 16 LB FR n Dwaine Thomas 17 DB JR n Alex Sezer Jr. 18 DB FR n Larry Pryor 19 DB FR n DeShawn Capers-Smith 21 DB SR y Brandon Williams (cornerback, born 1992) y C Brandon Williams 23 DB SO y Armani Watts 25 DB JR n I Priest Willis 26 DB SR n y Devonta Burns 27 DB FR n Roney Elam 28 DB SO n y Victor Davis 30 DB FR n Justin Dunning 31 LB JR n Claude George 32 DB JR n y Will Paulhill 32 LB SR n y Kevin Wilson 33 LB JR n Shaan Washington 35 LB FR n Riley Garner 40 DL SO n Jarrett Johnson 42 LB SO y Otaro Alaka 45 LB SO y Cullen Gillaspia 46 LB JR n y A.J. Hilliard 48 LB FR n Landis Durham 49 LB JR n y Taylor Martinez 50 LB FR n y Mac Labhart 52 LB FR n Tristan Horton 53 DL SO n Ben Huskinson 54 LB JR n y Jake Blount 55 DL SO n y Justin Manning 59 DL JR n Isaac Flores 83 DL SR n Alonzo Williams 86 DL SO n David Darley 88 DL FR y Kingsley Keke 90 DL FR n y Deshawn Washington 92 DL SO n Zaycoven Henderson 94 DL SO n y Tanner Schorp 95 DL SR n Julien Obioha 98 DL JR n Hardreck Walker 99 DL FR n James Lockhart 24 PK SR y y Taylor Bertolet 36 PK/P FR n Daniel LaCamera 38 P SR y Drew Kaser 40 DS FR n y Christian Robertson 41 PK JR n Peter Grady 45 DS FR n y Austin Frey 46 P SO n y Shane Tripucka http://12thman.com/roster.aspx?path=football August 26, 2015 Kevin Sumlin (4th season) Jeff Banks – Special teams coordinator/tight ends John Chavis  – Defensive coordinator/linebackers Dave Christensen – Offensive line/running game coordinator Mark Hagen – Defensive tackles Mikado Hinson – Director of player development Larry Jackson – Director of football sports performance Scott Johnston – Director of recruiting Terry Joseph – Secondary Clarence McKinney – Running backs Justin Moore – Associate Athletic Director Aaron Moorehead – Wide receivers Terry Price – Defensive ends Gary Reynolds – Director of football operations Jake Spavital – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Jeremy Springer – Special teams quality control Schedule Texas A&M announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 9 games in the state of Texas and 3 games outside of the state in the regular season. Two of the nine games in Texas are neutral games against Arizona State and Arkansas. Texas A&M will host SEC foes Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, and South Carolina, and will travel to LSU, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt.2015 Football Schedule Announced http://www.12thman.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=209716376 Texas A&M University Department of Athletics October 14, 2014 October 15, 2014 This will be the Aggies' first year without Missouri since 2009 and SMU since 2010 on their schedule. The Aggies' 25–0 shutout of Vanderbilt on November 21 was Texas A&M's first shutout victory since joining the SEC in 2012. The Aggies had not shut out a team since a 31–0 victory over Wyoming on September 11, 2004, and had not shut out a conference opponent since a 41–0 victory over Baylor on October 12, 2002. 2015 AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 3 released prior to game Central September 5 6:00 p.m. w y y Arizona State 15 Texas Kickoff NRG Stadium Houston, TX ESPN 38–17 66,308 September 12 6:00 p.m. w y 16 Ball State Kyle Field College Station, TX ESPNU 56–23 104,213 September 19 11:00 a.m. w y 17 Nevada Kyle Field College Station, TX SECN 44–27 102,591 September 26 6:00 p.m. w y 14 Arkansas Southwest Classic AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX ESPN 28–21 OT 67,339 October 3 6:30 p.m. w 14 Mississippi State 21 Kyle Field College Station, TX SECN 30–17 104,455 October 17 2:30 p.m. l 9 Alabama 10 SEC Nation Kyle Field College Station, TX CBS 23–41 105,733 October 24 6:00 p.m. l y 15 Ole Miss 24 Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS ESPN 3–23 60,674 October 31 11:00 a.m. w South Carolina Kyle Field College Station, TX SECN 35–28 102,154 November 7 6:30 p.m. l 19 Auburn Kyle Field College Station, TX SECN 10–26 104,625 November 14 6:00 p.m. w y Western Carolina Kyle Field College Station, TX ESPNU 41–17 101,583 November 21 6:30 p.m. w y Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN SECN 25–0 32,482 November 28 6:30 p.m. l y LSU rivalry Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA SECN 7–19 101,803 December 30 6:00 p.m. l y y Louisville Music City Bowl Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN ESPN 21–27 50,478 Schedule source:2015 Texas A&M Aggies Football Schedule http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-15/sec/2015-texas-am-aggies-football-schedule.php FB Schedules October 15, 2014 Coaching staff Texas A&M Aggies Name Position Season atTexas A&MKevin SumlinHead coach 4thJohn ChavisAssociate head coach, defensive coordinator, and linebackers coach 1stTerry JosephDefensive backs coach 2ndTerry PriceDefensive ends coach 4thMark HagenDefensive tackles coach 3rdJake SpavitalOffensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 3rd Clarence McKinney Running backs coach 4thAaron MoreheadWide receivers coach 1stDave ChristensonOffensive line coach and run game coordinator 1stJeff BanksSpecial teams coordinator and tight ends coach 3rdLarry Jackson Director of football sports performance 4thJeremy SpringerSpecial teams quality control coach 1stReference:2016 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Media Guide, p. 2 Game summaries #15 Arizona State #15 Sun Devils 0 7 7 3 17 Aggies 7 7 3 21 38 Ball State Cardinals 3 0 10 10 #16 Aggies 28 21 0 7 The game was the home opener for A&M, and the first game in the newly renovated Kyle Field. The Aggies were dominant throughout the entire first half, with the exception being Ball State's first drive to A&M's 4 yard line.Aggie Defense Grounds Cardinals with Impressive First Half Larry Bowen http://www.theeagle.com/aggie_sports/football/aggie-defense-grounds-cardinals-with-impressive-first-half/article_ef1d1fe7-5b9a-5ec2-949a-4f36a453c20c.html The Bryan-College Station Eagle September 13, 2015 October 26, 2015 Nevada Wolfpack 7 3 10 7 27 #17 Aggies 14 10 14 6 44 Arkansas #14 Aggies 0 10 3 8 7 28 Razorbacks 7 0 7 7 0 21 #21 Mississippi State #21 Bulldogs 3 7 0 7 17 #14 Aggies 14 10 3 3 30 #10 Alabama #10 Crimson Tide 14 14 3 10 41 #9 Aggies 3 10 7 3 23 #24 Ole Miss #15 Aggies 0 3 0 0 3 #24 Rebels 7 9 7 0 23 South Carolina Gamecocks 7 14 7 0 28 Aggies 7 14 14 0 35 Auburn Tigers 7 7 6 6 26 #25 Aggies 3 0 7 0 10 Western Carolina Catamounts 0 14 0 3 17 Aggies 7 14 13 7 41 Vanderbilt Aggies 6 10 6 3 25 Commodores 0 0 0 0 0 LSU [ win vacated ] Aggies 7 0 0 0 7 Tigers 6 0 7 6 19 Texas A&M won this game, because the NCAA vacated LSU's victory.LSU vacates 37 football wins from 2012-2015 due to NCAA ruling Crescent City Sports 2023-06-22 https://crescentcitysports.com/lsu-vacates-37-football-wins-from-2012-2015-due-to-ncaa-ruling/#:~:text=LSU's%20football%20program%20has%20vacated,result%20of%20the%20NCAA's%20findings. 2024-09-17 Louisville Aggies 7 7 0 7 21 Cardinals 20 0 7 0 27 Rankings 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 15 9 RV RV 16 19 17 18 14 15 14 15 9 (1) 11 9 (1) 10 15 16 RV RV 25 24 19 RV RV NR RV RV NR RV RV NR NR RV NR NR RV NR References Texas AandM Category:Texas A&M Aggies football seasons Texas AandM Aggies football