5 Texas A&M Football Players to Watch Against Auburn

Ricky Seals-Jones

Rolling right along, we take a look at one of those notoriously big, physical receivers for Texas A&M.

You may recall a certain 6-foot-5, 225 pound wide receiver that Texas A&M had for two seasons before he was taken in the first round of the NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mike Evans started a trend of big, physical receivers at Texas A&M.

Ricky Seals-Jones certainly carries on that tradition at 6-foot-5, 240 pounds.

The junior is listed as a wide receiver, but he has the build of a tight end. Over the past two years he’s caught at least 45 balls for at least 465 yards with 4 touchdowns in each of those seasons.

He’s a nightmare for any linebacker or defensive back to cover, and he’s always a threat near the redzone.

So far this season he’s caught just six passes for 90 yards, and he’s yet to record a touchdown.

With Auburn’s lack of experience at linebacker, and lack of height in the secondary, look for Texas A&M to try and use Ricky Seals-Jones’ size against them in this game.

Last year he caught four passes for 41 yards against Auburn, with a long of 20 yards.

The defense cannot allow this big fella to get loose in the middle of the field like they did with Arkansas State’s receivers.

Auburn will already have their hands full in the secondary with Christian Kirk and Josh Reynolds, so look for the Aggies to try and match Seals-Jones up against some of our linebackers.

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