ESPN’s Top 50 College Football Playoff list features three Texas A&M standouts, highlighting Marcel Reed, KC Concepcion, and Cashius Howell.
The CFP officially kicks off on Friday night and is filled with All-Americans and future NFL stars. With several teams across multiple leagues, there has been plenty of discussion about who the actual best players in the playoffs are. ESPN attempted to answer this by ranking the top 50 players, and a few Texas A&M Aggies made the list, with one conspicuous omission: Trey Zuhn.
On Friday, ESPN released its top 50 players in the College Football Playoff, and three Aggies made the list: Marcel Reed, KC Concepcion, and Cashius Howell. Some other notables that A&M fans might be interested in are the Miami players who appeared on the list: QB Carson Beck (No. 46), DE Akheem Mesidor (No. 31), OL Francis Mauigoa (No. 19), WR Malachia Toney (No. 15), and DL Rueben Bain (No. 9).
Not that these rankings really matter, but they do make for some great banter back-and-forth between fan bases on social media, even if the overall sentiment is "let's see what happens on the field."
Here are the final regular-season statistics and their rankings for the Aggies on the list.
No. 45 Marcel Reed
- PFF Grade: 70.7
- Passing: 209/338
- Passing Yards: 2932
- Passing Touchdowns: 25
- Interceptions: 10
- Carries: 89
- Rushing yards: 552
- Rushing Touchdowns: 6
- Accolades: 2025 Davey O'Brien Great 8, Manning Award Stars of the Week, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Player of the Week, Finalist for the Manning Award
No. 10 KC Concepcion
- PFF Grade: 80.9
- Receptions: 57
- Receiving Yards: 886
- Receiving Touchdowns: 9
- Punt returns: 23
- Punt yards: 460
- Return Touchdowns: 2
- Accolades: 2025 Paul Hornung Award and First Team All-SEC Honors
No. 6 Cashius Howell
- PFF Grade: 90.5 (pass rush)
- Tackles: 29
- TFL: 14
- Sacks: 11.5
- Passes defended: 6
- QB Hits: 5
- Accolades: 2025 SEC Defensive POY, First Team All-SEC Honors, Walter Camp All-American First Team, Finalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, and Lombardi Award.
No. 7-seed Texas A&M hosts the No. 10 Miami Hurricanes (10-2) in a CFP first-round game at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20, at Kyle Field. The game can be viewed on ABC/ESPN.
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