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11/15/25 - QB Marcel Reed, rSo/2028, Texas AM, (DS#5 QB)

Marcel Reed threw for a career-high 439 yards and three touchdowns and No. 3 Texas A&M rallied from a 27-point halftime deficit to remain undefeated with a 31-30 victory over South Carolina on Saturday. "I'm not lost for words very much, but I was lost for words with the team in the locker room after the game," coach Mike Elko said. "A lot of that emotion was just pride in who they were, how they conducted themselves. There's not a lot of teams that have a culture and a core that will just keep going." The comeback was the biggest in school history, eclipsing a 21-point rally by a Johnny Manziel-led team in a 52-48 win in the 2013 Chick-Fil-A Bowl over Duke. Entering Saturday, teams were 0-286 in Southeastern Conference play since 2004 when trailing by 27 points or more. Reed bounced back from an awful first half where he was intercepted twice and had a fumble returned for a score to put the Aggies in a 30-3 hole with a dazzling second half to keep Texas A&M (10-0, 7-0, No. 3 CFP) on track for its first trip to the College Football Playoff. They're 10-0 for the first time since 1992.

Last season, Texas A&M had a seven-game winning streak entering the game against South Carolina before a 44-20 defeat sent the team into a downward spiral that knocked them out of contention to reach the playoff. "We wanted revenge on this team," Reed said. "They put us out of the question last year, and they could have put us in a bad position this year... we got this win, and it was important for us." The Aggies took the lead for the first time on a 4-yard run by EJ Smith with about 11 minutes left. Texas A&M had a first down at the 1 after that, but Jamarion Morrow fumbled on a trick play and the Gamecocks recovered with about three minutes to go. Dalton Brooks and Cashius Howell sacked LaNorris Sellers on consecutive plays to bring up fourth-and-16 with about 90 seconds to go. Sellers scrambled on fourth down and was stopped short of the first down marker to seal the victory. "It wasn't how we drew it up," linebacker Taurean York said. "But we found a way to stick together and figure out how to win the game." Sellers threw for 246 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for South Carolina (3-7, 1-7), which lost a fifth straight game. - Texas AM/AP College Football

(DS#5 QB) rSo/2028