Texas A&M Football: Aggies should be fine at quarterback with Max Johnson

During their win over Auburn last Saturday afternoon, Texas A&M football starting quarterback Conner Weigman went down with an injury, which resulted in the Aggies turning to backup Max Johnson for the remainder of the contest.

Leading the Aggies to a 27-10 win, Johnson would certainly impress as well, completing 7-of-11 passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 15 yards on four attempts.

While the performance of Johnson was certainly impressive, the biggest takeaway for the Aggies from the contest was undoubtedly the injury to Weigman, which will reportedly result in the sophomore to miss the remainder of the 2023 season.

However, this is not entirely detrimental to the Aggies either, as Texas A&M should be just fine with the aforementioned Johnson at quarterback moving forward, who is very experienced against SEC competition.

Texas A&M football should be fine at quarterback with Max Johnson

A redshirt sophomore, Johnson is currently in his fourth season of college football, as well as his second at Texas A&M. Across those four seasons, two of which were also spent at LSU, Johnson holds career totals of a 60.2 CMP% with 4,627 passing yards and a 42:7 TD:INT ratio, while also having rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns on 168 attempts.

Across the 2022-23 seasons as well, Johnson has certainly impressed when on the field after having transferred from LSU, and even originally began the 2022 campaign as the starter for Texas A&M prior to suffering an injury. During that span, which is seven games at quarterback for Texas A&M across the last two years, Johnson has posted a combined 61.8 CMP% for 743 yards and a 7:0 TD:INT ratio.

Yes, losing Weigman to injury for the remainder of the 2023 season will certainly hurt. However, not all is lost for Texas A&M football this season, as Johnson is more than capable of leading the Aggies offense going forward into SEC play.