Nation’s top LB commits to Texas A&M

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Texas A&M already had the top-ranked recruiting class in the 2027 cycle, but on Thursday, it got significantly better. The Aggies fended off Notre Dame to land the verbal commitment of Tampa LB Kaden Henderson, the nation’s top-ranked LB, as he committed to the Aggies live on the Pat MacAfee show.

Breaking: Kaden Henderson, the 24th ranked recruit in the 2027 SC Next 300, has committed to Texas A&M, he announced on the @PatMcAfeeShow.

He is the No. 1 ranked outside linebacker in the nation. pic.twitter.com/i7opely5ce

— SportsCenter NEXT (@SCNext) June 18, 2026

Henderson is ranked as the No. 1 linebacker, the No. 4 player in Florida and the No. 26 player nationally, according to the Rivals industry rankings. He chose the Aggies over Notre Dame and LSU, among many others.

This commitment gives A&M 23 total commits, five 5-star commitments (Henderson, IOL Kennedy Brown, OT Mark Matthews, Edge Zyron Forstall and S Kamauri Dorsey), along with five more players ranked in the top 100 nationally. While it is only June, A&M seems very much on track to bring in the top recruiting class in the country this cycle. That has only happened for the Aggies one another time, a class whose names and subsequent results I can’t recall due to what my therapist calls dissociative amnesia. It’s also the third time in six years that A&M has gotten a verbal commitment from the nation’s top linebacker, with the previous two (Harold Perkins/Anthony Hill) notably not ending up in College Station. But in Mike Elko we trust.

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