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Football Recruiting

News Commits Offers Liucci 44 Rankings OOS All Recruits

Status:

Committed

HIGH SCHOOL

KJ Ford

Defensive End

6′4″ / 245 lbs

Duncanville, TX

Duncanville

Class of 2026

KJ4ord

Rating: 93

#14 IN TEXAS

National Avg

Rating: 93.1

School Preferences

Florida

Committed

7/11/2025

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Videos

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Updates

27 days ago by Jason Howell

Around Texas: A round-up of recruiting news in the Lone Star State

The dog days of summer are coming to a close as the 2025 high school football season is officially tee'd up and ready to begin. It is time to take a look at the latest happenings on the Lone Star State recruiting front as the offseason nears an end.

Recruiting Country: The latest recruiting news surrounding the Maroon & White

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27 days ago by Ryan Brauninger

Recruiting Country: The latest recruiting news surrounding the Maroon & White

TexAgs' recruiting analyst Ryan Brauninger joined TexAgs Live on Wednesday morning for another edition of Recruiting Country presented by American Momentum Bank, highlighting the latest news and notes from the recruiting trail surrounding Texas A&M.

28 days ago by Ryan Brauninger

Recruiting hope, trepidation reaching max levels as 2025 season begins

With high school football beginning around the country, Texas A&M currently has 27 commitments in the class of 2026. As Mike Elko & Co. put their finishing touches on this cycle, a major focus on the recruiting trail will be retention and reeling in big fish down the stretch.

2 mo ago by Jason Howell

Around the SEC: Recruiting News & Trends

It's time to take a look around at the biggest pickups on the recruiting front as well as some of the top recruiting news and notes from around the SEC. Jason Howell details that and more in this week's Around the SEC.

2 mo ago by Richard Zane

Tomorrow's Questions Today: Things to ask on Wednesday at SECMD25

On Wednesday, the representatives from Alabama, Mississippi State, Florida and Oklahoma will make the rounds on the third day of 2025 SEC Media Days. Here are some questions that the Tide, Bulldogs, Gators and Sooners might face on Day 3 in Atlanta.

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TexAgs National Average Rating

The TexAgs National Average Rating is a proprietary formula that calculates an industry-wide aggregate rating for each recruiting prospect. The formula includes publicly listed grades, scores, ratings and rankings by national recruiting services, along with a TexAgs rating. Combining the data provides a rating for each prospect, which is then normalized to fit the TexAgs Rating 100-point scale.

The intent of this rating is to provide TexAgs readers with a comprehensive snapshot of how individual prospects rank nationally.

TexAgs Rating

The TexAgs Recruiting team of Billy Liucci, David Sandhop, Jason Howell, Ryan Brauninger and a host of recruiting interns attends more than 75 games each fall and observes and evaluates every major Texas A&M target, as well as most of the top 150 prospects in the State of Texas. From this evaluation the team draws a rating for each prospect on a scale between 70 and 100.

99-100: Elite national prospect (Five-star)

Considered one of the best prospects in the nation and a likely difference-maker at the collegiate level. Displays all of the physical skills to be a future All-American with potential to be an early-round NFL draft pick.

90-98: Elite state prospect (Four-star)

Considered one of the best 30-40 prospects in the state and a top 250 national prospect. Displays the physical skills to be a major early contributor at the collegiate level with high professional potential.

80-89: Quality prospect (Three-star)

Considered one of the best 100 prospects in the state and a top 500 national prospect. Displays the physical skills to develop into a contributor over the course of his college career. Has the ability to become a professional prospect over time with development.

70-79: Solid prospect (Two-star)

Considered one of the top 250 prospects in the state. Has the physical skills to be a potential contributor at a D-1 program over the course of his collegiate career with significant development. Professional potential is low.

Staff Predictions

The predictions represent which school each staff member believes will ultimately sign the recruit, and the confidence meter represents his level of certainty in that outcome.

Example #1

If the predicted school is Texas A&M and confidence is set to “High”, then the staff member is saying “I believe that this recruit will ultimately sign with Texas A&M and I feel very certain about that.”

Example #2

If the predicted school is “Alabama” and confidence is set to “Low,” then the staff member is saying “I believe that this recruit will ultimately sign with Alabama, but I’m not very certain about that.”

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