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Five in Five: Stock-rising defenders as 2025 campaign approaches

Mike Elko, Jay Bateman and the entire Texas A&M defense hope to see a much-improved unit this fall as the 2025 season begins in just 10 days. In the final installment of Five in Five, Billy Liucci highlights a handful of players pushing to impact the defense this fall.
By Billy Liucci
August 21, 2025
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This is the fifth and final piece in a five-part series taking a look at Texas A&M football as the Aggies opened fall camp on July 30.

Find Liucci’s entire Five in Five series HERE.


Dezz Ricks

A “shining star” of fall camp is how Jay Bateman described Ricks on Tuesday. If you've been reading or listening to me at all this summer, his rise comes as no shock. The Alabama transfer was thrown into action last fall and had some ups and downs.

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