{"id":644718,"date":"2026-01-01T04:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/644718\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T04:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:30:11","slug":"aggie-og-armaj-reed-adams-officially-declares-for-the-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/644718\/","title":{"rendered":"Aggie OG Ar&#8217;maj Reed-Adams officially declares for the 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a> will undergo significant turnover along the offensive line heading into the 2026 season, and one of its most reliable veterans has now made his next step official. Senior guard Ar\u2019maj Reed-Adams announced Wednesday that he will enter the 2026 NFL Draft, closing the book on a standout two-year run in Aggieland.<\/p>\n<p>Reed-Adams shared the news on social media, offering more of a heartfelt farewell than a surprise declaration. The move was expected\u2014he has exhausted his eligibility\u2014and he departs College Station following the best season of his career. In 2025, Reed-Adams earned <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/football\/2025\/12\/15\/texas-aggies-football-players-named-all-americans-kc-concepcion-cashius-howell-armaj-reed-adams\/87778658007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/football\/2025\/12\/15\/texas-aggies-football-players-named-all-americans-kc-concepcion-cashius-howell-armaj-reed-adams\/87778658007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AP All-American honors<\/a> and received a draftable grade, cementing himself as one of the SEC\u2019s most consistent interior linemen.<\/p>\n<p>After transferring from Kansas, where he spent three seasons, Reed-Adams immediately stepped into a starting role for the Aggies. His arrival brought stability, maturity, and a physical edge to a unit that had struggled prior to his arrival. Over his two seasons, Texas A&amp;M\u2019s offensive line <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/football\/2025\/12\/10\/texas-aggies-football-offensive-line-joe-moore-award-finalists\/87695191007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/football\/2025\/12\/10\/texas-aggies-football-offensive-line-joe-moore-award-finalists\/87695191007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">became a semifinalist contender<\/a> for the Joe Moore Award and helped power one of the SEC\u2019s top rushing attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Below is his full statement from Instagram, where he thanked the 12th Man and reflected on his time in College Station.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL Draft will take place in Pittsburgh from April 23-25.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aggieswire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@AggiesWire<\/a>\u00a0on X and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AggiesWire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&amp;M news, notes, and opinions. Follow Jarrett Johnson on X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhosNextSports1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@whosnextsports1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas A&amp;M will undergo significant turnover along the offensive line heading into the 2026 season, and one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4955,17051,1600,2343,19,7,6,15,1602,1982,51,2347,1980],"class_list":["post-644718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-draft","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-17051","tag-aggies","tag-au0026m","tag-draft","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-smg","tag-smg-timely","tag-texas","tag-texas-au0026m-aggies-football","tag-timely"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115817966789408457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}