Rueben Owens injury update: Texas A&M RB reveals where he stands in his recovery process

It was right around this time last year that Rueben Owens‘ dreams for a monster 2024 vanished into thin air. The Texas A&M running back suffered a season-ending injury in fall camp, causing him to miss the entire campaign.

It’s been a long road back. Owens first started to return to action in December, but things weren’t quite right then.

Now? He’s feeling great.

“I’m way healthy,” Owens told reporters in fall camp. “I feel way better. Way faster, way stronger. My cuts are more fluent. So back then my cuts, they were fluent but it would hurt and I couldn’t really get out of my breaks. But now I feel regular, like 100%.”

Rueben Owens was a 2023 SEC All-Freshman Team selection after rushing for 385 yards and three touchdowns. Owens also recorded 12 catches for 109 yards.

He got work in on special teams, too, tallying 12 kick returns for 249 yards. His 743 all-purpose yards led all true freshmen in the SEC in 2023.

He was supposed to be a force for Texas A&M in 2024. Then the injury struck. He admitted it was not easy.

“When I first got injured I was in a mental drought for a little while,” Rueben Owens said. “But it’s football, things happen. Injuries happen in football, but you just, you can’t be down forever. You’ve got to get back up, get around the team. When you get around the team it lifts you up a little bit.”

To say Rueben Owens was a guy that Texas A&M was counting on last year would be an understatement. Then first-year coach Mike Elko was devastated at the loss.

“Listen, it hurts me for Rueben,” Elko said last fall. “He had such an offseason. He’s had such a great offseason. I think he was primed to have a great year for us. But it’s a part of the game. So it pains me that he’s not going to be able to go out and do what he needs to do.”

This year Rueben Owens might be able to do just that. He credited one important element for keeping him going.

“Just my teammates,” Owens said. “Being around them every day, wanting to be out there on the field with them, that just kept me going. I wanted to play, I wanted to get healthy as soon as possible.”