Eli Drinkwitz claims Conner Weigman being listed over Marcel Reed on Texas A&M depth chart is just semantics

Missouri heads to College Station for its first road game of the season, facing off against a talented Texas A&M squad. There are questions about the quarterback situation for Mike Elko due to a Conner Weigman injury. Marcel Reed has been playing and finding success but if Weigman were to be healthy, who would be the guy?

Eli Drinkwitz believes he knows the answer, no matter what the official Texas A&M depth chart says. He is preparing his team to face Reed on Saturday afternoon. Weigman might recover from his shoulder injury but Drinkwitz does not see Elko making a move after three straight wins with Reed under center.

“I know on their depth chart, it says the other kid is the starting quarterback,” Drinkwitz said. “But that’s just semantics, in my opinion. The guy is 3-0 as the starter and whether he’s listed as questionable or whatever, I don’t see him going back. They’re 3-0, they clearly have a different offensive identity with this guy as the quarterback and they’ve developed an offense that fits around his system. It’s a lot different than the first game of the year.”

Weigman’s performance against Notre Dame is being referenced by Drinktwitz, a game where Texas A&M struggled offensively. Under 250 yards were produced, just 100 of which were from Weigman dropping back to pass. He threw two interceptions as well.

McNeese State was the following week and Weigman got the start there too. But since then, Reed has been the guy for Texas A&M and had an abundance of success. The Aggies are averaging 26.7 points and just under 400 yards of offense the last three games, two of which were against SEC opponents.

Reed does not have the best completion percentage at 54.4% but has thrown six touchdowns, rushed for another two, and not yet thrown an interception.

So if Texas A&M is going to send Weigman out there, Drinkwitz will be wrong. However, based on what he’s seen, Reed will be the guy.

“If they go with the other one, they go with the other one,” Drinkwitz said. “They’ve kind of already built the offense around Marcel and I think he went out with a press conference yesterday. So whether or not there are semantics around it, I fully anticipated Marcel, being 3-0 as the starter, being the starting quarterback.”