Klubnik enters the 2025 season as one of the top quarterbacks in all of college football and a candidate for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. The Manning Award Watch List is also his latest preseason accolade after being named to the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year, Davey O'Brien Award watch lists.

Texas A&M redshirt sophomore quarterback Marcel Reed enters his first full season as the program's starter, and as soon as the 2025 offseason began, the pressure mounted for the Tennessee native to improve as a passer,