What should the honest review of Holmon Wiggins as Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator be right now? I’m not going to sugarcoat the numbers. They’re not great.

The Aggies sit outside the top 100 in most statistical categories, and the explosiveness has been wiped away from an offense that leaned on big plays all of 2025. That explosiveness is what got Texas A&M into the College Football Playoff last year and it’s non-existent right now.

But I don’t think the box score tells the whole story of Wiggins’ play-calling and the issues surrounding the Aggies’ struggling offense.

The results don’t capture what Holmon Wiggins is dealing with

It’s hard to call plays when your offensive line is as inconsistent as Texas A&M’s has been. It’s hard to call plays when quarterback Marcel Reed can’t execute the simple things. When the foundation keeps cracking, you can’t fairly grade the guy drawing up what goes on top of it.

Go back and watch the All-22, the wide and the tight angles, and you can see what Wiggins intends from this offense. The concepts are there. The spacing is there. The execution isn’t, and a lot of that falls on the players and the protection rather than the call sheet.

And you may say, Tegan, then why not just give him time? If the problem is the personnel, the play-caller should get a pass. I understand that argument, and I’ll admit I feel bad for Wiggins. I don’t think he’s getting a fair shake on what he could become because of the situation around him.

Texas A&M might need a more proven play-caller

Even with that in mind, I keep coming back to one question. What are Texas A&M’s goals? This brand, this program, these resources: does it make sense for the Aggies to hand the offense to a coordinator who had never called plays before?

Texas A&M has a defensive-minded head coach in Mike Elko. That’s the bottom line. When your head coach lives on the defensive side of the ball, the offensive coordinator chair becomes a make-or-break spot. You can’t afford to have a first-time play-caller learning on the job in College Station. You need a proven commodity.

Honestly, A&M should take a page out of its arch rival’s book. Texas went out and brought in a former head coach who specializes on one side of the ball in Will Muschamp. That’s the type of hire Texas A&M should be targeting for its offense: an established name with a track record, not an internal promotion who has never run the show.

Now, this isn’t a shot at Wiggins as a coach. I have a ton of respect and admiration for what he is as a recruiter, and I still think he could develop into a quality play-caller. Somebody is going to benefit from that growth. I just don’t think it should be the Aggies, at this stage, with these kind of expectations.

Where I land on Holmon Wiggins

I’m splitting the grade into two parts. As a play-caller in a bad situation, Wiggins deserves more grace than the stats suggest. As the answer for a program that wants to win playoff games, he just isn’t the guy for Texas A&M.

If I’m looking at this from the perspective of someone who wants Texas A&M to reach that next level. That path doesn’t run through Holmon Wiggins figuring out how to build an offense for the very first time.

A defensive head coach needs an offensive coordinator who has already done it. Until the Aggies find one, I’ll keep asking why a program with these resources settled for a learning curve and a season that’s headed closer to a losing record than a playoff berth.