Is Howard Morrow going to contribute this year for Texas A&M?

(this is part of the 30 questions/30 days series on the Texas A&M football team)

Answer: Sure looks like it.

Morrow, who was one of A&M's most heralded wide receiver recruits in history when he arrived on campus four years ago. Since then, he's been an unmitigated bust. He got bigger to block (thanks, Fran), got slower and then forgotten. When he did get the ball thrown his way, he had trouble holding on to it.

In the minds of most people, Morrow was an afterthought as he went into his senior year. Mike Sherman and Nolan Cromwell appear to have subscribed to a different set of ideas, even with A&M bringing in a group of extremely talented receivers. Morrow has lost a lot of weight (as much as 20 pounds), regained his speed and might be the starter at the slot receiver position. He's made a number of outstanding catches in practice.

He's also dropped a number of routine ones, which has been a bug-a-boo.

If Morrow can start in the slot and has has the speed he was supposed to when he got to campus, A&M just got another tremendous weapon. With Jeff Fuller and the cast of freshmen (and maybe Ryan Tannehill), the Aggies could have speed and size at the receiver position that will be tough to match up with.