Aggies add big DT to 2025 recruiting mix
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Texas A&M's recruiting run on defense continued at high speed Tuesday with the commitment of Rosenberg defensive tackle Chace Sims.
Sims, who visited Aggieland the weekend of June 21, picked the Aggies over Washington and LSU. SMU and Texas Tech were also teams that received serious interest from the 6-foot-3, 300-pound defensive tackle.
Sims put up big numbers this season, racking up 88 tackles, 18 tackles for loss and 11 sacks.
Sims is A&M's 17th commit and the 12th from Texas. He is the seventh Aggie commit from the Houston area.
Analysis of A&M's newest commit
First off, I have no idea why this guy is a 3-star. He's definitely better than that, but that's neither here nor there.
It only took a few seconds of film to figure out who he reminds me of: McKinnley Jackson. He's one of those big guys who clogs up the middle, is quicker than you think, is extremely strong and utterly relentless.
There's not much subtlety to Sims' game, nor should there be. He's going to come right at you with the bull rush and push you back. If you give him any space to the side, though, he can take a quick side step and elude linemen.
Sims has tremendous lower body strength, and he's still figuring out how to use it. When he gets into the A&M system with Tony Jerod-Eddie and Sean Spencer, they're going to teach him how to gain leverage better by staying low and how to use his hands to really fight off linemen.
Sims is a guy who will probably play at 320 pounds and will take on consistent double teams at the next level, just like Jackson did. That's going to free up other lineman who will have 1-on-1 matchups to exploit. But even with the double teams, I suspect he will still be a highly productive player statistically at the next level.