Conner Weigman injury update: Texas A&M QB's status officially revealed vs. Missouri

Texas A&M quarterback Conner Weigman will start against Missouri Saturday, according to Brian Hauswirth. He was a game-time decision earlier in the day.

“UPDATE: The Aggie Football Radio network reports Conner Weigman will start at quarterback this morning against #9 Mizzou Football at Kyle field. He has been injured. Freshman Marcel Reed has been playing, while Weigman was injured,” he wrote on Twitter.

Head coach Mike Elko spoke with SEC Network prior to the game.

“He feels great. We’re ready to roll,” Elko said.

As ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported, Reed was the expected starter for the fourth straight game against the Tigers. But the QB situation got even more intriguing with Weigman back in the lineup.

“Weigman clearly earned the job out of camp as A&M’s best quarterback, which will factor into the staff’s upcoming decision, according to sources,” Thamel wrote. “Reed played at a high level in the Florida game, but has been solid but unspectacular in the past two games.”

Elko provided an update on Weigman during Wednesday’s SEC Coaches Teleconference and said Weigman threw passes.

“He’s now throwing,” Elko said. “We’re able to get him out there and functioning a little bit, which is good. He will be a game-time decision this week.”

From a pure depth chart perspective, Weigman has remained at the top. Reed has been listed as the backup but Weigman’s injury has kept him out there. A ton of success has followed for Texas A&M, winning three straight Reed starts, two of which were against SEC foes.

And while Elko listed Weigman as a game-time decision, Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz did not expect to see the quarterback out there. Reed has had so much success for the Aggies, Drinkwitz expected him to be out there, no matter people’s health status.

“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.”