Conner Weigman updates health, recovery process

Texas A&M has had issues with quarterbacks staying healthy the last two years, so naturally all eyes this fall are on quarterback Conner Weigman as he recovers from a foot injury that ended his 2023 campaign.

Weigman said he’s feeling good as fall camp begins for the Aggies under new coach Mike Elko.

“We’re at 100 right now, but yeah it’s been a long, long grind,” Weigman said on Tuesday. “A long offseason. But we got it done. I mean getting something you love taken away from you like that quickly, it was tough for sure. But just taking it one day at a time and being in there with the training room people, they’re some of the best training room people in the nation and they had my back the whole time. I’m good to go and excited about camp. Let’s get this thing started.”

If he’s healthy, Weigman could be the answer at quarterback for the Aggies. He’s been remarkably productive when healthy.

In two years he has thrown for 1,875 yards with 16 touchdowns against just two interceptions. He’s also the occasional threat to run, having racked up 160 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.

But this offseason, what Conner Weigman had already accomplished on the field was far from his mind.

“For a while this offseason was just all about getting my foot right and getting back to 100%, getting back being able to move how I was able to move before I got hurt,” he explained. “And once we got that figured out, just football stuff. Cleaning out my mechanics, footwork stuff, being good with my eyes through my progressions and things like that.”

Conner Weigman participated in spring football but wasn’t quite 100%, at least not to the point that he felt all the way back. Fall camp will change that.

So going into his junior season, Weigman is trying to shake off the rust to get going.

“It was a little rusty because, like I said, all I was doing before spring ball was trying to get my foot right,” he said. “Like football, I wasn’t even thinking about that yet. I can’t play football if I can’t move, so that was 100% all our focus was on getting my foot right. So just to be able to get out there and get my feet wet again was something I really needed.”

Spring ball and the offseason program gave Conner Weigman the comfort level he needed to really feel confident.

“I knew it was going to be a little rusty, but I feel like you just work through that and get better each and every day,” he said. “I feel like we did that.”