Texas A&M WR Jabre Barber expected to miss several months following foot surgery

Jabre Barber transferred to Texas A&M early in January after four seasons at Troy. However, three months later, his offseason in College Station has reportedly taken a very bad turn.

Per On3’s Pete Nakos, Barber has undergone a surgery for a foot injury. That procedure will now sideline him for the foreseeable future as he recovers.

247’s Matt Zenitz reported the injury as well with him saying the injury would cause him “to miss several months”.

Barber was a leading receiver for the Trojans in each of his three years with the program.

In total, Barber caught 132 passes for 1,674 yards, good for over a dozen yards per reception, and 10 touchdowns. He also returned 25 kicks for 285 yards. He returned 16 punts for 83 yards at an average of 5.2 yards and nine kickoffs for 202 yards at 22.4 per return.

Barber was Troy’s leading receiver this past fall. He finished with 75 catches for 999 yards, good for 13.3 per reception, and five touchdowns. The receptions, yardage, and scores were all career highs through his three seasons playing and four years in college. He also made three kick returns for 58 yards, good for 19.3 per kick, along with all of his punt coverage.

Barber was the No. 32 WR and No. 158 overall transfer in the portal. That’s per On3’s 2024 College Football Transfer Portal Top Players. He was one of 24 additions, including nine offensive players and five pass-catchers, in the portal for the Aggies. That group makes up the No. 45 transfer class according to On3’s 2024 Team Transfer Portal Rankings.

Barber was set to make up for and add to the receiving production for Texas A&M for next season. He’ll be having to do so off of an offseason surgery, though, according to the news out of the Aggies’ building today.

On300 4-star QB Husan Longstreet commits to Texas A&M

Texas A&M has won out for Corona (Calif.) Centennial On300 quarterback Husan Longstreet, who announced his pledge to the Aggies over Auburn, Oregon and Ole Miss among many others.

This was one that came down to the final hours per Longstreet’s father Kevin.

“The relationship he built with Coach Klein and Coach Elko was unbelievable,” the elder Longstreet said. “He said they love ball and are passionate about football and that drove him to A&M. It was also a larger city and larger town and he felt that was more him.”

The On3 Industry Ranking tabs the 6-foot-0.5, 185-pound Longstreet as the nation’s No. 6 quarterback and No. 51 prospect overall. He is commit No. 7 for Elko and his staff in the 2025 cycle and was the top signal-caller on their board.

Klein led the charge in the recruitment of Longstreet.

“Coach Elko is amazing,” Longstreet has said in the past. “His leadership. You can for sure tell what he’s trying to do by talking to the players there. They’re getting what he’s trying to do with the program.

… Coach Klein’s offense he touches all bases, pro-style, air-raid, fast-paced, he touches all those aspects.”

Longstreet visited College Station twice, the first weekend of February and again at the end of March and his family is excited about the opportunity as well.

“What I like about them is the leadership,” Kevin said. “Coach Elko, I can’t speak enough about him. Heck of a head coach. I like it at other places but the connection was different. What makes it a good fit as a player for Husan in particular is the rapport that Coach Klein has built with Husan and the dynamics of the offense that he’s coached from the previous schools.”

As a junior Longstreet passed for 3,013 yards and 24 touchdowns with another 645 yards on the ground and seven more scores.