Texas A&M wide receiver Micah Hudson enters NCAA transfer portal

Texas A&M wide receiver Micah Hudson has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3’s Pete Nakos confirmed. It’s not too surprising, as it was revealed by coach Mike Elko that Hudson was no longer with the program earlier this offseason.

Hudson never played a down for the Aggies after transferring from Texas Tech. He appeared in eight games for the Red Raiders in 2024 to finish with eight catches for 123 yards. He was limited due to injury.

“The injury affected him to where, going through camp, of like how he was progressing and getting caught up and then he really got to where we were like ‘OK, he’s really got his legs beneath him, here we go’ and then he gets hurt again,” Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire said of Hudson in December. “And then there’s little things. We’re a play away from him, he’s wide-open if we hit him in the endzone, he catches the game-winner against TCU.

“Does everybody feel the same and everything like that? I do wish, when you go back…that he comes in healthy, that he hadn’t been playing high school football with that kind of knee injury and it would have already been done and he would have been back quicker and stuff like that and I think that would have changed some stuff.”

Nakos reported earlier this offseason that a return to Texas Tech is a possibility for Hudson. We’ve seen players leave their original school and then have a change of heart before, such as when Kadyn Proctor left Alabama for Iowa before returning to the Crimson Tide in the spring of 2024.

Moreover, Hudson was considered one of the top players to enter the portal this past season, ranking as the No. 10 overall player and No. 5 according to On3’s transfer portal rankings. He spent most of his true freshman season in Lubbock as a backup, but did start in one game.

As a high school recruit, Hudson was a five-star prospect out of Lake Belton in Temple, Texas. He ranked as the No. 12 overall player and No. 4 receiver in the 2024 cycle according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Micah Hudson was one of the many receivers that A&M added through the portal this offseason, so the Aggies will have options even after his departure. One such name is former NC State receiver Keven Concepcion, who totaled 1,299 yards receiving and 12 touchdowns across the past two seasons.

Texas A&M also lost multiple receivers through the portal, including last year’s leading in receiving yards, Noah Thomas. The Aggies are coming off of an 8-5 finish in their first season under Elko and will hope they have enough talent in the room to improve on that number in 2025.

— On3’s Chandler Vessels contributed to this article.