Three-star WR Devin Price commits to Texas A&M

The hometown kid is staying put.

Three-star A&M Consolidated (Texas) wide receiver Devin Price announced his commitment to Texas A&M on Saturday, choosing to stay home and play for the Aggies over Arizona.

Price's father, Terry Price, is the defensive ends coach for Texas A&M.

The Aggies offered Price during the Super Bowl Watch Party to kick off the spring. He's visited a handful of times since then, but also gave plenty of attention to Arizona as well as Vanderbilt and North Carolina. Ultimately, being an Aggie was too precious an opportunities for the local wide receiver to pass up.

Price is the fourth wide receiver to commit to the Aggies, joining five-star Demond Demas and Rivals100 member Troy Omeire. North Carolina's Muhsin Muhammad is also in the Rivals250.

Without his father knowing, Jimbo Fisher and Dameyune Craig brought Devin Price into the coach's office during the Super Bowl Watch Party in February to offer the rising wide receiver. With Dad in the corner, the other Texas A&M coaches extended an offer to Price, a high three-star wideout who plays his high school ball right outside the campus in College Station.

Price's recruitment took off from there. In addition to Texas A&M, North Carolina, Vanderbilt and Arizona were the teams that asserted themselves as contenders for the big-framed pass-catcher.

Price made trips out to North Carolina, Nashville and Arizona, and eventually settled on Texas A&M and Arizona as his top teams. Of course, former Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin has been handed the reins in Tempe and continues to recruit the Lone Star State very effectively. He was trying to strike gold by plucking Price out of The Station and into the Wildcats' 2020 haul.

However, a return visit to Aggieland on Friday for the pool party opened the door for Price to make a decision ahead of his senior season. He'll be reunited with his father and stay local at Texas A&M.

“A&M was pretty much a surprise. I was at the Super Bowl Watch Party and the party was almost over, but at the end of the night they called me into the office and they offered me. I was really surprised, probably the most surprised. My dad didn’t know until we got in the car and he was as shocked as I was," Price said of his Texas A&M offer this spring.

“I’ve been talking to Coach (Dameyune) Craig and Coach (Jimbo) Fisher. They want me to stay home. They love that I’m a big guy that can move and can bend, play inside and outside receiver, and they really want me to stay home.”

“At the end of the day, I have to do what’s best for me. I need to choose a school that gets me a great degree and sets me up for the rest of my life, and the football part comes into it, too. I like A&M ... and I like the way that they spread the ball out and throw the ball.”

Price is a big-bodied wide receiver and bonafide red-zone mismatch. Having seen him in 7-on-7 action a ton over the past two offseasons, he's going to bring a unique skill-set to an already-loaded wide receiving corps in College Station.

Price (6-foot-3, 200 pounds) has a 77-inch wingspan and 32-inch arms, and he utilizes every single inch of his frame to make absurd grabs on the regular for A&M Consolidated. He's also a huge vertical threat as well that can contribute to the Aggies' passing attack in a facet of different areas.

Price can stretch the field vertically. He's a sound route-runner that isn't incredibly fast nor quick, but he consistently creates separation from opposing defensive backs. Price accelerates in and out of his breaks at a very high level. He also has a fantastic release off the snap that is eye-opening for his size.

Price makes his biggest mark in the red-zone and goal-line situations. There is no such thing as a 50-50 ball when Price is the intended target; he's an absolute mismatch when it comes to high-pointing the football and making uber-athletic grabs in the air and coming down with it over a defender. Price also makes his mark with his big frame and catching balls over the middle of the field. He easily boxes out defensive backs and uses his incredibly strong hands to reel in passes on slants and inside routes with ease.

With arguably the biggest playmaker in the state committed in Demas and another big-bodied vertical threat in Omeire, Texas A&M's talent-rich receiving corps added another weapon to its arsenal in Price, who should give the Aggies another chess piece to use in certain on-field situations.