The Mike Elko effect has shown no signs of wearing off.

Texas A&M, which currently has the state's top-ranked 2025 recruiting class per 247Sports, stayed hot on the trail, landing Hitchcock star wide receiver Kelshaun Johnson. Johnson, the No.4-ranked wide receiver in the DCTF Hot 100, chose the Aggies over Texas, Texas Tech, USC and Arkansas.

Johnson is a three-sport standout at Hitchcock: a First Team All-District wide receiver, starter on the state champion basketball team and owner of the fastest 100m dash in school history, a wind-aided 10.49. At 5-foot-11, 160 pounds, Johnson wins with speed and explosivity, traits Texas A&M wide receivers coach Holmon Wiggins knows how to develop. Wiggins coached both Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith (6-foot, 170) and top ten NFL Draft selection Jaylen Waddle (5-foot-9, 180) at Alabama.

“He has coached many good receivers who are (built) like me," Johnson said. "So I can see myself through that, and I can be up there and develop into an NFL player, and I know he has produced them.”

While Wiggins ran point on the rercuitment, the rest of the staff pitched in. Johnson cited Elko's two-year run at Duke, where he flipped the Blue Devils from five wins in the previous two seasons to a 17–9 mark, as evidence he can build a program. He also liked new offensive coordinator Collin Klein's plan to utilize Johnson as both an inside and outside receiver in the offense. Klein led Kansas State to the tenth-ranked scoring offense in the FBS last season.

“Sitting down with him (Wiggins) and Coach Klein, they showed me how they want to use me (in the offense)," Johnson said. "They find ways to get their receivers open. They want to move me around – in and out.”

But talking ball in the coaches' office was only half of Texas A&M's appeal. Wiggins's treatment of the Johnson family sealed the deal.

“He called me almost every day," Johnson said. "He’ll check on my mom. That’s big for me. I want my mom to be comfortable wherever I go.”

Texas A&M has the same amount of DCTF Top 50 commits (8) as every other in-state FBS school has combined (8).

Greg Powers and Carter Yates contributed reporting to this article.