After initially playing wide receiver at A&M, and after catching 20 passes during the regular season last year, the 5-foot-10, 190-pound Smith was moved to running back during the buildup to the Aggies' bowl game because of injuries at the position. @isaiah_spiller first of many!! The speedster received interest from plenty of major programs, including Oklahoma and Alabama. The best part about Isaiah Spiller playing for the Texas A&M Aggies isn’t that head coach Jimbo Fisher has a steady halfback for Mond or whomever plays quarterback to hand the ball off to for at least another two seasons. I’m committed to…… pic.twitter.com/bSiCouhXwf, — Isaiah Spiller (@isaiah_spiller) July 20, 2018. The move then became permanent this offseason, giving A&M a promising young tandem at running back with the combination of Smith and fellow sophomore Isaiah Spiller, a 220-pound former four-star recruit who ran for 946 yards last season. The Texas A&M Aggies have their own version of a legacy player, and he’s stepped up big time in College Station. Before they’ve even been conceived, their parents know they’ll be on a football field or basketball court playing for the same team one of them did. Slocum. Some athletes have destinies. Follow him on Twitter @mzenitz. Does a great job in that," Fisher said. As The Eagle pointed out, Spiller has thrived when quarterback Kellen Mond shows opposing defenses he’s just as much of a threat to run the ball. Fred works as a behavioral specialist at Klein Collins High School and his wife works at a local high school in the same school district. All of them were six or seven years older than Ainias. Texas A&M put on a performance worthy of a College Football Playoff contender. The former four-star prospect didn’t enter college with as lofty of expectations as Bronny Jr. or the next Manning prodigy, but he does have a legacy to fulfill. Once more details are available on who he is dating, we will update this section. In addition, Texas A&M coaches consider Smith “tough as hell” and love his physicality despite him lacking the size of a typical SEC running back. Like many famous people and celebrities, CJ Spiller keeps his personal life private. “I’ve been wearing A&M my whole life so it’s all I know,” Spiller told 247Sports. It’s why we care so much about LeBron James Jr., Zaire Wade and Arch Manning, who, by the way, looks poised to be the nation’s next great quarterback. His father, of course, was there to record that. Some SEC schools may have an argument for it, but Oklahoma has been making a name for itself as Running Back U. Isaiah Spiller continued his dominance on the ground to finish with 131 yards on 18 carries. He finished with 51 yards on a team-high 10 carries, had a 25-yard touchdown run and caught two passes for 27 yards while also — like last year — serving as the Aggies' punt returner. Back-to-back road contests against top teams in Georgia and LSU to wrap up a tough November slate won’t make it any easier to gain yardage. And in Spiller’s commitment video, he had a familiar face telling him to “continue your legacy” before Spiller revealed his selection with his dad donning maroon next to him. Thankfully, his son has carried on his namesake in College Station and made an instant impact as a freshman. It’s that Fred Spiller gets to witness his son accomplish the things he couldn’t because of his back injury. CJ Spiller’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. After the Aggies lost running back Jashaun Corbin to a season-ending hamstring injury in September and running back Vernon Jackson to a career-ending neck injury that same month, A&M freshman running back Isaiah Spiller took the reigns in the backfield. Sometimes you just got to create that on your own. "The versatility in which he has, he’s a natural football player and you get him a few more touches back there (at running back). “The more we can create that without the QB run, it’s good,” Fisher told The Eagle. He can run. pic.twitter.com/XOY3uJIdaT, — Fred Spiller (@fred_spiller) September 15, 2019. And sometimes they play together, which is another set of issues that you have to deal with defensively.”. First collegiate TD!! He was really surprised.”. “Ainias was the youngest of all of them and they used to make him run through all of the older guys,” his father Maurice Smith Sr. said.