In the coming weeks, SDS will grade each team’s current state of recruiting based upon the factors listed below. We continue the series with one of the SEC’s recent additions, the Texas A&M Aggies.

Texas A&M Aggies

HOME-STATE TALENT: B+

The Aggies will tell you – they run Texas. While Baylor and TCU both had better seasons in 2014, Texas A&M has, for the most part, backed that up in recent years. The Aggies have a major advantage over the rest of the SEC by being the only school located in the talent-rich state. From 2012-15, dating back to when Texas A&M joined the SEC, the Aggies have signed six of the 20 five-star prospects to come from the state; the only SEC schools to pry away any of those elite players are Alabama and LSU. Texas A&M took a slight hit in 2015, losing a few recruiting battles for in-state prospects to Texas, but no one in the SEC is stealing Texan players away from the Aggies with any regularity.

RECENT SUCCESS: A

Each season since Kevin Sumlin took over at Texas A&M has been better from a recruiting rankings standpoint than the Aggies’ final five seasons in the Big 12, during which their average rank was 27th. In the last four recruiting cycles, Texas A&M’s average rank is 10th in the nation. They’ve averaged a fifth-place finish in the SEC recruiting rankings, which is very good when considering that A&M is not a traditional recruiting power, and they’re now competing with the likes of Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Tennessee and Georgia.

FAN SATISFACTION: A-

There’s not much to be upset about in Aggieland. The 8-5 season in 2014 was an expected step back, although the bowl win showed the promise that this team has going forward. All the young talent should come together in 2015, and the Aggies continue to bring in blue-chip recruits by the bushel. Now that John Chavis is on board as defensive coordinator, there’s a trusted name to pull together all the defensive talent the Aggies are bringing in from the state, removing the biggest complain fans had about the Aggies.

COACHING STABILITY: B+

Sumlin is one of the highest-paid coaches in the nation, with a reported salary of $5 million, and he’s helped earn it by transitioning the Aggies from Big 12 afterthought to a lurking power in the SEC. He’s also turned A&M into one of the swaggiest programs, with his helicopter and the redone facilities standing as testament. Pairing Sumlin’s offense with Chavis gives the Aggies one of the best coaching pairs in the country, and Chavis saying he wants to stay at Texas A&M for a decade certainly helps matters. The only reason this doesn’t earn an A is that Sumlin has a lot to prove this season, in his first year with a team made up entirely of his recruits, and another subpar season could put him on the hot seat for 2016.

SUM IT UP: With the addition of Chavis this offseason, sparkling facilities and a renovated stadium set to be completed by the 2015 season opener, there’s no bigger giant hanging in the shadows of the conference than the Aggies. Texas A&M’s SEC affiliation has allowed the Aggies to clean up at home on elite prospects like Kyler Murray, Daylon Mack and Myles Garrett, and also to reach out to states like Arizona (Kyle Allen, Christian Kirk) and Louisiana (Speedy Noil).

Editor’s note: Any reference to recruiting ratings in this series–team or individual–are to 247Sports.com’s industry composite ranking.

At the end of the series we will rank the SEC’s recruiting situations from 1-14 based on the grades we assign each program. Here are last year’s recruiting situation rankings: