Jimbo Fisher, Shemar Stewart sound off on rumors of Texas A&M spending millions for No. 1 2022 class

Jimbo Fisher and the Texas A&M Aggies have officially signed the No. 1 recruiting class in the history of the 247Sports composite rankings.

Naturally, the Aggies signing all that talent led to allegations of using the NCAA’s new NIL rules to simply buy players.

Fisher said during an interview on Wednesday that it’s simply not true. In fact, he called out BroBible for its ridiculous story:

Jimbo Fisher talking NIL on @247Sports NSD show: "It didn't affect recruiting at all. This $30 million thing is a joke. This idea there's some fund out there & it was written on BroBible by a guy named sliced bread and now all of a sudden the country believes it?"

Quite a quote

— Chris Hummer (@chris_hummer) February 2, 2022

5-star DL Shemar Stewart, who signed with the Aggies on Wednesday, took to Twitter to dispute the money claims, too. He said if the decision was about money, he would have stayed with his hometown Miami Hurricanes:

If my decision was just basedoff money I would’ve just stayed in my home town. Im doing what i think is my best interest. ITS EITHER YOUR WITH ME OR AGAINST ME ! pic.twitter.com/UdFuaF8R4P

— Shemar Stewart (@ShemarStewart14) February 2, 2022

Of course, with a school like Texas A&M that has deep pockets, there will always be these sorts of rumors and allegations.

Here’s video of Fisher’s appearance:

"That had nothing to do with this class, this was hard work by our staff … it's insulting that to the kids that come here that you insinuate that."

Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher GOES OFF on NIL rumors about the Aggies #SigningDay @LateKickJosh | @247Sports pic.twitter.com/O6zsFpcYWf

— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) February 2, 2022