Since the 1954-55 season Texas A&M’s football teams have become significantly more diverse. As with many other teams across the nation during the Jim Crow Era, the 1954 Aggie football team exuded a lack of racial diversity. While this chapter of Aggie football lacked inclusivity it provides appreciation for the progress the university and college football has made to become more multicultural. Such diversification efforts are seen in 1967 when Robert Cortez became the first Hispanic Aggie football player.

Sourced from student Koby Barrera

Just as each team represents a different epoch in Aggie football, so does each jersey. This is most noticeably seen in the style jumps between the 1990s and 2010s. In 2012, Texas A&M Athletics made the decision to leave the Big 12 and join the SEC. A new conference required a new aesthetic. The uniforms designed for the 2012 season onward, reflected a more modern flare while simultaneously keeping with the shoulder stripes and block numbers apparent in A&M jerseys in the 20th century. These new jerseys not only advertised their recent sponsor, Addidas but became strategic marketing agents for current students and prospective players. While the jersey itself cannot bring the Aggie spirit to life, the player can. Perhaps the best marketer for the jerseys was none other than Jonny Manziel who went on that year to win the Heisman, becoming an Aggieland hero. The 2012 jerseys symbolized a new era in Aggie football.

 Sourced from student Nicholas Abowd