2020) Don Watson - HB, 5'11", 155 lbs., Sophomore from Franklin, Texas (died January 7, 2020) Lawrence Winkler - T, 6'0", 225 lbs., Senior from Temple, Texas Joseph Rowell Sr.- G, 6'2", 220 lbs., Junior from Citronelle, Alabama (died February 1, 2010) Herb Wolf - C, 5'11", 185 lbs., Junior from Houston, Texas Nick Tyson- WR, 6'1", 181 lbs., Junior from Norman, Oklahoma Over 100 players often have been depicted as making the trip to Junction, but all the survivors insist that the number was actually smaller. Although Bryant started out with over 100 players on the roster, many had already quit or been cut by the time of the Junction camp. Aftermath Bryant's methods did not translate into immediate success on the field. During the 1954 season, Texas A&M played 10 games, starting on September 18 and ended on November 25, losing nine of them. It was the only losing season in Bryant's 38 years as a head coach. The Aggies' only victory was a 6–0 win over Georgia on October 2, the third game of the season. Texas A&M did significantly better the next two seasons, going 7–2–1 in 1955, and 9–0–1 in 1956, winning the Southwest Conference despite being on probation. Two of the Junction Boys, Jack Pardee and Gene Stallings, went on to become head coaches in the National Football League (NFL). Pardee was a two-time All-Pro with the 1963 Los Angeles Rams and the 1971 Washington Redskins. Stallings also became Texas A&M head coach, and his Aggie team beat Bryant's Alabama team in the 1968 Cotton Bowl Classic. Stallings later became head coach at Alabama and won a national championship in his third season in with the 1992 Crimson Tide, which was Alabama's first national championship following Bryant's death. In 2008, 19 of the Junction Boys had a 54th anniversary reunion at a ranch in Brenham, Texas. The remaining members agreed to have a reunion every five years. In April 2010, the surviving Junction Boys were honored by the Texas Children's Cancer Center at "An Evening with Texas Legends" in Houston, Texas, at the Hilton Americas Hotel. They were interviewed by sportswriter Mickey Herskowitz at the event. References Texas A&M Aggies football players Nicknamed groups of American football players