In the past week, the recruiting world has seen a variety of commitments coming from players in all different directions. The surprising thing has been some verbals from underclassmen, though. We tackle those commitments in this week's edition of the Tucker Topics.

TEXAS A&M LOADING UP

Most of the recruiting talk over the past month has generated from College Station, Texas with the impressive recruiting haul of the Texas A&M Aggies. In the 2015 class, Billy Kennedy and his staff have been able to pull in four top-75 commitments - and all of them are from the DFW area.

Tuesday, power forward Elijah Thomas joined fellow big man Tyler Davis and perimeter stars D.J. Hogg and Admon Gilder to round out a quite impressive recruiting class for the Aggies. Add freshman point guard Alex Robinson to the equation, and A&M should be a school to reckon with in the SEC - and nationally - for the next few years.

Davis shared some views on why everyone is headed to A&M: "It was the right place to be for all of us. We all have the same mindset ... Win! And together, we believe we can do it."

D.J. Hogg, one of the best shooters in the country, had more to say: "We have a chance to start a powerhouse in Texas, and I get to play with some of my best friends."

Texas A&M basketball (yes, BASKETBALL) is set to have at-worst a top 5 recruiting class this year. Kennedy's hiring of former Mississippi State head coach Rick Stansbury has proven to be beneficial to a school that has struggled in recent years to get top players to College Station.

As it stands now, it looks like Texas A&M is preparing to jump to the head of the table in the SEC, challenging the likes of Kentucky and Florida.

SEC MAKING MOVES IN RECRUITING

Texas A&M is the latest school to make an impressive run on the recruiting trail in the SEC. Since the end of the summer, the majority of the SEC has made lasting impressions in the recruiting game.

Going by the 247Sports Composite ranking, the SEC has 18 commitments in the 247 Top 150. That includes only one commitment for Kentucky, who will have a handful more by the time everything is said and done. In 2014, the SEC pulled in 24 prospects from the top 150. It looks like 2015 will top that and we could possibly be looking at 30 prospects heading to SEC schools.

Here is a number breakdown for each school that has a top 150 commitment in the SEC for 2015:

Texas A&M: 4
Florida: 4
Auburn: 2

Kentucky, LSU, Arkansas, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Alabama all have one commitment in the top 150 so far.

Just some food for thought. It looks like the SEC is beefing things up on the recruiting trail.

VIRINIA STRIKING EARLY IN 2016

Most programs have yet to finalize their 2015 recruiting classes, but Virginia head coach Tony Bennett is already in the midst of his 2016 class, and he is definitely targeting some shooting.

Following a visit over the weekend, Indianapolis native and sharpshooter Kyle Guy made a surprise commitment to the Cavaliers. The 6-foot-2 guard is one of the best shooters in the high school game right now, and the stats prove it.

Guy racked up a 48% shooting percentage from behind the three-point line during the adidas Gauntlet circuit this past AAU season while playing for Indiana Elite.

Ty Jerome is Virginia's other commitment for the 2016 class so far. His game brings a lot of things to the table, and shooting is one of them. While it is still early, Bennett and his staff have an early start on the best shooting class in the country.

BIG GAME FOR OLE MISS COMMIT

Ole Miss commit J.T. Escobar is doing a post-grad year at Elev-8 Prep in Delray Beach, Florida, and it sounds like he is getting ready to go to college.

The 6-foot-2 guard dropped 62 points in a win over Oak Hill Monday night. Obviously, with the loaded roster Oak Hill has on its team, any big number is impressive, but 62?!

When he committed to the Rebels last year, some deemed him as Marshall Henderson's replacement - minus all the antics. These quick highlights prove Escobar can fill it up from the perimeter with his shooting.