Elko wraps up team’s first five practices [Video]

The Texas A&M football team has had five solid practices, but head coach Mike Elko didn’t pass out depth charts at Tuesday’s press conference.

“We were able to get into shoulder pads the last three days [and] start to get a little bit more physical, but certainly [it’s] still way early in this thing and way early in camp,” Elko said. “So before we get into asking all the questions about these final resolutions that everybody’s looking for, we’re not quite there yet.”

The Aggies, who have been injury-free, will practice four more times this week capped by a scrimmage Saturday at Kyle Field.

“From a benchmark standpoint, we don’t look at the scrimmage to be much different than practice,” Elko said. “I think one of the things we truly try to instill is, we want to practice at a game tempo at all times. And everybody says that, but …