protected edit request on february there's a misconception on how the th man is used by texas a m the th man refers solely to the student body not to any fan attending the game the th man is represented on the field by the non scholarship player chosen to wear the number no scholarship football player at a m is allowed to wear former students and other fans at the game are not considered the th man only current students this restriction does not apply to other sports on campus many of the th man representatives have gone on to receive scholarships such as rich coady caleb russell and travis labhart