COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Many of Aggieland's athletes showcase their skills on the gridiron or a court, but others showcase theirs with a mouse and keyboard.

Texas A&M Esports was founded in 2013 and has grown into a program that competes in a dozen different games, ranging from tactical shooters to arcade-style fighting games and even the sports A&M is renowned for."We typically on average always have around 12 or more game titles that we have," said Pierce Ray, the president of Texas A&M Esports.

"I had two of our players. One of them got reached out. I forget what organization it was, but they were not from the US and everything, and they were looking to recruit him to come play for them."Playing esports requires a similarly high level of dedication and practice."There were times when four or five hours of my day, especially when I was at Blinn because we were really pushing to be the best," said Ray.