Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens is a candidate for the recently vacated position at Texas A&M, according to a source with knowledge of the search.

Mullens, who is in his ninth year at UO, is among a short list of top candidates at Texas A&M, according to the source, who requested anonymity because they’re not authorized to discuss the school’s search process.

In the third of an eight-year contract through June 2024 at Oregon, Mullens earns a $717,500 salary plus deferred compensation, performance and retention bonuses, the first of which ($100,000) he would be owed if still at UO on June 30. He is also due retention bonuses of $200,000 in 2020, $300,000 from 2021-23 and $1 million in 2024.

Mullens, who also currently serves as chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee, would not owe Oregon a buyout if he leaves at any point during his contract, which began in October 2016.

Texas A&M, which recently lost athletic director Scott Woodward to LSU, appointed former Aggies football coach R.C. Slocum as interim athletic director. Slocum also serves on the selection committee for the College Football Playoff, which held its annual meeting last week in Irving, Texas.

Texas A&M announced it did not have a deadline to make a hire for the position, which will be among the most highly sought after leadership posts in college athletics.

Texas A&M was one of just two schools to generate over $200 million in athletics revenue last year, according to USA Today, the other being rival Texas. The new Kyle Field has helped fuel the school’s rise in revenue since joining the SEC, where Mullens has ties from his tenure in various leadership roles at Kentucky from 2002-10.

The Aggies hired football coach Jimbo Fisher to a 10-year, $75 million contract last year and recently hired basketball coach Buzz Williams to a six-year deal worth over $24 million.

At an appearance in Houston Wednesday, Fisher said he’d be involved in Texas A&M’s search process.