SEC Media Days is set for next week in Dallas
Greg Sankey will kick off the annual SEC Media Days on Monday, July 15, at a new site - Omni Dallas Hotel. (File Photo)
By GRAHAM DUNN
The Southeastern Conference has announced the attendees for the annual Kickoff Media Days set to begin Monday in Dallas.
With 16 teams, there is also an adjustment to the four-day schedule.
As before, the event runs through Thursday at the Omni Dallas Hotel.
For all but three years (1985-2017), the event was held in Birmingham sans the year of 2020, when the event was canceled due to COVID-19. Last year, the event was held in Nashville and before that the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
This is the first time Media Days will be held west of the Mississippi River. That is due to the arrival of newcomers Oklahoma and Texas.
Three players will accompany the head coach for each school. That number includes three new head coaches, featuring Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer, who replaces the legendary Nick Saban after 17 years.
DeBoer and the players from Alabama will take to the podiums on Wednesday. Quarterback Jalen Milroe, offensive lineman Tyler Booker and defensive back Malachi Moore will join the new Bama head coach.
Hugh Freeze and the Auburn contingency will arrive on Thursday. Players scheduled to attend are quarterback Payton Thorne, linebacker EugeneAsante and defensive end Keldric Faulk.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey will make his annual state of the conference address on Monday morning to begin the festivities.
River Region Sports and Score 94&Hit 106 radio will have full coverage of the event beginning Monday.
The list of players each day is below.
Monday
LSU
Garrett Nussmeier, QB, Junior
Mason Taylor, TE, Junior
Harold Perkins, LB, Junior
Ole Miss
Jaxson Dart, QB, Senior
Tre Harris, WR, Senior
Jared Ivey, DE, Senior
South Carolina
Alex Huntley, DT, Senior
Luke Doty, ATH, Senior
Debo Williams, LB, Senior
Vanderbilt
Gunnar Hansen, OL, Senior
Langston Patterson, LB, Junior
CJ Taylor, S, Senior
Tuesday
Georgia
Carson Beck, QB, Senior
Mykel Williams, DL, Junior
Malaki Starks, S, Junior
Missouri
Luther Burden III, WR, Junior
Brady Cook, QB, Senior
Kristian Williams, DL, Senior
Oklahoma
Jackson Arnold, QB, Sophomore
Danny Stutsman, LB, Senior
Billy Bowman Jr., DB, Senior
Tennessee
Cooper Mays, C, Senior
Keenan Pili, LB, Senior
Omari Thomas , DL, Senior
Wednesday
Alabama
Jalen Milroe, QB, Junior
Tyler Booker, OL, Junior
Malachi Moore, DB, Graduate Student
Florida
Graham Mertz, QB, Senior
Shemar James, ILB, Junior
Montrell Johnson Jr., RB, Senior
Mississippi State
Blake Shapen, QB, Senior
Albert Reese IV, OL, Junior
John Lewis, LB, Junior
Texas
Quinn Ewers, QB, Junior
Kelvin Banks Jr., OL, Junior
Jahdae Barron, DB, Senior
Thursday
Arkansas
Andrew Armstrong, WR, Senior
Taylen Green, QB, Junior
Landon Jackson, DE, Senior
Auburn
Payton Thorne, QB, Senior
Eugene Asante, LB, Senior
Keldric Faulk, DE, Sophomore
Kentucky
Marques Cox, OL, Senior
D’Eryk Jackson, LB, Senior
Deone Walker, DL, Junior
Texas A&M
Shemar Turner, DL, Senior
Taurean York, LB, Sophomore
Trey Zuhn III, OL, Junior