The SEC this week is holding its annual Media Days in advance of the 2023 college football season.
The event this year is being held in Nashville, Tenn. League commissioner Greg Sankey kick-started the festivities by addressing attending media on Monday. Also in attendance were head coaches and players representatives from LSU, Missouri and Texas A&M.
Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt are slated for Tuesday, followed by Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Kentucky on Wednesday. Ole Miss is one of three schools — the others are South Carolina and Tennessee — rounding things out on Thursday.
The Rebels are sending head coach Lane Kiffin and players Quinshon Judkins, Deantre Prince and Cedric Johnson to the Music City.
Kiffin is entering his fourth Ole Miss season. Judkins is the Rebels’ star second-year running back. He set a new single-season school record for rushing yards as a true freshman last season. Judkins is considered by some a sleeper Heisman candidate.
Prince is a returning four-year starter in the Ole Miss secondary. Johnson is a veteran EDGE making his second of back-to-back SEC Media Days appearances. The Rebels are set to make their rounds starting Thursday at 9:05 a.m. CT.
All four days of SEC Media Days are being broadcast nationally on the SEC Network. The SEC is responsible for the last four national championships. This year’s Media Days are the last before the conference expands to 16 teams.
Texas and Oklahoma are joining July 1, 2024.
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Construction on downtown Nashville’s Broadway Bridge creates a challenging scenario for attendees at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days at the Nashville Grand Hyatt on Broadway, Monday morning, July 17, 2023.Mark Branch of Lebanon, Tenn., and his son, Graham Branch, 14, wait for the next batch of players and coaches to arrive at SEC Media Days. The two were successful in getting autographs from LSU players.SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey kicks off the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days.Sankey kicks off SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Banner in Radio Row during SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Podium background during SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)
LSU TIGERS
LSU Head Coach Brian Kelly addresses the media at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Kelly addresses the media at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)LSU Tigers defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo speaks with the media at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Jayden Daniels, the veteran LSU quarterback, fields questions at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Jayden Daniels fields questions at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)LSU’s Josh Williams fields questions at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Jayden Daniels, second left, Josh Williams, center, and Mekhi Wingo head for the exit after doing a group portrait with their coach, Brian Kelly, at SEC Media Days.Brian Kelly of LSU is interviewed as he exits SEC Media Days.
TEXAS A&M AGGIES
Jimbo Fisher of Texas A&M speaks with the media at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Jimbo Fisher addresses the media at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Texas A&M Aggies defensive lineman Fadil Diggs speaks with the media at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Texas A&M’s Ainias Smith fields questions at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)McKinnley Jackson, the veteran Texas A&M defensive tackle, addresses the media at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)
MISSOURI TIGERS
The Missouri Tigers ready to address the ballroom at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Missouri head coach Eli addresses the media at SEC Media Days. Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Drinkwitz addresses the media at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Missouri offensive lineman Javon Foster at SEC Media Days on Monday. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Kris Abrams-Draine, the Missouri defensive back, speaks with the media at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Steve Roberts/USA TODAY)Darius Robinson of Missouri fields questions at SEC Media Days.
