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 and coach and player representatives from LSU, Missouri and Texas A&M kicked off the festivities on Tuesday. Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt made the rounds on Tuesday.
Wednesday featured Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Kentucky. The Crimson Tide almost always bring the by far the most fans to SEC Media Days, the premier college football event of the summer. This year was no different.
Ole Miss is one of three schools rounding things out on Thursday.
The others are South Carolina and Tennessee.
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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Alabama fan Nacho Alabamo poses for a photo while waiting in the lobby during SEC Media Days on Wednesday. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson signs autographs for fans before speaking at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)KJ Jefferson(Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Florida offensive lineman Kingsley Eguakun signs autographs for fans before speaking at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsalltakes a picture with a fan before speaking at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Billy Napier, the Florida head coach, signs an autograph before speaking at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Charlee Waddle, 5, of Cleveland, Tenn,, watches the Arkansas Razorbacks players arrive at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days. It was Charlee’s second visit to Media Days with her brother, Jack, 9, and grandparents, Eddie and Jan Nunlee (who just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary). (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
Alabama head coach Nick Saban shakes hands with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey as he takes the stage to speak at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Nick Saban (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Nick Saban (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Alabama’s Dallas Turner fields questions at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days in Nashville on Wednesday. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Alabama offensive lineman JC Latham talks with members of the media during SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)View of a necklace worn by Alabama offensive lineman JC Latham as he talks with members of the media during SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Alabama defensive back Kool-Aid McKinstry talks with members of the media during SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Detail of a necklace worn by Alabama defensive back Kool-Aid McKinstry at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman shakes hands with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey as he takes the stage during SEC Media Days on Wednesday. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Sam Pittman (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Sam Pittman (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson fields questions at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days at the Nashville Grand Hyatt on Wednesday. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)View of two bowl game rings worn by Arkansas Razorbacks quarterback KJ Jefferson. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Arkansas running back Raheim ‘Rocket’ Sanders talks with members of the media during SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Arkansas defensive end Landon Jackson talks with members of the media during SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Rocket Sanders (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Rocket Sanders (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)
FLORIDA GATORS
Florida head coach Billy Napier talks to members of the media during SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Billy Napier (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Florida defensive back Jason Marshall Jr. answers questions from members of the media during SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Detailed view of a necklace worn by Florida defensive back Jason Marshall Jr. at SEC Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Florida’s Kingsley Eguakun fields questions at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days in Nashville on Wednesday. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Florida’s Ricky Pearsall fields questions at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Kingsley Eguakun (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)
KENTUCKY WILDCATS
Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops speaks at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days in Nashville on Wednesday. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Mark Stoops (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Mark Stoops (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Kentucky’s Octavious Oxendine fields questions at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Kentucky’s J.J. Weaver fields questions at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)Eli Cox of Kentucky fields questions at the 2023 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days. (Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports)
