{"id":195798,"date":"2025-07-10T09:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/195798\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:37:12","slug":"this-is-who-is-representing-kentucky-at-2025-sec-media-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/195798\/","title":{"rendered":"This is who is representing Kentucky at 2025 SEC Media Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta will serve as the host for the 2025 edition of SEC Media Days. Before the talking heads make the trip to the Peach State, the league is sharing which players will attend the event. <\/p>\n<p>Throughout the Mark Stoops era, Kentucky has treated this trip as somewhat of a reward for a player\u2019s dedication to the program. A first-year transfer has never attended the event. If memory serves me correctly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/mike-edwards-88929\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Edwards<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/benny-snell-10244\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benny Snell<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/deone-walker-34477\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deone Walker<\/a> are the only non-seniors who have attended the event on UK\u2019s behalf. <\/p>\n<p>Mark Stoops is bringing three seniors to Atlanta: tight end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/josh-kattus-145033\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Kattus<\/a>, defensive back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/jordan-lovett-65679\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Lovett<\/a>, and linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/alex-afari-2768\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Afari<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For the second straight year, Kentucky will have to wait until the last day to receive its time in the SEC Media Days spotlight. Mark Stoops will take the podium in the main room at 10:50 AM ET on Thursday, July 17. <a href=\"https:\/\/espnpressroom.com\/us\/press-releases\/2025\/07\/sec-network-boasts-nearly-50-hours-of-original-studio-programming-for-2025-sec-kickoff-presented-by-regions-bank-live-from-atlanta-july-14-17\/amp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The SEC Network will most more than 50 hours of programming<\/a> during the four-day event.<\/p>\n<p>Texas QB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/arch-manning-7353\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arch Manning<\/a> will be the biggest draw at the event, but don\u2019t be surprised if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/diego-pavia-36926\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diego Pavia<\/a> says something to steal the show. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/jackson-arnold-51487\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Arnold<\/a> is making his second SEC Media Days appearance. The Auburn quarterback will accompany Hugh Freeze to Atlanta after representing Oklahoma in Dallas a year ago.  <\/p>\n<p>Alabama<br \/>Tim Keenan III, DL, Senior<br \/>Deontae Lawson, LB, Senior<br \/>Kadyn Proctor, OL, Junior<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas<br \/>Cam Ball, DL, Senior<br \/>Taylen Green, QB, Senior<br \/>Xavian Sorey Jr., LB, Senior<\/p>\n<p>Auburn<br \/>Jackson Arnold, QB, Junior<br \/>Keldric Faulk, DL,\u00a0Junior<br \/>Connor Lew, OL, Junior<\/p>\n<p>Florida<br \/>Caleb Banks, DL, Senior<br \/>Jake Slaughter, OL, Senior<br \/>DJ Lagway, QB, Sophomore<\/p>\n<p>Georgia<br \/>CJ Allen, LB, Junior<br \/>Daylen Everette, DB, Senior<br \/>Gunner Stockton, QB, Junior<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky<br \/>Alex Afari Jr., LB, Senior<br \/>Jordan Lovett, DB, Senior<br \/>Josh Kattus, TE, Senior<\/p>\n<p>LSU<br \/>Chris Hilton Jr., WR, Senior<br \/>Garrett Nussmeier, QB, Senior<br \/>Whit Weeks, LB, Junior<\/p>\n<p>Ole Miss<br \/>TJ Dottery, LB, Junior<br \/>Cayden Lee, WR, Junior<br \/>Austin Simmons, QB, Sophomore<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi State<br \/>Blake Shapen, QB, QB, Graduate<br \/>Isaac Smith, S, Junior<br \/>Brenen Thompson, WR, Senior<\/p>\n<p>Missouri<br \/>Daylan Carnell, S, Graduate<br \/>Connor Tollison, C, Graduate<br \/>Zion Young, DE, Senior<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma<br \/>John Mateer, QB, Junior<br \/>Robert Spears-Jennings, DB, Senior<br \/>R Mason Thomas, DL, Senior<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina<br \/>LaNorris Sellers, QB, Sophomore<br \/>DQ Smith, DB, Senior<br \/>Nick Barrett, DT, Senior<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee<br \/>Arion Carter, LB, Junior<br \/>Miles Kitselman, TE, Senior<br \/>Bryson Eason, DT, Senior<\/p>\n<p>Texas<br \/>Anthony Hill Jr, LB, Junior<br \/>Arch Manning, QB, Sophomore<br \/>Michael Taaffe, DB, Senior<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M<br \/>Will Lee III, DB, Senior<br \/>Ar\u2019maj Reed-Adams, OL, Graduate<br \/>Taurean York, LB, Junior<\/p>\n<p>Vanderbilt<br \/>Randon Fontenette, S\/OLB, Junior<br \/>Martel Hight, DB, Junior<br \/>Diego Pavia, QB, Graduate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta will serve as the host for the 2025 edition of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[40445,7,42161,42162,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-195798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-alex-afari-22-lakota-west","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jordan-lovett-21-north-hardin","11":"tag-josh-kattus-22-archbishop-moeller","12":"tag-ncaa","13":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114828269637728842","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}