Courtesy: SWAC
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) has announced the student-athletes set to participate in the league’s annual SWAC Football Media Day on Thursday, July 21 at 10:00 am CST at the Sheraton-Birmingham, headlined by Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter and Isaiah Land.
ESPN College football analyst Tiffany Greene and Jay Walker will host the event which is set to be carried live on ESPN3.
All twelve SWAC head football coaches will also be in attendance to address media about the upcoming 2022 football season. Last season’s SWAC Media Day was heavily attended and produced some bulletin-board material from Jackson State quarterback Shedeur Sanders. Highly touted freshman Travis Hunter of JSU will be in Birmingham as well.
A complete listing of the SWAC Media Day student-athletes slated to be in attendance is listed below.
Alabama A&M
Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim (WR) and Gary Quarles (RB)
Alabama State
Dematrius Davis (QB) and Irshaad Davis (DB)
Alcorn State
CJ Bolar (WR) and Keyron Kinsler Jr. (DB)
Bethune-Cookman
Kemari Averrett (TE) and Omari Hill-Robinson (DB)
Florida A&M
Isaiah Land (LB) and Xavier Smith (WR)
Grambling State
Tyler Thomas (OL) and Joshua Reed (DB)
Jackson State
Shedeur Sanders (QB) and Travis Hunter (WR/DB)
Mississippi Valley State
Caleb Johnson (RB) and Ronnie Thomas (DL)
Prairie View A&M
Trazon Connley (QB) and Tre’Vion Green (LB)
Southern
Dallas Black (OL) and Cameron Peterson (DL)
Texas Southern
Andrew Body (QB) and Demontario Anderson (DL)
Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Skyler Perry (QB) and Mark Evans II (OL)
About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.
Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.
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