These players will represent Ole Miss, Mississippi State at 2019 SEC Media Days

Mississippi Clarion Ledger

Ole Miss coach Matt Luke and Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead will take the podium at the 2019 SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala., on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. They'll be accompanied by three of their most prominent players.

Mohamed Sanogo, offensive tackle Alex Givens and quarterback Matt Corral will be representing Ole Miss. All three players will be making their first appearances as spokesmen at the event, after the Rebels sent quarterback Jordan Ta'amu, center Sean Rawlings and defensive tackle Josiah Coatney last season.

Junior linebacker Erroll Thompson, senior offensive lineman Darryl Williams and senior tight end Farrod Green will travel to Hoover for Mississippi State. Thompson and Williams are team captains in 2019, and Green is set to start at tight end in his fifth season with the program.

Thompson is the leader of an experienced Bulldog linebacking unit. He was second on the team in tackles in 2018 with 87, and he should challenge for the team tackling title again this year. It wouldn't be surprising if the junior from Florence, Alabama, earns national honors at the end of the year.

Williams started 12 games at left guard last season but has transitioned to center after the departure of Elgton Jenkins. Green only caught 11 balls for 81 yards in his red-shirt junior season, but Moorhead is adamant about revamping the Mississippi State passing game in his second season as head coach. Green could play a big role in making that happen.

A junior linebacker from Plano, Texas, Sanogo led the Rebels in tackles last season with 112. Sanogo finished the 2018 season with one sack, two forced fumbles and 6.5 tackles for loss. He recorded double-digit tackles in four of Ole Miss' last five games, including season-highs of 16 against both Auburn and Texas A&M.

A senior who has started games in all three of his seasons at Ole Miss, including starting all 12 games a season ago, Givens is one of the veteran leaders on Ole Miss' offense. He will anchor an offensive line that loses three starters from a season ago and will do so as one of the more productive pass protectors in the SEC. Last season, Givens only allowed pressures on 2.9 percent of his pass blocking snaps.

Corral is expected to take over as Ole Miss' starting quarterback this season after playing in four games last season while taking a redshirt. In his limited action, Corral completed 16 of his 22 passes (72.7 percent) for 239 yards and two touchdowns with one interception.

It's a bit of a surprise that Ole Miss is sending Corral to Hoover. Corral will be the only player representing his team next week who isn't a junior or senior. That said, Ole Miss is one of nine teams sending a quarterback to SEC Media Days, so Corral should fit in in that regard.

Ole Miss will be speaking on day two of the event, along with Georgia, Tennessee and Texas A&M. The Rebels will have plenty of topics to cover, coming off a 5-7 season which resulted in Ole Miss hiring five new assistant coaches, including new offensive and defensive coordinators. Ole Miss also signed a massive recruiting class, bringing 31 new players to campus including five-star running back Jerrion Ealy, a slew of four-star wide receivers to help replace the likes of A.J. Brown, D.K. Metcalf and DaMarkus Lodge and five junior college prospects who'll be expected to contribute early.

Mississippi State takes its turn on day three. Moorhead became the second coach in Mississippi State history to win eight games in his first season in Starkville, but he'll have to answer questions about why the Bulldogs didn't win more. An 8-5 record with one of the best defenses in the country felt like an underachievement to many, but Moorhead seems more comfortable in his role this year and is aimed at improving in year two.

Here's a full list of every player who will attend SEC Media Days:

2019 SEC Media Days attendees

Alabama

QB Tua Tagovailoa
WR Jerry Jeudy
LB Dylan Moses

Arkansas

DL McTelvin Agim
LB De'Jon Harris
RB Devwah Whaley

Auburn

DT Derrick Brown
OT Prince Tega Wanogho
LB Marlon Davidson

Florida

QB Felipe Franks
RB Lamical Perine
DT Jabari Zuniga

Georgia

QB Jake Fromm
DB J.R. Reed
OT Andrew Thomas

Kentucky

ATH Lynn Bowden Jr.
LB Kash Daniel
OL Logan Stenberg

LSU

QB Joe Burrow
DB Grant Delpit
C Lloyd Cushenberry

Ole Miss

QB Matt Corral
LB Mohamed Sanogo
OT Alex Givens

Mississippi State

TE Farrod Green
LB Errol Thompson
C Darryl Williams

Missouri

QB Kelly Bryant
DB DeMarkus Acy
LB Cale Garrett

South Carolina

QB Jake Bentley
LB T.J. Brunson
WR Bryan Edwards

Tennessee

QB Jarrett Guarantano
LB Daniel Bituli
LB Daniel Taylor

Texas A&M

QB Kellen Mond
DL Justin Madubuike
P Braden Mann

Vanderbilt

WR Kalija Lipscomb
TE Jared Pinkney
RB Ke'Shawn Vaughn

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