Big South Football Media Day is Tuesday, July 27 - Watch Live on ESPN+
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – The annual Big South Conference Football Media Day is set to take place on Tuesday, July 27 at the Charlotte Marriott SouthPark Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. The event will kickoff the 20th season of Big South football and features a luncheon at 12:00pm followed by interview sessions with local, regional and national media outlets.
As part of the event, the conference will announce its annual preseason All-Conference teams in a video presentation. In addition, the head coach of the Big South preseason favorite will speak at the luncheon and the preseason Players of the Year will be recognized. The preseason poll and preseason All-Conference teams will first be posted on the Big South’s Social Media platforms, and later available online at www.BigSouthSports.com starting at 1:30pm Tuesday afternoon.
Again this year, interviews with each team’s head coach and student-athletes will be part of a live show on ESPN+ hosted by Evan Lepler and Erin Summers starting at approximately 1:30pm (see below for full schedule). The show will air live on an ESPN platform for the seventh consecutive year (click here to access the live feed).
Fans can follow Football Media Day and engage with the event using the hashtag #BigSouthFB on the Big South’s social platforms. The day will include various posts on the league’s main @BigSouthSports Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts, while the popular “Chalk Talk” segment with the student-athletes will air on Instagram Live Tuesday morning from 8:30-11:00am.
The following student-athletes are confirmed as attending:
School - Student-Athletes (position, class)
Campbell - Hajj-Malik Williams, (QB, Jr) and Darion Slade (DB, R-Sr.)
Charleston Southern - Jack Chambers, (QB, R-Sr.) and Shaundre Mims (DL, R-Sr.)
Gardner-Webb - Narii Gaither (RB, Jr.) and Shai Thomas (DL, Sr.)
Hampton - Jadakis Bonds (WR, R-Jr.) and Devin Marcano (DL, R-Soph.)
Kennesaw State - Isaac Foster (RB, Sr.) and Cole Loden (DB, Sr.)
Monmouth - Juwon Farri (RB, R-Jr.) and Anthony Budd (DB, R-Sr.)
North Alabama - Cortez Hall (WR, R-Jr.) and Will Evans (LB, Sr.)
North Carolina A&T - Jah-Maine Martin (RB, R-Sr.) and Najee Reams (DB, R-Sr.)
Robert Morris - George Martin (QB, R-Sr.) and Tavin Harville (DB, Gr.)
Instagram Live “Chalk Talk” with Student-Athletes (All times EST)
8:30am - North Carolina A&T and Robert Morris
9:00am - Monmouth and Kennesaw State
9:30am - Charleston Southern and Gardner-Webb
10:00am - Hampton and North Alabama
10:30am - Campbell
Live Show Schedule (approximate and subject to change. All times EST)
1:30pm - Opening Remarks / Preseason All-Conference Video
1:40pm - Commissioner Kyle Kallander
1:50pm - Charleston Southern
2:05pm - Kennesaw State
2:20pm - North Alabama
2:35pm - Hampton
2:50pm - North Carolina A&T
3:05pm - Gardner-Webb
3:20pm - Campbell
3:35pm - Robert Morris
3:50pm - Monmouth
4:05pm - Closing Remarks / Preseason All-Conference Video