Cooper, Jones, Collins to represent Alabama at SEC Media Days

Wideouts Amari Cooper and Christion Jones and safety Landon Collins will represent the University of Alabama at SEC Media Days next Thursday in Hoover.

The three players will be joined by UA head coach Nick Saban in the afternoon session on the final day of the four-day media event that signals the arrival, almost, of the 2014 football season.

Cooper, a junior from Miami, has caught 104 passes for 1,736 yards with 15 touchdowns in two seasons with the Crimson Tide. Jones, a senior from Adamsville, in three seasons has 64 receptions for 726 yards and six touchdowns, and last year averaged 14 yards per punt return and 28.7 yards per kickoff return with three returns for touchdowns. Collins, a junior from Geismar, La., has 87 career tackles and intercepted two passes last season.

Each of the league's 14 schools brings three players to SEC Media Days, as well as the head coach. The party from each school spends three total hours rotating through a series of stops for interviews with print, television, radio, digital and other media outlets.

Alabama will share the stage on Thursday with Georgia, Ole Miss and Kentucky. Georgia running back Todd Gurley and Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace will be among the marquee players of the day.

Teams will converge upon the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover starting next Monday. Auburn - which will bring quarterback Nick Marshall as one of its three players - will be joined by Florida and Vanderbilt on the opening day of the media event.

South Carolina, Mississippi State, Texas A&M and Tennessee are all scheduled for Tuesday, as is SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. Missouri, LSU and Arkansas are set for Wednesday.

The event is not open to the public, but fans can gather in the hotel lobby area to seek autographs from coaches and players as they arrive and leave.

SEC Media Days attendees

Alabama

Landon Collins, safety

Amari Cooper, wide receiver

Christion Jones, wide receiver

Arkansas

Brey Cook, offensive guard

Trey Flowers, defensive end

Alan Turner, safety

Auburn

Nick Marshall, quarterback

Reese Dismukes, center

Gabe Wright, defensive linemen

Florida

Jeff Driskel, quarterback

Dante Fowler, defensive end

Vernon Hargreaves III, cornerback

Georgia

Chris Conley, flanker

Todd Gurley, tailback

Ramik Wilson, linebacker

Kentucky

Bud Dupree, defensive end

Jordan Swindle, offensive tackle

Za'Darius Smith, defensive end

LSU

La'el Collins, offensive tackle

Terrence Magee, running back

D.J. Welter, linebacker

Ole Miss

CJ Johnson, defensive end

Cody Prewitt, safety

Bo Wallace, quarterback

Mississippi State

Jay Hughes, safety

Benardrick McKinney, linebacker

Dak Prescott, quarterback

Missouri

Evan Boehm, center

Markus Golden, defensive end

Maty Mauk, quarterback

South Carolina

A.J. Cann, offensive guard

J.T. Surratt, defensive tackle

Dylan Thompson, quarterback

Tennessee

Mack Crowder, offensive line

AJ Johnson, linebacker

Curt Maggitt, defensive end

Texas A&M

Deshazor Everett, defensive back

Drew Kaser, punter

Cedric Ogbuehi, offensive tackle

Vanderbilt

Adam Butler, defensive line

Steven Scheu, tight end

Andrew Williamson, safety