SEC Media Days: Gamecocks tap Cooper, Fry, Moore

Three junior standouts will represent the Gamecocks at next week’s SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala.

Receiver Pharoh Cooper, linebacker Skai Moore and kicker Elliott Fry were announced Wednesday as the South Carolina players who will join head coach Steve Spurrier at the annual event.

SEC Media Days takes place July 13-16 at The Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover. Spurrier and the USC players appear the morning of Tuesday, July 14.

Spurrier is making a record 23rd appearance at the event. Mark Richt and Phil Fulmer are second at 15 appearances each.

Cooper, a 5-foot-11, 208-pounder from Havelock, N.C., garnered first-team All-SEC honors a year ago after finishing third in the conference in receptions with 69, and second in receiving yards with 1,136. Cooper this season will look to extend the Gamecocks' streak of a first-team All-American to seven-consecutive years, following Eric Norwood (2009), Alshon Jeffery (2010), Melvin Ingram (2011), Jadevon Clowney (2012 and '13), Kelcy Quarles (2013) and A.J. Cann (2014).

Moore, a 6-foot2, 218-pounder from Cooper City, Fla., has led Carolina in tackles in each of the last two years, becoming the first player to lead the team in back-to-back seasons since Emanuel Cook in 2007 and '08. In 25 games including 13 starts, Moore has registered 149 tackles and seven interceptions.

Fry, a 6-foot, 158-pounder from Frisco, Texas, earned second-team All-SEC accolades from the SEC coaches a season ago after connecting on 18-of-25 field goal attempts and all 51 extra points to lead the team in scoring with 105 points. A candidate for the Groza Award as the nation’s top placekicker, Fry ranks fourth in school history in points scored with 204 and has converted a school record 99 consecutive PATs. Fry also will be part of the SEC's “Beyond The Field: Stories of the SEC” push to spotlight stories outside of athletic endeavors.

ESPN and the SEC Network will be live on site for coverage throughout the event.

Follow Josh Kendall (@joshatthestate), David Cloninger (@dcthestate) and Dwayne McLemore (@gogamecocks) on Twitter and here on GoGamecocks.com for media days coverage, including live updates during USC’s appearance on Tuesday and video from the event.

USC kicks off the 2015 season against North Carolina on Sept. 3 in Charlotte, N.C.

All times listed are Eastern

MONDAY, July 13

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey (12:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.)

Auburn (12:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.) – Gus Malzahn; Jeremy Johnson, Jr., Q; Jonathan Jones, Sr., DB; Kris Frost, Sr., LB

Florida (3:30 – 6:30 p.m.) – Jim McElwain; Jonathan Bullard, Sr., DE; Brandon Powell, So., WR; Vernon Hargreaves III, Jr., DB

Vanderbilt (3:30 – 6:30 p.m.) – Derek Mason; Ralph Webb, So., RB; Nigel Bowden, So., LB; Spencer Pulley, Sr., C

TUESDAY, July 14

SEC Coordinator of Football Officials Steve Shaw (9:30 – 10 a.m.)

South Carolina (10 a.m. – 1:20 p.m.) – Steve Spurrier; Elliott Fry, Jr., PK; Pharoh Cooper, Jr., WR; Skai Moore, Jr., LB

Texas A&M (10 a.m. – 1:20 p.m.) – Kevin Sumlin; Mike Matthews, Sr., C; Germain Ifedi, Jr., OT; Julien Obioha, Sr., DL

SEC Network Announcement (1:45 – 2 p.m.)

Mississippi State (2–5 p.m.) – Dan Mullen; Dak Prescott, Sr., QB; Taveze Calhoun, Sr., DB; Ryan Brown, Sr., DE

Tennessee (2–5 p.m.) – Butch Jones; Joshua Dobbs, Jr., QB; Curt Maggitt, Sr., LB/DL; Cameron Sutton, Jr., DB

WEDNESDAY, July 15

Alabama (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.) – Nick Saban; Reggie Ragland, Sr., LB; Kenyan Drake, Sr., RB; Ryan Kelly, Sr., OL

Kentucky (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.) – Mark Stoops; Melvin Lewis, Sr., NG; Jordan Swindle, Sr., OT; A.J. Stamps, Sr., S

Arkansas (2–5 p.m.) – Bret Bielema; Jonathan Williams, Sr., RB; Brandon Allen, Sr., QB; Keon Hatcher, Sr., WR

Missouri (2–5 p.m.) – Gary Pinkel; Kenya Dennis, Sr., DB; Maty Mauk, Jr., QB; Evan Boehm, Sr., C

THURSDAY, July 16

LSU (10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.) – Les Miles; Leonard Fournette, So., RB; Vadal Alexander, Sr., OT; Kendell Beckwith, Jr., LB

Georgia (10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.) – Mark Richt; Malcolm Mitchell, Sr., WR; John Theus, Sr., OT; Jordan Jenkins, Sr., OLB

Ole Miss (10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.) – Hugh Freeze; Evan Engram, Jr., TE; Mike Hilton, Sr., DB; C.J. Johnson, Sr., LB

This story was originally published July 8, 2015 at 11:02 AM.