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MEAC Football Media Day, presented by Cricket, Set for Friday

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NORFOLK, Va., July 26, 2021 – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will host its annual Football Media Day, presented by Cricket, on Friday at the Hilton The Main Norfolk (100 E. Main Street, Norfolk, VA 23510 / 757-763-6200) in downtown Norfolk at 9 a.m.

Head coaches and two student-athletes from the MEAC’s six football-playing institutions will be in attendance. There will be a live show, streamed on the MEAC’s YouTube page and MEACSports.com, hosted by ESPN’s Tiffany Greene and Jay Walker. In addition, each coach and student-athlete will be available for one-on-one interviews with media in attendance.

There will be no luncheon this year.

Credential pick-up for media in attendance will begin at 8:30 a.m. Media attending in-person be subject to COVID-19 protocols, including (but not limited to) masking and social distancing in accordance with the CDC and the Commonwealth of Virginia. The MEAC strongly suggests in-person media wear masks.

The 2021 MEAC football season will kick off on Saturday, Aug. 28 in Atlanta, Ga., with the Cricket MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kickoff, which will see North Carolina Central square off against Alcorn State. The game will kick off at 7 p.m., live on ESPN.

Delaware State: WR Kwannah Kollie, DB Jawain Granger
Howard: WR Antoine Murray, DL Aaron Mortley
Morgan State: WR Wesley Wolfolk, LB Kalen Jennings
Norfolk State: WR Justin Smith, DB Stuart Anderson
North Carolina Central: WR Ryan McDaniel, DE Jessie Malit
South Carolina State: QB Corey Fields, DB Decobie Durant

About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is in its 51st year of intercollegiate competition with the 2021-22 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of eight outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.