“I hope I’m representing the specialists well here. Hopefully, I can open the door and we’ll start getting a kicker or a punter here every year.”
— Georgia punter Drew Butler, the first punter to ever represent his team at Media Days

“I really wasn’t a football fan or player until 10th grade in high school. I played in pee-wee here and there — and I was a beast — but you couldn’t hit there. The most football knowledge I got was from video games. Back in that day it was all NFL stuff and Barry Sanders was unstoppable in that one Madden game.”
— Arkansas tight end D.J. Williams

“I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but he’s not doing too bad himself. I don’t think I can give him much crap about it.”
— Georgia fullback Shaun Chapas on Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, who never attended SEC Media Days while at Georgia

“Yeah, they have no idea who I am.”
— Vanderbilt interim coach Robbie Caldwell, who took over last week after Bobby Johnson abruptly retired

“I never thought I’d get a bigger bonus for our guys graduating than I did for the bowl game (we played in), but that’s what I did this year.”
— South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier

— Compiled by Andrew Gribble