Record Breaking, Multi-Platinum Selling Artist Sam Hunt to Serve as College GameDay Guest Picker

September 1, 2017

Alabama’s Nick Saban and FSU’s Jimbo Fisher Live on College GameDay Set

Music superstar Sam Hunt will join ESPN’s College GameDay Built by the Home Depot as guest picker on Saturday, Sept. 2 as the premier pregame show bookends its season from Atlanta. Hunt, a former quarterback for the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will join host Rece Davis and analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and Desmond Howard from International Plaza outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in advance of the 2017 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game between No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Florida State (8 p.m. on ABC). The multi-platinum selling artist will be the first guest picker of College GameDay’s 25th season of road shows and will be on hand to witness Corso’s 296^th headgear pick. College GameDay airs from 9 a.m. to noon ET on ESPN, with Hunt set to join the show in the final segment (approximately 11:40 a.m. -noon).

More About Hunt
Hunt’s most recent single “Body Like a Back Road” is RIAA-certified Triple Platinum and has spent record 29 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, smashing the record of 24 weeks previously held by Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise.” His debut album, Montevallo produced four No. 1 singles and five platinum- or multi-platinum hits. Montevallo also earned Hunt Grammy nominations for Best New Artist and Best Country Album and the American Music Award for “New Artist of the Year.

Additional College GameDay Highlights:

Saban and Fisher Live on Set
Alabama and Florida State head coaches Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher will be live on set ahead of their history-making kickoff weekend matchup.

Bringing Down the House
‘Bringing Down the House’ will feature never before seen footage behind the scenes of Appalachian State’s historic upset of Michigan in 2007. Former players will reflect on and discuss the marquee moment from 10 years ago.
Remember When: 2007 Edition
A look back on the 2007 College Football season, considered one of the most memorable seasons in recent history. Tom Rinaldi reports.
Maryland Linebacker Melvin Keihn’s Homecoming
Maryland Linebacker Melvin Keihn fled his native country, the war-torn Liberia, when he was just a child. Gene Wojciechowski follows Keihn as he returns 14-years later to reunite with his mother.

Sam Hunt Co-hosts Marty Smith’s America on Sept. 5
Continuing his run on ESPN, Sam Hunt will co-host the next new episode of SportsCenter presents: Marty Smith’s America, Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Hunt will join Smith as they highlight the return of football at the University of Alabama-Birmingham after being shut down for two years due to financial concerns. The half-hour program will also include Smith’s conversation with New York Giants wide receiver Brandon Marshall.

Marty Smith’s America was launched as a monthly television program highlighting Smith’s singular personality and his storytelling and interviewing style.

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