SEC Media Days: Champ Anthony on Leadership, DJ Durkin's Defense, and "The Pirate" Mindset

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**Champ Anthony** (2:30)
Phone that flip.

**Ike Jones** (2:31)
Yeah.

**Champ Anthony** (2:31)
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**Ike Jones** (2:49)
What's up in War Eagle? We are live here from Digital Drive at SEC Media Days. You got Ike Jones, Auburn Express TV and I am here. Defensive captain, Champ Anthony is in the building. Champ, how are we feeling today, man?

**Champ Anthony** (3:02)
Man, I'm feeling great, man. I thank you for having me on today.

**Ike Jones** (3:05)
Yeah, yeah. I'm glad that you made the stop by. What's it like to get chosen for SEC Media Days as a representative of Auburn?

**Champ Anthony** (3:13)
You know, it's kind of crazy. Like, I kind of had an idea that I might have just because like my leadership role, but like I'm just honestly so blessed and I was surprised, you know, new staff and they just trusted me to represent Auburn well. And that's what I intend to do.

**Ike Jones** (3:27)
Yeah. So talk about the journey a little bit for me. Started as a JUCO guy and you get your opportunity at Auburn and then you go kind of through the adversity, of course, with the injuries and everything. And now you're ready for another season at Auburn and trying to come back. Talk to me a little bit about that process for you of just kind of always having to fight back through some stuff.

**Champ Anthony** (3:45)
Yeah, you know, like my whole life I've been fighting. So like the fight is normal. Like I've been in the fire, like, you know, iron is made in fire. And I live and I dwell and I do well, like while I'm burning. So like, I just want to thank God for allowing me to have these obstacles because like obstacles is what makes you, you know? Like the things that you go through in life, they make who you are and they create your character. And I just thank God for like giving me such a story that I can lean on and that I could help other kids and other people around the world and spread the love of Jesus Christ through that. Because, you know, like if you look at everything that I've been through, like I was a zero star coming out of high school, I went to junior college, and now I'm a captain at Auburn at SCC Media Day. Like that ain't, that's nothing but God. That's literally nothing but God.