Back in July, SEC Network’s Greg McElroy made headlines at SEC Media Days when he called out Kentucky defensive tackle Matt Elam for being “lazy” and “underachieving.”
“This was an embarrassing effort last year, particularly the former 5-star, Matt Elam, who’s lazy and as underachieving a player as I’ve seen in this league in a long time,” McElroy said.
When asked about the comments, Elam took the high road by saying he’s going to take the criticism and do something about it.
“I’m not just going to sit there and cry about it,” Elam said. “I’m going to have to do something about it and the only way you can do something about it is just change it.