On Saturdays, you might know me as No. 1, wide receiver from Shreveport, Louisiana, Jared Cornelius.

But when I’m not practicing, working out with the football team, or going to class, I’m spinning tracks as DJ JRed and telling stories through music.

Music moves people, for good and bad. If we went out on Saturday listening to Kenny G, I don’t think we’d start very fast. But when we’re out listening to hype music that gets our blood flowing and has us jumping around getting excited, I feel like we’re going to play better.

This summer, the athletics department approached me with an idea to have a player mix the music for the entire team during warmups. The athletics department giving us a voice in what we’re warming up to before a game is a big deal. Giving me a chance to actually prep the mix … that is BIG TIME.

Just like any good story, I’ll start us off with something slow and low key to feel out the vibe. Then I’ll raise the beats per minute and raise the vibe into a climax.

When guys began to ask me if I could put in certain songs in the warmup mix, I started to get really excited. The music you’ll hear when we warm up might take a while for some to get used to; it’s a lot of upbeat stuff, it won’t be the kind of music you dance to. It is music I’ll specially design to get the team riled up and ready to play and take down our opponent.

Like I said, music is all about telling stories and moving people.

And I guarantee you’ll be moving around getting hyped with us before kickoff.

Click play to listen to Pregame Playlist #1

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Click play to listen to Pregame Playlist #4