UVa players eliminated last fall honored at NFL draft

Just minutes prior to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell officially opened the 2023 draft by revealing the Carolina Panthers’ selection of Bryce Young, he took to the phase to devote the unofficial very first choices of the draft to three Virginia football players who were shot and eliminated after a class trip last November.

“With the very first picks in the 2023 NFL draft, we invite to the NFL household, D’Sean Perry, Lavel Davis and Devin Chandler of the University of Virginia,” Goodell revealed prior to presenting member of the family of each victim with a No. 23 jersey.Goodell presented Davis’family with a Ravens jersey, Perry’s with a Dolphins jersey and Chandler with a Jaguars jersey, positioning for images with each.Editor’s Picks Virginia head coach Tony Elliott and sports director Carla Williams were also in attendance for the presentation.Davis, Perry and Chandler were eliminated in a shooting Nov. 23, 2022 in a parking lot following a class trip to Washington DC. The accused shooter, Christopher Darnell Jones, had, for a quick time in 2018, also experimented the team.Two other Virginia students were shot, including running back Mike Hollins.Hollins recovered from his injuries and took part in spring practice with the group this month, scoring a touchdown in Virginia’s spring game.