Just minutes before NFL commissioner Roger Goodell officially opened the 2023 draft by announcing the
Virginia head coach Tony Elliott and athletics director Carla Williams were also in attendance for the presentation.
Davis, Perry and Chandler were killed in a shooting Nov. 23, 2022 in a parking garage following a class trip to Washington DC. The accused shooter, Christopher Darnell Jones, had, for a brief time in 2018, also practiced with the team.
Two other Virginia students were shot, including running back Mike Hollins.
Hollins recovered from his injuries and participated in spring practice with the team this month, scoring a touchdown in Virginia’s spring game.
