Chiefs defensive again Juan Thornhill will honor the lives of the three UVA soccer gamers who had been tragically killed final weekend … by sporting customized tribute cleats throughout Okay.C.’s primetime matchup on Sunday evening.
Thornhill — who attended UVA earlier than he was drafted into the NFL in 2019 — confirmed off what the spikes will appear to be on his social media web page on Wednesday … they usually’re wonderful.
The sneakers function the Cavaliers’ blue and orange colours … and now have the names of the three victims — D’Sean Perry, Lavel Davis and Devin Chandler — etched into them.
The trio of soccer gamers’ jersey numbers, surrounded by angel wings, had been additionally painted onto one of many sides. The different facet, in the meantime, has replicas of the fellows’ UVA jerseys.
“1.15.41 👼🧡💙,” Thornhill tweeted whereas saying the style selection. “Wearing these Sunday to have fun you 3.”
As we reported, the soccer gamers had been gunned down on campus after coming back from a category subject journey on Sunday evening. Two others, together with Cavaliers operating again Mike Hollins, had been shot within the incident as nicely — although each survived.
Former UVA operating again Christopher Jones Jr. — who truly performed with Thornhill on the college in 2018 — has been arrested and charged in reference to the killings.
Thornhill and the Chiefs will kick off their “Sunday Night Football” sport in opposition to the Chargers at 5:20 p.m. PT.