10/15/2025
In the center of Virginia Football’s new Hardie Operations Football Center stands one of the most meaningful tributes in any college football facility.
Three Virginia Cavaliers football players — Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry, and Devin Chandler — were fatally shot in November 2022, and Virginia now honors their memory with a memorial shrine inside its football operations facility. Specifically, three mannequins, dressed exactly as the student-athletes wore their uniforms on game day, serve as a lasting reminder of brotherhood and legacy.
Every design detail was chosen with care — turning this facility into more than a high-performance environment, but a space that carries memory, purpose and connection.
🎥 Watch the full “Royal Key” facility tour feature of this meaningful space, featuring Head Coach, Tony Elliott: https://lnkd.in/gFtDbThT
Outfitted by: Riddell Sports & Nike Football | Experiential Design: Forty Nine Degrees
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