Derrick Nash is interviewed by ESPN on Dec. 24, 2014 during the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl at Thomas Robinson Stadium.
The legacy of Derrick Nash lives on with each game the Central Michigan football team plays.
Nash was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2013 as a high school senior shortly after signing a National Letter of Intent to play at CMU.
He was able to recover in time to play in the 2014 spring game, but his cancer returned in the fall and eventually claimed his life in the summer of 2015.
Since then, Bonamego has vowed to let Nash's memory live on throughout the rest of his career at CMU, even after there are no players on the roster who played with Nash.