ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The proud legacy that Shane Ray left at the University of Missouri—one of excellence, given his single-season school record of 14.5 sacks in 2014—equals the impact that the school left upon him.
Ray watched from afar as many of his previous teammates bonded together to support a fight against racial inequality and injustice on campus led by Concerned Student 1950, a group of protestors named for the year African-American students were first admitted to the university. The group of protestors, unsatisfied with little action from university leadership in response to their concerns, issued a list of demands, including plans to "promote a safer, more inclusive campus," as well as the removal of Tim Wolfe as the University of Missouri system's president.