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Virginia football players honored in memorial service

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Virginia players remembered teammates Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D'Sean Perry during a memorial service on Saturday, sharing stories and shedding tears -- all while letting the world know how much they would dedicate the rest of their lives in their memory.

With the Chandler, Davis and Perry families sitting in the front row, and the entire football teams in the rows behind them, the memorial was an opportunity not only for remembrances about all three, but in the words of University President Jim Ryan "to start the healing of our beloved university.