“We’ve had enough solemn this week,” Spartans head coach Brent Brennan said. “We need to celebrate that young man. And what an awesome human being he was.”
To celebrate McWright, the freshman running back who died just shy of 19 years old, the team turned to music. Before kickoff, McWright’s teammates formed together to make his No. 6 at center field with Lil Jon’s “Outta Your Mind” blasting in the background, the announcer asked the crowd to sing along.
“We lost our brother,” quarterback Chevan Cordeiro said. “I don’t have the words, but he was with us today.” “Camdan was like a little brother to me,” Robinson said. “He looked up to me and stayed at my hip. It’s very emotional for me… To end the way we did was really good.”Gail Carmona, whose son Fernando Carmona Jr. plays offensive line for the Spartans, remembers first hearing about the accident. Just a few hours before the team was set to leave for a road game at New Mexico State, her son texted her.