Key Highlights
- He was 23. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe players were given the option by coach Deion Sanders to skip the first day of spring practice Monday.
- But in an emergency meeting the night before — to grieve together and comfort one another — everyone agreed that taking the field was the best option. Because that's what Ponder would’ve wanted.
- He was on their minds at practice as they broke the huddle with the chant of “Dom.”“Almost like a boost of energy, like he was there with us,” running back DeKalon Taylor said.
- "That’s what it felt like.”Players found out about Ponder's death throughout the daySome found out the news Sunday after church.
- Some later in the day.
