Georgia’s Kirby Smart remembers Devin Willock and Chandler LeCroy in late-night tweets

Georgia soccer coach Kirby Smart gave the impression to be shaken up by the deaths of offensive lineman Devin Willock and workers member Chandler LeCroy and tweeted two messages about each of them late Sunday.

Smart posted two separate images of Willock and LeCroy.

“Miss you already. Thinking of you tonight, Devin,” he wrote in a single tweet.

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart seems to be on vs TCU at SoFi Stadium.
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“Gone far too quickly. Chandler, I’ll at all times keep in mind you to your form coronary heart,” he added within the different.

Willock, 20 and LeCroy, 24, had been killed in an early Sunday morning crash in Athens, Georgia, simply hours after this system celebrated a back-to-back nationwide championship. Two others had been injured within the incident. ESPN recognized Warren McLendon as one of many injured within the crash.

Smart issued a separate assertion early Sunday.

GEORGIA’S DEVIN WILLOCK MADE YOUNG BULLDOGS FAN’S DAY BEFORE FATAL CAR CRASH

Jan 9, 2023; Inglewood, CA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart towards the TCU Horned Frogs throughout the CFP nationwide championship sport at SoFi Stadium.
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“We are all heartbroken and devastated with the lack of Devin Willock and Chandler LeCroy,” Smart stated in an announcement. “Devin was an impressive younger man in each manner and was at all times smiling. He was an awesome teammate and a pleasure to educate. Chandler was a worthwhile member of our soccer workers and introduced an unimaginable perspective and power each single day. We grieve with their households for this tragic loss and can assist them in each manner doable.”

Willock was a passenger in an SUV that crashed in Athens round 2:45 a.m. native time, police stated. The automobile was touring within the exterior lane when it left the roadway and struck two energy poles and several other bushes, in keeping with authorities.

According to FOX 5 Atlanta, Willock was useless on the scene. LeCroy, who was the driving force, was transported to the hospital the place she later died, in keeping with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Georgia Bulldogs Offensive Linemen Devin Willock (77) after the faculty soccer sport between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Georgia Bulldogs on October 02, 2021, at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga.
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Willock, a redshirt sophomore from New Milford, New Jersey, was a backup offensive lineman on the Bulldogs who performed in each common season sport. He additionally performed within the SEC Championship and in each College Football Playoff video games.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.