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Football team takes the field with 10 players in powerful tribute to slain teammate

Yorktown High School’s football team honored senior defensive end Christopher Wilson Jr., a 17‑year‑old West Virginia commit, before its Friday night clash with Pendleton Heights at Pendleton High School. The Tigers carried Wilson’s No.

79 jersey to the coin toss, wore BIGG1 helmet stickers and began their first offensive and defensive series with only ten players on the field, while Pendleton’s announcer led a moment of silence for the slain teammate. Wilson, who had recorded 12 tackles, two for loss, a sack and four quarterback hurries in five games this season, was found dead after being shot multiple times in Muncie, Indiana, prompting an ongoing homicide investigation by the Muncie Police Department.

West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez issued a statement expressing the program’s heartbreak and offering prayers to Wilson’s family.

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