Deion Sanders’s Emotional Message to Colorado Players After Kyren Lacy’s Death

And while several other prominent names in the college and pro football worlds have spoken out about the circumstances regarding Lacy’s situation, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders made sure his Buffalo players understood the importance of protecting their mental health and asking for help in time of need.

“I do not want to lose one of y'all, at all,” Sanders told his players. “Do y'all understand? So give love to your teammates. You're always talking about family. You're always talking about family, you're always breaking it down to my family, but are you really family?

“Because family should know each other, family should love each other, family should support each other, family should be there for one another. Am I right or wrong? Well if we're going to be family, let's be family. Let’s be family all the time.”

Sanders isn’t the only major college football head coach to address the importance of monitoring mental health issues.

LSU head coach Brian Kelly, who coached Lacy for the last three seasons, also recently discussed Lacy’s passing and how he’s processing it during LSU’s spring camp on Tuesday.

“Mental health is one of the facets of player development that you’re working with in my field,” Kelly said. “And unfortunately, it’s happened before, and I never take a situation like this as one that could never happen. You’re always on guard for it.

“Kyren was a bright star. He had an incredible personality. I’ll remember him as somebody that had a love for the game, a love for being a Tiger and was a guy that played with great emotion.”