The Michigan Wolverines will honor Oxford football player Tate Myre and the other victims of the shooting with a jersey patch during the Big Ten Championship game.
-- who died heroically attempting to stop the tragic school shooting -- will be remembered when #2 Michigan takes the field in the Big Ten Championship this weekend ... with the team wearing a jersey patch in his honor.
Michigan made the announcement on Thursday ... saying,"Our uniforms will feature a special logo during Saturday's Big Ten Championship Game." Myre's initials and jersey number will be featured on the patch ... as well as a heart for each of the four victims of the tragedy."The shape is of Oxford's 'Block O', meant to honor all victims, survivors, and community members," the team added.
"I was told that everybody in that school was running one way, and Tate was running the other way," Myre's football and wrestling coach Ross Wingert told theThe 16-year-old had interest in playing at the next level -- just days before the tragedy, Myre was at the University of Toledo football game as a potential recruit.to rename the Oxford football stadium in his name, which has reached over 202,000 signatures.
Oxford H.S. is an hour north of UM. The Wolverines will face #15 Iowa in Indianapolis on Saturday for the Big Ten title.
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