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Colorado Buffaloes<\/a> head coach Deion Sanders gave an emotional eulogy at the funeral of his sophomore quarterback Dominiq Ponder, who died in a tragic car crash this past week. Ponder was 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sanders went up<\/a> to the microphone after Ponder\u2019s family, saying it “didn\u2019t feel right” to do so, but he couldn\u2019t help feeling “inspired” by their words.<\/p>\n

Then, Sanders, a spiritual man in his own right, began to speak.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“We always ask questions about why this happened \u2026 \u2019God, why this and why that?\u2019” Sanders said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“When we\u2019re successful, we\u2019re excelling, and overcoming adversity, we never ask God, \u2018Why?\u2019 then. Only in our demise and sadness of life, we challenge and ask God,\u2019 Why?\u2019 I think I\u2019ve got the solution.”<\/p>\n

Sanders, then, started to speak about his former signal caller.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DEION SANDERS MOURNS LOSS OF COLORADO QUARTERBACK DOMINIQ PONDER: \u2018ONE OF MY FAVORITES\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“As I look right there, and look at a young man so full of life \u2013 so full of respect, bustle, hard work, and integrity. I ask God, \u2018For real?\u2019 And he whispered: \u2018Dom was chosen.\u2019<\/p>\n

“Dom was chosen to unite y\u2019all, to bring you all together. Dom was chosen.”<\/p>\n

“Coach Prime” directed part of his eulogy to Ponder\u2019s parents, which led to him getting understandably choked up at the podium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The only darn thing I have regret for is that when you sent us a boy. I wanted to send you back a man,” Sanders said, taking a pause to try and control his emotions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ponder had been a walk-on quarterback with the Buffaloes in Sanders\u2019 first season, as he tried to configure his team. He already had his son, Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders, set to start for Colorado after their success at Jackson State. But Ponder and others in the quarterback room were looking to work and develop under the elder Sanders\u2019 tutelage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ponder saw appearances in two of the Buffaloes\u2019 games last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But while Sanders has a regret about Ponder, his parents gave him praise, issuing a statement thanking “Coach Prime” for his “unwavering generosity, support, and love shown to our family.” They also thanked everyone for their “heartfelt gratitude” in a separate statement.<\/p>\n

Sanders called an emergency meeting with his Buffaloes roster after learning of Ponder\u2019s death, and a raw scene shared on social media showed him comforting emotional players. Sanders himself was emotional while delivering a speech to his team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“His character, humor, work ethic, and tenacity. It\u2019s something that I want us to remember,” he said in the clip.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sanders also confirmed Ponder\u2019s death last Sunday with a social media post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“God please comfort the Ponder family, friends and loved ones,”\u00a0Sanders wrote<\/a>\u00a0on social media. “Dom was one of my favorites! He was Loved, Respected & a Born Leader. Let\u2019s pray for all that knew him & had the opportunity to be in his presence. Lord you\u2019re receiving a good 1. Comfort us Lord Comfort us.”<\/p>\n

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