Wiping away tears and sitting in a wheelchair, the widow of former Saints defensive end Will Smith accepted his graduate degree from the University of Miami on Thursday.

Will Smith was shot and killed in New Orleans on April 9. His wife Raquel was shot in both legs in the incident and is still recuperating, but she was able to attend the graduation ceremony for the University of Miami’s Executive MBA program for artists and athletes.

The Saints tweeted a video of the graduation ceremony, showing Raquel being pushed across the stage in her wheelchair as the crowd applauded the announcement that she was accepting the degree, which was being awarded to Will posthumously.

Smith played his college football at Ohio State and received his undergraduate degree in criminology in 2005.

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