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<\/p>\nKneeland had his first career sack in the season opener this year against Philadelphia. He played in seven games this season, missing two with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarshawn was a beloved teammate and member of our organisation,\u201d the Cowboys said. \u201cOur thoughts and prayers regarding Marshawn are with his girlfriend Catalina and his family.\u201d <\/p>\n
Kneeland\u2019s mother, Wendy Kneeland, died suddenly while he was preparing for the draft. He had his mother\u2019s ashes in a necklace he wore after joining the Cowboys, according to The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are deeply saddened by the tragic news of the passing of Cowboys\u2019 Marshawn Kneeland,\u201d the NFL said.<\/p>\n
Miami Dolphins receivers coach Robert Prince, who had the same position with the Cowboys when Kneeland was a rookie last year, had tears in his eyes as he met with reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe spent a lot of time [together] when he was injured and working out in the weight room,\u201d Prince said. \u201cWe\u2019d shoot the breeze. He was a Western Michigan kid and I coached with the Lions for a while so we had some Michigan-type stories. Good kid. I\u2019m sorry to hear that about him.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Marshawn Kneeland at an NFL training camp in 2024.Credit: AP<\/p>\n
Tributes poured in from around the NFL, including Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons, who raised the topic of suicide awareness with a reporter during training camp this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt sucks seeing the news of our NFL brother!\u201d Simmons wrote on X. \u201cEven when someone is carrying the biggest smile, make sure to just check in on them. You just never know man. Don\u2019t be afraid to ask for help, we all go through things that we sometimes hide!\u201d<\/p>\n
Two of Kneeland\u2019s Dallas teammates, quarterback Dak Prescott and defensive lineman Solomon Thomas, had siblings who died by suicide and have foundations supporting suicide awareness and prevention. Thomas\u2019 sister, Ella, was the same age as Kneeland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kneeland had his first career sack in the season opener this year against Philadelphia. He played in seven…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-267516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}