ALLEN PARK – Caught off guard by the passing of someone he once sat next to during team meetings, Detroit Lions defensive end Tyrus Wheat candidly spoke on the passing of Dallas Cowboys defender Marshawn Kneeland.

Kneeland, a Grand Rapids native and former Western Michigan standout, died Thursday morning in Frisco, Texas , as a result of a “self-inflicted gunshot wound,” per a release from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).

Before the Lions claimed Wheat off waivers in August after his release by the Cowboys, he and Kneeland were teammates for roughly a year and a half. Still in disbelief and in the dark about the details of Kneeland’s death, Wheat spoke at his locker following Thursday’s practice.

“It was crazy that he did that. He was a good dude, and I don’t know what he

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