DALLAS — Teams across the National Football League held a moment of reflection Sunday to honor 24-year-old Marshawn Kneeland.

Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland was found dead on Nov. 6 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Frisco, Texas, just days after scoring his first NFL touchdown on Monday Night Football, police said.

He died following a chase with state troopers. A 911 call indicated Kneeland was armed and had a history of mental illness, according to police records.

"Just because we're on a high doesn't mean we're not struggling with things," said Dr. Peter Thomas, a psychologist and Vice President of Amplified Minds , a Dallas-based mental health organization.

He hopes Kneeland's death helps people recognize suicide as the public health crisis he said that

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