During Marshawn Kneeland’s time in Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University police performed two welfare checks on the former Bronco star football player while he played for the school.

The welfare checks entailed concerns from coaches on Kneeland possessing a gun and of suicidal thoughts, according to records first obtained by ESPN.

Kneeland, a second-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys, died on Nov. 6 from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in Frisco, Texas.

He was 24.

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