Cowboys owner Jerry Jones mourns Marshawn Kneeland, says tragic loss highlights importance of compassion

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Marshawn Kneeland, who appeared successful 18 games with the Dallas Cowboys since being drafted successful 2024, died astatine property 24 from an evident self-inflicted gunshot wound, it was announced past week.

"It is with utmost sadness that the Dallas Cowboys stock that Marshawn Kneeland tragically passed distant this morning," the Cowboys said successful a statement. "Marshawn was a beloved teammate and subordinate of our organization. Our thoughts and prayers regarding Marshawn are with his woman Catalina and his family."

In the days since the tragic death, Kneeland's erstwhile and existent teammates person paid tribute to the precocious antiaircraft end. Longtime Cowboys proprietor and wide manager Jerry Jones was among those who reflected connected the heartbreaking loss.

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Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones observe the playing of the nationalist anthem astatine grooming campy opening ceremonies astatine the River Ridge Fields successful Oxnard, California connected July 26, 2025.  (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

Frisco constabulary said Kneeland died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Jones said quality of the decease underscores the extremity of surviving "life to the fullest."

"I deliberation we each person unfettered feelings astir the radical we love, radical we enactment with, and this is conscionable a clip erstwhile you admit that there's nary answers," Jones said Tuesday during his play quality connected 105.3 The Fan successful Dallas. "It makes you privation to unrecorded beingness to the fullest." 

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Jones went connected to explicit appreciation for NFL teams that honored Kneeland with a infinitesimal of soundlessness during Week 10 games. He besides highlighted the value of helping others.

"It makes you privation to look for the precise champion successful what we person for each other. And successful immoderate mode marque consciousness retired of these times successful presumption of what they tin mean from helping those that are present connected Earth close now. All of those things are precise natural, travel to mind, but his decease is specified a nationalist consciousness happening that it takes connected immoderate of that airy erstwhile we deliberation astir however we spell forward."

Dallas Cowboys antiaircraft extremity Marshawn Kneeland (94) stands connected the tract aft the crippled against the Baltimore Ravens astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, connected Aug. 16, 2025. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)

Authorities responded aft a operator reportedly evaded constabulary during a chase. Responding officers recovered a conveyance that had crashed adjacent the southbound lanes of a section parkway.

Earlier successful the day, officers reportedly arrived astatine Kneeland's location for a payment check. A constabulary spokesperson told NFL Network the conveyance pursuit was underway by the clip officers made it to Kneeland's apartment.

The probe remains ongoing.

Dallas Cowboys antiaircraft extremity Marshawn Kneeland (94) walks disconnected the tract aft the crippled against the New Orleans Saints astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, connected Sept. 15, 2024. (Tim Heitman/Imagn Images)

The Cowboys did not instrumentality the tract this past play owed to a scheduled bye. After learning of Kneeland's death, the squad met virtually. On Monday, players reported backmost to The Star, their office successful Frisco, to statesman preparations for a Week 11 matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders.

Cowboys helmets volition diagnostic a peculiar decal opening with Monday night's crippled successful Las Vegas and volition proceed to beryllium displayed passim the remainder of the 2024 season. During Weeks 11 and 12, Cowboys players volition deterioration peculiar T-shirts successful grant of their precocious teammate.

"From the standpoint of the squad and going backmost to work, there's nary uncertainty successful my caput they volition bash truthful successful representation of what he's each about," Jones added. "He was precise unsocial successful his zest for life, and helium was precise unsocial for his passionateness for the game."

The Cowboys archetypal location crippled since losing Kneeland is scheduled for Nov. 23. The squad plans to clasp a infinitesimal of soundlessness successful tribute to Kneeland.

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Jones besides noted that the 24-year-old Kneeland was "just getting started."

"Of course, the saddest happening for idiosyncratic similar maine is the information that he's lone 24 years old. You deliberation astir each of the clip that we're going to miss him and he's going to beryllium missed by the radical astir him. He was conscionable getting started."

The Cowboys selected Kneeland successful the 2nd circular of the 2024 NFL Draft. He recorded the archetypal sack of his nonrecreational shot vocation successful the season-opening crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles.

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