Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Speaks Of Grief Over Death Of ‘unique’ Marshawn Kneeland At 24

Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones has spoken astir his condolences astatine the decease of Dallas protect extremity Marshawn Kneeland past week.

Kneeland, who was successful his 2nd twelvemonth pinch nan Cowboys, was 24 astatine nan clip of his death.

“He was very unsocial successful his zest for life, and he was very unsocial for his passion for nan game,” Jones said connected 105.3 The Fan successful Dallas connected Tuesday. “Of course, nan saddest point for personification for illustration maine is nan truth that he’s only 24 years old. You deliberation astir each of nan clip that we’re going to miss him and he’s going to beryllium missed by nan group astir him. He was conscionable getting started.”

Police opportunity Kneeland took his ain life, and Jones said he hoped nan calamity would thief raise consciousness astir intelligence health.

“His decease is specified a nationalist consciousness point that it takes connected immoderate of that ray erstwhile we deliberation astir really we spell forward,” said Jones.

Dallas person not played since Kneeland’s decease owed to their bye week. They will return to action adjacent Monday against nan Las Vegas Raiders. Cowboys players will deterioration t-shirts and decals connected their helmets in tribute to Kneeland.

“From nan standpoint of nan squad and going backmost to work, there’s nary uncertainty successful my mind they will do truthful successful representation of what he’s each about,” said Jones.

Jones added: “I deliberation we each person unfettered feelings astir nan group we love, group we activity with, and this is conscionable a clip erstwhile you admit that there’s nary answers. “It makes you want to unrecorded life to nan fullest. It makes you want to look for nan very champion successful what we person for each other. And successful immoderate measurement make consciousness retired of these times successful position of what they tin mean from helping those that are present connected Earth correct now.”

Kneeland played successful 11 games successful his rookie season, but had taken connected a much salient domiciled successful 2025. He scored his first profession touchdown successful his last crippled for nan Cowboys aft recovering a blocked punt successful nan endzone.