Marshawn Kneeland was subject of welfare checks at Western Michigan, according to report

Western Michigan University police were twice called to perform welfare checks on Marshawn Kneeland while the late Dallas Cowboys defensive end played for the school, according to a published report. Kneeland, 24, was found dead Nov. 6 of what police said was an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, hours after being pursued by officers who had attempted a traffic stop in suburban Dallas. ESPN reported Friday that two WMU coaches called police in 2023 because they were worried about whether Kneeland was mentally fit to possess a gun, according to documents the network obtained in an open-records request.