KALAMAZOO, MI –– Lance Taylor sported a No. 99 jersey pregame, Western Michigan players wore helmet decals with initials, and the entire Bronco brotherhood linked arms and paid homage during a special tribute.

All for a special Bronco.

With heavy hearts, Western Michigan football remembered and honored Marshawn Kneeland in an emotional pregame ceremony before Tuesday’s game against Ohio at Waldo Stadium after the former Bronco star died last Thursday.

The West Michigan native was in his second season with the Dallas Cowboys but died by apparent suicide in the early morning hours of Thursday after evading police authorities, crashing a car and fleeing on foot.

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