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.

The other incident came three years earlier, when a friend of Kneeland called 911 to express concern for his well-being. Responding officers found him near train tracks in Kalamazoo

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