Western Michigan police twice did welfare checks on Marshawn Kneeland during his time with the school, with coaches worrying that he possessed a gun and the former Cowboys defensive end once indicated suicidal thoughts to police, according to reports obtained by ESPN .

Kneeland, a second-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft following his time with the Broncos, died by suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 24 on Nov. 6 .

He spent five seasons with Western Michigan spanning the 2019-23 seasons, totaling 13 sacks, and concerns about his well-being reportedly dated to 2020.

Broncos coach Lance Taylor and then-defensive coordinator Lou Esposito called police in June 2023 with “a concern that (Kneeland) recently separated from his girlfriend,” and the pair “wanted to make

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