“She’s still with me,” Kneeland said. “I got this urn of her ashes I carry with me everywhere. I still feel like she’s there watching over me.”
Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland exits the field following a rookie minicamp, on Friday, May 10, 2024 at The Star in Frisco.carries the ashes of his mother Wendy in a vertically shaped urn, no bigger than 2 inches, on a chain around his neck.“It was definitely tough,” Marshawn said of his mother’s passing of an undisclosed illness. “I just managed it. She helped me a lot in my younger years getting into football. I always had the dream.
He also reminds some in the organization of Greg Ellis, now a Cowboys assistant defensive line coach. At least 16 NFL teams requested visits from Kneeland before the draft, but the Cowboys weren’t one of the teams.“He was in the thick of picking financial advisers, preparing for combine, he was training, talking daily, travel,” Kneeland’s high school coach Brandon Kimble said. “He was getting everything prepared. Mom is supposed to meet Senior Bowl. We’re having conversations about that then it came out of nowhere. His aunt texted she’ll miss the Senior Bowl.”The Senior Bowl was Feb. 3.
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