"The relationships built in a locker room are special, he said as he pointed to several of his Haughton teammates who were in attendance. His mind then drifted to a player he's shared a locker room with the past two seasons: Marshawn Kneeland. "Hug your teammates," he told the Haughton Bucs, "and tell your teammates you love them. If you're going through something, don't be afraid to share it. You and your teammates, whatever you're going through, you can get through.""
"Thursday will mark a week since Kneeland died by suicide. Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer, speaking for the first time publicly since Kneeland's death, said he received a phone call that alerted him of reason to be concerned about the Cowboys defensive end. Plano police even did a welfare check on Kneeland before midnight Wednesday. Soon after, at 1:31 a.m. on Thursday, Frisco police found Kneeland dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound."
"Schottenheimer spoke somberly on Wednesday as he recounted the week that's been. He said they won't move on after the loss of Kneeland - a teammate who had a smile that could drop them to their knees, Schottenheimer said - but they will move forward, together. "When one guy is hurting, someone else has to pick them up. If the head coach is hurting, someone's got to pick me up," he said."
Dak Prescott attended the dedication of Dak Prescott Field at Haughton High School before the Bucs' game against St. Louis Catholic. Prescott emphasized that locker-room relationships are special and urged players to hug and tell teammates they love them, and to share struggles so teammates can help. Marshawn Kneeland died by suicide about a week earlier after police welfare checks and a concerned phone call to Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer; Frisco police found Kneeland with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Schottenheimer described collective grieving and said the team will move forward together by supporting one another.
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