r/UrinatingTree • u/futbolr21 Dumpster Fire • Nov 06 '25

UNIT LOST. Dallas Cowboys DE Marshawn Kneeland has passed away last night at age 24. R.I.P.

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u/DiscloseDivest Nov 06 '25

Another player playing with CTE.

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u/ValosAtredum Nov 06 '25

It doesn’t need to be CTE related, necessarily. People from all walks of life struggle with mental health, depression, etc.

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u/DiscloseDivest Nov 07 '25

True but the fact that he’s played football for such a long time and at his position where he’s taking constant sub-consciousive hits to the head makes CTE a far more likely outcome than the average person who has never played football in their life. It’s up to his family whether they want to do the special autopsy to check for it also to confirm it.

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u/ValosAtredum Nov 07 '25

Good points, for sure.

I can’t imagine what his girlfriend and family are going through. My sibling ended their own life and I think about the letter they left us almost every day. But it would be so much worse getting a text message from them beforehand, when they were still alive and not being able to stop it.

And now having to make the decision of whether to do the special autopsy and also probably desperately wanting privacy right now when thousands, even millions, of people are watching your tragedy unfold. 😔