Preston Kneeland, uncle of late Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, remembered his nephew as an "outstanding young man" in the hours after his sudden death on Thursday, November 6. "He was the gentle giant," Preston told the Dallas Morning News in a story published Friday, November 7. "He was just an outstanding dude, and we loved him very much." Marshawn died by apparent suicide at age 24, days after scoring his first career touchdown in the Cowboys' Monday Night Football loss to the Arizona Cardinals.