NFL AGENT JON Perzley woke up to a text last Thursday morning from his client Marshawn Kneeland. Perzley was on the road, in a hotel room, and at that point unaware of the news that would later shake the NFL world -- that Kneeland, a second-year defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys, was dead.
Perzley previously spoke to Kneeland that Tuesday, hours after Kneeland ran down a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown on "Monday Night Football." Dallas had ultimately fallen to the Arizona Cardinals 27-17, and Perzley said Kneeland was more focused on his team's loss.