Dallas Cowboys set up memorial fund for Marshawn Kneeland's unborn child

The Dallas Cowboys established a memorial fund to benefit the unborn child of defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by an apparent suicide last week, the team announced on Wednesday

The Dallas Cowboys established a memorial fund to benefit the unborn child of defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by an apparent suicide last week, the team announced on Wednesday.

Visibly shaken, coach Brian Schottenheimer disclosed that Kneeland's girlfriend Catalina Mancera is pregnant and the team is seeking to make sure the mother and child are forever financially secure.

"We've started the Marshawn Kneeland Memorial Fund, where we can all give and support Catalina," Schottenheimer told reporters on Wednesday. "She's pregnant, and so we want to make sure she's taken care of and the baby's taken care of for the rest of their lives."

The Cowboys last played a week ago Monday, in a game where the second-year player Kneeland, 24, scored his first NFL touchdown.

But a little more than 48 hours after that career high point, police were trying to pull over Kneeland for an alleged traffic violation when he sped away, officials said.