Packers' Micah Parsons shares mental health message following death of former teammate Marshawn Kneeland

This story discusses suicide If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide please contact the Suicide Dilemma Lifeline at or - - -TALK Green Bay Packers star Micah Parsons spent time on Friday remembering his former teammate Marshawn Kneeland who tragically died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound this week Functionaries proven the -year-old died from a self-inflicted gunshot after a police chase in Texas Parsons talked about the respect he has for Kneeland Marshawn's a guy who loved his anime loved his video games like anybody else Parsons commented according to ESPN To me he reliably displayed me nothing but respect from the moment he came into the locker room He respected me as a participant he respected me as a person So I have nothing but high respect for him If there's anything his family demands I'll be the first person to help or offer anything I can do to offer a person I just hope that he finds his peace and his family peace in the situation CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMParsons also spoke about the pressures that athletes face and mental wellness as it relates to athletes We'd be fools to act like what we do isn't enough pressure as it is Parsons explained We live in a pressure job where you're expected to deliver and you're expected to play a certain way and when you don't it's easy to say 'Oh man it's so sad ' but a lot of people are hard on people You suck You stink We hope you die ' There's a lot of harsh words and harsh things that get explained about people COWBOYS' DAK PRESCOTT SHARES EMOTIONAL MESSAGE AFTER LOSING TEAMMATE MARSHAWN KNEELAND As athletes greater part of us see it various of us don't but we choose to wait until somebody passes to realize what we say and what we do how it can affect people We don't all understand what happened to ' ' in this instance but mental strength is major about being there for each other whether we're going through hard times or whatever it may be It's tough It's a hard job But it's hard to be a person sometimes I think sometimes people evade that you are human They try to go away from that Sometimes you wish things was different because obviously it was Marshawn the person that we wish we could've been there for him not Marshawn the uniform So I'm just trying to be there for people more the person side than the football side The star defender announced that particular of his former Dallas Cowboys teammates couldn't comprehend the loss of Kneeland I've got former teammates that are devastated Parsons stated They can t comprehend it Losing a teammate is like a brother This is someone people don t realize how much we re in fact together like time spent That s the challenge Like regardless the NFL is like a brotherhood It doesn t matter who it is If you re developing sweat developing blood with someone whether it s opposite association or same squad it s a brotherhood Kneeland was in his second season with the Cowboys after being selected th overall in the NFL Draft He died just days after he recorded his first NFL touchdown in a competition against the Arizona Cardinals on Monday night The Associated Press contributed to this assessment Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter