Kansas City Chiefs CB L’Jarius Sneed returned to the team on December 22 after having taken a 10-day hiatus to return to Minden, Louisiana following the stabbing death of his oldest brother.
TQ Harrison helped raise Sneed and the two were as close as could be. Sneed has handled the loss as best as he possibly could and he’s relied on those closest to him to help him cope and heal.
“I have mentors who’ve helped me along the way,” Sneed told reporters on Thursday. “Just trusting the process and taking it day by day. Just learning from this experience and talking to people who’ve been in my situation. They help me along the way.”
Sneed missed two games in the immediate wake of his brother’s death, but now he finds football as his escape.
“I wouldn’t say it’s hard to play football because football takes my mind off things like that. That’s why I love the game of football because it takes my mind of what’s really going on in my life.”
While football takes his mind off of things, it’s also been a way that he can pay tribute to his late brother. Sneed has incorporated Harrison into his gameday ritual. In a way, Sneed’s brother is out there with him every time he takes the field.
“Yes, I have his name on my gloves,” Sneed said. “I also wear one of his undershirts.”
On Sneed’s gloves, you can read an inscription along with the initials, “LLTQ.” It stands for, “Long Live TQ.”
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