NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Five former New York Jets teammates were pallbearers at the funeral for football player Joe McKnight, who was shot and killed Dec. 1 during a road-rage incident in suburban New Orleans.
"He used to put on a show against us. Against everybody," Pierce said.
"We shared ACT math together his senior year. He had big plans. He would talk about everything he said he was going to do," Michelle Maddie, a high-school classmate, told WWL-TV (http://bit.ly/2gEYnaG). "He said, 'Before I leave this Earth, the world will know who I am.' And I think everybody does."
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Several ministers spoke during the funeral service attended by hundreds of people at New Home Ministries, news media reported. Those who attended received programs with photos of McKnight, 28, his family,Cheap Oakland Raiders Jerseys, and his 7-year-old son, Jaiden, Nola.com ' The Times-Picayune reported (http://bit.ly/2gzeEiZ).
"Joe had the ability to make everybody feel he was your best friend," former Jets linebacker Bart Scott told WVUE-TV (http://bit.ly/2gF6CDx).
Ronald Gasser, 54, has been arrested on a manslaughter charge in McKnight's death.

"Anytime he touched the ball he could take it the distance and that was exciting about Joe,NHL Jerseys Wholesale," said Mark Sanchez, who played with McKnight at USC and for the Jets. "But we all remember him joking around all the time, and the warm heart he had."
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Bishop William McPherson told the crowd that he had baptized McKnight and several of his siblings, The Advocate reported (http://bit.ly/2hgez2K).  "Joe is with the Lord," McPherson said.
Mourners included Darryl Pierce, 58,K?nken Ryggs?ck Billigt, who wore a Jets hat and shirt and green pants to honor McKnight. He said he remembered McKnight playing for John Curtis Christian High School against his own son's team, Carver High School.