Career: Has played in 20 games ... Has compiled 27 career total tackles (21 solo, six assisted) with six career tackles for loss and 2.5 career sacks ... Has recovered one career fumble ... Has accounted for four career quarterback hurries.
Single-Game Bests
Total Tackles: 4 (three times, last: Bowling Green; Oct. 20, 2018)
Solo Tackles: 4 (at Kent State; Oct. 6, 2018)
Assisted Tackles: 1 (six times, last: Bowling Green; Oct. 20, 2018)
Tackles For Loss: 1 (six times, last: vs. San Diego State; Dec. 19, 2018)
Sacks: 1 (twice, last: vs. San Diego State; Dec. 19, 2018)
Quarterback Hurries: 1 (four times; last: Buffalo; Nov. 14, 2018)
Fumbles Recovered: 1 (vs. San Diego State; Dec. 19, 2018)
2018: Played in all 13 games to set a career high ... Earned Spring AD Honor Roll recognition ... Recorded a career-high 23 total tackles (20 solo, three assisted) ... Logged a career-high five tackles for loss and a career-high 2.5 sacks ... Recovered one fumble ... Made three solo stops, including his first career sack, and tallied one quarterback hurry in the season-opening 38-32 win over Howard (Sept. 1) ... Set a career high with four total tackles (three solo, one assisted) at Cincinnati (Sept. 22) ... Registered a career-high four solo tackles, including one for a loss, in a 27-26 victory at Kent State (Oct. 6) ... Matched his career high with four total tackles (three solo, one assisted), including one tackle for a loss, and added a quarterback hurry in a 49-14 win over Bowling Green (Oct. 20) ... Finished with one sack and recovered a fumble in a 27-0 win over San Diego State (Dec. 19) in the 2018 DXL Frisco Bowl.
2017: Saw action in four games ... Made two total tackles (one solo, one assisted) ... Recorded his only two tackles of the season in a 48-3 win over Kent State (Oct. 21), including his first career solo stop for a loss.
2016: Saw action in three games ... Finished with two total tackles (two assisted) ... Made his collegiate debut in a 37-21 win over Gardner-Webb (Sept. 24), logging an assisted stop for his first career tackle.
2015: Redshirted
Prior to Ohio: Three-year letterman at Glenville High School ... Helped team win a conference championship ... Team was ranked 12th in Cleveland and the Cleveland Plain Dealer ... Named Second Team All-Ohio, all-conference and Northeast Lakes All-District Division II ... During his career had 30 solo tackles, 52 assisted tackles, 16 sacks and nine tackles for loss ... Served as team captain for one year.
Personal: Born April 7, 1997 ... Son of Sam and Lashun McKnight ... Majoring in specialized studies.
