Honors and Awards
- 2025: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
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2025: Played in all 13 games with 10 starts along the Wildcats defensive line...Picked up All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recognition...Tallied 26 total tackles (9 solo, 17 assisted), including a team-leading 11 tackles for loss...Finished the year tied for seventh in the Big 12 Conference with 11 TFL...Also secured two sacks and two quarterback hurries...Logged at least one TFL in 9-of-13 games; notched a season-high 2.5 TFL against Kansas State...Helped Arizona earn a ranked road victory at No. 22 Cincinnati with a season-high four tackles and one sack...Earned a season-long grade of 76.4 from PFF.
Before Arizona: Appeared in 14 games at UT Martin during 2024 season... Registered 21 tackles (5 solo, 16 assists), four sacks for minus 23 yards, forced one fumble... Made 5.5 tackles for loss of 25 yards... Recorded four sacks for a loss of 23 yards... Notched 45 total tackles over three seasons combined between Appalachian State and UT Martin... Transferred in to UT Martin from Appalachian State prior to the 2024 season... Has appeared in 37 total games during his collegiate career... Spent the 2022 and 2021 seasons at Appalachian State under head coach Shawn Clark, helping the Mountaineers to 16 victories and 10 Sun Belt Conference wins (including a 10-4 mark with a 7-1 league record in 2021)…Was part of the App State squad that upset No. 6 Texas A&M on Sept. 16, 2022…Played in 22 games, making 23 tackles (seven solo), 2.5 tackles for loss, one pass breakup and a forced fumble…Wrapped up 15 tackles with a pass breakup and forced fumble in 2022 while making both of his 2.5 tackles for loss in 2021…Played in all 12 contests and had five multi-tackle performances in 2022, ending the season as one of the Mountaineer's top defensive ends.
High School: Was a star under head coach Mark Barnes at Sumter High School, where he was ranked the No. 1 Class of 2021 outside linebacker prospect in the state of South Carolina and a three-star national prospect by 247Sports…Registered 30 tackles in seven games as a senior, returning from injury to play three playoff games before SHS fell to Dutch Fork in the 5-A lower state championship game…Produced 51 tackles, seven tackles for loss and a pair of sacks as Sumter went 10-1 during his junior campaign…Had 12 tackles in a postseason triumph over Woodmont and also made double-digit stops (10) against Spring Valley...Earned first team all-state and all-region accolades.
Personal: Son of Travis McKnight and Kimberly Chatman...Has two siblings, Derrick and Derron...Majoring in health and human performance.
