Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

2016: First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference punter…Led the OVC and ranked sixth in the Football Championship Subdivision in punting…Started 11 games…Punted 64 times for 2,805 yards, averaging 43.8 yards per punt…Had 13 punts travel 50 or more yards with a long of 62…Dropped 22 of his kicks inside the 20-yardline…Two-time OVC Specialist of the Week (9/4, 11/6)…Had a season-high eight punts for 411 yards and had four punts of 50+ yards in the season-opener at Memphis (9/3)…Also punted eight times vs. Jacksonville State (11/5)...Finished his college career ranked third among Southeast’s career leaders in punting yards (9,100), punt attempts (216) and punting average (42.1)…Won the team’s Mike Wood Award for the second-straight year...STATS, Lindy's Sports and Football Gameplan Preseason All-American.

2015: Second-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection...Punted 64 times for 2,867 yards and placed 29 of his punts inside the 20-yardline...Eighteen of his punts went 50 or more yards and three of his kicks covered 60-plus yards...Added six touchbacks...Led the OVC and ranked fifth in the nation with 44.8 yards per punt during his third year as the Redhawks starting punter...Joined six of Southeast’s all-time punting lists, including punt yards in a season, punt yards in a career, punt attempts in a career, punt average in a season, punt average in a career and punt attempts in a season...Did an excellent job of flipping the field at Missouri (9/5)...Punted 10 times for 497 yards and had six punts inside the 20-yardline during that game...Also had five 50+ yard punts against the Tigers...Tied a career-high 65-yard punt at Eastern Illinois (10/10)...Won the team’s Mike Wood Award which goes to the top specialist each season.

2014: Started all 12 games at punter...Punted 42 times for 1,740 yards, averaging 41.4 yards per punt...Ranked second in the OVC in punting...Pinned opponents inside their own 20-yardline on 13 occasions...Four of his punts sailed 50 or more yards...Had a season-long 65-yard punt vs. Southeastern Louisiana (9/20)...Punted six or more times in three games, with a season-high seven punts for 297 yards at Kansas (9/6)...Had a 53-yard punt in that game...Named OVC Specialist of the Week (9/28).

2013: Started 10 games as the Redhawks punter...Punted 46 times for 1,688 yards, averaging 36.7 yards per punt...Dropped 15 of his kicks inside the 20-yardline and had two punts of 50 or more yards...Had a season-long 52-yard punt at Tennessee State (10/5)...Also finished with a 50-yard punt vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/26)...Made 3-of-7 field goals...Finished at 17-of-23 in PATs...Kicked off three times for 118 yards...Kicked the game-winning 30-yard field goal in Southeast’s 37-34 triple overtime victory over Murray State (10/12)...Ranked eighth in the OVC in punting and field goals...Southeast Scholar-Athlete...OVC Specialist of the Week (10/13).

Prep: Earned All-County honors at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla...Starting kicker for 2012 season...As a senior, he led his team to the 2012 Florida State Class 7A Championship...Named Most Valuable Player on special teams that year...Started his freshman year at St. Andrews School in Boca Raton, Florida, before starting his final three prep seasons at St. Thomas Aquinas...Was the starting punter in the 2012 Florida vs. Georgia All-Star game, where he averaged 52 yards per punt with a 4.14 hang time...Two-time winner of the Kornblue Kicking Challenge (2011, 2012).

Personal: Born September 28, 1994...Majoring in General Studies...Son of Jim and Carmen Knight...His brother, Tyler, played lacrosse at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.