Joe McKnight
McKnight with the Jets in 2011
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | April 16, 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Kenner, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||
| Date of death: | December 1, 2016 (aged 28) | ||||||||||||||
| Place of death: | Terrytown, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | River Ridge (LA) John Curtis | ||||||||||||||
| College: | USC | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2010 / Round: 4 / Pick: 112 | ||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 505 |
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| Rushing average: | 4.5 |
| Receptions: | 23 |
| Receiving yards: | 241 |
| Return yards: | 2,339 |
| Total touchdowns: | 4 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Joe McKnight (April 16, 1988 – December 1, 2016) was an American football running back and return specialist who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he played college football for the USC Trojans. McKnight was selected in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the New York Jets. After playing in the NFL for the Jets and Kansas City Chiefs, he played in the CFL for the Edmonton Eskimos and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. On December 1, 2016, McKnight was killed in an apparent road rage incident.
McKnight attended John Curtis Christian High School in River Ridge, Louisiana. For his first years of high school, McKnight played defense as a cornerback; his high school career was complicated by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated his part of Louisiana just before his junior season of 2005. Separated from his mother, who had evacuated to Baton Rouge, McKnight temporarily relocated to Shreveport where he eventually enrolled and played two games for Evangel Christian Academy. His family was able to relocate back to River Ridge, but their home had been destroyed so they moved into a one-bedroom apartment.
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