Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Arizona
Deshawn McKnight
DL • 6'3" • 299 lbs • Sumter, SC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Deshawn McKnight shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
79
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
78
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Arizona
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- App State • Arizona
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State
Player Story
Deshawn McKnight built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Sumter, SC, spending time with App State and Arizona. The clearest part of Deshawn McKnight's career was his defensive...
Read the storyDeshawn McKnight, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Arizona. Deshawn McKnight shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 48
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Deshawn McKnight quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona · DL
- Career Tackles
- 48
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Arizona
- Top game
- Kansas State
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 26 tackles · DL 233rd (top 22%) · Big 12 181st (top 25%) · National 1,632nd (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | App State | 8 | 8 | 2.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | App State | 10 | 14 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 Regular Season | App State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 35.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arizona | 10 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 65.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Deshawn McKnight played DL for App State and Arizona. Across 4 tracked seasons, Deshawn McKnight recorded 48 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Arizona.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Arizona paired 15 primary output with 25.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.8 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across App State, Arizona.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Arizona
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
25.8
Usage
9.5
Consistency
55.6
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 1. Weber State: 1.5. Kansas State: 4. Iowa State: 1. Oklahoma State: 1.5. BYU: 0. Houston: 1. Kansas: 2. Cincinnati: 2. Baylor: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 3 by 22.5. Weber State: 2 by 23.3. Kansas State: 3 by 52.5. Iowa State: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma State: 2 by 23.3. BYU: 3 by 12.5. Houston: 3 by 22.5. Kansas: 2 by 28.3. Cincinnati: 4 by 36.7. Baylor: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.9 · Games = 7 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kansas State
Best efficiency game
52.5 vs Kansas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | vs Baylor | W 41-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ CincinnatiSplash game | W 30-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs KansasSplash game | W 24-20 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Houston | L 28-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | vs BYU | L 27-33 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Oklahoma State | W 41-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Iowa State | L 14-39 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Kansas StateSplash game | W 23-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 2.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | vs Weber State | W 48-3 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Hawai'i | W 40-6 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Deshawn McKnight story
Deshawn McKnight built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Sumter, SC, spending time with App State and Arizona. The clearest part of Deshawn McKnight's career was his defensive production: 48 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Deshawn McKnight's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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App State
2021-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | App State | 2.5 | 7.3 | 1.8 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | App State | 2 | 7.8 | 1.5 | -0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | App State | 1 | 10 | 2.9 | -1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arizona | 15 | 25.8 | 9.5 | 14 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 42 Kansas State
Week 3 · W 23-17 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 56 Cincinnati
Week 12 · W 30-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 58 Kansas
Week 11 · W 24-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
59.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Troy
Week 12 · W 45-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#5
vs James Madison
Week 4 · L 28-32 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Arizona
15 primary output · 25.8 efficiency · 9.5 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · App State
35.2
1 primary · 10 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · App State
12.9
2.5 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.8 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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