Usage Score
9.5
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.
Efficiency
25.8
Consistency
55.6
Season Value
47.7
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Arizona
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- App State • Arizona
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State
Scouting Read
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Deshawn 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.
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.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
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.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
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
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
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 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
App State
2021-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2021202220232025
| 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
Kansas State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Primary metric
4 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#2
James Madison
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.
#3
Troy
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
#4
Elon
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.1 takeover score.
#5
Robert Morris
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Arizona
15 primary output · 25.8 efficiency · 9.5 usage
47.7
#2
2023 Regular Season · App State
29.9
1 primary · 10 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · App State
9.6
2.5 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.8 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Career Facts
2
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
48
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 30 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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