Player Dossier

2021-2025

App State

Deshawn McKnight

DL • 6'3" • 299 lbs • Sumter, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Deshawn McKnight shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

11.8

Efficiency

23.8

Consistency

53.1

Season Value

34.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 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

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Deshawn McKnight, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Arizona. Deshawn McKnight shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Arizona paired 13 primary output with 23.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to 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 3 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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Arizona

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

23.8

Usage

11.8

Consistency

53.1

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 1. Unknown: 1.5. Kansas State: 3. Iowa State: 1. Oklahoma State: 1.5. BYU: 0. Houston: 1. Kansas: 1. Cincinnati: 2. Baylor: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 3 by 22.5. Unknown: 2 by 23.3. Kansas State: 3 by 42.5. 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 18.3. Cincinnati: 4 by 36.7. Baylor: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

Wins1.6 · n=6 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · n=3 · -0.9 vs Wins
First Half1.6 · n=5 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · n=5 · -0.6 vs First Half

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

42.5 vs Kansas State

Result
Sat 11/22vs BaylorW 41-1721100
Sat 11/15@ CincinnatiW 30-2441110
Sat 11/8vs KansasW 24-2020100
Sat 10/18@ HoustonL 28-3133100
Sun 10/12vs BYUL 27-3330000
Sat 10/4vs Oklahoma StateW 41-13211.5000
Sat 9/27@ Iowa StateL 14-3921100
Sat 9/13vs Kansas StateSplash gameW 23-17322.500.500
Sun 9/7vs Unknown2010.500
Sun 8/31vs Hawai'iW 40-630100

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    App State

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arizona

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2021202220232025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonApp State2.57.32.2
2022 Regular SeasonApp State16.81.1-1.5
2023 Regular SeasonApp State000-1
2025 Regular SeasonArizona1323.811.813

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Kansas State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.

#2

Cincinnati

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.3 takeover score.

#3

Troy

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.1 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.9 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Arizona

13 primary output · 23.8 efficiency · 11.8 usage

34.2

#2

2023 Regular Season · App State

33.3

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · App State

7.8

2.5 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

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.

Quick Answers

Deshawn McKnight quick answers

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
48