Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2012Illinois
Kenny Knight
WR • 6'4" • Detroit, MI, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Kenny Knight reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
24
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
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- Committed To
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Kenny Knight, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Illinois. Kenny Knight reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 52
- Receptions
- 5
Quick Answers
Kenny Knight quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 52
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Penn State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Landry-Walker
- High school pipeline
- Landry-Walker · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Class 2012
- 2012 Receiving yards rank
- 52 receiving yards · WR 668th (top 76%) · Big Ten 109th (top 62%) · National 1,139th (top 63%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 61.5 |
Related Context
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Kenny Knight played WR for Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Kenny Knight recorded 52 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Illinois paired 52 primary output with 71.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 71.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
3
Receiving Yards / G
17.3
Efficiency
71.1
Usage
6.9
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 9. Charleston Southern: 13. Penn State: 30
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 1 by 60. Charleston Southern: 1 by 86.7. Penn State: 3 by 66.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins13 · Games = 1 · -6.5 vs Losses
Losses19.5 · Games = 2 · +6.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
86.7 vs Charleston Southern
Career Arc
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Illinois
2011-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Illinois | 52 | 71.1 | 6.9 | 52 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Penn State
Week 5 · L 7-35 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
67 takeover
30 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
#2
vs Charleston Southern
Week 3 · W 44-0
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Receiving Yards
47 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#3
@ Arizona State
Week 2 · L 14-45
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Receiving Yards
37.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
9 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Illinois
52 primary output · 71.1 efficiency · 6.9 usage
61.5
#2
2011 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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