USC, 2007–09
Joe McKnight
- Number
- No. 4
- Height
- 6′0″
- Hometown
- River Ridge, LA
- Born
- Apr 16, 1988, in Kenner, Louisiana
- Died
- Dec 1, 2016, in Terrytown, Louisiana
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Joe McKnight played at USC (2007–09). The New York Jets took McKnight in round 4, No. 112 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
145rushing yards, career highvs. San José State, 20092rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at California, 20096catches, career highvs. Illinois, 200786receiving yards, career highvs. Oregon, 2008Team titles: Pac-10 champions, 2007 and 2008
Rushing
Returns
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2009 USC 12 games, 1,014 rushing yards, 8 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. San José State | W 56–3 | 14 | 145 | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 12 | at Ohio State | W 18–15 | 16 | 60 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 19 | at Washington | L 13–16 | 11 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 50 | – |
| Sep 26 | vs. Washington State | W 27–6 | 6 | 49 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 3 | at California | W 30–3 | 20 | 119 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Oct 17 | at Notre Dame | W 34–27 | 19 | 79 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 24 | vs. Oregon State | W 42–36 | 11 | 65 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 31 | at Oregon | L 20–47 | 15 | 95 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 7 | at Arizona State | W 14–9 | 15 | 78 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 14 | vs. Stanford | L 21–55 | 16 | 142 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 28 | vs. UCLA | W 28–7 | 12 | 47 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Dec 5 | vs. Arizona | L 17–21 | 9 | 35 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
2008 USC 11 games, 659 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at Virginia | W 52–7 | 6 | 60 | 0 | – | – | 5 |
| Sep 13 | vs.Ohio State | W 35–3 | 12 | 105 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 25 | atOregon State | L 21–27 | 7 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Oct 4 | vs.Oregon | W 44–10 | 9 | 27 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 11 | vs.Arizona State | W 28–0 | 11 | 143 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 25 | atArizona | W 17–10 | 5 | 16 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 8 | vs.California | W 17–3 | 7 | 51 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 15 | atStanford | W 45–23 | 8 | 72 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 29 | vs.Notre Dame | W 38–3 | 4 | 63 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Dec 6 | atUCLA | W 28–7 | 15 | 99 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Penn State | W 38–24 | 5 | 13 | 0 | – | – | – |
2007 USC 12 games, 540 rushing yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Idaho | W 38–10 | 6 | 26 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 15 | at Nebraska | W 49–31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 22 | vs.Washington State | W 47–14 | 7 | 48 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 6 | vs.Stanford | L 23–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 13 | vs.Arizona | W 20–13 | 13 | 75 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 20 | atNotre Dame | W 38–0 | 7 | 65 | 1 | – | – | 5 |
| Oct 27 | atOregon | L 17–24 | 10 | 34 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 3 | vs.Oregon State | W 24–3 | 14 | 34 | 0 | – | – | 4 |
| Nov 10 | atCalifornia | W 24–17 | 4 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 22 | atArizona State | W 44–24 | 7 | 30 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Dec 1 | vs.UCLA | W 24–7 | 13 | 89 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Illinois | W 49–17 | 10 | 125 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Combine or pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11⅜″ | |
| Weight | 198 lb | |
| Arm length | 31¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.47 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.57 s | |
| Vertical jump | 36½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ | |
| Bench press | 18 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.12 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.48 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 37 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.
First-team All-Pro: 2011
All-Pro teams: Pro Football Writers first team 2011; Sporting News first team 2011.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | New York Jets | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | New York Jets | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | New York Jets | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 2016 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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