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Jersey Number 25
Wayne Knight
- Year:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Position:
- Running Back
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-7 / 184
- Hometown:
- Smyrna, Del.
- High School:
- Smyrna
- Major:
- Sociology
Bio
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2023:
2022:
High School:
Personal:
- Played in all 13 games, making two starts at running back
- Had 77 carries for 449 rushing yards and two touchdowns
- Averaged 5.8 yards per rush
- Also made 15 receptions for 137 receiving yards and two touchdowns
- Rushed for career-high 74 yards and touchdown while making two catches for 17 yards at Old Dominion (Nov. 16)
- Scored first two career touchdowns vs. Georgia State (Nov. 9), rushing for 18 yards and a score and making three receptions for 26 yards and an 18-yard TD grab
- First career 100-yard game with 61 rushing yards and career-best 41 receiving yards vs. Southern Miss (Oct. 26)
- Had career-long 59-yard rush and career-best 23-yard reception in USM win
- Career-high 12 rush attempts for 61 yards with a five-yard reception at App State (Nov. 30)
- Also ran for 61 yards and caught two passes for 20 yards and a touchdown vs. Marshall (Nov. 30)
- Had 63 rushing yards vs. Ball State (Sept. 28)
- Career-high four catches for 25 yards vs. Western Kentucky in Boca Raton Bowl (Dec. 18)
- Rushed for at least 60 yards in five games and had at least 75 total yards in three outings
- Caught multiple passes in five games
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2025)
2023:
- Played in four games, redshirting to retain a year of eligibility
- Had four carries for 23 yards and one catch for 11 receiving yards vs. Bucknell (Sept. 2)
- Career-long 22-yard rush in Bucknell game
2022:
- Played in eight games
- Had five carries for -8 rushing yards
- Also tallied five receptions for 63 yards
- Averaged 21.8 yards on four kickoff returns
- Had a season-best 32-yard reception at Old Dominion (Nov. 12)
- Season-long 35-yard kickoff return vs. Georgia State (Nov. 19)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2023)
High School:
- DIAA 3A All-State honoree as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Named All-Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Four-year varsity letterwinner
- Helped Smyrna to 2021 3A state championship game
- Part of Smyrna's 2019 and 2020 Division I playoff teams
- Also played for Northeast Elite 7v7
- Distinguished Honors
Personal:
- Son of Wade Knight and Yolanda Miller
- Has two brothers, William and Yamir, and a sister, Yolanda
- His brother, Yamir, was a receiver at JMU for two seasons
- His brother, William, was a running back at Delaware
- Majoring in sociology
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