[1] Knight redshirted his freshman year at William & Mary and spent the next two seasons as the backup to future NFL quarterback Chris Hakel.
[1] While at William & Mary, he was teammates with future NFL head coaches Sean McDermott and Mike Tomlin, who was also his roommate.
Knight was selected in the 75th round of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft, but opted not to sign with the team and return to William & Mary.
He spent one season with the Padres' Class A affiliate, the Spokane Indians, in between his redshirt junior and senior years and batted .280.
[11] After retiring from football, Knight initially worked in the legislative affairs division of a law firm in Richmond, Virginia.