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Elijah Zaire McKnight
3 Elijah Zaire McKnight
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    160
  • Hometown:
    Tracy, CA
  • Position:
    DB
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • High School:
    Merrill F. West
  • Major:
    Interdisciplinary Studies
  • gp
    10
  • tk
    51.0
  • sac
    0.0
  • int
    3
  • ffum
    0

Bio

Accolades: MASCAC All-Academic Fall/Winter 2022/23, 2023-24, 
MASCAC Special Teams Player of the Week: 11/11/24, 
MASCAC All-Conference Second Team: 2024, 

High School: 2020 graduate of Merrill F. West High School. Three-sport athlete, lettering in football, track and rugby. Member of the All-Conference First Team.

Personal: Son of Errick McKngiht and Lucita Rabago. Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in Psychology and Education at the University. Member of the Dean's List.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 5 at Framingham St. L, 25-22
Oct 19 Mass. Maritime L, 21-3
Oct 26 Vermont State Castleton W, 26-6
Nov 2 at Bridgewater St. L, 17-9
Nov 9 Plymouth St. L, 26-21
Nov 16 at Westfield St. L, 22-7
  Overall Conf
Solo tackles 35 30
Assists 16 14
Tackles 51.0 44.0
Tackles per game 5.1 4.9
Sacks 0.0 0.0
Sack yards 0 0
Interceptions 3 3
Returned for touchdown 1 1
Fumble recoveries 0 0
Fumble return TDs - -
Tackle for loss 2.5 0.5
Tackle for loss yards 6 1

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 7 at Dean W, 12-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Mass.-Dartmouth L, 73-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Worcester St. L, 20-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at WestConn L, 72-0 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Framingham St. L, 25-22 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Mass. Maritime L, 21-3 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Vermont State Castleton W, 26-6 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Bridgewater St. L, 17-9 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Plymouth St. L, 26-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Westfield St. L, 22-7 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at Dean W, 12-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Mass.-Dartmouth L, 73-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Worcester St. L, 20-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at WestConn L, 72-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Framingham St. L, 25-22 - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Mass. Maritime L, 21-3 - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Vermont State Castleton W, 26-6 - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Bridgewater St. L, 17-9 - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Plymouth St. L, 26-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Westfield St. L, 22-7 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at Dean W, 12-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Mass.-Dartmouth L, 73-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Worcester St. L, 20-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at WestConn L, 72-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Framingham St. L, 25-22 - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Mass. Maritime L, 21-3 - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Vermont State Castleton W, 26-6 - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Bridgewater St. L, 17-9 - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Plymouth St. L, 26-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Westfield St. L, 22-7 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 7 at Dean W, 12-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 14 Mass.-Dartmouth L, 73-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 21 Worcester St. L, 20-14 - - - 0 0 0
Sep 28 at WestConn L, 72-0 - - - - - 0
Oct 5 at Framingham St. L, 25-22 - - - - - 0
Oct 19 Mass. Maritime L, 21-3 - - - - - 0
Oct 26 Vermont State Castleton W, 26-6 - - - - - 0
Nov 2 at Bridgewater St. L, 17-9 - - - - - 0
Nov 9 Plymouth St. L, 26-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 16 at Westfield St. L, 22-7 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 7 at Dean W, 12-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Mass.-Dartmouth L, 73-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Worcester St. L, 20-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at WestConn L, 72-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Framingham St. L, 25-22 - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Mass. Maritime L, 21-3 - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Vermont State Castleton W, 26-6 - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Bridgewater St. L, 17-9 - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Plymouth St. L, 26-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Westfield St. L, 22-7 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 7 at Dean W, 12-0 - - - - - 3 -1 -0.3 2 0
Sep 14 Mass.-Dartmouth L, 73-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Worcester St. L, 20-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at WestConn L, 72-0 1 17 17.0 17 0 - - - - -
Oct 5 at Framingham St. L, 25-22 1 37 37.0 37 0 4 7 1.8 9 0
Oct 19 Mass. Maritime L, 21-3 2 75 37.5 57 0 1 9 9.0 9 0
Oct 26 Vermont State Castleton W, 26-6 - - - - - 2 6 3.0 5 0
Nov 2 at Bridgewater St. L, 17-9 2 40 20.0 30 0 1 1 1.0 1 0
Nov 9 Plymouth St. L, 26-21 1 22 22.0 22 0 1 78 78.0 78 1
Nov 16 at Westfield St. L, 22-7 2 62 31.0 55 0 2 29 14.5 15 0

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 7 at Dean W, 12-0 1 - - -1 - -1
Sep 14 Mass.-Dartmouth L, 73-7 1 - - - - 0
Sep 21 Worcester St. L, 20-14 1 - - - - 0
Sep 28 at WestConn L, 72-0 1 - - - 17 17
Oct 5 at Framingham St. L, 25-22 1 - - 7 37 44
Oct 19 Mass. Maritime L, 21-3 1 - - 9 75 84
Oct 26 Vermont State Castleton W, 26-6 1 - - 6 - 6
Nov 2 at Bridgewater St. L, 17-9 1 - - 1 40 41
Nov 9 Plymouth St. L, 26-21 1 - - 78 22 100
Nov 16 at Westfield St. L, 22-7 1 - - 29 62 91

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 7 at Dean W, 12-0 0 - - - 0 - - - - - 0 -
Sep 14 Mass.-Dartmouth L, 73-7 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 -
Sep 21 Worcester St. L, 20-14 0 - - - - - - 0 - - 0 0
Sep 28 at WestConn L, 72-0 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 5 at Framingham St. L, 25-22 0 - - 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Oct 19 Mass. Maritime L, 21-3 0 - - 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Oct 26 Vermont State Castleton W, 26-6 0 - - - 0 1 - - - - 0 -
Nov 2 at Bridgewater St. L, 17-9 0 - - 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Nov 9 Plymouth St. L, 26-21 6 - - 0 1 - - - - - 0 -
Nov 16 at Westfield St. L, 22-7 0 - - 0 0 - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 7 at Dean W, 12-0 5 2 7.0 - - 2.0 5 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Mass.-Dartmouth L, 73-7 3 3 6.0 - - 0.0 - - - - 1 0 0 2 - -
Sep 21 Worcester St. L, 20-14 4 5 9.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 1 1 -
Sep 28 at WestConn L, 72-0 5 0 5.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 0
Oct 5 at Framingham St. L, 25-22 3 0 3.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 2 - -
Oct 19 Mass. Maritime L, 21-3 2 4 6.0 - - 0.5 1 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Vermont State Castleton W, 26-6 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - 2 90 1 - - -
Nov 2 at Bridgewater St. L, 17-9 3 0 3.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 2 - -
Nov 9 Plymouth St. L, 26-21 2 2 4.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 1 - -
Nov 16 at Westfield St. L, 22-7 7 0 7.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2021-22 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 10 2 5 40.0% 27 2.7 5.4 0 1 24 45.4
2023-24 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2024-25 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2025-26 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 41 2 5 40.0% 27 0.7 5.4 0 1 24 45.4

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2021-22 4 11 84 21.0 7.6 1 65 - -
2022-23 10 95 400 40.0 4.2 3 30 1 1
2023-24 7 7 32 4.6 4.6 0 14 1 1
2024-25 10 - - - - - - - -
2025-26 10 - - - - - - 1 0
Total 41 113 516 12.6 4.6 4 65 3 2

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2021-22 4 1 0.3 4 1.0 4.0 0 4
2022-23 10 17 1.7 189 18.9 11.1 1 73
2023-24 7 11 1.6 129 18.4 11.7 2 64
2024-25 10 - - - - - - -
2025-26 10 - - - - - - -
Total 41 29 0.7 322 7.9 11.1 3 73

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2021-22 4 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2023-24 7 - - - - - - - 0
2024-25 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2025-26 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 41 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2021-22 4 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 7 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 10 - - - - - - - -
2025-26 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 41 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2021-22 2 32 16.0 0 28 5 44 8.8 0 16
2022-23 23 544 23.7 1 85 - - - - -
2023-24 3 44 14.7 0 16 - - - - -
2024-25 9 253 28.1 0 57 14 129 9.2 1 78
2025-26 14 324 23.1 0 50 12 145 12.1 0 40
Total 51 1197 23.5 1 85 31 318 10.3 1 78

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2021-22 4 84 4 44 32 164 41.0
2022-23 10 400 189 - 544 1133 113.3
2023-24 7 32 129 - 44 205 29.3
2024-25 10 - - 129 253 382 38.2
2025-26 10 - - 145 324 469 46.9
Total 41 516 322 318 1197 2353 57.4

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2021-22 6 1.5 1 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
2022-23 30 3.0 3 1 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
2023-24 12 1.7 0 2 0 - - - - - - 0
2024-25 12 1.2 - - 0 1 1 - 0 - 0 0
2025-26 0 0.0 - - 0 0 0 - - - - 0
Total 60 1.5 4 3 1 1 1 - 0 - 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2021-22 4 0 1 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 5 4 9.0 .9 - - 0.0 - - - - 1 0 1 -
2023-24 7 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024-25 10 35 16 51.0 5.1 0.0 0 2.5 6 0 0 0 3 90 9 1
2025-26 10 31 17 48.0 4.8 0.0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 6 74 6 3
Total 41 71 38 109.0 2.7 0.0 0 3.5 8 1 1 0 10 164 16 4

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 9 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 - - - - - - - -
Losses 8 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 9 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 - - - - - - -
Losses 8 - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 9 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 2 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 8 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Month September 4 - - - - 0 0 - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 3 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 9 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 - - - - - - - -
Losses 8 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total 9 253 28.1 0 57 14 129 9.2 1 78
Conference 9 253 28.1 0 57 11 130 11.8 1 78
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 3 97 32.3 0 57 4 93 23.3 1 78
Away 6 156 26.0 0 55 10 36 3.6 0 15
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - 5 5 1.0 0 5
Losses 9 253 28.1 0 57 9 124 13.8 1 78
Month September 1 17 17.0 0 17 3 -1 -0.3 0 2
October 3 112 37.3 0 57 7 22 3.1 0 9
November 5 124 24.8 0 55 4 108 27.0 1 78

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 - - 129 253 382 38.2
Conference 9 - - 130 253 383 42.6
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 - - 93 97 190 38.0
Away 5 - - 36 156 192 38.4
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 2 - - 5 - 5 2.5
Losses 8 - - 124 253 377 47.1
Month September 4 - - -1 17 16 4.0
October 3 - - 22 112 134 44.7
November 3 - - 108 124 232 77.3

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 12 1.2 - - 0 1 1 - 0 - 0 0
Conference 12 1.3 - - 0 1 1 - 0 - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 12 2.4 - - 0 1 1 - 0 - 0 0
Away 0 0.0 - - 0 0 - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 6 3.0 - - - 0 1 - - - - 0
Losses 6 0.8 - - 0 1 0 - 0 - 0 0
Month September 0 0.0 - - 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0
October 6 2.0 - - 0 0 1 - - - - 0
November 6 2.0 - - 0 1 - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 35 16 51.0 5.1 0.0 0 2.5 6 0 0 0 3 90 9 1
Conference 9 30 14 44.0 4.9 0.0 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 3 90 9 1
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 12 14 26.0 5.2 - - 0.5 1 - - - 3 90 4 1
Away 5 23 2 25.0 5.0 0.0 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 6 2 8.0 4.0 - - 2.0 5 - - - 2 90 - -
Losses 8 29 14 43.0 5.4 0.0 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 1
Month September 4 17 10 27.0 6.8 0.0 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
October 3 6 4 10.0 3.3 - - 0.5 1 - - - 2 90 2 -
November 3 12 2 14.0 4.7 - - 0.0 - - - - - - 3 -

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