Zonovan Knight After UVA: BULLETED

Sophomore Running Back Zonovan Knight met with the media after the Wolfpack beat the Cavaliers 38-21 this afternoon. Bam had 101 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns in the contest. You can watch it here, or check out the BULLETED breakdown below.

Difficulty maintaining aggression on offense…

• I don’t think so.
• Honestly, the whole time, even if we are up 20 or down, it’s just the way we practice.
• You play hard until the time runs out.
• We try to keep that mindset throughout the entire game.

Difficulty getting going early…

• We didn’t get off to a slow start…it was just a matter of the running backs being able to be more patient.
  • Throughout the 1st quarter, we started to pick up on them trying to overrun the football.
  • We sat down as a group, us players not even with the coaches, we talked to each other and said ‘we’ve got to slow down and kind of read through our blocks.’
  • In other games, they were kind of there as soon as we got the ball.

Defensive getting stops when the Offense was stagnant…

• That was extremely big for us.
• We got off to a bad start in the 2nd half, not being able to move the ball, running or passing.
• Especially that play with Alim, that was a big motivation for the offense.
  • After that, everybody was just kind of like ‘Let’s go.’
  • That was a huge factor in us being successful offensively in the second half.

Confidence currently…

• We have tremendous confidence.
• I think we can be truly top in the ACC this year.
  • I think we could’ve done that last year, it was just a matter of this year just having true leadership, not guys that lead only when they play good.
  • This year, even if they’re not playing anything like that, they’re still trying to lead and motivate players when they are on the field, even on the practice field.
  • I think that’s the difference between this year and last year.

Breaking off long runs fighting through contact…

• That just came from high school.
• I came from a Wing-T offense, so we were taught my whole entire career to just run your feet through contact.
  • I think that’s kind of stuck with me because I’d done that for four years throughout high school.
  • That’s still the kind of mindset that I have.

Balanced offense…

• We want to be able to hurt people in every aspect of the game offensively.
• That’s something that we work on every week in practice, and we’ve been doing a good job lately.

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