In Zonovan Knight’s first NFL game in Week 12 against the Bears, he made Jets history. Knight had 69 yards on 14 carries (4.9 yards per carry) and had 3 receptions for 34 yards, giving him 103 yards from scrimmage, setting a new Jets record for yards from scrimmage in an NFL debut.
In his 2nd NFL game last week, Knight had 15 carries for 90 yards (6 yards per carry) and 5 receptions for 28 yards, giving him 118 all-purpose yards in the Jets’ Week 13 loss to the Vikings, making history once again.
Knight joined Phillip Lindsay as the 2nd undrafted player in the common-draft era to garner 100+ yards from scrimmage in their first two career games.
The only undrafted players in common-draft era with 100+ scrimmage yards in each of their first two career games
Over the past two weeks, Bam ranks 2nd in broken tackles, and his PFF grade of 83.1 ranks 4th out of all NFL RB’s, and his receiving grade of 77.0 ranks 1st.
#Jets RB Zonovan Knight ranks second in the NFL in broken tackles over the last two weeks.
His 83.1 PFF grade ranks 4th among RBs since Week 12 and his 77.0 receiving grade ranks first.
Dude’s been one of the best RBs in the NFL over the last two weeks.
Bam went undrafted earlier this year, but then signed an undrafted free agent deal with New York. He initially made the Jets 53-man roster, but then was waived a few days later to make space for an Offensive Lineman. Two days later, the Jets signed Knight to their Practice Squad, and that’s where he was until he was called up to the 53-man roster on October 25th.
It was a crime that Knight wasn’t drafted earlier this year, and he’s proving all the naysayers wrong.
Oh yeah, Knight took the opportunity this week to explain why he has had the nickname “Bam” since he was a child, for all of you that have been wondering all these years.
#Jets rookie RB Zonovan Knight explains how he got the nickname “Bam” as a child – and how it stuck: pic.twitter.com/yjtNhGgHq8
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Former NC State All-American Shortstop Trea Turner has been en fuego representing the United States in the World Baseball Classic. He has helped lead the United States to the finals against Japan, which begins tonight at 7pm.
Turner currently is batting .368 through 5 games. Four of his seven hits have been home runs, which leads all batters in the World Baseball Classic.
Bradbury just wrapped up his 4-year Rookie contract worth $13 million. The Vikings decided not to pick up his 5th year option prior to last season, but they decided to go ahead and re-sign Bradbury, who has been their starter since entering the league.
The #Vikings have reached an agreement with C Garrett Bradbury for three years & $15.75 million, a source confirms to The Athletic. @MikeGarafolo was on it. Bradbury wanted to return all along. Respected immensely by Kirk Cousins, too. Minnesota's center is back.
Former NC State Wide Receiver Jakobi Meyers got paid yesterday, signing a 3-year deal with the Raiders worth $33 million, with $21 million of it guaranteed.
After going undrafted, Meyers signed with New England, and has been with the Pats the past 4 seasons. Last year was the first year that Meyers made over $1 million, earning $3.986 million on a 1-year contract. Now he will average $11 million a season over the next three years in Vegas.
Over 4 seasons, Meyers has 235 receptions for 2,758 yards and 8 touchdown receptions. Meyers earned this pay day, leading the Pats in receiving yards for the past three seasons consecutively.
Pratt just wrapped up his 4th season in the NFL, which was his best, tallying 99 tackles, 10 pass deflections and 2 interceptions.
The Bengals drafted Pratt in the 3rd round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
Pratt was the 11th highest graded Linebacker in the NFL last seasons, and the 3rd highest in the AFC, posting a grade of 78.4 according to ProFootballFocus.
Former NC State Defensive Tackle BJ Hill, who has been a teammate with Pratt on Cincy the past two seasons, said he would go bald if Pratt re-signed.