Zonovan Knight Continued to Make History in His 2nd NFL Game

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.

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.

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.