07-21-2019, 10:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-21-2019, 10:53 PM by ven_knight.)
For Lucas Knight, talking about his college years brings back many great memories of some of his favorite performances on the field and the effort he put into balancing his studies with his football career. He refers to the time he was accepted into Texas A&M football program as one of the best days of his life. That obviously brought a significant change in his lifestyle since he needed to take care of himself and didn't have his family around since he had to move from Mexico City to College Station. Taking this into account, his freshman year was a tough one between getting used to his courses as a Nutritional Sciences major student and attending football practice; Knight didn't have much experience as a football player because he just became a wide receiver in his last year at high school. He spent much of his free time improving his technique, learning the playbook and going to the gym. As he expected, he ended up as a backup player with only 3 games with a significant playtime.
For his sophomore year, Knight was convinced by the defensive backs’ coach to make a transition into cornerback where he could take advantage of his good positioning and ball skills. Since he wasn't enjoying his wide receiver role, Knight worked out all summer on making the change. By midseason, he earned the starting role and finished with 9 tackles, 5 passes defended and 1 interception. Everything went much better for his junior and senior years, where he was one of the starting outside cornerbacks and played for 26 out of 28 games in which he had 112 tackles, 14 for loss, 9 interceptions and 31 pass breakups. One of his favorite games was his last one as an Aggie, the Cotton Bowl against the Sooners where even though the team lost, he had a good game with 4 tackles (1 for loss), a sack, an interception and 2 passes defended. One of his favorite rivalries was LSU, he usually showed his best for those games.
For his sophomore year, Knight was convinced by the defensive backs’ coach to make a transition into cornerback where he could take advantage of his good positioning and ball skills. Since he wasn't enjoying his wide receiver role, Knight worked out all summer on making the change. By midseason, he earned the starting role and finished with 9 tackles, 5 passes defended and 1 interception. Everything went much better for his junior and senior years, where he was one of the starting outside cornerbacks and played for 26 out of 28 games in which he had 112 tackles, 14 for loss, 9 interceptions and 31 pass breakups. One of his favorite games was his last one as an Aggie, the Cotton Bowl against the Sooners where even though the team lost, he had a good game with 4 tackles (1 for loss), a sack, an interception and 2 passes defended. One of his favorite rivalries was LSU, he usually showed his best for those games.