PRIOR TO PURDUE
• 3-star recruit by 247Sports, Knight is rounding into form after an injury cost him time before his senior season.
• Suffered the injury in the winter of his junior year, forcing him to miss the rest of the season as well as the summer recruiting circuit.
• Spent the last season at La Lumiere Prep, teammates with classmate Jacob Webber.
• Averaged 6.2 points and 2.3 rebounds per game this past season at La Lumiere. Shot 31.6 percent (30-of-95) from deep and 83.3 percent (25-of-30) from the free throw line. Also had 20 assists to just 11 turnovers.
• Played his junior season at Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina.
• Averaged 17.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.7 steals, and 4.0 blocks per game and shot 54% from the field in his 2024-25 junior season.
• Recorded nine blocks in a game against Chapel Hill, just one shy of a triple double, after scoring 18 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the game.
• Converted 39% of his shots from beyond the arc in his junior season.
PERSONAL
• Chose Purdue over offers from Illinois, Virginia Tech, LSU, and Mississippi State.