Shawn Knight (quarterback)
Shawn Knight (born January 19, 1972) is an American former professional gridiron football quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Knight played college football and college baseball at William & Mary. Early life and high school Knight was born and grew up in Norfolk, Virginia and attended Matthew Fontaine Maury High School. He committed to play at William & Mary, where coach Jimmye Laycock offered him opportunity to play quarterback, over scholarship offers from James Madison, North Carolina, and Virginia. College career Knight redshirted his freshman year at William & Mary and spent the next two seasons as the backup to future NFL quarterback Chris Hakel. He set an NCAA record for passing efficiency and was named second team All-Yankee Conference in his redshirt junior after completing 69.4 percent of his passes for 2,235 yards and 22 touchdowns. As a senior, Knight completed 125 of 177 passes for 2,055 yards, 22 touchdowns and four interceptions and was again named second team All-Yankee Conference. Knight finished his collegiate career with 5,705 passing yards, 46 touchdown passes and 6,408 yards of total offense. While at William & Mary, he was teammates with future NFL head coaches Sean McDermott and Mike