Ajax defensive end named top lineman in Canadian university football
Published December 3, 2021 at 10:28 am
Western Mustangs defensive end Deionte Knight, who hails from Ajax, was recognized last night with the J.P. Metras Trophy as the top lineman in Canadian university football.
The 22-year-old Knight, who struggled with injuries in 2018 and ’19 before the 2020 season was lost to COVID-19, rebounded to become a linchpin for Western this season. The six-foot-four, 275-pound defensive end led Canadian university football with 7½ quarterback sacks, while helping Western allow the second-fewest yards per game of any team in the nation.
Knight, along with fellow Ajacian Rasheed Tucker, a star running back with the Queen’s Gaels, was also named an All-Canadian.
Knight helped Western post the first shutout in the Yates Cup in 50 years when the Mustangs defeated Queen’s 29-0 on Nov. 20.
Western faces the Saskatchewan Huskies in the Vanier Cup on Saturday (Dec. 4, 1 p.m., CBC, CBC Gem, cbcsports.ca).
Waterloo Warrior QB Tre Ford, a Niagara Falls native, won the Hec Crighton Trophy as the nation’s best player. Ford broke new ground to become the first Black quarterback to win the award.
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