He was set at Oklahoma, had a career game against Alabama in the 2014 Sugar Bowl, became a team captain and went on to earn his degree. In that context, he’d had a successful career, but when he left the Sooners, he did so in a very different manner compared to most of his teammates.
Knight went back to college, as in another one, as a graduate transfer to Texas A&M, where his football legacy will ultimately be defined this fall.
Thus, the quarterback who had lost his starting job will be leading the players who saw their 2015 season fall apart while working with a new coordinator who is back in that role with a Southeastern Conference team for a fourth time.