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'He was exactly what we needed' -- how transfer QB Trevor Knight is taking the lead at Texas A&M

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Texas A&M quarterback Trevor Knight speaks to the media at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in Hoover, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

HOOVER, Ala. -- If Trevor Knight looked prepared to face the cameras at Southeastern Conference media days, it's because he was.

After all, Texas A&M's new starting quarterback knows what the spotlight feels like.

In four years at Oklahoma, Knight twice represented his school at the Big 12's preseason media event. And his celebrity transcended football when Katy Perry, whose relationship history includes John Mayer and Russell Brand, told Knight on national television to call her.