First awarded in 2005, the Wuerffel Trophy is presented to “the player who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.” This year’s finalists were New Mexico center Garrett Adcock, Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey, and Knight.
A graduate transfer from Oklahoma, Knight had led three mission trips to Haiti while playing at OU. He continued that tradition this year at Texas A&M. Knight organized and led the trip and had many of his teammates join him. Knight has been a volunteer with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, local churches, and most recently he spoke at Aggie’s United.