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Jersey Number 0
Yamir Knight
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-8 / 180
- Hometown:
- Smyrna, Del.
- High School:
- Smyrna
- Major:
- Sport and Recreation Management
2024:
2023:
High School:
Personal:
- Played in all 13 games, making seven starts at wide receiver
- JMU leader in receptions (53)
- Had 53 receptions for 605 receiving yards and four touchdowns
- Averaged 11.4 yards per catch
- Had 21 punt returns, averaging 8.2 yards per attempt
- Ranked 22nd in the FBS and led the Sun Belt in punt return average
- Also ranked 12th in the Sun Belt in receptions per game (4.1)
- Career highs of eight receptions and 121 receiving yards with a touchdown at Old Dominion (Nov. 16)
- Had a career-long 68-yard catch in ODU win
- Made six catches for 60 yards and score at App State (Nov. 23)
- Had five grabs for 81 receiving yards at North Carolina (Sept. 21)
- Also made five receptions and had four punt returns for 67 yards (16.75 avg), with a career-long 33-yard return
- Four catches for 44 yards and career-high two touchdowns vs. Ball State (Sept. 28)
- Had four receptions for 67 yards at ULM (Oct. 5)
- Had four or more catches in 10 games
- Tallied over 60 receiving yards in five outings
- Had at least a 25-yard catch in five games
- 2024-25 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2023:
- Played in 11 games
- Had eight receptions for 73 receiving yards
- Season-high three catches for 26 yards at Utah State (Sept. 23)
- Also had two receptions for 23 yards at Coastal Carolina (Nov. 25), which including season-long 16-yard catch
High School:
- 2022 Delaware Class 3A Offensive Player of the Year
- 2022 District Player of the Year
- 2020, 2021 and 2022 AAA First Team All-State
- 2020, 2021 and 2022 First Team All-District
- Led Smyrna to 2022 AAA DIAA state championship, giving up seven points total in playoffs
- Also helped Eagles to 2021 state title game and 2019 and 2020 Division I semifinals
- 2019 Rookie of the Year
- 2022 Baller of the Year
- Honor roll student
Personal:
- Son of Yolanda Miller
- Has two brothers, William and Wayne
- Has a sister, Yolanda
- His brother, Wayne, is a running back at JMU
- His brother, Will, played at Delaware
- Majoring in sport and recreation management
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