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Jordan Knox - Football - University of Kentucky Athletics 57

JordanKnox

  • position Offensive Lineman
  • height 6-2
  • Weight 329
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Rock Hill, S.C.
  • High school Northwestern
  • Previous School Northwestern/Northwest Mississippi JC
BIO

2026 – Junior
• Transferred to Kentucky after graduating from Northwest Mississippi Junior College
• Spent two seasons at Northwestern prior to junior college and played in 10 career games with three starts

2025- r-Sophomore (Northwest Mississippi)
• Played at Northwest Mississippi, helping the Rangers go 10-2 overall, 5-1 in conference play, and win the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference Championship (MACCC)
• The fourth-ranked Rangers reached the semifinal round of the NJCAA Division I Playoffs
• Earned First Team All-MACCC North Division honors

2024- Sophomore (Northwestern)
• Redshirted his sophomore year

2023- Freshman (Northwestern)
• Played in 10 games with three starts as a freshman, helping the Wildcats finish 8-5 overall with a victory against Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl
• Saw action in 132 snaps, including 75 at left guard, 10 at right guard, eight in the right tackle slot, two at left tackle and 35 as an in-line tight end
• Made his first career start against Wisconsin
• Earned a season-high offensive grade of 74.0 against Purdue

High School
• Started all four years of his varsity career and spent three seasons as a team captain for head coach Page Wofford at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C.
• Helped the Trojans chart a 33-13 combined record during his four seasons, making an appearance in the state championship game in 2022
• Made 46 consecutive starts on the offensive line, allowing no sacks over his final three seasons
• Named a two-time all-state and three-time all-region selection
• Helped the Trojans to a 13-2 overall record as a senior
• Named Big 22 Player of the Year for South Carolina and North Carolina
• Rated as the No. 5 interior offensive lineman in the nation and No. 7 overall recruit in South Carolina, by 247Sports coming out of high school

Personal
• Born in Pineville, North Carolina
• Son of Tonia Ashford-Knox and Anthony Knox
• Siblings are Summar Knox, Taylor Knox and Jasmine Ashford-Hill
• Major is pre-management

Jordan Says
• Three words to describe him are smart, loving and strong
• Hobbies include working out, watching television and hanging with friends and family
• Besides playing football, he’s also really good at math
• If he could have dinner with a famous person, living or dead, he would chose LeBron James
• One thing he will never do again is eat chitterlings

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