Elite 2025 QB Deuce Knight transferring high schools midway through junior season

Nashville (Tenn.) Lipscomb Academy four-star 2025 quarterback Deuce Knight is transferring from the school after playing three games this fall, according to a report from The Tennessean’s Tom Kreager.

Knight is the No. 39 overall recruit in the 2025 class, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He ranks as the nation’s No. 3 junior quarterback recruit and the No. 2 player in the state, only behind fellow four-star passer George MacIntyre.

Knight told Lipscomb Academy’s head coach, Kevin Mawae, that he is transferring home to Mississippi to be closer to his family.

“It was a family deal for him,” Mawae told Kreager. “He did everything we wanted him to do. It had nothing to do with football, it had everything to do with him wanting to be with his family.”

Knight is getting close to a college decision

The 6-foot-4, 180-pounder is one of the most coveted recruits in the country, already holding offers from Auburn, Georgia, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Oregon, South Carolina, TCU, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Washington, and more.

Each of those schools made his top 10, and he told On3’s Chad Simmons last month that he was planning to make a commitment sooner rather than later.

“I still think I am not too far away,” Knight told Simmons. “I didn’t want to rush into a decision and I am taking it all day by day, but I am confident that is will happen at some point during this season. … The feeling is important to me. I need to feel 100% and be fully confident in my decision. I won’t be a guy that sets a date weeks or months out to commit, but when I feel ready, I set a date and announce it a few days later.”

According to Simmons, Alabama, Auburn, Notre Dame, Ole Miss and Tennessee have become strong contenders to land him.

The in-state Volunteers hosted him over the weekend for their season opener.