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On3 director of rankings reveals if Notre Dame QB commit Deuce Knight could receive rankings bump after Elite 11 Finals
Notre Dame four-star quarterback commit Deuce Knight has had the attention of On3 director of rankings and scouting Charles Power this month. Power named the Lucedale (Miss.) George County senior his MVP of the OT7 7-on-7 tournament and Elite 11 Finals. Entering those events, he ranked Knight as the No. 53 overall player, No. 7 quarterback nationally and No. 3 prospect in Mississippi in 2025.
After watching the 6-foot-4½, 208-pound Knight perform all three days at last week’s Elite 11 Finals at Manhattan Beach (Calif.) Mira Costa, Power revealed whether Knight could receive a rankings bump. On Wednesday night, he discussed that and seven other topics on The Notre Dame Football Show with Mike Singer and Tim Hyde.
Here is everything Power said about Knight. Quotes have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
On why he named Notre Dame QB commit Deuce Knight MVP of the Elite 11 Finals:
“Deuce Knight, among that top group, had the week’s most legitimate ‘wow moments.’ In addition to the consistency of the performance —he was good every day— but his second day was exceptional. That’s the day they do the Pro Day primarily. …
“He had maybe a four-throw sequence on that Pro Day, which was the best of that day. It was the location, arm strength and projectable tools. Just seeing it all come together.
“If you had told me that Deuce Knight would have been our MVP at the Elite 11, and particularly if he had shown out on the Pro Day in February, I would have had trouble believing that.
“He showed the most upside of that group. He must continue this trajectory and carry it over to Friday nights. Still, there were certainly moments where it was very tantalizing as an evaluator — just what he could do. His physical talent, seeing it all come together in a performance and stacking all that.
“The four-man group to me was him, Keelon Russell, Husan Longstreet and Tavian St. Clair. It is the eye of the beholder — what you value. It’s highly subjective. It’s probably the most subjective evaluation of the whole cycle. But for me, just the ‘wow factor’ that Deuce had at times outweighed all those other guys in that specific area.”
