Marcus Knight

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1978)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{for-multi|the Anglican priest|Marcus Knight (priest)|the cartoonist|Mark Knight}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Marcus Knight

| image =

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| current_team = Yale Bulldogs

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| position = Wide receivers coach

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|6|19}}

| birth_place = Sylacauga, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 180

| high_school = B.B. Comer {{nowrap|(Sylacauga, Alabama)}}

| college = Michigan

| undraftedyear = 2000

| pastteams =

• Oakland Raiders ({{NFL Year|2000|2002}})
• →Amsterdam Admirals ({{AMS season|2002}})
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2004}})
• Philadelphia Soul ({{AFL Year|2005|2006}})
• Columbus Destroyers ({{AFL Year|2006|2007}})

| pastcoaching =

• Valparaiso (2008–2011)
  Wide receivers coach
• Northern Michigan (2012–2016)
  Wide receivers coach & recruiting coordinator
• Central Michigan (2017–2018)
  Wide receivers coach
• Indiana State (2019)
  Running backs coach
• Indiana State (2020)
  Wide receivers coach
• Ball State (2021–2022)
  Wide receivers coach
• Yale (2023–present)
  Wide receivers coach

| highlights =

• AP National Champion (1997)
• Second-team All-Big Ten (1999)
• John F. Maulbetsch Award (1997)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 3

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 26

| statlabel3 = TDs

| statvalue3 = 0

| pfr = KnigMa00

| afl = 4918

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Marcus Larae Knight (born June 19, 1978) is an American college football coach and former wide receiver. He is the wide receivers coach at Yale University, a position he has held since 2023. He played college football at Michigan and professionally as a wide receiver and kick returner for the Oakland Raiders of the NFL and wide receiver and defensive back for the Philadelphia Soul and Columbus Destroyers of the Arena Football League (AFL).

Marcus Knight retired from playing in 2008 and was hired by Valparaiso University as the wide receivers coach.

Knight's nephew, Zelous Wheeler, is a professional baseball player.{{cite web|last=Martin |first=Grant |url=http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/116938528.html |title=Long shots, high hopes: Zelous Wheeler |publisher=JSOnline |date=February 25, 2011 |accessdate=March 26, 2014}}