2023 Football Roster

Mercer Athletics
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Randall K. Wolf/VMI
Randall K. Wolf/VMI
Randall K. Wolf/VMI

6 Chance Knox

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Charleston, W.Va.
  • Highschool Capital

Biography

2023 Intro (Senior)
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2022
- Led VMI in receptions (58) and yards (535) with two touchdowns in 11 games
- Recorded a reception in every game, grabbing eight or more four times
- Returned seven kicks for a total of 132 yards, six punts for 27 yards
- Had four catches for 33 yards at No. 22 Wake Forest
- Recorded eight catches for 57 yard in win over Bucknell
- Had six catches, 69 yards and a touchdown against Cornell
- Nine catches & 105 yards at Western Carolina; Eight catches for 50 yards against No. 10 Samford
- Ended year with nine catches, 114 yards and a touchdown against The Citadel

2021
- Played in four games before injury
- Totaled 22 receptions and two touchdowns 
- Returned four kicks for 123 yards including a 84-yard return
- Four-plus catches in every game
- Five receptions and a touchdown against Wofford
- Six receptions and one touchdown at The Citadel adding 123 yards in kick returns

2020-21 - Put together an impressive freshman season and finished fourth on the team in receptions (29) and receiving yardage (264) averaging 9.1 yards per catch…caught a pass in all but one game and posted a season high seven catches for 64 yards against ETSU…his first college reception was a 19-yard TD pass that proved to be the game winner in the 14-13 win season opening over Furman… 16 of his 29 receptions came in the last five games of the season…had a touchdown reception at Wofford…also returned kicks and punts in the later part of the season and had a 70-yard return against Wofford…ran for a gain of 63 yards in first quarter of FCS playoff game at James Madison.

High School – Named first team All-MSAC and first team All-Kanawha Valley as a senior … earned 1,124 all-purpose yards as a senior, including 542 receiving yards, 365 rushing and 217 return yards … recorded 12 touchdowns in 2019, including seven receiving, four rushing TDs and one punt return for a touchdown … named first team All-MSAC as a wide receiver as a junior in 2018 … as a junior earned 543 receiving yards on 33 catches and seven touchdowns to average 16.4 yards per grab.

Major – Economics and Business

Statistics

Season:
2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 83

    2020Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 160 lbs
    83
  • 6

    2021Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 160 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2022Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 160 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2023Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 180 lbs
    6