Ted McKnight
Theodore Robert McKnight
Born: February 26, 1954
Duluth, MN USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 209
College: Minnesota-Duluth
High School: Central (Duluth, MN)
Career: 1977-1982
Drafted: 1977 in Round 2, #57 overall by the Oakland Raiders
Ted McKnight played from 1977 to 1982 during his career with the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs. McKnight ran for 2,344 yards in his career on 528 attempts, scoring 22 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 99 passes for 717 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 19 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 104 | 627 | 6.0 | 41 | 6 |
| 1979 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 153 | 755 | 4.9 | 84 | 8 |
| 1980 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 206 | 693 | 3.4 | 25 | 3 |
| 1981 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 54 | 195 | 3.6 | 26 | 5 |
| Totals | 528 | 2344 | 4.4 | 84 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 19 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 38 | 226 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 38 | 320 | 8.4 | 26 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Totals | 99 | 717 | 7.2 | 26 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 12 | 305 | 25.4 | 70 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 438 | 21.9 | 70 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1978 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| 1979 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1980 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 16 |
| 1979 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 14 |
| 1980 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 5 | 5 |
| 1982 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 3 | 0 |
