When was Deshawn McKnight drafted?

Deshawn McKnight entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.

How many seasons has Deshawn McKnight played?

This is his first season on record.

The Index · Live

Deshawn McKnightTampa Bay Buccaneers · #73

Defensive Tackle · 6' 1", 283 lbs · Sumter, SC

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #73 · Defensive Tackle

Deshawn McKnight

Season avg— · no seasons on record yet

Career avg— · career line pending

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

Scouting report

Deshawn McKnight — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Defensive Tackle · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Deshawn McKnight is a Defensive Tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, an undrafted signing.

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

Act II

Where he stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

✦ Balladex Consensus: #1708 of 2270 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

50Impact index

13Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

The engine

How the model sees him

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Everything it reads

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

⚖ Overlay a rival →

Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

15–67proj record

-42.5net index

50off index

8def index

94pace

Aggressive hedge & helpscheme

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Defensive anchors: A'Shawn Robinson, Al-Quadin Muhammad.

How his role moves

Primary defensive tackle role on a team grading 50 offense / 8 defense. No calibrated baseline for this team yet — record is modeled.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

The beginning

Deshawn McKnight is a Defensive Tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Deshawn McKnight is a Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle, an undrafted find.

Chapter

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Where things stand

Where McKnight goes from here.

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McKnight's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Highlights landing soon

Off the court

Measurables

Active

Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 283 lbs
Born: Sumter, SC
Jersey: #73

Deshawn McKnight career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.