Terrance Knighton: The Task to Join NE Patriots

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Knighton was signed by the Jaguars to a four-year contract on July 31, 2009.

His contract, which includes veteran minimum salaries, plus a fourth-year escalator to $1.3 million, could reach nearly $3.32 million. He also received a signing bonus of $843,500. At the end of the 2009 season, Coach Jack Del Rio said, “Terrance Knighton is going to be a real good player. It wasn’t an accident before the game that he was made a team captain for the game. I’m counting on him to lead the way.”

Guys that were great leaders on and off the field and were role models for me growing up and guys that I modeled myself after on the field like a Vince Wilfork. Obviously, big shoes to fill and me being a big guy and playing nose tackle, people will look for me to be like a Wilfork replacement, but I’m not thinking about that. I’m just going to come in, and work hard every day, and just try to create my own niche in the organization.

Last year I was obviously heavier than I am right now. I’m in a lot better shape than I was last year. Contractually, I have things, weights that I need to hit. Whatever the coaches want me to play at then that’s what I’ll be at. I’ve worked really hard this offseason and I’ll continue to work throughout the offseason program and get acclimated to the new strength coaches and the nutritionists and the way things are done in Foxborough.

Knighton has started all but one game in the past three seasons, but according to Pro Football Focus, he didn’t play more than 53.1 percent of the snaps in any of those three seasons; he played just 37.9 percent of the snaps in 2015 for the Redskins.

 

By Erik Frenz , Featured Columnist

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