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#18 Malik Knight

Class  RS SR/TRFrom  Western Carolina (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'1" · 180 lbHometown  Fort Lauderdale, FL · Fort Lauderdale

Depth-chart placement

Current role

Placement

Starter

Room

Wide Receiver

Experience

5-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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WR room context

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Malik Knight holds the WR-X · Starter spot in Pittsburgh Panthers’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

WR-X · StarterMalik KnightStarter

WR-Z · StarterCataurus HicksStarter

WR-SL · StarterBryce YatesStarter

WR-X · BackupTony KinslerBackup

WR-Z · BackupCensere LeeBackup

WR-SL · BackupCam SappBackup

Transfer history

2026Western Carolina→Pittsburgh Panthers

Background & career

Malik Knight is a redshirt senior member of the Pittsburgh roster. He is from Fort Lauderdale, FL and attended Fort Lauderdale. He joined the program as a transfer from Western Carolina.

Western Carolinathrough 2025

Pittsburgh2026 — present

Previous schoolWestern CarolinaOriginFort Lauderdale, FL · Fort Lauderdale