By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

LUCEDALE — This week’s “Baria Law Firm Game ball of the Week” goes to George County quarterback Deuce Knight as presented by SouthMiss6 Sports.

Every week throughout the end of the school year, we will honor student/athletes across the “Southern Six” with our “Game Ball of the Week” sponsored by David Baria, Attorney-Mediator.

Knight wrapped up his prep football career in fine fashion over the weekend as the senior standout signal-caller represented his home state in the the prestigious Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Football Classic in Mobile at Hancock/Whitney Stadium on the campus of the University of South Alabama Saturday afternoon.

Knight, who is headed to Auburn next year, finished the game with just over 300 yards of total offense and three total touchdowns. He was 17-of-23 passing for 176 yards with a touchdown and added 139 yards rushing on 14 carries and two touchdowns. He was named Mississippi’s Most Valuable Player as Alabama overcame a fourth quarter deficit to pull out a 35-29 win in the 38th annual affair.

“It was a fun game. Anytime you get to play against the best it’s always fun,” Knight said. “It was a lot of fun playing against those guys and I’m about to be teammates with some of those guys.”

He was of the most highly touted prep football products ever come out of the “Southern Six”, and by some services rated as just the second ever “Five Star” recruit ever to come out of Mississippi.

Knight, a 6-foot-4, 206-pound left-hander, recently signed a scholarship with Auburn and head coach Hugh Freeze. He was rated the No. 4 quarterback and No. 29 overall player in the 2025 signing class, according to 247 Sports Composite.

In nine games at George County this season, Knight passed for 2,082 yards and 24 touchdowns with five interceptions while also rushing for 450 yards and nine scores. He missed four regular season games with a hamstring injury, but returned in time to lead the Rebels to the second round of the Class 6A South State playoffs.

Knight is considered the centerpiece of an Auburn recruiting class that is rated as high as No. 5 nationally. He is among three consensus five-star prospects in the class, along with Opelika defensive lineman Malik Autry and Thompson edge rusher Jared Smith.

Knight is set to graduate in December and enroll at Auburn in January, so he could conceivably compete for the starting quarterback job in the spring along with redshirt freshman Walker White and sophomore Hank Brown.

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