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Why FSU football’s new D-line coach Terrance Knighton is called ‘Pot Roast’
FSU football head coach Mike Norvell talks early signing day, 2025 recruiting class
FSU football head coach Mike Norvell talks early signing day, 2025 recruiting class
Did somebody order a pot roast?
That would be Mike Norvell.
With Norvell’s hunger to fix Florida State football’s defense, Terrance ‘Pot Roast’ Knighton was on the menu.
After FSU officially hires Tony White as the next defensive coordinator, Knighton, who was White’s assistant in Nebraska, will become the next defensive line coach.
Before it was official, Knighton was not hiding from his departure from Nebraska.
On Wednesday, he posted on his X page showing gratitude from the Cornhuskers with the caption ‘Thank you Nebraska. All love!’
His last tweet was Thursday morning, with an airplane emoji. He is most likely flying to Tallahassee.
Here’s what we know about FSU’s next defensive line coach:
Who gave Terrance Knighton the nickname ‘Pot Roast’?
Some people might be wondering where Knighton got the nickname ‘Pot Roast.
The famous nickname was discovered during his NFL rookie season when he played for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He explained it in an article he wrote for the Players’ Tribune on Sept. 16, 2015.
According to the article, Knighton was hungry and flew back to Jacksonville after a game. The flight attendant gave him a choice between Shrimp Alfredo or pot roast. Guess what he took.
“It was pitch dark on the plane because everyone was asleep, so the flight attendants couldn’t really see us,” he explained in the Tribune.
“You had to either raise your hand or press the little overhead light button to get them to notice you. So when the flight attendant came down the aisle saying, “Pot roast, pot roast,” I waved my hand out into the aisle and said, “Right here!”
His teammate, Clint Ingram, jokingly called him pot roast afterward. The rest was history.
What NFL teams did Terrance Knighton play for?
Knighton has played in the NFL for seven seasons after being selected in the third round out of Temple in the 2009 NFL Draft. Current Nebraska coach Matt Rhule coached him while he was at Temple from 2005 to 2008.
Knighton played for three different teams. He started 96 of the 108 games for the Jaguars (2009-12), Denver Broncos (2013-14), and the Washington Commanders (2015). His last NFL was the New England Patriots, where he was a practice squad player in 2016.
Knighton made the NFL All-Rookie team with the Jaguars and played in Super Bowl XLVIII for the Broncos.
In his career, he recorded 231 career tackles with 34 tackles for loss and 14.0 sacks. He also forced three fumbles, had two fumble recoveries and 11 passes defended with one interception.
His 231 tackles are the 15th most tackles among NFL defensive tackles.
Terrance Knighton: The coach and father figure
Knighton was missed in Nebraska. The Huskers have spoken dearly about the defensive line coach.
A resurfaced video from Oct. 5 of edge rusher James Williams spoke deeply about Knighton and how much he meant to him as a coach and a father figure.
“He taught me so much about life,” Williams told the Nebraska media.
“I say he is a father figure, but he is really my father. I learned so much about him about life. He helped me through everything. That man means everything to me.”
Knighton has been coaching for six years in both college and the NFL. In his first two years, he coached at Wagner and then joined Rhule’s coaching staff for the Carolina Panthers.
He followed Rhule to Nebraska, as he has been a defensive line coach since 2023. Last season, the Huskers have allowed a rushing touchdown all year. It starts up front in a 3-3-5 defensive scheme.
He was asked about his philosophy in coaching his defensive line in a video clip.
“Gritty playmakers,” Knighton answered.
“We’re gonna do everything the tough way, we’re gonna make plays, but at the same time we’re gonna be tough, we’re gonna be in our gap, we’re gonna play with our hands, and we’re gonna get after people.”
Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics for Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at PHolland@Gannett.com or on X @_Da_pistol.
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33 Nebraska senators urge Board of Regents to delay vote on $800M acquisition of Nebraska Medicine
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Thirty-two Nebraska state senators joined Sen. Brad von Gillern’s letter calling on the Nebraska Board of Regents to delay a vote on the proposed $800 million acquisition of Nebraska Medicine.
The letter, dated Thursday and bearing a total of 33 signatures from state senators, shared concerns about the proposed acquisition, including the lack of transparency to the public and the Legislature.
According to the letter, the regents’ Jan. 9 meeting agenda item summary indicates that the Board has “negotiated the final agreement over a series of meetings in the past 18 months”.
The regents will consider a proposal in which Clarkson Regional Health Services would give up its 50% membership in Nebraska Medicine. The deal would give full control of the health system to the University of Nebraska.
However, the letter said the public and Legislature have had little time to understand the proposal, its impact and any financial implications of the transaction.
“The University of Nebraska and Nebraska Medicine are two institutions of tremendous significance to our state, and any major changes to the existing structures must be carefully considered,” the letter stated.
Senators are asking the Board to delay the vote to “ensure all viable alternatives have been considered and until all stakeholders understand the impact of the proposal for the state” and the two institutions.
The Board of Regents meeting, previously set for Friday, will now be held Thursday, Jan. 15 at 9 a.m.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Parts of a temporary historical exhibit inside the Nebraska State Capitol were torn down by a state senator, Gov. Pillen alleges.
Gov. Pillen said Wednesday on social media that several displays of historical figures, key events in the American Revolution and portraits of those who signed the Declaration of Independence were “ripped off the walls” by state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh of Omaha.
A 40-second video shared by Pillen appears to show Sen. Cavanaugh taking down several displays and a photo showed the items on the floor of her office.
The displays featuring material made by the controversial conservative group PragerU were put up in the state Capitol as part of the United States’ 250th anniversary.
“Celebrating America during our 250th year should be a moment of unity and patriotism, not divisiveness and destructive partisanship. I am disappointed in this shameful and selfish bad example,” Pillen wrote.
Cavanaugh told 10/11 that senators are prohibited from putting items on the walls in the hallway outside their offices. She said the posters line the entire hallway around the first floor, but she only took down the ones outside her office.
“When I walked in this morning and saw these poster boards lining the hallway of my office, I thought well I’m not allowed to have things lining the hall of my office… I tried to take them down as gently as I could and not damage any of them, and I stacked them inside of my office and I let the state patrol know that they were there,” Cavanaugh said.
PragerU has previously faced criticism for making content that historians, researchers and scholars have considered inaccurate or misleading. Some parents and educators have also spoken out against the nonprofit, saying its content spreads misinformation and is being used for “indoctrinating children.”
The Founders Museum exhibit in particular has been criticized by The American Historical Association for blurring the line between reality and fiction, according to NPR.
The exhibit is supposed to remain on display during public building hours through the summer.
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