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Joe McKnight Embodied USC’s ‘Fight On’ Spirit Until The End

Joe McKnight’s career did not go as planned.

He was not the second coming of Reggie Bush.

He was never an NFL star.

But he was a Trojan, one who embodied the spirit of Fight On.

McKnight’s life did not go as planned. Because it ended far too soon.

The 28-year-old running back was senselessly murdered on Thursday afternoon in New Orleans, gunned down at a busy intersection in broad daylight, a victim of an apparent “road rage incident.”

When tragedy strikes, mourning and remembering are inextricably linked.

McKnight was a man beneath the pads — a son, a brother, a father.