Jul 05, 1994Waterbury, Connecticut, United States29 years oldCancer
About Jovan Santos Knox
Jovan Santos-Knox (born July 5, 1994) is a professional Canadian football linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Santos-Knox was signed by the Blue Bombers after driving nine hours with his father to a tryout camp which his father had found in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He started his rookie season on special teams but by the end of the regular season was a starting linebacker and was being praised by coach Mike O'Shea and media for big plays at big moments of games.
After recording 10 tackles and 3 sacks against Toronto on July 27, 2018 Santos-Knox was named the CFL's third star of the week.