Alfonza Knight is in his 13th season with the Cardinals and first as Assistant Director, College Scouting following his promotion in May, 2026.
In his current role, Knight continues to scout prospects while also assisting in managing the college scouting staff, helping to coordinate pre-draft events and contributing to the overall operation and organization of the department.
He originally joined the team's scouting department in June, 2014. After working as a scouting assistant for three years (2014-16), Knight was promoted in May, 2017 to the Cardinals representative with the National Football Scouting service before being elevated to an Area Scout in May, 2018 where he spent eight years.
Following the 2024 NFL Draft, Knight was the recipient of the team's "Rod Graves College Scouting Award." The award was created in honor of the former Cardinals general manager and is given to the team's top scout based off of analytics and draft grade accuracy.
Knight began his career as an intern with the equipment staff of the Tennessee Titans in 2012 before working for two years with the Senior Bowl (2013-14) where he helped create the preseason watch list of college seniors and evaluated potential invitees to the annual college all-star game in Mobile, AL.
He played safety collegiately at Sewanee: The University of the South, where he was a two-time first-team All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference selection (2010-11), including as a senior in 2011 where he 68 tackles, two sacks and two INTs. As a junior in 2010, he finished the season ranked second in the SCAC in tackles per game (10.1) and tackles (101) while also collecting four tackles for loss, three passes defensed and two INTs. Knight was also a second-team All-SCAC selection in 2009.
Knight graduated with a bachelor's degree in Anthropology in 2012. He and his girlfriend, Yarenis and two kids, Nazir and Nuraiya, live in Phoenix, AZ.
