Noah Knigga
American football linebacker (born 2006)
Noah Ryan Knigga (kə-NAY-guh; born October 5, 2006) is an American college football linebacker for the Eastern Michigan Eagles of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
During his junior year of high school at Lawrenceburg, Knigga went viral online and became an internet meme due to his surname's visual resemblance to the colloquial term nigga.
Early life
Noah Knigga was born in Indiana, on October 5, 2006, to Staci Shipley and Ryan Knigga. Knigga was born into a sports-oriented family as his mother played volleyball; meanwhile, his father played football at Lawrenceburg High School and later at Indiana State University. Having graduated from Lawrenceburg in 1996, Ryan has served as the high school's football coach since 2011 and ultimately became Noah's coach. Noah's twin sister, Natalie, is also involved in sports and signed a letter of intent to play college volleyball at Saint Mary of the Woods College.
A two-sport varsity athlete at Lawrenceburg, Knigga played both football and basketball primarily at the outside linebacker and small forward positions, respectively. Though mainly a defensive player in football, he also played a considerable amount at tight end. Knigga also played junior varsity baseball as a first baseman and designated hitter. In the 2023–24 basketball season, Knigga and his sister were both named the MVPs of the boy's and girl's Rivertown Classic Basketball Tournaments, respectively.
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