Knechts junior college coach reflects on his college hoops start [Video]

Before Knecht became SEC Player of the Year and a first-team All-American with the Vols, he made his start in college basketball at the junior college level.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Before Dalton Knecht became SEC Player of the Year and a first-team All-American with the Vols, he made his start in college basketball at the junior college level.

Dalton Knecht started at Northeastern Junior College as he was not heavily recruited out of high school.

The now 6’6″ player was 5’8″ as a sophomore in high school and grew to around 6’3” when he was a senior. His game wasn’t fully developed either, but his head coach Eddie Trenkle said that dude could always shoot.

“He’s a special player,” Trenkle said. “I tell people all the time. He was a unicorn. You don’t get guys like him in junior college very often.”

Trenkle’s assistant coach recruited Knecht at first. Trenkle mostly saw him on tape.

When he saw him in person, Trenkle …