Deletion of Joe McKnight

Comment: Great college player, probably will be star in NFL and per  which does include college players at the D1 level it must stay
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: SNG guidelines should be viewed as exclusionary rules: a way of preventing certain topics from overrunning their reasonable prominence. In , it's bar bands that may have gotten two reviews, in , it's college football players. I firmly believe that topics have to meet '''both''' the general notability guideline and any subject specific guidelines that apply.&mdash
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:MUSIC||WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: Sources check out, passes 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: Passes , which is merely supplimented by . &mdash
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: WP:N trumps . I expect every competent administrator to know this
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: Balloonman has nominated several college football players for deletion with the same rationale, so I will post my same rationale to all of his AfDs.)  is considered to be an additional criterion to notability, as indicated Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Additional_criteria|'''here''': (''Should a person fail to meet these additional criteria, they may still be notable under Wikipedia:Notability.'') Whether this player may or may not meet  should not be the question. The basic criteria, as outlined by , is that these players must be the ''subject of published3 secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent,4 and independent of the subject.5''. It also says that ''if the depth of the coverage is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be needed to prove notability''. Take a look at the sources referenced by the article - do they not meet these requirements? I think they do
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE||WP:BIO)

Comment: Easily notable.  Also meets  as competing in the highest amateur level of his sport (even by the strictest possible definition: a BCS bowl
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: Meets general |notability guidelines, which generally take precedence over specific conditions listed under  (which are meant to help establish notability if the general conditions aren't met
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO||WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: Passes : plays at the highest amateur level '''for his sport''' - Division I American college football
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: This reveals a weakness in , in that many college players are actually more notable than a large number of NFL players in real life. Our guidelines don't reflect that, though. McKnight passes the general notability guideline with ease
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment:  is an exception to general  requirements, not a replacement of them.  There may well be professional athletes that would not meet general notability requirements, see Keith Cash and Kerry Cash but they get in despite no references or reliable sources other than them having played in the NFL.  Conversely, there are athletes who do not meet  but do get in under general notability standards.  See Brian Orakpo and Colt McCoy as examples of athletes who have not played at the professional level but have garnered enough notability at the college level to be included
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:ATHLETE)