Tylan Knight
Tylan Knight
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Lane Kiffin and Will Hall. The receipt: 4 tackles against Louisiana — Week 9, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 25 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Ole Miss | 37 | 20 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Ole Miss | 16 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 78 | 42 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2022
W 27–24
at Tulane
4 TOT · 2 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Rodney Robinson’s 2021 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Marquis Williams's graduate season at Pittsburgh (2022).
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