Senior cornerback on South Florida's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 205 lb · Deland, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1654 nationally · Signed with South Florida
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on South Florida's 2025 roster.
Ben Knox
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Five seasons at South Florida, three different head coaches: Jeff Scott, Alex Golesh and Kevin Patrick. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against UAB, Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Scott, Alex Golesh, and Kevin Patrick. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (6th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Hartline
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Florida | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | South Florida | 22 | 15 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | South Florida | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 40 | 29 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-7vs Boise State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 54-26vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-13vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 55-23vs UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-41@ Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-18@ UAB | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 52-3vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | L 10-24vs Old Dominion | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
2026 Outlook
South Florida
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · South Florida
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
South Florida · Last season: 9-4 (AP #25) · Talent rank #52 · 2026 recruiting class #90
Player DNA
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ben Knox’s 2024 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Fred Davis II's graduate season at Northwestern (2025).
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Player DNA