Bydarrius Knighten: DB · Auburn · #2.
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Bydarrius Knighten
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Arrived at Auburn from Southeast Missouri State. On tape: 9 tackles against Georgia, Week 6, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 2 passes defended. 2 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 26
USA Today Oct 18
On3 Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Auburn | 46 | 30 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Career | 46 | 30 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 60-10vs Akron | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 62-0vs Alabama State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-19@ LSU | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-34vs No. 2 Georgia | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 38-23@ No. 17 Arkansas | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-20vs No. 10 Ole Miss | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-21@ South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-24vs No. 3 Alabama | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
46tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL46 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryan Harsin
Pass share
51.0%
452 pass / 434 run
Plays / game
73.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
483 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #234 at the position.
How it ended
One season at Auburn, 46 tackles — the college career is complete.
The role got bigger.
