Demetrius Knight II: LB · South Carolina · #17.
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Demetrius Knight II
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for four head coaches at three programs in six seasons: Geoff Collins, Brent Key, Biff Poggi and Shane Beamer. The first one came in 2023: All-AAC. On tape: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Texas A&M, Week 10, 2024.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
82 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 8 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.
On3 Oct 24
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Carolina | 82 | 57 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | Charlotte | 89 | 42 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia Tech | 15 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia Tech | 18 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 219 | 127 | 16.5 | 4.5 | 7 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-19vs Old Dominion | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-6@ Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 33-36vs No. 16 LSU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 50-7vs Akron | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-27vs No. 12 Ole Miss | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-27@ No. 7 Alabama | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-9@ Oklahoma | 11 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 44-20vs No. 10 Texas A&M | 11 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-7@ No. 24 Vanderbilt | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-30vs No. 24 Missouri | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-12vs Wofford | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 17-14@ No. 12 Clemson | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-21vs No. 21 Illinois | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 82 | 57 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
Week 8 · 2024
W 35-9
at Oklahoma
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 11 tackles
Dominant 26-point win on the road against Oklahoma.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
82tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%8 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups82 tackles · 8 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
38.8%
341 pass / 537 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
392 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
82 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Six seasons, at Georgia Tech, Charlotte and South Carolina, 219 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #49 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
A stat line in 48 games over six seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2023)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2023)
AAC Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Geoff Collins, Brent Key, Biff Poggi and Shane Beamer.
Next stop · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 2nd NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 2nd NFL season
