Jadarius Green-McKnight

Senior defensive back for Marshall. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 23 tackles.

DB · Marshall · Sr. · #4

5′11″ · 198 lb · Fort Myers, FL

CFB Index 34 · #415 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Marshall for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6:30 pm ETat Missouri StatePlaster Sports ComplexMarshall by 3.5

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

1 PBU · 23 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 1 PBU, 5 tackles, vs Texas State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Marshall. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 23 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida State in 2020.
1 interception in 2024. Then 1 in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jadarius Green-McKnight

DB · Marshall · Sr · #4

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Mike Norvell, Charles Huff and Tony Gibson. The receipt: 5 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Texas State — Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy

2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

2024Marshall10-3HC: Charles Huff · Run-leaning

2025Marshall5-7HC: Tony Gibson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

34Below cohort / limited sample #415 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (21st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Tackles#1813 / 2975 · 38th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#2282 / 2975 · 21st pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road4g	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.4	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #415 of 544 safeties

Former four-star. Now #415 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #25 of 30 Sun Belt DBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Marshall	23	8	2.0	0.0	1	1	--
2024	Marshall	38	12	1.0	1.0	3	1	--
2023	Marshall	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Marshall	25	11	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Florida State	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		89	34	4.0	1.0	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025

W 48–24

vs Old Dominion

2 TOT

Dominant 24-point win at home against Old Dominion.

With C. Del Rio-Wilson — 219 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.1 · 95 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · N. Totten — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-45@ Georgia	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-21vs Missouri State	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 51-54@ Louisiana	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 48-24vs Old Dominion	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 40-37vs Texas State	5	2	1.5	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 11	L 23-35vs James Madison	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 30-18@ Georgia State	2	0	0.5	1	0
Wk 13	L 24-26@ App State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 19-24vs Georgia Southern	3	0	0.0	—	0
Total		23	8	2.0	1	1

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

23Tackles

8Solo

2TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

1INT

23 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 81 PD
Week 121 INT

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

Marshall

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Marshall

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +6 net (28 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Marshall · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #97 · 2026 recruiting class #123

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Elias Escobar’s 2023 season.

Elias Escobar

83%match

Sam Houston · 2023

Ore Adeyi

Northwestern · 2023

83%

Armani Adams

Western Michigan · 2024

82%

Thomas Harper

Oklahoma State · 2021

82%

Billy Bowman

Oklahoma · 2021

82%

Matches Elias on

Weight

PD rate

Tackle volume

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Kenneth Robinson's graduate season at UTSA (2024).

Kenneth Robinson

94%match

UTSA · 2024

Armani Adams

Western Michigan · 2024

All-Conference USA

94%

Cameron Williams

Georgia Southern · 2024

85%

AJ McCarty

Texas Tech · 2025

82%

Kyler Fisher

Iowa · 2024

81%

Matches Kenneth on

Class year

PD rate

Tackle volume

Player DNA

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Avarion Cole

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The secondary · Marshall

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25 more on the roster · Marshall team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jadarius Green-McKnight

2020

202210 games

202510 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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