Jadarius Green-McKnight is a defensive back at Marshall who has not played in Marshall's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Marshall lists 31 defensive backs this season.
Marshall is 5-3. Next: at Georgia Southern, Sat Nov 7.
Green-McKnight moves between deep coverage and the slot. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Mike Norvell, Charles Huff and Tony Gibson. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Texas State — Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-45@ No. 5 Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-21vs Missouri State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 51-54@ Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-24vs Old Dominion | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-37vs Texas State | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 23-35vs James Madison | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-18@ Georgia State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-26@ App State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-24vs Georgia Southern | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Week 8 · 2025
W 40-37
vs Texas State
1.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out Texas State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%2 TFL23 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Pass share
40.4%
335 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
362 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Norvell, Charles Huff and Tony Gibson.
