Former defensive back at Florida State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′11″ · 190 lb · Hollywood, 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. 583 nationally · Signed with Florida State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive back at Florida State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Kevin Knowles II
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent four seasons in the Florida State secondary. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Clemson, Week 6, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Florida State, 108 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Norvell.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Mike Norvell — 30-21 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (27th 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
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #210 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida State | 31 | 22 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida State | 28 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida State | 23 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | Florida State | 26 | 15 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 108 | 65 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024
W 14–9
vs California
6 TOT · 4 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.
With A. Mastromanno — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · D. Uiagalelei — 177 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 48.0 · 11 rush yds (9 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-24@ Georgia Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 12-20vs Memphis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 14-9vs California | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 13-29vs Clemson | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-23@ Duke | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-36@ Miami | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 11-35vs North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-52@ Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 11-31vs Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 22 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 4 |
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
31 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Marques Buford’s 2024 season.
Matches Marques on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Marquis Cooper's senior season at Buffalo (2025).
Matches Marquis on
Player DNA