Markus Knight: S · Old Dominion · #29.
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Markus Knight
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. A two-star recruit with three seasons on the field at Old Dominion since. On tape: 5 tackles against Coastal Carolina, Week 6, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Old Dominion | 24 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Old Dominion | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | Old Dominion | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 35 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 19-23@ South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-20vs East Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 17-37vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-45@ Coastal Carolina | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-14vs Texas State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 47-19vs Georgia Southern | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 32-35vs James Madison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-42vs Marshall | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 40-32@ Arkansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL24 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Ricky Rahne — 14-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Pass share
41.3%
333 pass / 474 run
Plays / game
67.2
12 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
354 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #406 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Old Dominion, 35 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ricky Rahne.
