Trey Knox

Senior tight end for South Carolina. 2023: 37 catches, 312 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · South Carolina · Sr. · #1

6′5″ · 237 lb · Murfreesboro, TN

CFB Index 54 · #43 of 137 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceSouth Carolina 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 233 nationally · Signed with Arkansas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for South Carolina. 2023: 37 catches, 312 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Arkansas in 2019.
Transferred from Arkansas to South Carolina in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at South Carolina, 1,205 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 88 yds at Ole Miss.Ole Miss · L 17-312019

20198 games

Signed with Arkansas4-star out of Blackman

202310 games

Entered the portal
All-SECsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#233 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Will Muschamp

South Carolina

2021–2023

Shane Beamer

South Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Shane Beamer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Arkansas2-10HC: Chad Morris · Balanced

2020Arkansas3-7HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

2021Arkansas9-4HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy

2022Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #43 of 137?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (86th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#163 / 639 · 74th pct

90.2%

TD rate#353 / 639 · 45th pct

4.9%

EPA / target#447 / 639 · 30th pct

0.57

Explosive rate#531 / 639 · 17th pct

7.3%

Yards / catch#574 / 639 · 10th pct

8.4

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#23 / 160 · 86th pct

Rec yards#52 / 160 · 68th pct

312

Rec TDs#75 / 160 · 43rd pct

Yards / catch#144 / 160 · 10th pct

8.4

Long catch#145 / 160 · 9th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

78th → 30th percentile

Explosive rate

90th → 17th percentile

Catch rate

76th → 74th percentile

TD rate

91st → 45th percentile

Yards / catch

40th → 10th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.6	30.6	8.7	0.4
Road5g	3.8	31.8	9.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	35.7	9.9	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	24.5	7.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #43 of 137 TEs

Former four-star. Now #43 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	South Carolina	37	312	8.4	2	--
2022	Arkansas	26	296	11.4	5	--
2021	Arkansas	20	141	7.0	1	--
2020	Arkansas	7	71	10.1	0	--
2019	Arkansas	28	385	13.8	3	--
Career		118	1,205	10.2	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 47–21

vs Furman

1 rec · 15 yds

Dominant 26-point win at home against Furman.

With S. Rattler — 345 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.5 · 8 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · K. Kroeger — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Tennessee · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +3.40Spencer Rattler pass complete to Trey Knox for 20 yds to the TENN 36 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Mississippi State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.58Spencer Rattler pass complete to Trey Knox for 17 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 7 · Florida · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.25Spencer Rattler pass complete to Trey Knox for 20 yds to the FLA 3 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Texas A&M · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.15Spencer Rattler pass complete to Trey Knox for 18 yds to the TA&M 34 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Florida · 1&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.05Spencer Rattler pass complete to Trey Knox for 6 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 4 · Mississippi State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.02Spencer Rattler pass complete to Trey Knox for 15 yds to the SC 40 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Florida · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +1.87Spencer Rattler pass complete to Trey Knox for 7 yds to the SC 39 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Georgia · 1&15 · Q2 · EPA +1.70Spencer Rattler pass complete to Trey Knox for 18 yds to the UGA 2 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Carolina · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +1.63Spencer Rattler pass complete to Trey Knox for 14 yds to the UNC 4 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Missouri · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.20Spencer Rattler pass complete to Trey Knox for 7 yds to the SC 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-31@ North Carolina	2	14	7.0	0	14
Wk 2	W 47-21vs Furman	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 3	L 14-24@ Georgia	3	31	10.3	0	18
Wk 4	W 37-30vs Mississippi State	4	53	13.3	1	17	Season-high 53 yds
Wk 5	L 20-41@ Tennessee	7	51	7.3	0	20
Wk 7	L 39-41vs Florida	8	50	6.3	1	20
Wk 8	L 12-34@ Missouri	5	32	6.4	0	13
Wk 9	L 17-30@ Texas A&M	2	31	15.5	0	18
Wk 12	W 17-14vs Kentucky	4	35	8.8	0	22
Wk 13	L 7-16vs Clemson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Total		37	312	9.0	2	22

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