Tylan Knight

Senior safety on Southern Miss's 2022 roster.

S · Southern Miss · Sr. · #3

5′7″ · 175 lb · Pearl, MS

CFB Index 19 · #460 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceSouthern Miss 2022 alumnus

The story

4 safety on Southern Miss's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2018.
Transferred from Ole Miss to Southern Miss in 2022.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2691 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Southern Miss, 103 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201811 games

Signed with Ole Miss2-star out of Pearl

202210 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2691 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018–2019

Jay Hopson

Southern Miss

2020

Scotty Walden

Southern Miss

era →

2021–2022

Will Hall

Southern Miss

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Ole Miss5-7HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

2020Ole Miss5-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Southern Miss7-6HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

19Below cohort / limited sample #460 of 493?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1494 / 2755 · 44th pct

Tackles#1568 / 2755 · 42nd pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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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

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

19 · #460 of 493 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #460 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Southern Miss	25	14	1.0	1	--	--
2021	Ole Miss	37	20	3.5	1	--	--
2020	Ole Miss	20	15	2.0	2	--	--
2019	Ole Miss	5	3	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Ole Miss	16	8	1.5	--	--	--
Career		103	60	8.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2022

W 27–24

at Tulane

4 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With M. Hunt — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG · Z. Wilcke — 194 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 35.1 · 6 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 7-30@ Miami	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 27-24@ Tulane	4	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 6	L 10-27@ Troy	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 20-19vs Arkansas State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 20-14@ Texas State	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 39-24vs Louisiana	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-42vs Georgia State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 23-26@ Coastal Carolina	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 20-27vs South Alabama	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 20-10@ UL Monroe	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		25	14	1.0	—	1

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

Tylan Knight

201811 games

202210 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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