Tylan Knight: S · Southern Miss · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tylan Knight
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Matt Luke, Lane Kiffin and Will Hall. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Louisiana — Week 9, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 1 pass 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 25 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Ole Miss | 37 | 20 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Ole Miss | 20 | 15 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2019 | Ole Miss | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Ole Miss | 16 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 103 | 60 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 7-30@ No. 15 Miami | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24@ Tulane | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 10-27@ Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-19vs Arkansas State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14@ Texas State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-24vs Louisiana | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-42vs Georgia State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-26@ Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-27vs South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-10@ UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
25tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL25 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Will Hall
Pass share
42.8%
346 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
8.6%
382 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #460 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Ole Miss and Southern Miss, 103 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 48 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Matt Luke, Lane Kiffin and Will Hall.
