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Jersey Number 3
Tylan Knight
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pearl, Miss.
- Prev School:
- Ole Miss
2021 Ole Miss (Senior): Registered a career-high 37 total tackles while playing in all 13 games for the Rebels … 3.5 tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries also tallied career-highs … Tallied season-high eight tackles against Liberty.
2020 Ole Miss (Junior): Appeared in all 10 games … Saw time at running back and defensive back … Finished with 17 rushing yards on five attempts in addition to nine receiving yards on two catches … Transitioned to full-time defensive back duty halfway through season … Recorded 20 tackles, including 15 solo, two tackles for loss and three forced fumbles.
2019 Ole Miss (Sophomore): Saw time on offense and special teams, playing in 12 contests … Rushed seven times for 38 yards while catching six passes for 33 yards … Tallied 142 total yards … Also registered five tackles.
2018 Ole Miss (Freshman): Played in 12 games … Posted 107 yards on 19 rushing attempts … Also finished with 50 return yards, posting a career-high 157 all-purpose yards … Registered 16 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss during the year.
High School: Helped Pearl High School to back-to-back MHSAA 6A State Title Appearances (2016-17) … Pirates posted a record of 27-4 in two-year span, including 13-1 in Region Three play … As a senior in 2017, Knight posted 1,047 all-purpose yards in addition to 117 total tackles—90 of which were solo … Earned four letters in total as a Pirate, totaling 2,742 all-purpose yards, 25 touchdowns, 168 points scored, 296 tackles, 11 sacks and five interceptions … Also a four-time letterwinner for Pearl Baseball … Named to Clarion-Ledger’s 2017 All-State First Team as a Defensive Athlete … Recorded five tackles, one interception and three punt returns for 45 total yards in the 2017 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game … Team Mississippi defeated Alabama 42-7 thanks to Knight’s performance, earning him Co-MVP honors … Coached by John Perry.
Personal: Son of Dwight and Vickie Knight … Full name is Tylan Deshaun Knight … Born Dec. 10, 1999 … Has three brothers: Darius, Austin and Landin Knight … Majoring in Liberal Studies.
2020 Ole Miss (Junior): Appeared in all 10 games … Saw time at running back and defensive back … Finished with 17 rushing yards on five attempts in addition to nine receiving yards on two catches … Transitioned to full-time defensive back duty halfway through season … Recorded 20 tackles, including 15 solo, two tackles for loss and three forced fumbles.
2019 Ole Miss (Sophomore): Saw time on offense and special teams, playing in 12 contests … Rushed seven times for 38 yards while catching six passes for 33 yards … Tallied 142 total yards … Also registered five tackles.
2018 Ole Miss (Freshman): Played in 12 games … Posted 107 yards on 19 rushing attempts … Also finished with 50 return yards, posting a career-high 157 all-purpose yards … Registered 16 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss during the year.
High School: Helped Pearl High School to back-to-back MHSAA 6A State Title Appearances (2016-17) … Pirates posted a record of 27-4 in two-year span, including 13-1 in Region Three play … As a senior in 2017, Knight posted 1,047 all-purpose yards in addition to 117 total tackles—90 of which were solo … Earned four letters in total as a Pirate, totaling 2,742 all-purpose yards, 25 touchdowns, 168 points scored, 296 tackles, 11 sacks and five interceptions … Also a four-time letterwinner for Pearl Baseball … Named to Clarion-Ledger’s 2017 All-State First Team as a Defensive Athlete … Recorded five tackles, one interception and three punt returns for 45 total yards in the 2017 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game … Team Mississippi defeated Alabama 42-7 thanks to Knight’s performance, earning him Co-MVP honors … Coached by John Perry.
Personal: Son of Dwight and Vickie Knight … Full name is Tylan Deshaun Knight … Born Dec. 10, 1999 … Has three brothers: Darius, Austin and Landin Knight … Majoring in Liberal Studies.
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