Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Ole Miss
Dawson Knox
TE • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Nashville, TN, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Dawson Knox reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Ole Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ole Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: LSU
Player Story
Dawson Knox built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a tight end from Nashville, TN wearing No. 9, spending time with Ole Miss. The clearest part of Dawson Knox's career was his receiving role: 38 catches...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 32
- Overall
- No. 96
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
Dawson Knox, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Ole Miss. Dawson Knox reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 599
- Receptions
- 38
Quick Answers
Dawson Knox quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ole Miss · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 599
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Ole Miss
- Top game
- LSU
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 3 · Pick 32 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Junior
- 2018 Receiving yards rank
- 278 receiving yards · TE 46th (top 13%) · SEC 52nd (top 23%) · National 454th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 8 | 24 | 321 | 0 | 70.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 9 | 14 | 278 | 0 | 58.9 |
Related Context
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Dawson Knox played TE for Ole Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dawson Knox recorded 599 receiving yards and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Ole Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Ole Miss paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 71.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Ole Miss
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
30.9
Efficiency
71.4
Usage
7
Consistency
54.2
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas Tech: 6. Kent State: 79. LSU: 9. UL Monroe: 7. Arkansas: 65. Auburn: 5. South Carolina: 43. Vanderbilt: 36. Mississippi State: 28
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas Tech: 1 by 40. Kent State: 2 by 100. LSU: 1 by 60. UL Monroe: 1 by 46.7. Arkansas: 2 by 100. Auburn: 1 by 33.3. South Carolina: 2 by 100. Vanderbilt: 1 by 100. Mississippi State: 3 by 62.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins39.3 · Games = 4 · +15.1 vs Losses
Losses24.2 · Games = 5 · -15.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Vanderbilt
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/23 | vs Mississippi State | L 3-35 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 19 |
| Sun 11/18 | @ Vanderbilt | L 29-36 | — | 1 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 36 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs South Carolina | L 44-48 | — | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Auburn | L 16-31 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Arkansas | W 37-33 | — | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 32.50 | 0 | 48 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs UL Monroe | W 70-21 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sun 9/30 | @ LSU | L 16-45 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Kent State | W 38-17 | — | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 39.50 | 0 | 45 |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Texas Tech | W 47-27 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Player Story
Dawson Knox story
Dawson Knox built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a tight end from Nashville, TN wearing No. 9, spending time with Ole Miss. The clearest part of Dawson Knox's career was his receiving role: 38 catches and 599 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Dawson Knox's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ole Miss
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 321 | 80.3 | 14.7 | 321 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 278 | 71.4 | 7 | -43 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs LSU
Week 8 · L 24-40 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
72
Receiving Yards
97.5 takeover
72 receiving yards with a 96 efficiency score.
#2
@ Kentucky
Week 10 · W 37-34 · Conference game
73
Receiving Yards
83.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
73 receiving yards with a 97.3 efficiency score.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 4 · W 38-17
79
Receiving Yards
74.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
79 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Louisiana
Week 11 · W 50-22
56
Receiving Yards
70.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
56 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Arkansas
Week 7 · W 37-33 · Conference game
65
Receiving Yards
69.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
65 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Ole Miss
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2017 Regular Season · Ole Miss
70.5
321 primary · 80.3 efficiency · 14.7 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Ole Miss
58.9
278 primary · 71.4 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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