Player Dossier

2019-2024

South Carolina

Demetrius Knight II

LB • 6'2" • 245 lbs • Locust Grove, GA, USA

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Demetrius Knight II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

99%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

89

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

71

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Charlotte

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Georgia Tech • Charlotte • South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Player Story

Demetrius Knight II built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Locust Grove, GA wearing No. 17, spending time with Charlotte, Georgia Tech, and South Carolina. The clearest part of Demetrius...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 17
Overall
No. 49
NFL Team
Cincinnati Bengals

Demetrius Knight II, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Charlotte. Demetrius Knight II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
219
TFL
16.5
Sacks
4.5
Passes defended
7
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Demetrius Knight II quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · LB
Career Tackles
219
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 48 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Charlotte
Top game
East Carolina
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 2 · Pick 17 · Cincinnati Bengals
Latest roster
No. 17 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
82 tackles · LB 88th (top 8%) · SEC 13th (top 2%) · National 129th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech91821-2021.6
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech61510--011.4
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech66-0--036.9
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech39-0--042.6
2023 Regular SeasonCharlotte11895.51.5-4269.3
2024 PostseasonSouth Carolina13710--061.5
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina137572-1061.5

Related Context

Demetrius Knight II played LB for Georgia Tech, Charlotte, and South Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, Demetrius Knight II recorded 4 passing yards, 219 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Charlotte.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Charlotte paired 14 primary output with 46.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 35.5 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia Tech, Charlotte, South Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · South Carolina

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

35.5

Usage

8.8

Consistency

51.3

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 1. Old Dominion: 1. Kentucky: 0. LSU: 0. Akron: 0. Ole Miss: 0.5. Alabama: 3. Oklahoma: 3. Texas A&M: 0.5. Vanderbilt: 1. Missouri: 0. Wofford: 1. Clemson: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 7 by 39.2. Old Dominion: 5 by 30.8. Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. LSU: 4 by 16.7. Akron: 5 by 20.8. Ole Miss: 4 by 21.7. Alabama: 4 by 46.7. Oklahoma: 11 by 75.8. Texas A&M: 11 by 50.8. Vanderbilt: 7 by 39.2. Missouri: 9 by 37.5. Wofford: 2 by 18.3. Clemson: 10 by 51.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.8 · Games = 9 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma

Best efficiency game

75.8 vs Oklahoma

Result
Tue 12/31@ IllinoisL 17-2172100
Sat 11/30@ Clemson10+ tacklesW 17-141080010
Sat 11/23vs WoffordW 56-1221100
Sat 11/16vs MissouriW 34-3098000
Sat 11/9@ VanderbiltW 28-773001
Sat 11/2vs Texas A&M10+ tacklesW 44-2011100.5000
Sat 10/19@ Oklahoma10+ tackles · Splash gameW 35-9117210
Sat 10/12@ AlabamaSplash gameL 25-2742210
Sat 10/5vs Ole MissL 3-27430.5000
Sat 9/21vs AkronW 50-753000
Sat 9/14vs LSUL 33-3644000
Sat 9/7@ KentuckyW 31-631000
Sat 8/31vs Old DominionW 23-1955100

Player Story

Demetrius Knight II story

Demetrius Knight II built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Locust Grove, GA wearing No. 17, spending time with Charlotte, Georgia Tech, and South Carolina. The clearest part of Demetrius Knight II's career was his defensive production: 219 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 48 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 passing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Demetrius Knight II's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Georgia Tech

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Charlotte

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    South Carolina

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech513.92.6
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech112.12.5-4
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech04.20.8-1
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech012.51.80
2023 Regular SeasonCharlotte1446.111.314
2024 PostseasonSouth Carolina1235.58.8-2
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1235.58.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ East Carolina

Week 8 · W 10-7 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Oklahoma

Week 8 · W 35-9 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

91.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Alabama

Week 7 · L 25-27 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida

Week 4 · L 7-22

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Miami

Week 8 · W 28-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Charlotte

14 primary output · 46.1 efficiency · 11.3 usage

69.3

#2

2024 Postseason · South Carolina

61.5

12 primary · 35.5 efficiency · 8.8 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · South Carolina

61.5

12 primary · 35.5 efficiency · 8.8 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

6

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games