Usage / Role
4%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Marshall
Knowledge McDaniel
RB • 5'11" • 218 lbs • Bradenton, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Knowledge McDaniel leans balanced backfield option traits and 60.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
21
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Marshall
19202021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Marshall
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky
Player Story
Knowledge McDaniel built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a running back from Bradenton, FL wearing No. 15, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Knowledge McDaniel's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Vanderbilt
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Knowledge McDaniel, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Marshall. Knowledge McDaniel leans balanced backfield option traits and 60.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 319
- Rushing yards
- 319
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Knowledge McDaniel quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Marshall · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 319
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Marshall
- Top game
- Eastern Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mount Carmel · Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Mount Carmel · 49 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Sophomore
- 2021 Scrimmage yards rank
- 107 scrimmage yards · RB 438th (top 65%) · Conference USA 144th (top 53%) · National 1,374th (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2020 Postseason | Marshall | 5 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 62.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Marshall | 5 | 158 | 158 | 0 | 1 | 62.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Marshall | 4 | 107 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 41.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Marshall to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 18 | Nov 17, 2021 |
Knowledge McDaniel played RB for Marshall. Across 3 tracked seasons, Knowledge McDaniel recorded 319 rushing yards, 3 tackles, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Marshall.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Marshall paired 212 primary output with 56.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 60.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina Central
Win with 67 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Marshall
Games
4
Scrimmage Yards / G
26.8
Efficiency
60.5
Usage
4.5
Consistency
41.6
Best Game by takeover score
North Carolina Central
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Navy: 1. North Carolina Central: 67. Middle Tennessee: 39. Florida Atlantic: 0
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. Navy: 1 by 10.4. North Carolina Central: 7 by 89.9. Middle Tennessee: 5 by 81.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins22.7 · Games = 3 · -16.3 vs Losses
Losses39 · Games = 1 · +16.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Carolina Central
Best efficiency game
89.9 vs North Carolina Central
Player Story
Knowledge McDaniel story
Knowledge McDaniel built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a running back from Bradenton, FL wearing No. 15, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Knowledge McDaniel's career was his backfield work: 319 rushing yards, 48 carries, and 3 rushing touchdowns across 11 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Knowledge McDaniel's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Marshall
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Marshall | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 2020 Postseason | Marshall | 212 | 56.4 | 11.4 | 212 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Marshall | 212 | 56.4 | 11.4 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Marshall | 107 | 60.5 | 4.5 | -105 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 1 · W 59-0
Win with 93 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
93
Scrimmage Yards
73.9 takeover
93 scrimmage yards and 18.4 usage.
#2
vs North Carolina Central
Week 2 · W 44-10
67
Scrimmage Yards
71.2 takeover
Win with 67 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
67 scrimmage yards and 8.3 usage.
#3
@ Buffalo
Week 1 · L 10-17 · Postseason
54
Scrimmage Yards
57.2 takeover
Loss with 54 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
54 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
#4
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 5 · L 28-34 · Conference game
39
Scrimmage Yards
53.7 takeover
Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
39 scrimmage yards and 7.6 usage.
#5
vs Massachusetts
Week 10 · W 51-10
43
Scrimmage Yards
51.7 takeover
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
43 scrimmage yards and 8.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Marshall
212 primary output · 56.4 efficiency · 11.4 usage
62.8
#2
2020 Regular Season · Marshall
62.8
212 primary · 56.4 efficiency · 11.4 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Marshall
50
0 primary · — efficiency · 0 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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