Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Indiana
Amariyun Knighten
DB • 6'0" • 174 lbs • Hollywood, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Amariyun Knighten shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
31
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois • Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
Amariyun Knighten built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Hollywood, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Indiana and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Amariyun Knighten's...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Amariyun Knighten, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Amariyun Knighten shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 47
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Amariyun Knighten quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · DB
- Career Tackles
- 47
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Ball State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Deerfield Beach · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Deerfield Beach · 43 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · DB 881st (top 91%) · Big Ten 626th (top 80%) · National 4,894th (top 79%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 4 | 15 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 35.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 9 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 12.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 9 | 18 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 13 | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Indiana | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
Related Context
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Amariyun Knighten played DB for Northern Illinois and Indiana. Across 4 tracked seasons, Amariyun Knighten recorded 47 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 4 primary output with 15.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 9.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, Indiana.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2023 Postseason · Northern Illinois
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
9.4
Usage
1.5
Consistency
3.7
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas State: 1. Boston College: 0. Nebraska: 0. Akron: 0. Ohio: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Ball State: 0. Western Michigan: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas State: 0 by 10. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Ball State: 5 by 20.8. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs Ball State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/23 | vs Arkansas State | W 21-19 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 11/15 | vs Western Michigan | W 24-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/8 | vs Ball State | L 17-20 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/31 | @ Central Michigan | L 31-37 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 20-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Ohio | W 23-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Akron | W 55-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Nebraska | L 11-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Boston College | W 27-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Amariyun Knighten story
Amariyun Knighten built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Hollywood, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Indiana and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Amariyun Knighten's career was his defensive production: 47 tackles, 1 interception, and 5 passes defended across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Amariyun Knighten's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Northern Illinois
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Indiana
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 2 | 20.6 | 2.4 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 1 | 9.4 | 1.5 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 4 | 15.7 | 3.8 | 3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ball State
Week 5 · L 38-44 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Toledo
Week 8 · L 6-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Notre Dame
Week 2 · W 16-14
1
Havoc Plays
50.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 7 · W 39-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Arkansas State
Week 1 · W 21-19 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
4 primary output · 15.7 efficiency · 3.8 usage
47.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Indiana
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
35.1
2 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 2.4 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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