Player Dossier

2022-2025

Indiana

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.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

43

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

41

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

54

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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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8115

Deerfield Beach · Deerfield Beach, FL

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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois415-0-2035.1
2023 PostseasonNorthern Illinois90-0-1012.8
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois918-0--012.8
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois613-012047.3
2025 Regular SeasonIndiana11-0--037.2

Related Context

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

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, Indiana.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

15.7

Usage

3.8

Consistency

41.7

Best Game by takeover score

Toledo

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 1. Buffalo: 1. Massachusetts: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Toledo: 2. Ball State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 3 by 22.5. Buffalo: 1 by 14.2. Massachusetts: 4 by 16.7. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 2 by 28.3. Ball State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Toledo

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Toledo

Result
Sat 10/26@ Ball StateL 23-2521000
Sat 10/19vs ToledoSplash gameL 6-1321001
Sat 10/12@ Bowling GreenW 17-711000
Sat 10/5vs MassachusettsW 34-2043000
Sat 9/21vs BuffaloL 20-2311001
Sat 9/7@ Notre DameW 16-14330010

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. 1

    Northern Illinois

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Indiana

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois220.62.4
2023 PostseasonNorthern Illinois19.41.5-1
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois19.41.50
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois415.73.83
2025 Regular SeasonIndiana04.20.9-4

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

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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

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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