Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025SMU
Yamir Knight
WR • 5'8" • 186 lbs • Smyrna, DE, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Yamir Knight reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
85
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · James Madison
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- James Madison • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion
Player Story
Yamir Knight built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Smyrna, DE wearing No. 8, spending time with James Madison and SMU. The clearest part of Yamir Knight's career was his receiving...
Read the storyYamir Knight, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · James Madison. Yamir Knight reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,315
- Receptions
- 114
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Yamir Knight quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,315
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · James Madison
- Top game
- Old Dominion
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 637 receiving yards · WR 129th (top 12%) · ACC 20th (top 7%) · National 132nd (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | James Madison | 6 | 8 | 73 | 0 | 35.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | James Madison | 13 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 74 |
| 2024 Regular Season | James Madison | 13 | 48 | 567 | 4 | 74 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 13 | 7 | 104 | 0 | 70.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 13 | 47 | 533 | 5 | 70.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison to SMU | G5/FCS to P4 | 79.8 | May 2, 2025 |
Yamir Knight played WR for James Madison and SMU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Yamir Knight recorded 2 rushing yards, 1,315 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with James Madison.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
James Madison paired 605 primary output with 68.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 67.7 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across James Madison, SMU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Postseason · SMU
Games
13
Receiving Yards / G
49
Efficiency
67.7
Usage
19.1
Consistency
50.2
Best Game by takeover score
Boston College
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 104. East Texas A&M: -1. Baylor: 0. Missouri State: 65. TCU: 69. Syracuse: 41. Stanford: 16. Clemson: 29. Wake Forest: 32. Miami: 47. Boston College: 162. Louisville: 44. California: 29
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 7 by 99. East Texas A&M: 3 by 0. Missouri State: 4 by 100. TCU: 5 by 92. Syracuse: 5 by 54.7. Stanford: 4 by 26.7. Clemson: 3 by 64.4. Wake Forest: 2 by 100. Miami: 4 by 78.3. Boston College: 7 by 100. Louisville: 6 by 48.9. California: 4 by 48.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins56.3 · Games = 9 · +23.8 vs Losses
Losses32.5 · Games = 4 · -23.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Boston College
Best efficiency game
100 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/3 | vs Arizona100 receiving yards | W 24-19 | — | 7 | 104 | 14.9 | 14.90 | 0 | 22 |
| Sun 11/30 | @ California | L 35-38 | — | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Louisville | W 38-6 | — | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Boston College100 receiving yards | W 45-13 | — | 7 | 162 | 23.1 | 23.10 | 1 | 61 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Miami | W 26-20 | — | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 11.80 | 1 | 28 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Wake Forest | L 12-13 | — | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Clemson | W 35-24 | — | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Stanford | W 34-10 | — | 4 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Syracuse | W 31-18 | — | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 8.20 | 1 | 15 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ TCU | L 24-35 | — | 5 | 69 | 11.8 | 13.80 | 1 | 34 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Missouri State | W 28-10 | — | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 16.30 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Baylor | L 45-48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs East Texas A&M | W 42-13 | — | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | -0.30 | 0 | 4 |
Player Story
Yamir Knight story
Yamir Knight built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Smyrna, DE wearing No. 8, spending time with James Madison and SMU. The clearest part of Yamir Knight's career was his receiving role: 114 catches, 1,315 receiving yards, 9 touchdowns, and 2 rushing yards across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with SMU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 2 rushing yards and 313 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across James Madison and SMU.
The arc is straightforward: Yamir Knight moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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James Madison
2023-2024
Opening stop
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SMU
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | James Madison | 73 | 58.9 | 6.6 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | James Madison | 605 | 68.6 | 22 | 532 |
| 2024 Regular Season | James Madison | 605 | 68.6 | 22 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 637 | 67.7 | 19.1 | 32 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 637 | 67.7 | 19.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Old Dominion
Week 12 · W 35-32 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
121
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
121 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 97 Boston College
Week 11 · W 45-13 · Conference game
162
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
162 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs No. 28 Arizona
Week 1 · W 24-19 · Postseason
104
Receiving Yards
87.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
104 receiving yards with a 99 efficiency score.
#4
@ North Carolina
Week 4 · W 70-50
81
Receiving Yards
80.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
81 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ UL Monroe
Week 6 · L 19-21 · Conference game
67
Receiving Yards
74 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
67 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · James Madison
605 primary output · 68.6 efficiency · 22 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · James Madison
74
605 primary · 68.6 efficiency · 22 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · SMU
70.4
637 primary · 67.7 efficiency · 19.1 usage
Milestones
3
100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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