The Seahawks selected Tyrice Knight, a linebacker out of UTEP, with pick No. 118 overall in the fourth round, adding a highly productive player to a position group that will look significantly different in 2024 than it did last season.
Knight joins free-agent additions Tyrel Dodson and Jerome Baker as new linebacker acquisitions for Seattle after Bobby Wagner and Jordyn Brooks both signed elsewhere in free agency.
Knight led all FBS players with 84 solo tackles last season and had 140 total tackles, including a team-leading 15.5 tackles for loss. Knight, who also had 4.5 sacks, seven passes defensed and a forced fumble, was named first-team All-Conference USA, also earning second-team honors in 2022 when he had a team leading 95 tackles to go along with 6.5 tackles for loss.
Over the course of the past three seasons, Knight piled up 337 tackles and 31 tackles for loss while starting all 37 games.
“The first thing that stands out about Tyrice Knight is his high football IQ. Pre-snap, he takes command of the defense by making calls and getting the rest of the defense set. Post-snap, he’s quick to key and diagnose run plays, trusts what he sees and is consistently around the ball.
Against zone runs, Knight knows when to trigger downhill to help get unblocked tackles near the line of scrimmage. While his open-field tackling needs some work, he’s effective in the box with good pad level and wraps up to make sure tackles.”
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