Tight end, Grambling, 2022–⁠25

Covadis Knighten

Number
No. 9
Height
6′2″
Weight
280 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Baton Rouge, LA

Covadis Knighten played tight end at Grambling (2022–⁠25).

Career highs

96receiving yards, career highvs. Jackson State, 2025

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2023Grambling11787.1018
2024Grambling14866.1116
2025Grambling242359.8359
Career493998.1459

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Grambling9TEFr.
2023Grambling9TESo.
2024Grambling9TEJr.
2025Grambling9TESr.6′2″280

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2023Grambling (FCS)100.39––3.9–
2024Grambling (FCS)140.63––8.8–
2025Grambling (FCS)400.1913th (n=1040)0.467.46%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Grambling 11 games, 24 catches, 235 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.LangstonW 55–⁠72613
Sep 6atOhio StateL 0–⁠7031307
Sep 13vs.Kentucky StateW 37–⁠311707
Sep 20vs.East Texas A&MW 31–⁠28319111
Sep 27vs.Prairie View A&ML 13–⁠28472032
Oct 11vs.Texas SouthernL 20–⁠211−100
Oct 18atArkansas–Pine BluffW 20–⁠161−100
Oct 25vs.Jackson StateW 26–⁠24596159
Nov 8vs.Bethune-CookmanW 31–⁠231808
Nov 15atAlcorn StateL 16–⁠2728013
Nov 29vs.SouthernL 27–⁠281808
2024 Grambling 9 games, 14 catches, 86 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31atLouisianaL 10–⁠40113013
Sep 7vs.TuskegeeW 37–⁠201212
Sep 14atEast Texas A&MW 35–⁠28429012
Sep 21vs.Jackson StateW 41–⁠202−200
Oct 19vs.Arkansas–Pine BluffW 31–⁠211505
Oct 26atTexas SouthernL 17–⁠24116016
Nov 2atBethune-CookmanL 21–⁠241606
Nov 14atAlabama A&ML 17–⁠22213011
Nov 30vs.SouthernL 14–⁠241404

No box score in the source for Sep 28 at Prairie View A&M, so that game is not listed.

2023 Grambling 7 games, 11 catches, 78 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 16vs.Florida Memorial UniversityW 58–⁠221606
Sep 23vs.Texas SouthernW 35–⁠23118018
Sep 30vs.Prairie View A&MW 35–⁠201404
Oct 7atAlcorn StateL 24–⁠251505
Oct 14vs.Alabama A&ML 24–⁠45217010
Nov 4vs.Alabama StateL 6–⁠1742508
Nov 10atArkansas–Pine BluffW 43–⁠141303

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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