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Linebacker Tyrice Knight 'The Best Player On The Field On Defense' In The Seahawks' Preseason Opener

The Seahawks fell to the Cowboys in their preseason opener, but got a standout performance from linebacker Tyrice Knight.

Aug 15, 2026 at 09:55 PM
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John Boyle

Seahawks.com Senior Reporter

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The last time linebacker Tyrice Knight started for the Seahawks, he was part of two of the defense's biggest plays last season, forcing two fumbles on a pair of sacks, both of which were returned for touchdowns by outside linebacker DeMarcus Lawrence in a blowout win over the Cardinals.

That was a bright spot last season for Knight, but also one of his only chances to shine on defense in the latter part of the season after he lost his starting job to Drake Thomas. Knight, who dealt with a knee injury in camp and wasn't at his best to start the year, still found ways to help the team on special teams, and stepped up when called upon on defense, but his second year in the NFL didn't go quite how he imagined after finishing his rookie season as a starter.

With Ernest Jones IV and Thomas leading the way at linebacker, Knight is still in a backup role this summer, but he keeps demonstrating with his play in camp that the coaching staff is going to have to find a way to get him on the field, and that was never more evident than in Saturday night's 17-7 loss in which Knight looked like the best player on the field in the first half.

With both teams resting their starters, Knight looked like what he is—a starting caliber player sharing the field with backups—and in two quarters he piled up 10 tackles, many of them physical run stops near the line of scrimmage, as well as two passes defensed, one a third-down stop to force a punt, and the other a huge, but legal, hit on Dallas receiver Michael Trigg just as the ball arrived.

"We're a little banged up at inside 'backer right now, so T-Knight played probably more than we bargained for, but he was the best player on the field on defense today for sure," Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said. "That was cool to see."

Knight wore the green dot on his helmet, meaning he was the one relaying calls from defensive coordinator Aden Durde to the rest of the defense, and he looked and played confident in that leadership role.

"We always have the 'next man up' mentality," Knight said. "Everybody just always comes to work every day. For me, I've been having a great camp. I'm trying to stack days and just let it play out like it's supposed to play out."

Knight credits his strong camp to, "Just getting the confidence back, being more decisive, just getting back to how it was before everything happened.

"Probably the biggest step for me is just being more decisive, just how I was at UTEP, bringing that same game to the NFL, and then just playing downhill more and being ahead of the play."

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