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Report: Nebraska Football Defensive Line Coach Terrance Knighton to Go to Florida State

The Husker assistant is reportedly following defensive coordinator Tony White to Tallahassee.

Kaleb Henry

James Williams celebrates the Nebraska defense's final stop of the 2024 game against Rutgers with defensive line coach Terrance Knighton.
James Williams celebrates the Nebraska defense's final stop of the 2024 game against Rutgers with defensive line coach Terrance Knighton. / Amarillo Mullen
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Nebraska football could be looking at multiple openings on the coaching staff.

Multiple reports have indicated associate head coach and defensive coordinator Tony White will become the next DC at Florida State. Greg Smith of Rivals is also reporting that defensive line coach Terrance Knighton will follow White to Tallahassee.

Knighton came to Lincoln after the 2022 season with head coach Matt Rhule. He coached under Rhule with the Carolina Panthers and played at Temple when Rhule was an assistant.

Before joining Rhule's staff in Carolina, Knighton coached at Wagner, an FCS program in New York. Before that, he enjoyed an NFL career that lasted seven seasons between Jacksonville, Denver and Washington.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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