Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Tennessee
Kyle Phillips
DL • 6'4" • 273 lbs • Nashville, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kyle Phillips shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
79
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Player Story
Kyle Phillips built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Nashville, TN wearing No. 5, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Kyle Phillips' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Kyle Phillips, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Tennessee. Kyle Phillips shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 103
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 8
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Kyle Phillips quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · DL
- Career Tackles
- 103
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Tennessee
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Hillsboro · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- ProKick Australia · 49 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 55 tackles · DL 14th (top 2%) · SEC 50th (top 8%) · National 524th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 25.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 11 | 33 | 4.5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 41 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tennessee | 12 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 74.3 |
Related Context
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Kyle Phillips played DL for Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kyle Phillips recorded 103 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Tennessee paired 21 primary output with 36.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 36.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Tennessee
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
36.6
Usage
13.3
Consistency
60.5
Best Game by takeover score
Charlotte
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: 2. East Tennessee State: 1. UTEP: 0. Florida: 2. Georgia: 0. Auburn: 1. Alabama: 2. South Carolina: 3. Charlotte: 5. Kentucky: 0.5. Missouri: 2.5. Vanderbilt: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. West Virginia: 2 by 28.3. East Tennessee State: 1 by 14.2. UTEP: 3 by 12.5. Florida: 3 by 32.5. Georgia: 7 by 29.2. Auburn: 9 by 47.5. Alabama: 2 by 28.3. South Carolina: 6 by 55. Charlotte: 4 by 66.7. Kentucky: 6 by 30. Missouri: 7 by 54.2. Vanderbilt: 5 by 40.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.9 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Charlotte
Best efficiency game
66.7 vs Charlotte
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | @ VanderbiltSplash game | L 13-38 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | vs MissouriSplash game | L 17-50 | 7 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Kentucky | W 24-7 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs CharlotteSplash game | W 14-3 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | @ South CarolinaSplash game | L 24-27 | 6 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs AlabamaSplash game | L 21-58 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Auburn | W 30-24 | 9 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Georgia | L 12-38 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs FloridaSplash game | L 21-47 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs UTEP | W 24-0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs East Tennessee State | W 59-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs West VirginiaSplash game | L 14-40 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kyle Phillips story
Kyle Phillips built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Nashville, TN wearing No. 5, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Kyle Phillips' career was his defensive production: 103 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 interception across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Kyle Phillips' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Tennessee
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 4 | 17.1 | 2.7 | 4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 12.5 | 23.9 | 6.1 | 8.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tennessee | 21 | 36.6 | 13.3 | 8.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Southern Miss
Week 10 · W 24-10
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Charlotte
Week 10 · W 14-3
5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#3
@ South Carolina
Week 9 · L 24-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Missouri
Week 12 · L 17-50 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
68.1 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Florida
Week 4 · L 21-47 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Tennessee
21 primary output · 36.6 efficiency · 13.3 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Tennessee
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12.5 primary · 23.9 efficiency · 6.1 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Tennessee
25.1
4 primary · 17.1 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
12
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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