Player Dossier

2016-2019

Middle Tennessee

Trae Philpots

DE • 6'3" • 242 lbs • Fairburn, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Trae Philpots shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

41%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

55

Solid production for an edge defender

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Reliability

55

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Middle Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Middle Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Player Story

Trae Philpots built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive end from Fairburn, GA wearing No. 95, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Trae Philpots' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7533

Creekside · Fairburn, GA

Committed To
Middle Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Trae Philpots, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Middle Tennessee. Trae Philpots shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
97
TFL
13
Sacks
4.5
QB hurries
8

Quick Answers

Trae Philpots quick answers

Latest team and position
Middle Tennessee · DE
Career Tackles
97
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Middle Tennessee
Top game
UAB
Recruit profile
2-star · Creekside · Middle Tennessee
High school pipeline
Creekside · 29 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 95 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
40 tackles · DE 48th (top 16%) · Conference USA 107th (top 18%) · National 988th (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee51-0--036.8
2016 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee54-0--036.8
2017 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee81-0--014.2
2017 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee87102-014.2
2018 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee132-0--055.1
2018 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee1342941-055.1
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee104030.55-047.6

Related Context

Trae Philpots played DE for Middle Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Trae Philpots recorded 97 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Middle Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Middle Tennessee paired 14 primary output with 24.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 25.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

25.2

Usage

6.8

Consistency

47.7

Best Game by takeover score

North Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 1. Tennessee State: 2. Duke: 0. Iowa: 1. Marshall: 1. Florida Atlantic: 0. North Texas: 2.5. Florida International: 0. Charlotte: 0.5. Rice: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan: 6 by 35. Tennessee State: 3 by 32.5. Duke: 3 by 12.5. Iowa: 3 by 22.5. Marshall: 1 by 14.2. Florida Atlantic: 5 by 20.8. North Texas: 5 by 45.8. Florida International: 4 by 16.7. Charlotte: 5 by 25.8. Rice: 5 by 25.8

Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

45.8 vs North Texas

Result
Sat 11/16vs RiceL 28-31520.5000
Sat 11/2@ CharlotteL 20-34520.5000
Sat 10/26vs Florida InternationalW 50-1743000
Sat 10/19@ North TexasSplash gameL 30-33520.5000
Sat 10/12@ Florida AtlanticL 13-2854000
Sat 10/5vs MarshallW 24-1310000
Sat 9/28@ IowaL 3-4832000
Sat 9/14vs DukeL 18-4132000
Sat 9/7vs Tennessee StateSplash gameW 45-2632100
Sat 8/31@ MichiganL 21-40620.500.500

Player Story

Trae Philpots story

Trae Philpots built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive end from Fairburn, GA wearing No. 95, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Trae Philpots' career was his defensive production: 97 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Middle Tennessee. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Trae Philpots' production has multiple signals. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Middle Tennessee.

The arc is straightforward: Trae Philpots moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Middle Tennessee

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201620172017201820182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee04.20.8
2016 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee04.20.80
2017 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee381.83
2017 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee381.80
2018 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee1424.97.611
2018 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee1424.97.60
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee8.525.26.8-5.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UAB

Week 14 · L 25-27 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

@ North Texas

Week 8 · L 30-33 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Marshall

Week 6 · W 34-24 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Tennessee State

Week 2 · W 45-26

2

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Vanderbilt

Week 1 · L 7-35

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Middle Tennessee

14 primary output · 24.9 efficiency · 7.6 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

55.1

14 primary · 24.9 efficiency · 7.6 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

47.6

8.5 primary · 25.2 efficiency · 6.8 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games