Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Illinois
Del'Shawn Phillips
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Highland Park, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Del'Shawn Phillips shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
88
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Del'Shawn Phillips built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Highland Park, MI wearing No. 3, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Del'Shawn Phillips' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Del'Shawn Phillips, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Illinois. Del'Shawn Phillips shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 180
- TFL
- 10
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Del'Shawn Phillips quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 180
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Cass Technical · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Cass Technical · 77 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 95 tackles · LB 67th (top 6%) · Big Ten 10th (top 2%) · National 81st (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 11 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 95 | 6 | 1.5 | - | 3 | 0 | 69.7 |
Related Context
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Del'Shawn Phillips played LB for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Del'Shawn Phillips recorded 180 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Illinois paired 14.5 primary output with 45.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 45.1 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: Minnesota
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
45.1
Usage
10
Consistency
50.3
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kent State: 2.5. Western Illinois: 2. South Florida: 1. Penn State: 0. Rutgers: 1. Purdue: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Maryland: 0. Minnesota: 3. Nebraska: 2. Iowa: 2.5. Northwestern: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kent State: 12 by 75. Western Illinois: 4 by 36.7. South Florida: 8 by 43.3. Penn State: 8 by 33.3. Rutgers: 7 by 39.2. Purdue: 11 by 45.8. Wisconsin: 9 by 37.5. Maryland: 7 by 29.2. Minnesota: 8 by 63.3. Nebraska: 7 by 49.2. Iowa: 7 by 54.2. Northwestern: 7 by 34.2
Split Comparison
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Wins2.1 · Games = 4 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 8 · -1.4 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
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
75 vs Kent State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | @ Northwestern | L 16-24 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | vs IowaSplash game | L 0-63 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | @ NebraskaSplash game | L 35-54 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs MinnesotaSplash game | W 55-31 | 8 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Maryland | L 33-63 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Wisconsin | L 20-49 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Purdue10+ tackles | L 7-46 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Rutgers | W 38-17 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Penn State | L 24-63 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs South Florida | L 19-25 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Western IllinoisSplash game | W 34-14 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Kent State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 31-24 | 12 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Del'Shawn Phillips story
Del'Shawn Phillips built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Highland Park, MI wearing No. 3, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Del'Shawn Phillips' career was his defensive production: 180 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Illinois. 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 Del'Shawn Phillips' production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Del'Shawn Phillips 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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Illinois
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 37.2 | 7.9 | 8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 14.5 | 45.1 | 10 | 6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wisconsin
Week 9 · L 10-24 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
93.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Minnesota
Week 10 · W 55-31 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 1 · W 31-24
2.5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Nebraska
Week 5 · L 6-28 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 12 · L 0-63 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Illinois
14.5 primary output · 45.1 efficiency · 10 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Illinois
42.5
8 primary · 37.2 efficiency · 7.9 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
7
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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