Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Miami
Jaelan Phillips
DL • 6'5" • 266 lbs • Redlands, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaelan Phillips shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
92
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
99
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Miami
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCLA • Miami
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Jaelan Phillips built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Redlands, CA wearing No. 15, spending time with Miami and UCLA. The clearest part of Jaelan Phillips' career was his...
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- Committed To
- UCLA
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 18
- Overall
- No. 18
- NFL Team
- Miami Dolphins
Jaelan Phillips, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Miami. Jaelan Phillips shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 86
- TFL
- 23.5
- Sacks
- 11.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 5
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Jaelan Phillips UCLA Highlights
2018 · UCLA · Player Highlight
Jaelan Phillips college highlights at UCLA.
- Season
- 2018
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Jaelan Phillips quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami · DL
- Career Tackles
- 86
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Miami
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Redlands East Valley · UCLA
- High school pipeline
- Centerville · 29 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 1 · Pick 18 · Miami Dolphins
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Junior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 45 tackles · DL 9th (top 2%) · ACC 54th (top 8%) · National 367th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UCLA | 6 | 21 | 7 | 3.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 58.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UCLA | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 23.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Miami | 10 | 45 | 15.5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 77.4 |
Related Context
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Jaelan Phillips played DL for UCLA and Miami. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaelan Phillips recorded 86 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Miami.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Miami paired 31.5 primary output with 48.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 48.3 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCLA, Miami.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Miami
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
3.1
Efficiency
48.3
Usage
13.7
Consistency
61.5
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UAB: 3.5. Louisville: 3. Florida State: 2. Clemson: 2. Pittsburgh: 2.5. Virginia: 1. NC State: 3.5. Virginia Tech: 7. Duke: 5. North Carolina: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UAB: 2 by 43.3. Louisville: 3 by 42.5. Florida State: 3 by 32.5. Clemson: 1 by 24.2. Pittsburgh: 3 by 37.5. Virginia: 7 by 39.2. NC State: 10 by 76.7. Virginia Tech: 8 by 83.3. Duke: 4 by 66.7. North Carolina: 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins3.4 · Games = 8 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 2 · -1.4 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
Virginia Tech
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Virginia Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/12 | vs North CarolinaSplash game | L 26-62 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/6 | @ DukeSplash game | W 48-0 | 4 | 3 | — | 3.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Virginia Tech2+ sacks · Splash game | W 25-24 | 8 | 4 | — | 4.50 | 2.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | @ NC State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 44-41 | 10 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/25 | vs Virginia | W 19-14 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | vs PittsburghSplash game | W 31-19 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | @ ClemsonSplash game | L 17-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Florida StateSplash game | W 52-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | @ LouisvilleSplash game | W 47-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/11 | vs UABSplash game | W 31-14 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Jaelan Phillips story
Jaelan Phillips built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Redlands, CA wearing No. 15, spending time with Miami and UCLA. The clearest part of Jaelan Phillips' career was his defensive production: 86 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Jaelan Phillips' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UCLA
2017-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Miami
2019-2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UCLA | 12.5 | 35.4 | 11.3 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | UCLA | 3 | 28.4 | 5.9 | -9.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Miami | 31.5 | 48.3 | 13.7 | 31.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia Tech
Week 11 · W 25-24 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Texas A&M
Week 1 · W 45-44
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Cincinnati
Week 1 · L 17-26
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Duke
Week 14 · W 48-0 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#5
@ NC State
Week 10 · W 44-41 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Miami
31.5 primary output · 48.3 efficiency · 13.7 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · UCLA
58.5
12.5 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 11.3 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · UCLA
23.9
3 primary · 28.4 efficiency · 5.9 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
14
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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