Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Kent State
Cepeda Phillips
LB • 6'0" • 217 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cepeda Phillips shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
70
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Kent State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Player Story
Cepeda Phillips built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Detroit, MI wearing No. 48, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Cepeda Phillips' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kent State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Cepeda Phillips, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Kent State. Cepeda Phillips shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 131
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Cepeda Phillips quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 131
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Kent State
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Martin Luther King · Kent State
- High school pipeline
- Martin Luther King · 40 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 48 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Kent State | 4 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kent State | 9 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 30.4 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kent State | 12 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 65.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kent State | 12 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 65.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Cepeda Phillips played LB for Kent State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cepeda Phillips recorded 131 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Kent State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Kent State paired 9 primary output with 34.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Loss 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 · Kent State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
23.4
Usage
5.6
Consistency
7.4
Best Game by takeover score
Akron
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 0. Howard: 0. Penn State: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 3. Bowling Green: 0. Toledo: 0. Eastern Michigan: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Howard: 6 by 25. Penn State: 5 by 20.8. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 12 by 80. Bowling Green: 8 by 33.3. Toledo: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 5 by 30.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Akron
Best efficiency game
80 vs Akron
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/23 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 20-28 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/15 | vs Toledo | L 34-56 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/31 | @ Bowling Green | W 35-28 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Akron10+ tackles · Splash game | L 23-24 | 12 | 10 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Miami (OH) | L 6-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Ole Miss | L 17-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Penn State | L 10-63 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Howard | W 54-14 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Illinois | L 24-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cepeda Phillips story
Cepeda Phillips built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Detroit, MI wearing No. 48, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Cepeda Phillips' career was his defensive production: 131 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Cepeda Phillips' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kent State
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 10.5 | 1.6 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kent State | 4 | 23.4 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kent State | 9 | 34.9 | 10.5 | 5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kent State | 9 | 34.9 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | -9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Akron
Week 8 · L 23-24 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
93.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Toledo
Week 11 · L 33-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#3
@ Auburn
Week 3 · L 16-55
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Miami (OH)
Week 9 · L 16-23 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Buffalo
Week 12 · W 30-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Kent State
9 primary output · 34.9 efficiency · 10.5 usage
65.3
#2
2019 Regular Season · Kent State
65.3
9 primary · 34.9 efficiency · 10.5 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Kent State
41.3
0 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 1.6 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
4
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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