Usage / Role
84%
Major defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2018-2022SMU
Jimmy Phillips Jr.
LB • 6'3" • 236 lbs • Mesquite, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jimmy Phillips Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
87
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · SMU
1819202122
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Player Story
Jimmy Phillips Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Mesquite, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Jimmy Phillips Jr.'s career was his defensive...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- SMU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Jimmy Phillips Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · SMU. Jimmy Phillips Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 170
- TFL
- 15
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Jimmy Phillips Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 170
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- North Texas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Poteet · SMU
- High school pipeline
- Poteet · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 76 tackles · LB 128th (top 11%) · American Athletic 16th (top 4%) · National 181st (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 11.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 8 | 23 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 21.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 60 | 5.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 63.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 11 | 76 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 66.6 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Jimmy Phillips Jr.
Jimmy Phillips Jr. played LB for SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jimmy Phillips Jr. recorded 170 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
SMU paired 16 primary output with 43.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 43.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2022 Regular Season · SMU
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
43.3
Usage
9.7
Consistency
41.9
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 4. Lamar: 2. Maryland: 0. TCU: 1. UCF: 1. Cincinnati: 1. Tulsa: 3. Houston: 1. South Florida: 1. Tulane: 0. Memphis: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 8 by 73.3. Lamar: 4 by 36.7. Maryland: 7 by 29.2. TCU: 4 by 26.7. UCF: 11 by 55.8. Cincinnati: 7 by 39.2. Tulsa: 5 by 50.8. Houston: 5 by 30.8. South Florida: 7 by 39.2. Tulane: 7 by 29.2. Memphis: 11 by 65.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.2 · Games = 6 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · -1.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs North Texas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Memphis10+ tackles · Splash game | W 34-31 | 11 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/18 | @ Tulane | L 24-59 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ South Florida | W 41-23 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Houston | W 77-63 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ TulsaSplash game | W 45-34 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Cincinnati | L 27-29 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 10/5 | @ UCF10+ tackles | L 19-41 | 11 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs TCU | L 34-42 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Maryland | L 27-34 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs LamarSplash game | W 45-16 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ North TexasSplash game | W 48-10 | 8 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Jimmy Phillips Jr. story
Jimmy Phillips Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Mesquite, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Jimmy Phillips Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 170 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Jimmy Phillips Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
SMU
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20182019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 3.5 | 16.4 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 10.5 | 29.6 | 11.4 | 7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 16 | 43.3 | 9.7 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ North Texas
Week 1 · W 48-10
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Tulsa
Week 13 · L 31-34 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#3
vs UCF
Week 11 · W 55-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Cincinnati
Week 12 · L 14-48 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
77.2 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Tulsa
Week 9 · W 45-34 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · SMU
16 primary output · 43.3 efficiency · 9.7 usage
66.6
#2
2021 Regular Season · SMU
63.1
10.5 primary · 29.6 efficiency · 11.4 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · SMU
36.8
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
7
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Jimmy Phillips Jr.
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.