Player Dossier

2019-2022

Kansas

Lonnie Phelps

DE • 6'3" • 245 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Lonnie Phelps shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

90%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

60

Reliable weekly contributor

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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: 2021 Postseason · Miami (OH)

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Miami (OH) • Kansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee Tech

Player Story

Lonnie Phelps built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive end from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 47, spending time with Kansas and Miami (OH). The clearest part of Lonnie Phelps' career was his...

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Lonnie Phelps, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Miami (OH). Lonnie Phelps shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
111
TFL
30.5
Sacks
23
QB hurries
12
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Lonnie Phelps quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas · DE
Career Tackles
111
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Miami (OH)
Top game
Tennessee Tech
Latest roster
No. 47 · Junior
2022 Tackles rank
54 tackles · DE 10th (top 4%) · Big 12 45th (top 10%) · National 480th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonMiami (OH)112-0--037.1
2019 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)11174.54.51-237.1
2020 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)2822--044.4
2021 PostseasonMiami (OH)111111-076.3
2021 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)112912.58.55-076.3
2022 Regular SeasonKansas125410.5751065

Related Context

Lonnie Phelps played DE for Miami (OH) and Kansas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Lonnie Phelps recorded 111 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Kansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Miami (OH) paired 29 primary output with 37.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 36.7 efficiency.

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Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami (OH), Kansas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee Tech

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.0

Efficiency

36.7

Usage

12.6

Consistency

42.2

Best Game by takeover score

Tennessee Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee Tech: 7. West Virginia: 0. Houston: 1. Duke: 2. Iowa State: 4. TCU: 2.5. Oklahoma: 0. Baylor: 0. Oklahoma State: 1. Texas Tech: 3. Texas: 0. Kansas State: 3

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.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee Tech: 7 by 79.2. West Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Houston: 5 by 30.8. Duke: 6 by 45. Iowa State: 3 by 52.5. TCU: 5 by 45.8. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Baylor: 8 by 33.3. Oklahoma State: 3 by 22.5. Texas Tech: 6 by 55. Texas: 3 by 12.5. Kansas State: 5 by 50.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.5 · Games = 6 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 6 · -1.1 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

Tennessee Tech

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Tennessee Tech

Result
Sun 11/27@ Kansas StateSplash gameL 27-4754110
Sat 11/19vs TexasL 14-5533000
Sun 11/13@ Texas TechSplash gameL 28-4365100
Sat 11/5vs Oklahoma StateW 37-1633000
Sat 10/22@ BaylorL 23-3586000
Sat 10/15@ OklahomaL 42-5211000
Sat 10/8vs TCUSplash gameL 31-38521.5010
Sat 10/1vs Iowa StateSplash gameW 14-1133111
Sat 9/24vs DukeSplash gameW 35-2765110
Sat 9/17@ HoustonW 48-3054100
Sat 9/10@ West VirginiaW 55-4221000
Sat 9/3vs Tennessee Tech2+ sacks · Splash gameW 56-1076430

Player Story

Lonnie Phelps story

Lonnie Phelps built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive end from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 47, spending time with Kansas and Miami (OH). The clearest part of Lonnie Phelps' career was his defensive production: 111 tackles, 30.5 tackles for loss, 23 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Kansas. 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 Lonnie Phelps' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 53 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas and Miami (OH).

The arc is straightforward: Lonnie Phelps 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Miami (OH)

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kansas

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920192020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonMiami (OH)1016.34.7
2019 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)1016.34.70
2020 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)436.79.3-6
2021 PostseasonMiami (OH)2937.713.125
2021 Regular SeasonMiami (OH)2937.713.10
2022 Regular SeasonKansas23.536.712.6-5.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tennessee Tech

Week 1 · W 56-10

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

7 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Bowling Green

Week 12 · W 34-7 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Ball State

Week 10 · W 38-31 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Ohio

Week 10 · L 33-35 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Minnesota

Week 2 · L 26-31

4

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Miami (OH)

29 primary output · 37.7 efficiency · 13.1 usage

76.3

#2

2021 Regular Season · Miami (OH)

76.3

29 primary · 37.7 efficiency · 13.1 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Kansas

65

23.5 primary · 36.7 efficiency · 12.6 usage

Milestones

15

Impact games

19

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games