Player Dossier

2009-2013

Rice

Phillip Gaines

CB • 6'1" • Converse, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Phillip Gaines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a corner

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Rice

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Rice
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Player Story

Phillip Gaines built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a cornerback from Converse, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Phillip Gaines' career was his defensive production: 4...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.8356

Judson · Converse, TX

Committed To
Rice
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2014
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 23
Overall
No. 87
NFL Team
Kansas City Chiefs

Phillip Gaines, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Rice. Phillip Gaines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Phillip Gaines quick answers

Latest team and position
Rice · CB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 4 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Rice
Top game
Louisiana Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · Judson · Rice
High school pipeline
Judson · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2014 · Round 3 · Pick 23 · Kansas City Chiefs
Latest roster
No. 15 · Class 2013

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonRice00-0--0-
2010 Regular SeasonRice00-0--0-
2011 Regular SeasonRice00-0--0-
2012 Regular SeasonRice00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonRice40-0--073.3

Related Context

Phillip Gaines is listed as a CB for Rice. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Rice paired 4 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2013 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2013 Regular Season · Rice

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Houston: 1. New Mexico State: 1. North Texas: 1. Louisiana Tech: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

Best efficiency game

20 vs Louisiana Tech

Result
Sun 11/17vs Louisiana TechW 52-141
Thu 10/31@ North TexasL 16-281
Sun 10/20@ New Mexico StateW 45-191
Sat 9/21vs HoustonL 26-311

Player Story

Phillip Gaines story

Phillip Gaines built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a cornerback from Converse, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Phillip Gaines' career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions across 4 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Rice. 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 Phillip Gaines' production has multiple signals. With 4 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rice.

The arc is straightforward: Phillip Gaines 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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    Rice

    2009-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20092010201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonRice0
2010 Regular SeasonRice00
2011 Regular SeasonRice00
2012 Regular SeasonRice00
2013 Regular SeasonRice4204

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 12 · W 52-14 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ North Texas

Week 10 · L 16-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ New Mexico State

Week 8 · W 45-19

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Houston

Week 4 · L 26-31

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Rice

4 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2009 Regular Season · Rice

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · Rice

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games