Player Dossier

2022-2025

Tennessee Tech

Omari Philyaw

DB • 5'10" • 180 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Omari Philyaw shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

13

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

54

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Tennessee Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
App State • Tennessee Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee

Player Story

Omari Philyaw built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 16, spending time with App State and Tennessee Tech. The clearest part of Omari Philyaw's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8378

Hough · Charlotte, NC

Committed To
App State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Omari Philyaw, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Tennessee Tech. Omari Philyaw shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
6

Quick Answers

Omari Philyaw quick answers

Latest team and position
Tennessee Tech · DB
Career Tackles
6
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Tennessee Tech
Top game
Middle Tennessee
Recruit profile
3-star · Hough · App State
High school pipeline
Hough · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonApp State12-0--040.5
2023 Regular SeasonApp State34-0--037.3
2025 Regular SeasonTennessee Tech10-0--056.3

Related Context

Omari Philyaw played DB for App State and Tennessee Tech. Across 3 tracked seasons, Omari Philyaw recorded 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with App State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Tennessee Tech paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.5 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on 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 App State, Tennessee Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Tennessee Tech

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

12.5

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Kentucky

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kentucky

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Kentucky

Result
Sat 11/15@ Kentucky30000

Player Story

Omari Philyaw story

Omari Philyaw built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 16, spending time with App State and Tennessee Tech. The clearest part of Omari Philyaw's career was his defensive production: 6 tackles and 1 interception across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Omari Philyaw'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. 1

    App State

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Tennessee Tech

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonApp State08.31.6
2023 Regular SeasonApp State112.23.11
2025 Regular SeasonTennessee Tech012.5-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Middle Tennessee

Week 1

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

71.7 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.

#2

vs East Carolina

Week 3 · W 43-28

1

Havoc Plays

58.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Georgia Southern

Week 13 · L 48-51 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

7.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.

#4

@ North Carolina

Week 2 · L 34-40

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 66 Kentucky

Week 12

0

Havoc Plays

6.3 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Tennessee Tech

0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · usage

56.3

#2

2022 Regular Season · App State

40.5

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · App State

37.3

1 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 3.1 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games