Player Dossier

2022-2025

UCF

Phillip Dunnam

DB • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Miami Beach, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Phillip Dunnam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

55%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

70

High-end production for a defensive back

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Reliability

47

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Indiana • Florida Atlantic • UCF
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Player Story

Phillip Dunnam built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Miami Beach, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Florida Atlantic, Indiana, and UCF. The clearest part of Phillip Dunnam's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8756

North Miami Beach Senior · Miami, FL

Committed To
Indiana
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Phillip Dunnam, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic. Phillip Dunnam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
166
TFL
6.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
13
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Phillip Dunnam quick answers

Latest team and position
UCF · DB
Career Tackles
166
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 37 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
Top game
Houston
Recruit profile
3-star · North Miami Beach Senior · Indiana
High school pipeline
North Miami Beach Senior · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
60 tackles · DB 90th (top 10%) · Big 12 47th (top 7%) · National 408th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonIndiana45-0-108
2023 Regular SeasonIndiana115310-6062.2
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic10482.5014065
2025 Regular SeasonUCF126030-2244.1

Related Context

Phillip Dunnam played DB for Indiana, Florida Atlantic, and UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Phillip Dunnam recorded 166 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UCF.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Florida Atlantic paired 10.5 primary output with 30.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 27.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Indiana, Florida Atlantic, UCF.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Regular Season · UCF

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

27.5

Usage

7

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 1. North Carolina A&T: 0. North Carolina: 0. Kansas State: 0. Kansas: 0. Cincinnati: 1. West Virginia: 0. Baylor: 2. Houston: 3. Texas Tech: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. BYU: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 8 by 43.3. North Carolina A&T: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina: 6 by 25. Kansas State: 6 by 25. Kansas: 7 by 29.2. Cincinnati: 7 by 39.2. West Virginia: 3 by 12.5. Baylor: 6 by 45. Houston: 4 by 46.7. Texas Tech: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma State: 4 by 16.7. BYU: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 7 · +0.8 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

Houston

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Houston

Result
Sat 11/29@ BYUL 21-4142001
Sat 11/22vs Oklahoma StateW 17-1443000
Sat 11/15@ Texas TechL 9-4843000
Sat 11/8vs HoustonSplash gameL 27-30430030
Sat 11/1@ BaylorSplash gameL 3-3065101
Sat 10/18vs West VirginiaW 45-1332000
Sat 10/11@ CincinnatiL 11-2076100
Sat 10/4vs KansasL 20-2775000
Sat 9/27@ Kansas StateL 20-3465000
Sat 9/20vs North CarolinaW 34-965000
Sat 9/6vs North Carolina A&TW 68-710000
Thu 8/28vs Jacksonville StateW 17-1085100

Player Story

Phillip Dunnam story

Phillip Dunnam built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Miami Beach, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Florida Atlantic, Indiana, and UCF. The clearest part of Phillip Dunnam's career was his defensive production: 166 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 9 interceptions, and 13 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with UCF. 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 Dunnam's production has multiple signals. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida Atlantic, Indiana, and UCF.

The arc is straightforward: Phillip Dunnam 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

    Indiana

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida Atlantic

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    UCF

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonIndiana17.70.8
2023 Regular SeasonIndiana1029.26.59
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic10.530.57.90.5
2025 Regular SeasonUCF827.57-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 40 Houston

Week 11 · L 27-30 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

vs South Florida

Week 10 · L 21-44 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#3

@ UTSA

Week 8 · L 24-38 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Michigan State

Week 1 · L 10-16

2

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#5

vs Akron

Week 4 · W 29-27

1.5

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

10.5 primary output · 30.5 efficiency · 7.9 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Indiana

62.2

10 primary · 29.2 efficiency · 6.5 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · UCF

44.1

8 primary · 27.5 efficiency · 7 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

6

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games