Player Dossier

2015-2016

Charlotte

Kalif Phillips

RB • 5'10" • Kannapolis, NC, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Kalif Phillips leans workhorse runner traits and 48.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

61%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

70

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

69

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Charlotte

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Charlotte
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Kalif Phillips built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a running back from Kannapolis, NC wearing No. 3, spending time with Charlotte. The clearest part of Kalif Phillips' career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7926

A.L. Brown · Kannapolis, NC

Committed To
Charlotte
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Kalif Phillips, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Charlotte. Kalif Phillips leans workhorse runner traits and 48.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,189
Rushing yards
1,868
Receiving yards
321
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Kalif Phillips quick answers

Latest team and position
Charlotte · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,189
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 22 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Charlotte
Top game
Southern Miss
Recruit profile
2-star · A.L. Brown · Charlotte
High school pipeline
A.L. Brown · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Class 2016
2016 Scrimmage yards rank
1,149 scrimmage yards · RB 55th (top 10%) · Conference USA 15th (top 7%) · National 91st (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonCharlotte111,04096179569.8
2016 Regular SeasonCharlotte111,149907242578.7

Related Context

Kalif Phillips played RB for Charlotte. Across 2 tracked seasons, Kalif Phillips recorded 1,868 rushing yards, 321 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Charlotte.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Charlotte paired 1,149 primary output with 48.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 47.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · Charlotte

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

94.5

Efficiency

47.5

Usage

27.9

Consistency

61.6

Best Game by takeover score

Old Dominion

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia State: 90. Presbyterian: 57. Middle Tennessee: 72. Florida Atlantic: 159. Temple: 166. Old Dominion: 210. Southern Miss: 71. Marshall: 112. Florida International: 93. UTSA: 10. Kentucky: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia State: 19 by 49.3. Presbyterian: 9 by 67.8. Middle Tennessee: 15 by 50. Florida Atlantic: 29 by 57.1. Temple: 21 by 74.1. Old Dominion: 37 by 60.1. Southern Miss: 17 by 43.5. Marshall: 24 by 46.3. Florida International: 24 by 39.4. UTSA: 3 by 34.7. Kentucky: 1 by 0

Split Comparison

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

Wins73.5 · Games = 2 · -25.7 vs Losses
Losses99.2 · Games = 9 · +25.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Old Dominion

Best efficiency game

74.1 vs Temple

Result
Sun 11/22@ KentuckyL 10-5810000
Sat 11/14vs UTSAL 27-303103.3003.3
Sat 11/7@ Florida InternationalL 31-4821783.7003153.9
Sat 10/31vs MarshallL 10-3423994.3011134.7
Sat 10/24vs Southern MissL 10-4417714.2004.2
Sat 10/17@ Old Dominion100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 34-37352045.802265.7
Fri 10/2vs Temple100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 3-37191256.6002417.9
Sat 9/26vs Florida Atlantic100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 7-17291595.5005.5
Sat 9/19@ Middle TennesseeL 14-7315724.8014.8
Sat 9/12vs PresbyterianW 34-108536.601146.3
Fri 9/4@ Georgia StateW 23-2019904.7004.7

Player Story

Kalif Phillips story

Kalif Phillips built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a running back from Kannapolis, NC wearing No. 3, spending time with Charlotte. The clearest part of Kalif Phillips' career was his backfield work: 1,868 rushing yards, 379 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 321 receiving yards across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Charlotte. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 321 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Charlotte.

The arc is straightforward: Kalif Phillips 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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    Charlotte

    2015-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonCharlotte1,04047.527.9
2016 Regular SeasonCharlotte1,14948.132.6109

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Southern Miss

Week 10 · W 38-27 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

191

Scrimmage Yards

88.4 takeover

191 scrimmage yards and 53.4 usage.

#2

@ Old Dominion

Week 7 · L 34-37 · Conference game

210

Scrimmage Yards

86.7 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

210 scrimmage yards and 39.8 usage.

#3

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 6 · W 28-23 · Conference game

174

Scrimmage Yards

85.3 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

174 scrimmage yards and 40.3 usage.

#4

vs Temple

Week 5 · L 3-37

166

Scrimmage Yards

84.4 takeover

Loss with 166 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

166 scrimmage yards and 36.8 usage.

#5

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 4 · L 7-17 · Conference game

159

Scrimmage Yards

77.6 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

159 scrimmage yards and 49.2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Charlotte

1,149 primary output · 48.1 efficiency · 32.6 usage

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#2

2015 Regular Season · Charlotte

69.8

1,040 primary · 47.5 efficiency · 27.9 usage

Milestones

7

100+ rush yards

5

150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games