Last confirmed: Kent State, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 217 lb · Detroit, MI · Martin Luther King
Cepeda Phillips: LB · Kent State · #48.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Cepeda Phillips
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Cepeda Phillips has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Kent State. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 1 sack against Toledo — Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
80 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kent State | 80 | 37 | 6.0 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | Kent State | 41 | 26 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | Kent State | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 131 | 66 | 9.0 | 2.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-30@ Arizona State | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-23vs Kennesaw State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 16-55@ No. 8 Auburn | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 62-20vs Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 0-48@ No. 8 Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 26-3@ Akron | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 38-45@ Ohio | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-23vs Miami (OH) | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 33-35@ Toledo | 13 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 30-27vs Buffalo | 12 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-38vs Ball State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 51-41vs Utah State | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | 37 | 6.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
80tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%6 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups80 tackles · 6 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 7.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 8.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Pass share
39.4%
355 pass / 546 run
Plays / game
69.3
13 games
Team sack rate
10.5%
418 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
80 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kent State, 131 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Haynes → Sean Lewis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
