Last confirmed: Illinois, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 230 lb · Highland Park, MI
Del'Shawn Phillips: LB · Illinois · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Del'Shawn Phillips
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. He has spent two seasons in the Illinois linebacker corps. On tape: 12 tackles and 1 INT against Kent State, Week 1, 2018.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
95 tackles. 3 passes defended. 4 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-24vs Kent State | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 34-14vs Western Illinois | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 19-25vs South Florida | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-63vs No. 10 Penn State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-17@ Rutgers | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-46vs Purdue | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-49@ No. 23 Wisconsin | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 33-63@ Maryland | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-31vs Minnesota | 8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 35-54@ Nebraska | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-63vs Iowa | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-24@ No. 20 Northwestern | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 95 | 45 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 4 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
95tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%6 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups95 tackles · 6 for loss · 1.5 sacks · 4 interceptions.
2 seasons under Lovie Smith — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 7.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
39.8%
326 pass / 494 run
Plays / game
68.3
12 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
95 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Illinois, 180 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Cubit → Lovie Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
