Jimmy Phillips
Jimmy Phillips
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Jimmy Phillips has played for three head coaches in three seasons at SMU. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 1 TFL against Memphis — Week 13, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at SMU, 159 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2020–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022
W 45–16
vs Lamar
1 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 3 SOLO
Dominant 29-point win at home against Lamar.
How he plays
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Coverage 'Backer
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Justus Rogers’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Levelle Bailey's graduate season at Fresno State (2022).
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