Last confirmed: Tennessee, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 273 lb · Nashville, TN · Hillsboro
Kyle Phillips: DL · Tennessee · #5.
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Kyle Phillips
Wins his gap play after play. Kyle Phillips has been at Tennessee through two head coaches in three seasons. On tape: 9 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Auburn, Week 7, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 7 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.
Sports Illustrated Oct 21
Bleacher Report Oct 19
Knoxville News Sentinel Oct 14Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-40vs No. 17 West Virginia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-3vs East Tennessee State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-0vs UTEP | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-47vs Florida | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 12-38@ No. 2 Georgia | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-24@ No. 21 Auburn | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 21-58vs No. 1 Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27@ South Carolina | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 14-3vs Charlotte | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-7vs No. 12 Kentucky | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-50vs Missouri | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-38@ Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 55 | 27 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%7 TFLSack rate
7%4 sacksHurry rate
9%5 hurries55 tackles · 7 for loss · 4 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 6.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeremy Pruitt
Pass share
42.4%
297 pass / 403 run
Plays / game
58.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
331 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2018
55 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Tennessee, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 29 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Butch Jones → Jeremy Pruitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
