Mose Phillips III
Mose Phillips III
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Mose Phillips III has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Eli Drinkwitz.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Missouri | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 65 | 34 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 26 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 96 | 50 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
How he plays
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Missouri
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Missouri
Returning around him
- 6 Missouri players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +3 net (30 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Missouri · Last season: 8-5 (AP #25) · Talent rank #22 · 2026 recruiting class #34
DNA match
Player DNA
Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Devon Matthews’s 2022 season.
Matches Devon on
Differs from Devon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Cole Bishop's sophomore season at Utah (2022).
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