Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-24@ Tulsa | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 39-31vs Oregon | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 59-0vs Murray State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
#18
Mose Phillips III
Senior safety on Oklahoma State's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 196 lb · Nashville, TN · Cane Ridge
CFB Index 64 · #146 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceTransferred Missouri → Oklahoma State for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1293 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior safety on Oklahoma State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2023.
- Transferred from Missouri to Oklahoma State in 2026.
Mose Phillips III
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Mose Phillips III has played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Oregon — Week 2, 2026.
9 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
6 programs, one constant: he played.
20239 games
- Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of Cane Ridge
20254 games
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
20263 games
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coaches2023–2024
Oklahoma State
2025era →
Doug Meacham
Oklahoma State
Played under 3 different head coaches: Mike Gundy, Doug Meacham, and Eric Morris. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Oklahoma State
2025Missouri
2026Oklahoma State
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 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 | 105 | 54 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
Game log
Game by game
Mose Phillips III's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 39–31
vs Oregon
5 tackles · 1 pass breakups · 2 solo tackles
Edged out Oregon at home in a shootout.
With D. Mestemaker — 317 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 80.1 · 109 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · L. Pozzobon — 44.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 47 long
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +1 tackle.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning
2024Virginia Tech6-7HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning
2025Missouri8-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy
2026Oklahoma State2-1HC: Eric Morris · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Elite: passes defended (92nd percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eric Morris
Pass share
50.8%
120 pass / 116 run
Plays / game
78.7
3 games
Team sack rate
2.3%
132 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Starter
Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
64 · #146 of 537 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #146 at the position.
How he plays
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Devon Matthews’s 2022 season.
82%match
Matches Devon on
PD rate
Tackle volume
TFL rate
Differs from Devon on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Cole Bishop's sophomore season at Utah (2022).
90%match
All-Pac-12NFL Rd 2 · Pk 28
Matches Cole on
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Mose Phillips III
Background
A 2026 addition from the transfer portal who began his career at Virginia Tech before transferring to Missouri and then Oklahoma State. 2025 (Junior at Missouri): Appeared in 11 games in his lone season at Missouri ... Totaled five tackles and a half tackle for loss on the year ... Also forced…
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Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology