Last confirmed: Kentucky, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 315 lb · Toledo, OH · Highland C.C.
Phil Hoskins: DT · Kentucky · #92.
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Phil Hoskins
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. This is his third year in the same defensive front at Kentucky. 2020 brought the first one: SEC Defensive Line Player of the Week. On tape: 6 tackles against Vanderbilt, Week 11, 2020.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 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
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 13-29@ No. 8 Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 41-42vs Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-2vs Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7@ No. 18 Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-20@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-14vs No. 5 Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-35vs Vanderbilt | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 3-63@ No. 1 Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-34@ No. 6 Florida | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-18vs South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 13 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%4 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
17%5 hurries30 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Mark Stoops — 22-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
36.0%
241 pass / 428 run
Plays / game
66.9
10 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
267 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kentucky, 53 tackles — drafted at #232 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
His career
He has a stat line in 24 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Stoops.
Where he ended up · NFL
Carolina PanthersEntering 6th NFL season
Carolina PanthersEntering 6th NFL season
