Last confirmed: Pittsburgh, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · 175 lb · Columbus, OH
Phillipie Motley: DB · Pittsburgh · #32.
Phillipie Motley
This is his third year in the same secondary at Pittsburgh. A game that shows it: 2 tackles against North Carolina — Week 4, 2018.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
10 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 23 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 24-19vs Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 35-38@ North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-45@ No. 13 UCF | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 44-37vs Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-19@ No. 5 Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 54-45vs Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-13@ No. 23 Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-13@ Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-14vs Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Week 3 · 2018
W 24-19
vs Georgia Tech
1 interception · 2 tackles · 1 pass breakup
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.
3 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 20-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
35.8%
316 pass / 567 run
Plays / game
63.1
14 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
356 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Pittsburgh, 23 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Pat Narduzzi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
