Senior defensive back on Florida Atlantic's 2025 roster.
5′9″ · 180 lb · Miramar, FL
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.
The story
Senior defensive back on Florida Atlantic's 2025 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
The full story, with sourcesWendol Philord
Erases the deep middle of the field. Wendol Philord has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Florida Atlantic. The receipt: 5 tackles against Memphis — Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chad Lunsford → Zach Kittley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | 16 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | 41 | 28 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| Career | 57 | 36 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 8 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-39@ Maryland | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-14vs Florida A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-38@ Florida International | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 26-55vs Memphis | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 27-21@ Rice | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 53-33vs UAB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 45-48vs UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-42vs East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 56–14
vs Florida A&M
2 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 1 solo tackles
Dominant 42-point win at home against Florida A&M.
With C. Veltkamp — 309 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.0 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · L. Lupo — 47.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: tackles (21st percentile).
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.
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
25%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
16tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%2 TFL16 tackles · 2 for loss · 4 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Pass share
52.6%
122 pass / 110 run
Plays / game
77.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
140 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #25 of 28 American Athletic DBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeremiah Wilson’s 2023 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jeremiah Wilson's sophomore season at Syracuse (2023).
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Player DNA