Devin Phillips: DL · Kansas · #40.
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Devin Phillips
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The six seasons span two programs and four head coaches: Mike Bobo, Steve Addazio, Jay Norvell and Lance Leipold. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Cincinnati — Week 13, 2023.
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
13 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kansas | 13 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Colorado State | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Colorado State | 33 | 14 | 4.0 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2020 | Colorado State | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Colorado State | 29 | 9 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Colorado State | 26 | 6 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Career | 114 | 44 | 13.0 | 7.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 34-23vs Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-27vs BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-40@ No. 3 Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 32-39@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-33vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-31vs No. 23 Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-16@ Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 49-36vs UNLV | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
8%1 hurry13 tackles.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
39.0%
311 pass / 487 run
Plays / game
61.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Colorado State and Kansas, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 48 games over six seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Bobo, Steve Addazio, Jay Norvell and Lance Leipold.
