Eric Phillips: DE · Cincinnati · #97.
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Eric Phillips
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Played for two head coaches at Cincinnati: Luke Fickell and Scott Satterfield. On tape: 3 tackles against Iowa State, Week 12, 2024.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 24
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cincinnati | 19 | 13 | 5.0 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 14 | 8 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 35 | 14 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 4 |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 6 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 78 | 37 | 18.0 | 8.0 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-20vs Towson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 27-28vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-16@ Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 34-0vs Houston | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 41-44@ Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-13@ UCF | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-14vs Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31vs West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-34@ Iowa State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 15-41@ Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20vs TCU | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 13 | 5.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
16%3 sacksTFL rate
26%5 TFLHurry rate
32%6 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
33%3 of 9 pressures19 tackles · 5 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
48.5%
395 pass / 420 run
Plays / game
67.9
12 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
415 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #191 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Cincinnati, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Luke Fickell → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
