#25

Jalyn Phillips

Senior safety on Clemson's 2023 roster.

S · Clemson · Sr. · #25

6′1″ · 205 lb · Lawrenceville, GA

CFB Index 34 · #407 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceClemson 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 438 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Clemson's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Clemson in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Clemson, 130 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20194 games

Signed with Clemson3-star out of Archer

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#438 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 54-13 over that span.

2019Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2023Clemson9-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

34Below cohort / limited sample #407 of 538?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#362 / 2842 · 85th pct

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1404 / 2842 · 46th pct

2.0

Tackles#1794 / 2842 · 36th pct

Solo tackles#1816 / 2842 · 34th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

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.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.5
Road5g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	0.1	0.1	0.4
Weeks 8+2g	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #407 of 538 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #407 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Clemson	22	11	2.0	1.0	4	--	--
2022	Clemson	63	37	1.5	0.0	3	1	--
2021	Clemson	27	17	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2020	Clemson	12	7	0.5	0.0	1	1	--
2019	Clemson	6	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		130	76	4.0	1.0	9	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-28@ Duke	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 66-17vs Charleston Southern	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 48-14vs Florida Atlantic	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-31vs Florida State	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	2	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 5	W 31-14@ Syracuse	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 17-12vs Wake Forest	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 20-28@ Miami	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-24@ NC State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 38-35@ Kentucky	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		22	11	2.0	1.0	—	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jalyn Phillips

20194 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Centerfielder

Players who play like Jalyn Phillips