Jordan Phillips

Former defensive lineman at Maryland. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DL · Maryland · So. · #8

6′3″ · 320 lb · Orlando, FL

CFB Index 40 · #184 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceMiami — drafted 2025, Rd 5, Pick 5, #143 overall

Recruiting

3★

DL recruit

No. 651 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Maryland. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2022.
Transferred from Tennessee to Maryland in 2023.
Drafted round 5 by the Miami in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Maryland — drafted at #143 overall by Miami.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2022

Signed with Tennessee3-star out of Ocoee

202312 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2025

Drafted by Miamiround 5, pick 143

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#651 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #143

Miami · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Mike Locksley

Maryland

Played his entire career under Mike Locksley.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 2nd NFL season

#143Rd 5 · Pick 5

MiamiEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2023Maryland8-5HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning

2024Maryland4-8HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

40Rotational starter #184 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#1261 / 2892 · 55th pct

Tackles#1432 / 2892 · 49th pct

Tackles for loss#1909 / 2892 · 27th pct

1.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #184 of 285 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #184 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Maryland	29	17	1.0	--	--	--
2023	Maryland	28	14	1.5	--	--	--
2022	Tennessee	1	--	0.0	--	--	--
Career		58	31	2.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 29–28

vs USC

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out USC at home in a shootout.

With B. Edwards — 373 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.9 · B. McFerson — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 53 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 50-7vs UConn	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 24-27vs Michigan State	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 27-13@ Virginia	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 38-20vs Villanova	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 28-42@ Indiana	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 10-37vs Northwestern	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 29-28vs USC	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 23-48@ Minnesota	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 18-39@ Oregon	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 17-31vs Rutgers	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 13-29vs Iowa	8	7	1.0	—	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 14	L 7-44@ Penn State	4	0	0.0	—
Total		29	17	1.0	—

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