Justin Phillips: LB · Oklahoma State · #19.
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Justin Phillips
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Fourth year in the Oklahoma State linebacker corps. On tape: 12 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against TCU, Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
93 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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.
The New York Times Nov 1
Sports Illustrated Oct 29
Oklahoma State University Athletics Oct 22
The Oklahoman Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | 93 | 67 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | 63 | 39 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | Oklahoma State | 42 | 25 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | Oklahoma State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 198 | 131 | 23.0 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-17vs Missouri State | 5 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 55-13vs South Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-21vs No. 17 Boise State | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-41vs Texas Tech | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-28@ Kansas | 12 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 42-48vs Iowa State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 12-31@ Kansas State | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-35vs No. 6 Texas | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-35@ Baylor | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 47-48@ No. 6 Oklahoma | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-41vs No. 7 West Virginia | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31@ TCU | 12 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-33vs No. 24 Missouri | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 93 | 67 | 11.0 | 2.0 | — | 3 |
Week 12 · 2018
W 45-41
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Edged out West Virginia at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
93tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%11 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups93 tackles · 11 for loss · 2 sacks.
4 seasons under Mike Gundy — 34-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 8.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 7.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Gundy
Pass share
49.1%
492 pass / 511 run
Plays / game
77.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
544 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
93 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oklahoma State, 198 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Gundy.
