Kade Phillips
Second year in the Texas secondary. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Florida — Week 7, 2026.
34 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 31
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Last game (Wk 9): 4 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Texas State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-23vs No. 1 Ohio State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 30-6vs UTSA | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-17@ No. 14 Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27vs Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-27vs Florida | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27vs No. 7 Ole Miss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-3vs Mississippi State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 26 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Oct. 31 · W 31-3 vs Mississippi State, play by play
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Texas’s defense played that day
Mississippi State’s 10 drives: 9 stopped · 1 scored. While the game was within a score they held 3 of 3.
3 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Week 1 · 2026
W 59-7
vs Texas State
1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 52-point win at home against Texas State.
Ratings of the games shown run from +2 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
34tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL34 tackles · 2 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Steve Sarkisian — 16-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Pass share
43.5%
226 pass / 293 run
Plays / game
64.9
8 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
263 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #314 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #43 of 57 SEC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
