Kyle Philips

Former wide receiver at UCLA. 2021: 59 catches, 739 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · UCLA · So. · #2

5′11″ · 184 lb · San Marcos, CA

CFB Index 72 · #53 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamTennessee — drafted 2022, Rd 5, Pick 20, #163 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 288 nationally · Signed with UCLA

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at UCLA. 2021: 59 catches, 739 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to UCLA in 2018.
Drafted round 5 by the Tennessee in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UCLA, 1,821 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #163 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 123 yds at USC.USC · L 35-522019

20184 games

Signed with UCLA4-star out of San Marcos

202111 games

The role got bigger.

All-Pac-12First Team

2022

Drafted by Tennesseeround 5, pick 163

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#288 national

CFB

College

UCLA

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #163

Tennessee · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Chip Kelly

UCLA

Played his entire career under Chip Kelly.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 5th NFL season

#163Rd 5 · Pick 20

TennesseeEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Chip Kelly — 18-25 over that span.

2018UCLA3-9HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

2019UCLA4-8HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020UCLA3-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

2021UCLA8-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

72Quality starter #53 of 468?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (95th percentile). Strength: epa / target (95th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#31 / 655 · 95th pct

15.6%

EPA / target#36 / 655 · 95th pct

1.16

Catch rate#43 / 655 · 93rd pct

90.6%

Explosive rate#229 / 655 · 65th pct

15.6%

Yards / catch#323 / 655 · 51st pct

12.6

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#19 / 557 · 96th pct

Long catch#41 / 557 · 90th pct

Receptions#71 / 557 · 87th pct

Rec yards#87 / 557 · 84th pct

739

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#340 / 557 · 38th pct

12.5

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.6	62.3	11.9	0.9
Road4g	5.0	75.8	14.5	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	61.5	14.8	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	7.0	74.0	10.5	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #53 of 468 WRs

Former four-star. Now #53 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UCLA	59	739	12.5	10	--
2020	UCLA	38	370	9.7	2	--
2019	UCLA	60	681	11.3	5	--
2018	UCLA	6	31	5.2	0	--
Career		163	1,821	11.2	17	--

Season	Team
2021	UCLA	--	--	--	203	1
2020	UCLA	4	40	--	49	--
2019	UCLA	1	7	--	180	1
2018	UCLA	--	--	--	41	--
Career		5	47	--	473	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 38–27

vs LSU

2 rec · 49 yds · 1 TD

With D. Thompson-Robinson — 260 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.6 · 5 rush yds (13 car) · Z. Charbonnet — 117 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.08Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 75 yds for a TD (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 1 · LSU · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +4.74Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 45 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 3 · Fresno State · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 18 yds to the FrsSt 39 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · USC · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.39Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 23 yds for a TD (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 8 · Oregon · 4&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.35Ethan Garbers pass complete to Kyle Philips for 10 yds to the Oregn 39 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Fresno State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.29Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 42 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 9 · Utah · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.06Ethan Garbers pass complete to Kyle Philips for 18 yds to the UCLA 47 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Oregon · 3&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.01Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 17 yds to the Oregn 28 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · USC · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.96Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 11 yds for a TD (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 4 · Stanford · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 5 yds for a TD (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 44-10vs Hawai'i	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 1	W 38-27vs LSU	2	49	24.5	1	45
Wk 3	L 37-40vs Fresno State	7	113	16.1	2	42	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 35-24@ Stanford	5	120	24.0	2	75	Season-high 120 yds
Wk 5	L 23-42vs Arizona State	6	58	9.7	1	24
Wk 6	W 34-16@ Arizona	2	17	8.5	0	10
Wk 8	L 31-34vs Oregon	8	73	9.1	0	17
Wk 9	L 24-44@ Utah	7	86	12.3	0	27
Wk 11	W 44-20vs Colorado	8	99	12.4	0	47
Wk 12	W 62-33@ USC	6	80	13.3	2	25	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 42-14vs California	6	32	5.3	2	7	2 TD catches
Total		59	739	12.8	10	75

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