Kyle Philips

#2 · WR · So. · UCLA5′11″ · 184 lb · San Marcos, CA

Kyle Philips: WR · UCLA · #2.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Garrett WilsonOhio State · 2021 · 60% season match
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Xavier WorthyTexas · 2021 · 54% season match
Deonte SimpsonNorth Texas · 2020 · 52% season match
Parker WashingtonPenn State · 2021 · 49% season match

Kyle Philips

WR · UCLA · So · #2

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Four seasons in the UCLA receiving corps to date. First career honor, 2021: All-Pac-12. One game to point at: 120 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Stanford — Week 4, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

UCLA in the news

UCLA stadium deal fundedOct 30
Nico Iamaleava out for seasonUSA Today Oct 29
Top 50 QB Josiah Boyd commits to UCLAOn3 Oct 24
UCLA QB Nico Lamaleava out for seasonYahoo Sports Oct 17

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	UCLA	59	739	12.5	10	75
2020	UCLA	38	370	9.7	2	21
2019	UCLA	60	681	11.3	5	39
2018	UCLA	6	31	5.2	0	9
Career		163	1,821	11.2	17	75

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 16 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 No. 10 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	12.5	10	75

Signature game

Week 3 · 2021

L 37-40

vs Fresno State

7 rec · 113 yds · 2 TD

With D. Thompson-Robinson — 278 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.0 · 67 rush yds (13 car) · L. Akers — 41.5 yards per punt · 4 punts · 48 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Stanford · 1st and 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 · 2nd and 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 · 3rd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 18 yds to the FrsSt 39 for a
Week 12 · USC · 3rd and 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 · 4th and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.35Ethan Garbers pass complete to Kyle Philips for 10 yds to the Oregn 39 for a
Week 3 · Fresno State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.29Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 42 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)

4 more plays

Week 9 · Utah · 4th and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.06Ethan Garbers pass complete to Kyle Philips for 18 yds to the UCLA 47 for a
Week 8 · Oregon · 3rd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +3.01Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 17 yds to the Oregn 28 for a
Week 12 · USC · 3rd and 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 · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kyle Philips for 5 yds for a TD (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 72 (#53 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

72Quality starter #53 of 468 · 2021?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2021. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2021 season

Head Coach

Chip Kelly

Pass share

40.0%

334 pass / 502 run

Plays / game

69.7

12 games

Team sack rate

5.0%

357 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

72 · #53 of 468 WRs · 2021

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

Kyle Philips

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

UCLA in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at UCLA, drafted

2018 4 games

2021 11 games

2022