Senior wide receiver for Sam Houston. 2025: 18 catches, 174 receiving yards, 1 TD.
5′9″ · 170 lb · Clovis, NM
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
18 catches · 1 TD · 9.7 per catch
Best game: 2 rec, 26 yds, 1 TD, vs UTEP
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Sam Houston. 2025: 18 catches, 174 receiving yards, 1 TD.
His career, year by yearMalik Phillips
Moves the chains on third down. Malik Phillips has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Sam Houston. The receipt on tape: 44 rec yds, 5 receptions against New Mexico State, Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: K.C. Keeler → Phil Longo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: epa / target (11th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 13.8 | 7.8 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 23.8 | 10.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 26.2 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Phil Longo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #52 of 52 Conference USA WRs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 18 | 174 | 9.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Sam Houston | 35 | 430 | 12.3 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 55 | 629 | 11.4 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | -- | -- | 283 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 1 | 4 | 70 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Sam Houston | 3 | 9 | 368 | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 | 13 | 721 | -- | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-38vs UNLV | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-37@ Hawai'i | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-37@ New Mexico State | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | 26 | Season-high 44 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 27-29vs Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-35vs UTEP | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-55@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 11 | W 21-17@ Oregon State | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-31@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-56vs Florida International | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 18 | 174 | 9.2 | 1 | 26 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Sam Houston
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Sam Houston
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Sam Houston · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #117 · 2026 recruiting class #126
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Devin Maddox’s 2023 season.
Matches Devin on
Differs from Devin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ahmarean Brown's junior season at South Carolina (2022).
Matches Ahmarean on
Differs from Ahmarean on
Player DNA