Former defensive lineman at Auburn. 2024: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 21 tackles.
6′3″ · 284 lb · Portales, 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.
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 688 nationally · Signed with Portales
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Auburn. 2024: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 21 tackles.
Philip Blidi
Wins his gap play after play. Across five seasons and three programs, four head coaches: Matt Wells, Joey McGuire, Tom Allen and Hugh Freeze. The receipt: 6 tackles against Alabama — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Auburn, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Kevin Steele, Bryan Harsin, Cadillac Williams, and Hugh Freeze. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #207 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Auburn | 21 | 16 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Indiana | 29 | 10 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 18 | 13 | 4.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Texas Tech | 16 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Texas Tech | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 90 | 51 | 11.5 | 3.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024
W 43–41
vs Texas A&M
3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS
Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.
With P. Thorne — 301 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 77.3 · 38 rush yds (11 car) · O. Chapman — 34 AVG · 46 LONG · 5 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-3vs Alabama A&M | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-24vs Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-31@ Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-21@ Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-10@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-17vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-14vs UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 43-41vs Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-28@ Alabama | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 21 | 16 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Dominic Bailey’s 2023 season.
Matches Dominic on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jalen Lee's graduate season at UNLV (2025).
Matches Jalen on
Player DNA