Phillip Lee

Senior defensive lineman for Arkansas. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

DL · Arkansas · Sr. · #1

6′4″ · 240 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 34 · #302 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Arkansas for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Sacks: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

3.5

sacks · 2025

6 TFL · 31 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 2.5 TFL, 6 tackles, vs Notre Dame

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Arkansas. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Troy in 2021.
Transferred from Troy to Arkansas in 2025.

His career, year by year

Phillip Lee

DL · Arkansas · Sr · #1

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 2.5 TFL against Notre Dame — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Troy12-2HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced

2024Troy4-8HC: Gerad Parker · Run-leaning

2025Arkansas2-10HC: Sam Pittman · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

34Below cohort / limited sample #302 of 420?

Medium confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Strength: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#233 / 2975 · 91st pct

3.5

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#406 / 2975 · 85th pct

6.0

Tackles#1302 / 2975 · 55th pct

Solo tackles#1348 / 2975 · 53rd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.0	1.2	0.7	0.0
Road4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #302 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #302 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #47 of 60 SEC DLs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arkansas	31	16	6.0	3.5	--	--	--
2024	Troy	30	15	10.5	5.0	1	--	--
2023	Troy	15	5	3.0	1.5	--	--	--
2022	Troy	7	7	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		83	43	20.5	11.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 52–7

vs Alabama A&M

3 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SOLO

Dominant 45-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With T. Green — 322 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.4 · 41 rush yds (9 car) · D. Bale — 1 REC · 45 AVG · 2 IN 20

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 52-7vs Alabama A&M	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 56-14vs Arkansas State	5	2	1.5	1.5	—
Wk 3	L 35-41@ Ole Miss	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 31-32@ Memphis	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 13-56vs Notre Dame	6	4	2.5	1.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 7	L 31-34@ Tennessee	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 35-38vs Mississippi State	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	L 37-52@ Texas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 17-31vs Missouri	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Total		31	16	6.0	3.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

9 games

31Tackles

16Solo

6TFL

3.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

31 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.

Week 21.5 sacks
Week 51 sack
Week 101 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Arkansas

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Arkansas

Returning around him

4 Arkansas players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -1 net (42 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Arkansas · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #36 · 2026 recruiting class #46

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Richard Kinley II’s 2020 season.

Richard Kinley II

89%match

Middle Tennessee · 2020

Eric Black

Buffalo · 2021

88%

Antwuan Powell

Florida · 2022

86%

Eddie Walls III

Houston · 2025

84%

Sterling Miles

Eastern Michigan · 2024

83%

Matches Richard on

TFL rate

Height

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Eddie Walls III's senior season at Houston (2025).

Eddie Walls III

88%match

Houston · 2025

Joseph Zelinsky

Pittsburgh · 2025

85%

Marlon Bradley

Florida Atlantic · 2023

85%

John Pius

Wisconsin · 2024

84%

Khairi Manns

James Madison · 2024

All-Sun Belt

84%

Matches Eddie on

Class year

Sack rate

TFL rate

Player DNA

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Sterling Miles

Eastern Michigan · 2024

94%

Sione Noa

Fresno State · 2024

87%

Eyabi Anoma

Charlotte · 2023

86%

Kevin Abrams-Verwayne

App State · 2023

84%

Eddie Walls III

Houston · 2025

84%

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

2021

20259 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

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