Tobin Phillips: DL · Stanford · #40.
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Tobin Phillips
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Stanford. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 2.5 sacks against Wake Forest — Week 9, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 14-40@ No. 17 Clemson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-31vs Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-49@ No. 11 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-40vs No. 21 SMU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs Wake Forest | 6 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 28-59@ NC State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-35vs No. 22 Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-24@ California | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-34@ San José State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 4.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%4 TFLSack rate
22%4 sacksHurry rate
6%1 hurry16 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Taylor
Pass share
46.0%
369 pass / 434 run
Plays / game
66.9
12 games
Team sack rate
10.2%
412 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #302 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Stanford, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 32 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: David Shaw → Troy Taylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
