#95

Trae Philpots

Senior defensive end for Middle Tennessee. 2019: 0.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 40 tackles.

DE · Middle Tennessee · Sr. · #95

6′3″ · 242 lb · Fairburn, GA

Middle Tennessee 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end for Middle Tennessee. 2019: 0.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 40 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Middle Tennessee, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Middle Tennessee

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Rick Stockstill

Middle Tennessee

Played his entire career under Rick Stockstill.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 27-25 over that span.

2016Middle Tennessee8-5HC: Rick Stockstill · Pass-leaning

2017Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2018Middle Tennessee8-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2019Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (94th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#115 / 2688 · 94th pct

Tackles#952 / 2688 · 64th pct

Solo tackles#1113 / 2688 · 58th pct

Tackles for loss#1061 / 2688 · 57th pct

3.0

Sacks#1258 / 2688 · 50th pct

0.5

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th 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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
Road5g	4.8	0.3	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	0.2	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	4.8	0.4	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Middle Tennessee	40	21	3.0	0.5	--	--	--
2018	Middle Tennessee	44	17	9.0	4.0	--	--	--
2017	Middle Tennessee	8	5	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Middle Tennessee	5	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		97	46	13.0	4.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019

W 45–26

vs Tennessee State

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

With A. O'Hara — 367 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 91.9 · 103 rush yds (11 car) · D. Chisolm — 1 rec · 80 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week