Trae Philpots: DE · Middle Tennessee · #95.
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Trae Philpots
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Four seasons in the Middle Tennessee defensive front to date. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Rice — Week 12, 2019.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-40@ No. 7 Michigan | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 45-26vs Tennessee State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 18-41vs Duke | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-48@ No. 14 Iowa | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-13vs Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-28@ Florida Atlantic | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-33@ North Texas | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 50-17vs Florida International | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-34@ Charlotte | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-31vs Rice | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 21 | 3.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
1%0 sacksTFL rate
8%3 TFLHurry rate
12%5 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
9%0 of 6 pressures40 tackles · 3 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 27-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
47.5%
365 pass / 403 run
Plays / game
64.0
12 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
40 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Middle Tennessee, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
