#96

Ty'Kevious Phillips

Senior nose tackle for Georgia Southern. 2019: 1.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

NT · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #96

6′3″ · 290 lb · Moultrie, GA

Georgia Southern 2019 alumnus

The story

4 nose tackle for Georgia Southern. 2019: 1.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia Southern in 2016.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 2732 nationally · Signed with Georgia Southern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia Southern, 98 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2016

Signed with Georgia Southern2-star out of Colquitt County

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2732 national

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2017

Tyson Summers

Georgia Southern

2018–2019

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Georgia Southern5-7HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

2017Georgia Southern2-10HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

2018Georgia Southern10-3HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Georgia Southern7-6HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (81st percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#473 / 2688 · 81st pct

6.0

Sacks#741 / 2688 · 70th pct

1.5

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Tackles#1334 / 2688 · 50th pct

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1778 / 2688 · 32nd 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.1
Road5g	2.8	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.2	0.1	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.8	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Georgia Southern	31	12	6.0	1.5	1	--	--
2018	Georgia Southern	36	9	3.0	2.5	1	--	--
2017	Georgia Southern	28	14	8.0	2.0	2	--	--
2016	Georgia Southern	3	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		98	35	17.0	6.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2019

W 24–21

at App State

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With A. Beck II — 38 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 44 LONG · W. Kennedy III — 145 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 3-55@ LSU	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 26-18vs Maine	1	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 3	L 32-35@ Minnesota	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-37vs Louisiana	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 6	W 20-17@ South Alabama	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 41-7vs New Mexico State	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 24-21@ App State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 28-49@ Troy	4	1	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 51-29vs UL Monroe	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 38-10vs Georgia State	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Bowl	L 16-23vs Liberty	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	1
Total		31	12	6.0	1.5	—	1

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

2016

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays