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Linebacker, LSU, 2017–⁠19

Jacob Phillips

Number: No. 6
Height: 6′4″
Weight: 233 lb
Class (2019): Junior
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Born: Apr 1, 1999

Jacob Phillips played linebacker at LSU (2017–⁠19). He led the 2019 national champions in tackles. The Cleveland Browns took Phillips in round 3, No. 97 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Best season: 113; Tackles, 2019 (LSU, 15–⁠0)
Drafted: No. 97; Round 3, 2020 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

13tackles, career highvs. Louisiana Tech, 2018

Honors

2019Led the national champions in tackles

Team titles: National champions, 2019; SEC champions, 2019

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

113

9–⁠4AP 1810–⁠3AP 615–⁠0★ AP 1

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2017	LSU	18	8	0.5	0	0	1	1
2018	LSU	83	29	5.5	1	1	3	5
2019	LSU	113	56	7.5	1	0	1	3
Career		214	93	13.5	2	1	5	9

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	LSU	6	LB	Fr.
2018	LSU	6	LB	So.
2019	LSU	6	LB	Jr.	6′4″	233

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2019 LSU 15 games, 113 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 31	vs.Georgia Southern	W 55–⁠3	10	3	0	0	0
Sep 7	atTexas	W 45–⁠38	7	6	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Northwestern State	W 65–⁠14	8	3	0	0	1
Sep 21	atVanderbilt	W 66–⁠38	10	6	3	0	0
Oct 5	vs.Utah State	W 42–⁠6	5	2	0	0	0
Oct 12	vs.Florida	W 42–⁠28	9	4	0	0	0
Oct 19	atMississippi State	W 36–⁠13	8	5	0	0	0
Oct 26	vs.Auburn	W 23–⁠20	7	2	1	1	0
Nov 9	atAlabama	W 46–⁠41	7	2	0.5	0	0
Nov 16	atOle Miss	W 58–⁠37	11	5	0	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Arkansas	W 56–⁠20	12	5	2.5	0	0
Nov 30	vs.Texas A&M	W 50–⁠7	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 7	vs.Georgia	W 37–⁠10	2	2	0	0	0
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Oklahoma	W 63–⁠28	8	6	0	0	0
Jan 13 ✦	vs.Clemson	W 42–⁠25	8	5	0.5	0	0

2018 LSU 11 games, 83 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 2	vs.Miami	W 33–⁠17	7	2	0	0	1	0
Sep 8	vs.SE Louisiana	W 31–⁠0	3	3	1	0	0	0
Sep 15	atAuburn	W 22–⁠21	8	5	0	0	0	1
Sep 22	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 38–⁠21	13	3	1.5	0	0	1
Sep 29	vs.Ole Miss	W 45–⁠16	6	3	0.5	0	0	0
Oct 13	vs.Georgia	W 36–⁠16	6	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 20	vs.Mississippi State	W 19–⁠3	10	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 3	vs.Alabama	L 0–⁠29	8	3	1	0	0	0
Nov 10	atArkansas	W 24–⁠17	4	1	0	0	0	1
Nov 17	vs.Rice	W 42–⁠10	7	2	1	1	0	0
Nov 24	atTexas A&M	L 72–⁠74	11	4	0.5	0	0	0

2017 LSU 7 games, 18 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 2	vs.BYU	W 27–⁠0	1	1	0	0
Sep 9	vs.Chattanooga	W 45–⁠10	1	0	0	0
Sep 23	vs.Syracuse	W 35–⁠26	3	0	0	0
Oct 7	atFlorida	W 17–⁠16	1	1	0	0
Oct 21	atOle Miss	W 40–⁠24	6	4	0.5	0
Nov 18	atTennessee	W 30–⁠10	4	0	0	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Notre Dame	L 17–⁠21	2	2	0	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2020
Height	6′3″
Weight	229 lb
Arm length	32⅜″
Hand size	10″
40-yard dash	4.66 s
10-yard split	1.63 s^W
Vertical jump	39″
Broad jump	10′6″
3-cone drill	7.38 s
20-yard shuttle	4.33 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 19 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2020	Cleveland Browns	8	22	0
2021	Cleveland Browns	4	10	1
2022	Cleveland Browns	7	40	2
NFL career		19	72	3

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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