Phillip Gaines in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cornerback, Rice, 2009–⁠13

Phillip Gaines

Number
No. 15
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Converse, TX
Born
Apr 4, 1991

Phillip Gaines played cornerback at Rice (2009–⁠13). The Kansas City Chiefs took Gaines in round 3, No. 87 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2013

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2013Rice4

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
200982833110030
20101250146421061
20114831121020
201213231033200180
2013N1324123640490
On file133421751124381

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Rice15CB
2010Rice15CB
2011Rice15CB
2012Rice15CB
2013Rice15CB6′1″

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

2013 Rice 4 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 21vs.HoustonL 26–⁠311
Oct 19atNew Mexico StateW 45–⁠191
Oct 31atNorth TexasL 16–⁠281
Nov 16vs.Louisiana TechW 52–⁠141

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2014 East–West Shrine Game (East team, won 23–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2014
Height6′0⅜″
Weight193 lb
Arm length31⅞″
Hand size9⅝″
Wingspan75⅝″W
40-yard dash4.38 s
10-yard split1.49 sW
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump10′2″
Bench press11 reps
3-cone drill6.62 s
20-yard shuttle4.04 s

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

In the NFL

7 seasons, 53 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2014Kansas City Chiefs92000
2015Kansas City Chiefs2600
2016Kansas City Chiefs114301
2017Kansas City Chiefs92800
2018Cleveland Browns103700
2019Houston Texans51200
2020Houston Texans72300
NFL career5316901

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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