Jaelan Phillips stats

Panthers

Linebacker · #5

Age 27 · 6' 5" · 266 lbs

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Jaelan Phillips recorded 10 tackles and 2.5 sacks in 5 games of 2026 for the Carolina Panthers. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
5
TOT
10
SOLO
3
AST
7
SACK
2.5
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2021MIA174223198.5010
2022MIA176137247.0021
2023MIA84328156.5120
2024MIA46241.0020
2025MIA/PHI175329245.0041
2026CAR510372.5000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
68
TOT
215
SOLO
122
AST
93
SACK
30.5
INT
1
PD
11
FF
2

Career Postseason

GP
1
TOT
9
SOLO
4
AST
5
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
5
TOT
2
SOLO
0.6
AST
1.4
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2021MIA172.51.41.10.50.00.10.0
2022MIA173.62.21.40.40.00.10.1
2023MIA85.43.51.90.80.10.30.0
2024MIA41.50.510.30.00.50.0
2025MIA/PHI173.11.71.40.30.00.20.1
2026CAR52.00.61.40.50.00.00.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
68
TOT
3.2
SOLO
1.8
AST
1.4
SACK
0.4
INT
0.0
PD
0.2
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
27 yearsMay 28, 1999
Height
6' 5"
Weight
266 lbs
Experience
6 years
Birthplace
Redlands, CA
Draft
2021Rd 1, Pk 18
College
Miami
Salary
$36.2 million2026

Latest performance

Jaelan Phillips

Oct 18 · @ PHI · W 25-14

TOT
2
SOLO
0
AST
2
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

64% of his club's defensive snaps a game (226 in 5 games); 44% in week 6.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1CHI5877%0
2ATL3855%0
3CLE6086%0
4DET4259%0
6PHI2844%0

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Jaelan Phillips has been on the NFL’s game-status report 4 weeks since 2026, ruled out 3 times.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202631Hamstring, Back

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2021 NFL combine

DL, 6'5", 260 lb · Miami (FL)

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.56s97th
Vertical jump36"88th
Broad jump10' 5"94th
Bench press (225 lb)21 reps16th

Percentile: the share of DLs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2021 combine

Games

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Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Oct 18atPHIW 25-14200.50
Sun, Oct 04vsDETW 32-261000
Sun, Sep 27atCLEL 21-182000
Sun, Sep 20atATLW 34-32110
Sun, Sep 13vsCHIL 59-373210
Sun, Jan 11vsSFL 23-190000

What are Jaelan Phillips's career stats?

Jaelan Phillips has played 6 seasons for the Dolphins and the Panthers. He has recorded 215 tackles, 30.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season so far is 2022: 61 tackles and 7.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 11 @ LAC on Sep 10, 2023, W 36-34
  • Sacks: 3 vs CAR on Nov 28, 2021, W 33-10
Jaelan Phillips's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
202631.0
202561.0
202421.0
2023112.0
202281.5
202163.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2021.

Jaelan Phillips college stats

Jaelan Phillips played 3 seasons at UCLA Bruins and Miami Hurricanes (2017 to 2020): 86 tackles, 12.5 sacks and 1 interception.

defensive

Jaelan Phillips's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2017UCLA Bruins2116523.50000
2018UCLA Bruins20128010000
2020Miami Hurricanes452124380100

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Jaelan Phillips's college game log.

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Playoff games

Jaelan Phillips played 2 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 0 won, 2 lost.

Jaelan Phillips's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2025SFL 23-1900.00
2022BUFL 34-3190.50

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.