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LAC · RILB · #53

Del'Shawn Phillips

Starter

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Del'Shawn Phillips is the starting RILB for the Los Angeles Chargers.

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Del'Shawn Phillips this week

The Los Angeles Chargers play next in Week 6, on the road against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sun, Oct 18 (CBS). Del'Shawn Phillips is listed as the starter at RILB going into that game.

At RILB for the Los Angeles Chargers, Troy Dye and Denzel Perryman are next in line behind him.

Del'Shawn Phillips's 2026 game log, most recent 3 games: L 17-23 vs DEN (Oct 11); L 23-30 at SEA (Oct 4); L 16-24 at BUF (Sep 27).

Del'Shawn Phillips wears No. 53, is 30 years old, is listed at 6' 2", 230 lbs, has 7 years of NFL experience, came out of Illinois.

Is Del'Shawn Phillips playing this week?

Del'Shawn Phillips is expected to start at RILB for Los Angeles Chargers. No injury listed (updated Oct 15, ESPN).

LAC RILB Depth

1Del'Shawn PhillipsStarter
2Troy Dye
3Denzel Perryman

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Age
30
Height
6' 2"
Weight
230
Experience
7 yrs

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    Season Stats

    SeasonTeamGTklTFLSacksINTPD
    2026LAC5120000
    2025LAC13161100
    2024HOU971000
    2023BAL791000
    2022BAL630000
    2021NYJ11112100
    Career6 yrs51585200

    Season stats from nflverse, a public NFL statistics project. Last refreshed Oct 15, 2026.

    2026 vs. 2025

    Tackles
    12
    +1.2/gm vs 2025
    Sacks
    0
    -0.1/gm vs 2025
    INT
    0
    even with 2025 per game

    Career Totals

    Seasons
    6
    Games
    51
    Tackles
    58

    #52 of 244 at LB in Solo Tackles (2026)

    WHY THIS RATING

    Del'Shawn Phillips is rated 56 (Depth): production and role rank 169th of 190 qualifying linebackers (outperforms 11% of them). 2026 games count fully, 2025 games half. Same 40-99 scale as college ratings; compare within the NFL.

    Rating basis
    Production
    On-field production
    24th percentile
    Beats 24% of 190
    Sample
    5 + 13 games
    2026 + 2025 · 302 snaps
    Updated
    Through week 5

    Production per game depends partly on the offense or scheme around a player, so a player on a weak team can rate lower. Not a betting line. How we rank

    2026 Game Log

    Oct 11Lvs DENTKL 0
    TKL
    0
    TFL
    0
    SACK
    0
    INT
    0
    PD
    0

    Final L 17-23

    Oct 4L@ SEATKL 2
    TKL
    2
    TFL
    0
    SACK
    0
    INT
    0
    PD
    0

    Final L 23-30

    Sep 27L@ BUFTKL 3
    TKL
    3
    TFL
    0
    SACK
    0
    INT
    0
    PD
    0

    Final L 16-24

    Sep 20Lvs LVTKL 4
    TKL
    4
    TFL
    0
    SACK
    0
    INT
    0
    PD
    0

    Final L 14-26

    Sep 13Lvs ARITKL 3
    TKL
    3
    TFL
    0
    SACK
    0
    INT
    0
    PD
    0

    Final L 14-26

    Del'Shawn Phillips's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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    Team Role

    Starter
    Del'Shawn Phillips plays 64% of his team's defensive snaps in games he appears in (2026, 5 games).
    Snap share64%

    College

    Illinois

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