Kade Phillips
Texas Longhorns
91
Elite

Kade Phillips

Texas LonghornsElite
LCBDefenseElite
Projected Starter

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Kade Phillips is the projected starter at LCB for Texas Longhorns.

Sophomore · #8 · 6'0", 191 lbs

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Depth at LCB · Texas Longhorns

  1. 1891Kade PhillipsStarter
  2. 22482Warren Roberson
  3. 3066John Meredith III

Texas Starting Lineup

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The Story

A Five-Star Talent

A 5-star recruit out of Fort Bend Hightower, ranked #27 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 22 tackles, 0 INT, 6 PBU. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot and 82th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit5★ · #27 NatlTeam Share6%Percentile82th
Missouri City, TX
Jersey
#8
Class
SO
Height
6'0"
Weight
191 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20252206

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★★5-star
Composite
0.9864
National Rank
#27
High School
Fort Bend Hightower
Hometown
Missouri City, TX

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 82th-percentile production (×0.99 for competition level) put them +2 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 82% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top <1% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.99)
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LOUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-24

Sep 26WTENNTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-17

Sep 20WUTSATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-6

Sep 12WOSUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-23

Sep 5WTXSTTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 59-7

Kade Phillips's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Elite
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Team Role

22 tkl · 6 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement75%
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