#54
Jacob Phillips
CLE · 2020–2023HOU · 2024IND · 2025UFA
JacobPhillips#54LB
Age
27
Apr 1, 1999
Height
6'3"
75"
Weight
229
lb
College
LSU
2017-2019
Drafted
2020
Rd 3, Pk 97
Exp
6
seasons
Contract
$1M
1y · $1.1M APY
Status
UFA
UFA

2022 Season

Latest production
Tackles
46
2022
TFL
2
regular season
Sacks
2.0
regular season
QB Hits
2
regular season
FF
0
regular season
Snap %
72%
avg / game
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2017 — Present · Includes honors
2025
Indianapolis Colts · Linebacker
LB · 0 active weeks
NFL
2024
Houston Texans · Linebacker
LB · 0 active weeks
NFL
2020–2023
Cleveland Browns · Linebacker
LB · 29 active weeks
NFL
2017–2019
LSU · LB
NCAA

Draft Profile

2020 Draft
Selection
Round 3, Pick 97
#97 overall by Cleveland Browns
TeamCLE
Overall#97

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediahttps://www.flickr.com/people/138374196@N05 Tammy Anthony Baker from Louisiana. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.