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PlayerJordan Phillips · IDL, Miami Dolphins, Model Score 70.9Be the Dolphins GM

Jordan Phillips

Miami Dolphins
Pos IDL
Updated October 8, 2026

Model Score

70.9 MODEL
2025
68.2
2026
70.9

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

9.5-sack 2019 season as a 52nd overall 2nd-round pick puts Phillips in the rare interior pass-rush production class. The Oklahoma Big 12 2nd-round origin plus 11 years of NFL development give him real journeyman veteran market value. The 2026 question is whether Phillips holds tier 7-8 with the Bills at age 33 or whether the structural late-career closure finally takes hold.

Phillips came out of Oklahoma as the Miami Dolphins' 2nd-round pick (52nd overall) in 2015. He has bounced through the Dolphins, Bills, Cardinals, Giants, and now back to the Bills across 11 NFL seasons. He delivered a 9.5-sack 2019 season with the Bills.

Strengths

  • 9.5-sack 2019 season as a 52nd overall 2nd-round pick puts him in the rare interior pass-rush production class.
  • Oklahoma Big 12 2nd-round origin plus 11 years of NFL survival across four teams gives him real journeyman veteran market value.

Concerns

  • Career STTM range mostly tier 7-8 across the past five years confirms the structural ceiling has rarely climbed above rotational depth.
  • Age 33 plus 11 years of interior-line wear puts the late-career structural closure question on every 2026 projection.

What to watch: Whether Phillips holds tier 8 or better in 2026 with the Bills or whether the role compresses to swing depth.

Comps

Overall match
size, testing and production, same career stage
Plays like
on-field production only

Jordan Phillips Injury StatusNot listed

Jordan Phillips is not on the injury report as of Oct 7. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Jordan Phillips Stats This Season · 3 games

0
Sacks
2
Pressures
1
QB Hits
1
TFL
7
Tackles
0
FF

Draft & College

Round 5, pick 143 · Miami Dolphins · 2025
UCLA (Big Ten)
Taken
#143
where he actually went
Consensus board
130th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#172
among IDL in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2022-2024 · 36 games
4.5 sacks, 18 TFL, 12 pressures, 179 tackles

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out
6.76
RAS
5.1s
40 yd
29 reps
Bench
31"
Vertical
108"
Broad
8.19s
3-cone
4.65s
Shuttle

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