Harrison Phillips

8 NFL seasons, 3 teams, 147 tackles + 32 QB hits — the run-stuffing interior DT profile.

The 2019 ACL tear (1 game) is the one missing dot — every other season is a near-full slate. 8 straight years of NFL availability for an interior DL is the kind of durability a position usually doesn't get.

The 5 straight seasons of 5+ QB hits (2020-24) is the deceptive part of his game — Phillips is graded as a run-stuffer but the QB-hit count is steady starter-level.

2023 in Minnesota: 34 tackles + 3 sacks + 6 QB hits — career year as a starter.

Year 2 in Minnesota gave Phillips the peak of his career: 34 tackles, 3 sacks, 6 QB hits, 17 games. The 3 sacks alone were more than his first 4 NFL seasons combined.

He followed it with a quieter 2024 (14 tackles in 18 games) — typical of an interior DT being rotated more aggressively as he ages.

Buffalo (2018-21): 8.5 career sacks. Minnesota (2022-24): 6.5. New York (2025): 0.5.

The Buffalo years were almost entirely run-stuffing — 1 career sack across 4 seasons. Minnesota turned him into a pass-rush contributor at the same time he became a starter. The Jets brought him in as a veteran run-defense piece in 2025; 0.5 sacks in 17 games is the new role.

32 career QB hits as a nose tackle — almost double the typical career rate at the position.

For an interior run-stuffer drafted in the 3rd round, 32 career QB hits over 8 years is a quietly elite number. Most nose tackles end careers under 20.

The pattern is consistent: 5 QB hits in 2020, 6 in 2021, 6 in 2022, 6 in 2023, 5 in 2024 — a five-year stretch of identical pass-rush impact from a player who started just a handful of games until 2022.