LB · Los Angeles Chargers · #53
Del'Shawn Phillips
LILB1- College
- Illinois
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Experience
- 8th season
Tackles
32▼ 5 vs '25
57th of 123 LBs
Stops
21▲ 14 vs '25
42nd of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
2.5▼ 2.3 vs '25
30th of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
11.1%▼ 16.2 vs '25
89th of 123 LBs
Coverage
12 targets
91.7 cmp% · 7.3 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs ARIL | 41 | 54.7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs LVL | 40 | 63.5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100.0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ BUFL | 31 | 47.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ SEAL | 52 | 86.7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100.0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 vs DENL | 42 | 67.7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 @ KCL | 48 | 78.7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 254 | 65.6 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 91.7 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Chargers
$7.5Mover 2 years
- Avg. per year
- $3.8M
- Guaranteed
- $4M 53%
- 2026 cap hit
- $2.8M 0.9% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2027
2026 · now
2027
Year 1 of 2 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 254 | 65.6 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 124.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 82 | 18.5 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 27.3 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 85.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 27 | 13.4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 112.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13 | 81 | 13.3 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 84.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15 | 160 | 17.1 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 11.1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 151.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 63 | 605 | 23.0 | 142 | 48 | 5 | 14.3 | 2.0 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 119.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |