LB · Carolina Panthers · #5
Jaelan Phillips
LOLB1Out · Hamstringwk 8 report- College
- Miami
- Height
- 6'5"
- Weight
- 266 lb
- Experience
- 6th season
Tackles
10▼ 41 vs '25
107th of 109 LBs
Stops
10▼ 29 vs '25
97th of 109 LBs
Yards per run tackle
2.3▼ 0.4 vs '25
21st of 109 LBs
Missed tackle rate
0.0%▼ 10.9 vs '25
1st of 109 LBs
Coverage
2 targets
0.0 cmp% · 0.0 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 109 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 CHIL | 58 | 77.3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 @ ATLW | 38 | 55.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ CLEL | 60 | 85.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 vs DETW | 42 | 59.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 @ PHIW | 28 | 43.8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 226 | 64.8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Panthers
$120Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $30M
- Guaranteed
- $60M 50%
- 2026 cap hit
- $10M 3.2% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2029
2026 · now
2027
2028
2029
Year 1 of 4 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 5 | 226 | 64.8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 819 | 75.3 | 51 | 39 | 7 | 10.9 | 5.0 | 14 | 34 | 13 | 92.9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 134 | 59.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 72.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 367 | 71.0 | 38 | 32 | 7 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 57.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17 | 840 | 73.3 | 58 | 47 | 7 | 14.1 | 7.0 | 25 | 36 | 20 | 108.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17 | 603 | 53.7 | 39 | 25 | 8 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 90.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 68 | 2,989 | 67.2 | 202 | 157 | 32 | 9.9 | 30.5 | 74 | 123 | 45 | 88.8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 |