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DT Jordan Phillips, Oklahoma -- The first thing you notice about this 6'6", 330 lbs monster, is his surprising arsenal of passrush moves. You see a guy that is just absolutely massive like Phillips, and that's about the last thing you expect, but it's there. Phillips has a great swim move, shoots gaps extremely well, and has a whole array of moves and counter-moves that torture centers just trying to somehow reel him in. As can be expected for a man his size, Phillips packs a lot of power into his coiled-up three-point stance, and when he comes off the blocks low and hard... he's damn near unblockable by one lineman; the best you can hope for is to run the play away from him or straight-up double him. In this, he looks like a perfect one-gap NT in a 3-4 or 4-3. The two biggest weaknesses in his game are playing too high and on-field limitations. Phillips comes in waaaaaay too high far too frequently, and he needs a good DL coach to teach him how to consistently engage the OL low to the ground. His 6'6" frame is epic, but it works against him when he comes in too high. Also, Phillips is a good athlete for someone his size, but his effectiveness on the field will only be in the phone booth. He can be very effective, but he's not going to be the guy to single-handedly shut down the line of scrimmage, by crashing down on plays down the line. Instead, he's reliable for shutting down his gap assignments, and little after that. But there's definitely a place for that in a league that is dropping more of its defenders into coverage and asking its DL to do more with less help. Phillips has Pro Bowl potential with the right coach.
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