L.J. Phillips Jr.
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Nov 4, 2026
Trent CondonGUEST
They got Xavier Williams, who got the start.
Trent CondonGUEST
Also, L.J. Phillips, a transfer from South Dakota.
Trent CondonGUEST
Both of those guys are more of that physical type, not the big play threat.
Trent CondonGUEST
They do have that guy in Brayden Jackson.
Trent CondonHOST
Gave up a couple of chunk plays against Oregon last week.
Trent CondonHOST
Still, from what we've seen from Xavier Williams, what we've seen from LJ Phillips at this point, against good competition, there hasn't been anything that says, oh yeah, they're going to be great in this game.
Trent CondonHOST
Can they be okay? Yeah.
Trent CondonHOST
And that might be good enough and certainly good enough against this Northwestern team and good enough if we see the Hank Brown that we saw last week against Wisconsin, if that continues on.
Corey BrattaGUEST
I was a little surprised by that, but you only get so long with the head coach.
Corey BrattaGUEST
So we'll see how many carries he gets versus LJ Phillips, who I don't know is totally healthy still with that high ankle sprain he suffered early in week one.
Corey BrattaGUEST
Nate McNeil, and then Braden Jackson.
Corey BrattaGUEST
That's the group.
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Corey BrattaGUEST
But I was ball security has to be the thing.
Corey BrattaGUEST
And I, that's why I was a little bit, like I say, surprised that Kirk wasn't asked about Xavier Williams today because dude coughed it up twice on Saturday, Mark.
Corey BrattaGUEST
And My question, if I had been there, would have been, why is LJ Phillips getting so few touches? Is that due to injury? Why is Nate McNeil not playing? But this can be fascinating to see how they handle that room.
Corey BrattaGUEST
this weekend without Kamari Moulton and they don't have Brevin doll as I mean, not that he would have been a rotational piece, but that's another piece, another option down.
Trent CondonHOST
Another component that stood out, the running game still wasn't excellent.
Trent CondonHOST
And really, at this point, when you're going with two bruising running backs in Xavier Williams and in LJ Phillips, when you're playing both of those guys at the running back spot, you're not thinking about a bunch of big play threats.
Trent CondonHOST
You're not thinking about against good Big Ten defenses.
Trent CondonHOST
These are going to be guys that are going to be ripping off 50, 60, 70-yard runs.
Trent CondonHOST
His matchup against UNI, one of his best performances of the year.
Trent CondonHOST
The first half, 16 of 18 for 190 yards and two touchdowns in the game.
Trent CondonHOST
LJ Phillips grades out as the best running back with a 66, 62.4 for Xavier Williams, and a 58.5 in limited opportunities for Braden Jackson.
Trent CondonHOST
Reese Van Der Zee led the way with a 71 grade.
Zach HeineHOST
I think if he can do that, you've got a really good spot, and you've got a nice room here.
Zach HeineHOST
LJ Phillips, again, that's not a lot of room to run for him.
Zach HeineHOST
The offensive line and pass protection I thought was really good.
Zach HeineHOST
The run game was, again, still up and down at times.
Zach HeineHOST
T.J. Vanami had five catches for 54 yards and a touchdown along of 45 yards.
Zach HeineHOST
Reese Van Der Zee with five grabs for 51 yards along of 16 yards.
Zach HeineHOST
And then you had two catches for 23 yards for Xavier Williams, one catch for 17 yards for Dayton Howard, and a two for eight for LJ Phillips Jr.
Zach HeineHOST
Again, it's those top three guys for me.
Lucas StrainHOST
I think it's very clear that Xavier Williams, the team is trying to make him the guy.
Lucas StrainHOST
The team is trying to make him the leader because we thought LJ Phillips was going to be good coming into the season, even coming into this week.
Lucas StrainHOST
He wasn't on the depth chart going into the game, but we all thought he's still probably going to be there, right? He's not being very productive whenever he's on the field.
Lucas StrainHOST
Xavier Williams is being more productive.
Lucas StrainHOST
I said Brayden Jackson should have been the number two after Kamari Moulton.
Lucas StrainHOST
I said that should have happened.
Lucas StrainHOST
The very least number, the number three behind LJ Phillips.
Lucas StrainHOST
But now...
Zach MitchellHOST
Xavier Williams was the guy.
Zach MitchellHOST
It was not LJ Phillips.
Zach MitchellHOST
It was Xavier Williams on a lot of those runs for them.
Zach MitchellHOST
Was it pretty? No.
Spencer WagonHOST
The run game needs to get better, and again, they're down to Xavier Williams.
Spencer WagonHOST
LJ Phillips played, wasn't terribly effective.
Spencer WagonHOST
I'm trying to look up his numbers here.
Spencer WagonHOST
Phillips, 27 yards rushing.
Eliot CloughHOST
But to expect him to make something out of not nothing, but out of something difficult probably isn't fair.
Eliot CloughHOST
We haven't seen it from LJ Phillips either.
Eliot CloughHOST
That might be a health thing.
Eliot CloughHOST
We
Tom KakertHOST
Run game, without Kamari Moulton, Xavier Williams, solid, I thought.
Tom KakertHOST
LJ Phillips, solid in his carries too.
Tom KakertHOST
They ran hard.
Tom KakertHOST
They just don't have that... with those two guys, they don't seem to have that guy that can hit that crease in that zone on that second level that could take it to make it a 25-yard run or something like that.
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