Physical, high-motor UCF linebacker with untapped upside after injury delays
Phil Picciotti is a **6-foot-3, 230-pound linebacker** whose game is built on **physicality, tackling volume, and toughness**; recruiting reports described him as a “violent” and “old school ball guy,” and he backed that up in high school with **144 tackles and 19 tackles for loss** as a junior before adding **63 tackles** at IMG Academy. After missing 2024 at Oklahoma due to injury and seeing limited special-teams action in 2025 at UCF, he enters 2026 as a developmental fit for teams that value downhill effort, contact appetite, and special-teams reliability over immediate splash stats.
