Personal: Son of Joe and Cindy Phillips ... Majoring in public health ... Joined The Rock in 2014 after transferring from The Citadel ... His father, Joe, played in 200 games with 152 starts during a 14-year NFL career.
2016: Started all 10 games played as a senior … A first team All-PSAC West honoree … Nearly half of stops were tackles for loss … Ended season with nine tackles for loss, five sacks, five quarterback hurries and one forced fumble … Made 20 total tackles … Had a season-high five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks against Gannon … Recorded two tackles for loss and one forced fumble against Mercyhurst … Had three quarterback hurries against Seton Hill … Concluded career with three sacks in season finale against East Stroudsburg …
Game-By-Game Statistics
2015: Started all 14 games ...Â
A USA College Football Second Team Preseason All-American ... Earned first team All-PSAC West honors ... Named a first team all-region performer by the Don Hansen Football Gazette
... Had 36 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one touchdown ... Had at least one tackle for loss in eight games ... Made 1.5 tackles for loss four times against New Haven, Gannon, West Chester and Virginia Union ... Returned a fumble 52 yards for a touchdown against Assumption in the second round of the NCAA playoffs ... Made a season-high six tackles at Gannon ... Recorded full sacks Millersville, Clarion, Virginia Union and Shepherd ...
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2014: Appeared in 11 games for The Rock, making eight starts ... Earned second all-league honors ... Made 30 tackles (9 solo/21 assisted) ... Ranked third on the team with eight tackles for loss ... Had 4.5 sacks ... Forced and recovered one fumble ... Made one interception ... Had a season-high eight tackles vs. Seton Hill ... Made 4.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one interception and one forced fumble at Indiana (Pa.) ... Named PSAC West Defensive Player of the Week once ...Â
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At The Citadel: [2012] Appeared in five games for the Bulldogs ... Recorded four tackles and a quarterback hurry.
High School: A 2012 graduate of Washington HS ... Lettered four times in football and also competed on the basketball and track and field teams ... Served as a team captain ... Made 57 tackles, including eight sacks, forced six fumbles and blocked a field goal attempt his senior season ... Named All-Conference and a member of the Washington Observer-Reporter Elite 11 team ... Elected senior class President ... Honor Roll student.
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| SRU Career Highs |
| Total Tackles |
8 vs. Seton Hill (9/27/14) |
| Solo Tackles |
5 at IUP (10/25/14) |
| Assisted Tackles |
8 vs. Seton Hill (9/27/14) |
| Tackles For Loss |
4.5 at IUP (10/25/14) |
| Sacks |
3.0 vs. East Stroudsburg (11/12/16) |
| Forced Fumbles |
1 three times (most recently vs. Mercyhurst (10/8/16) |
| Fumbles Recovered |
1 (52 yards for TD) vs. Assumption (11/28/15) |
| Interceptions |
1 at IUP (10/25/14) |
| Pass Break Ups |
1 (twice) |
