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Tight end, Virginia, 2005–08
John Phillips
- Hometown
- Hot Springs, VA
- Born
- Jun 11, 1987, in Low Moor, Virginia
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John Phillips played tight end at Virginia (2005–08). The Dallas Cowboys took Phillips in round 6, No. 208 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
7catches, career highvs. Miami, 2008Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| On file | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2008 Virginia 12 games, 48 catches, 385 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. USC | L 7–52 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. Richmond | W 16–0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Sep 13 | at UConn | L 10–45 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Sep 27 | at Duke | L 3–31 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Oct 4 | vs. Maryland | W 31–0 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Oct 11 | vs. East Carolina | W 35–20 | 6 | 47 | 1 | 15 | – |
| Oct 18 | vs. North Carolina | W 16–13 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at Georgia Tech | W 24–17 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Nov 1 | vs. Miami | L 17–24 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Nov 8 | at Wake Forest | L 17–28 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 21 | – |
| Nov 22 | vs. Clemson | L 3–13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Nov 29 | at Virginia Tech | L 14–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
2007 Virginia 9 games, 17 catches, 193 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 28–23 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Sep 29 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 44–14 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Oct 6 | at Middle Tennessee | W 23–21 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 20 | – |
| Oct 13 | vs.UConn | W 17–16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | – |
| Oct 20 | atMaryland | W 18–17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Oct 27 | at NC State | L 24–29 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Nov 3 | vs.Wake Forest | W 17–16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Nov 10 | atMiami | W 48–0 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 30 | – |
| Nov 24 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 21–33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2006 Virginia 2 games, 2 catches, 65 yards
2005 Virginia 2 games, 2 catches, 27 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs.Duke | W 38–7 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 15 | – |
| Nov 12 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 27–17 | – | – | – | – | 10 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2009 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 18–35).
| Drill | Combine 2009 | Combine or pro day 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′5⅜″ | |
| Weight | 251 lb | |
| Arm length | 34½″ | |
| Hand size | 10¼″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.84 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.73 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′4″ | |
| Bench press | 20 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.84 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.27 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 71 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dallas Cowboys | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | San Diego Chargers | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | San Diego Chargers | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | San Diego Chargers | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 9 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Arizona Cardinals | 2 | – | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 71 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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