Kenny Phillips in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Marianne O’Leary, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Safety, Miami, 2005–⁠07

Kenny Phillips

Hometown
Opa Locka, FL
Born
Nov 24, 1986

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Kenny Phillips played safety at Miami (2005–⁠07). The New York Giants took Phillips in the first round, No. 31 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2007
First-team All-ACC
Drafted
No. 31
Overall, 2008 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Honors

All-America: AP third team 2007

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2005Miami1
2006Miami4
2007Miami2
Career7

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). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
2005124027673120
2006103915544.5430
2007125428826253
On file1337020313.57103

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

2007 Miami 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 15vs.Florida InternationalW 23–⁠91
Nov 24atBoston CollegeL 14–⁠281
2006 Miami 2 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 14vs.Florida InternationalW 35–⁠01
Oct 21atDukeW 20–⁠153
2005 Miami 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 17atClemsonW 36–⁠301

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008
Height6′2¼″
Weight212 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.48 s
10-yard split1.47 sW
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill6.97 s
20-yard shuttle4.27 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 57 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008New York Giants165401
2009New York Giants21202
2010New York Giants165901
2011New York Giants156804
2012New York Giants52200
2015New Orleans Saints31200
NFL career5722708

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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