Linebacker, Nebraska, 2005–⁠09

Phillip Dillard

Number
No. 52
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Tulsa, OK
Born
Dec 10, 1986

Phillip Dillard played linebacker at Nebraska (2005–⁠09). The New York Giants took Dillard in round 4, No. 115 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2009
Second-team All-Big 12
Drafted
No. 115
Round 4, 2010 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2009Nebraska1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. 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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2005N11741110––––
2006N131400––––
2007N122215370.50–2––
2008N91325381.50.5–1––
20091245388310.531314
On file908317313.53.5––––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Nebraska52LB6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 Nebraska 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 7vs.OklahomaW 10–⁠31

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

Played in the 2010 Senior Bowl (North team, won 31–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2010Combine or pro day 2010
Height6′0¼″
Weight245 lb
Arm length30½″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.72 s
10-yard split1.65 s
Vertical jump31½″
Broad jump8′10″
Bench press18 reps
3-cone drill7.16 s
20-yard shuttle4.43 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

1 season, 3 games with a stat; latest team: San Diego Chargers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2010New York Giants3200

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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