Receiver, Iowa (from Chattanooga), 2021–⁠25

Sam Phillips

Lettered 2025 (school media guide)

Number
No. 2
Height
5′7″
Weight
183 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Cartersville, GA

Sam Phillips played receiver at Chattanooga (2021–⁠24) and Iowa (2025).

Career highs

11catches, career hightwice; last at Samford, 2023195receiving yards, career highat Georgia State, 20242receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Kennesaw State, 2023

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Chattanooga4466115.0253
2023Chattanooga6062410.4431
2024Chattanooga4879016.5384
2025Iowa1626116.3045
Career1682,33613.9984

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022Chattanooga2350–––
2023Chattanooga–––4380
2024Chattanooga–––3200
2025Iowa–––1460
Career235081040

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Chattanooga2WRFr.
2023Chattanooga2WRSo.
2024Chattanooga2WRJr.
2025Iowa2WRSr.5′7″183

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2022Chattanooga (FCS)450.9782nd (n=683)0.7143.810%
2023Chattanooga (FCS)690.8759th (n=681)0.8060.08%
2024Chattanooga (FCS)541.1375th (n=581)0.9261.09%
2025Iowa230.77––17.63%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Iowa 10 games, 16 catches, 261 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.UAlbanyW 34–⁠7–––––
Sep 6atIowa StateL 13–⁠16115015–
Sep 13vs.MassachusettsW 47–⁠7375045–
Sep 19atRutgersW 38–⁠28125025–
Sep 27vs.IndianaL 15–⁠20564021–
Oct 11atWisconsinW 37–⁠0114014–
Oct 25vs.MinnesotaW 41–⁠3111011–
Nov 8vs.OregonL 16–⁠18112012–
Nov 22vs.Michigan StateW 20–⁠17133033–
Nov 28atNebraskaW 40–⁠16212011–
2024 Chattanooga 10 games, 48 catches, 790 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31atTennesseeL 3–⁠69554019–
Sep 7atGeorgia StateL 21–⁠248195184–
Sep 14vs.MercerL 3–⁠10568040–
Sep 28vs.Portland StateW 45–⁠305150178–
Oct 5atEast Tennessee StateW 17–⁠106110138–
Oct 12atFurmanW 41–⁠10339017–
Nov 2atWestern CarolinaL 34–⁠38136036–
Nov 9atThe CitadelW 31–⁠7339022–
Nov 16vs.SamfordL 13–⁠36866019–
Nov 23atAustin PeayW 24–⁠17433013–
2023 Chattanooga 13 games, 60 catches, 624 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2atNorth AlabamaL 27–⁠41454123–
Sep 9vs.Kennesaw StateW 27–⁠201098217–
Sep 16vs.The CitadelW 48–⁠3223020–
Sep 23atSamfordW 47–⁠241198031–
Sep 30atWoffordW 23–⁠13430010–
Oct 7vs.Western CarolinaL 50–⁠52659016–
Oct 14atMercerW 22–⁠10352130–
Oct 21vs.East Tennessee StateW 34–⁠3662025–
Oct 28atVMIW 24–⁠231202–
Nov 4vs.FurmanL 14–⁠17342022–
Nov 18atAlabamaL 10–⁠66217012–
Nov 25 ✦atAustin PeayW 24–⁠21674025–
Dec 2 ✦atFurmanL 7–⁠2621307–
2022 Chattanooga 9 games, 44 catches, 661 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.WoffordW 31–⁠0350034–
Sep 17vs.North AlabamaW 41–⁠145960504
Oct 1atEast Tennessee StateW 24–⁠16441017–
Oct 15vs.VMIW 41–⁠13366032–
Oct 22vs.MercerW 41–⁠21483153–
Oct 29atFurmanL 20–⁠24449118–
Nov 5atThe CitadelW 31–⁠211707–
Nov 12vs.SamfordL 24–⁠35111630290
Nov 19atWestern CarolinaL 29–⁠329106023–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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