Career Notables
• Set FBS career record with 12 career runbacks, tied FBS record with five career pick sixes
• 3,145 career kickoff return yards ranks sixth in FBS history
• Scored 14 career touchdowns five different ways (5 KR, 1 PR, 5 INT, 1 FR, 2 Receiving)
• Four career 100-yard kickoff returns (five KOR TDs total), at least one 100-yard return in each of final three seasons, two of which were against top 5-ranked teams.
• Two-time MAC Special Teams Player of the Year (2016 & 2017)
2017 - Senior
• Totaled 683 kickoff returns yards on 26 attempts
• Named MAC Special Teams Player of the Year for second straight season
• Named First Team All-MAC Defense, First Team All-MAC Kickoff Specialist, Second Team All-MAC Punt Returner
• Third straight season earning All-MAC recognition at cornerback, was also a First Team selection in 2016 and named Second Team in 2015
• Phil Steele First Team All-MAC Defense and Kickoff Returner, Second Team Punt Returner
• Week One had a 100-yard kickoff return for touchdown, an INT and 188 all-purpose yards at #4 USC
• Week Two had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, ran back a 67-yard fumble recovery for a TD and had an INT at Michigan State
• Week Three had three punt returns for 98 yards with a season-long of 49 yards vs. Idaho
• Had three interceptions, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one sack and 10 pass breakups and 40 tackles on the year
• Accounted for two of WMU’s five defensive touchdowns
• Returned a 43-yard interception vs. Kent State for his fifth career pick-six, tying an FBS record, also had a forced fumble in the game
• Two-time MAC Specialist of the Week, named to Paul Hornung Award Week Two Honor Roll
• Started all 12 games in Bronco secondary
• Registered 904 total plays (second most on team) - 6 offensive, 722 defensive, 176 special teams
• Earned fourth varsity letter
• Invited to play in Reese's Senior Bowl
2016 - Junior
• Named MAC Special Teams Player of the Year
• First-Team All-MAC Defense
• Second-Team All-MAC Special Teams
• Returned three interceptions, one kick return and one punt return for touchdowns
• Tied for the MAC single season and career record with three interceptions for touchdowns this year and four in his career
• Ranks fourth in the MAC and 27th in the country with four interceptions this season
• Owns three of the top 25 longest interception returns in the country this season
• Returned a 100-yard kick return and a 70-yard interception for touchdowns against Georgia Southern (9/24)
• Returned career-high 85-yard interception for touchdown at Central Michigan (10/1)
• Picked off Ball State on first series of game and took it back 75 yards for a score (11/1)
• Returned a 66-yard punt for TD in his first game returning punts vs. NC Central (9/10)
2015 - Sophomore
• Named 2015 Second-Team All-MAC as a cornerback and kick returner
• Converted to cornerback from wide receiver
• Was fifth in the country and second in the MAC in passes defended with 20
• Picked off two passes at No. 1 Ohio State (9/26)
• Earned MAC Special Teams Player of the Week after setting a career-high with 185 total kick return yards against No. 4 Michigan State, including a 100-yard return for a TD in the second quarter (9/4)
• Had six tackles and a tackle for loss, as well as first career interception and return for touchdown, against Murray State (9/19)
• Named Special Teams POTW after having two kick returns for 101 yards v Central Michigan (10/10)
• Recorded career-high eight tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss at Ohio (10/17)
• Had interceptions in back-to-back weeks vs. Bowling Green (11/11) and Northern Illinois (11/18)
• Made five tackles, 1.0 TFL for 10 yards and two PBU’s at No. 24 Toledo (11/27)
• Recovered a fumble and had a pass breakup in the Popeye's Bahamas Bowl vs. Middle Tennessee (12/24)
2014 - Redshirt Freshman
• Third-Team All-MAC Kick Returner
• Sporting News Freshman All-American kick returner
• Appeared in 12 games making 32 receptions for 479 yards and two touchdowns
• Returned 30 total kicks for 792 yards and a touchdown, leading the MAC with 26.4 yards per return
• Caught a career-high 10 passes for 121 yards and a touchdown against Toledo
• Caught three passes for 94 yards and a touchdown in win at Bowling Green
• Returned opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown in win over Eastern Michigan
2013 - Freshman
• Redshirted
High School
• Ranked as the No. 37 recruit in the state of Michigan on the Detroit News Blue Chip 60 List
• Ranked as the No. 50 recruit in Michigan on Mick McCabe’s Detroit Free Press Fab 50 List
• Rated as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com
• Two-sport athlete in football and basketball
Personal
• Son of Lisa Phillips
• Born June 26, 1996
