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Jersey Number 5
Kyle Phillips
- Position:
- DL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 263
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Hillsboro
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- Named to 2018 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
- SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week (10/15/18)
- Semifinalist for the 2018 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award
- Semifinalist for the 2018 Campbell Trophy
- Nominee for 2018 AFCA Good Works Team
- Collected Google Cloud Academic All-District honors in 2018
- Inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) National Leadership Honor Society (2017)
- Member of the second VOLeaders Academy Class (2017)
- 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
CAREER
- Developed into an outstanding leader on and off the field for the Vols and was named a permanent captain for the 2018 season...Completed his career by playing in 41 games with 20 starts...Finished his career with 114 tackles, 16 TFLs, eight sacks and nine passes defended...A three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient, who is a semifinalist for the 2018 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award and the 2018 Campbell Trophy.
2018 - SENIOR
- Finished third on the Vols with 56 tackles and second in sacks (5.0) and TFLs (8.0) in 2018, while leading UT with five hurries and adding a pick-six, four pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one blocked kick
- Honored with several awards at the year-end team banquet, including the Bill Majors Award and Defensive Player of the Year
- Concluded his collegiate career with six tackles, one sack, one hurry and one pass breakup at Vanderbilt (11/24)
- Blocked the first kick of his career, a PAT attempt, and led Tennessee with seven tackles and a sack vs. Missouri (11/17)
- Logged six tackles and a TFL vs. No. 11 Kentucky (11/10)
- Made four solo tackles, including a sack for a loss of nine yards en route to tying his career high TFLs total with two vs. Charlotte (11/3)
- Recorded six tackles, including a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss at South Carolina (10/27)
- Returned the first interception of his career for a 27-yard touchdown, picking off Alabama’s Jalen Hurts (10/20)
- Forced the first fumble of his career that resulted in a UT touchdown while logging a career-high nine tackles at No. 21 Auburn (10/13)
- Made seven tackles at No. 2 Georgia
- Recovered the first fumble of his career vs. Florida and returned it four yards (9/22)
- Tallied a season-high three tackles vs. UTEP (9/15)
- Broke up a pass and recorded one tackle vs. ETSU in the home opener (9/8)
- Started the season opener against West Virginia at defensive end where he recorded two tackles and hurried the quarterback a career-high two times (9/1)
2017 - JUNIOR
- Games/Starts: 12/7
- Started seven games and played in all 12 at defensive end where he totaled 35 tackles, 4.5 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, two PBUs and four quarterback hurries
- Tallied four tackles against Missouri (11/11)
- Tallied the first multi-sack game of his career, hitting Southern Miss’s quarterback two times for a loss of 13 yards.
- Recorded a career-high six tackles at No. 1 Alabama (10/21)
- Collected three tackles in his first start (left end) of 2017 vs. South Carolina (10/14).
- Made three tackles vs. UMass (9/23), including a tackle for loss
2016 - SOPHOMORE
Photo Gallery- 2016 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 11/1
- Posted two tackles and one TFL at Vanderbilt (11/26)
- Tallied four tackles (three solo) in win vs. Missouri (11/19)
- Had two tackles and two pass breakups against Kentucky (11/12)
- Made first start of career at DT vs. Tennessee Tech (11/5)
- Played at defensive tackle at South Carolina (10/29), making career-high five tackles (three solo) with one TFL for one yard
- Saw action off the bench at Texas A&M (10/8) and against Alabama (10/15)
- Had one tackle in win vs. Florida (9/24)
- Made season debut vs. Virginia Tech (9/10) with one tackle and saw playing time vs. Ohio (9/17)
2015 - FRESHMAN
- Photo Gallery
- 2015 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 6/0
- First true freshman to have black stripe removed in 2015, coming on Aug. 10
- Suffered season-ending shoulder injury in game vs. South Carolina (11/7)
- Played in six games, making eight tackles with one sack and 1.5 TFLs in 2015 as a reserve defensive end
- Returned to action at Kentucky (10/31) and made one tackle
- Sat out two games with shoulder injury, suffered vs. Arkansas (10/3)
- Three tackles including first career sack and TFL at Florida (9/26)
- First three tackles of career vs. Western Carolina (9/19)
- One of 15 true freshmen to make college debut vs. Bowling Green (9/5) in his return to his hometown
HIGH SCHOOL
- Lettered at Hillsboro High School in Nashville, Tenn., for coach Louis C. Clayton
- 247 Sports: 4-star (No. 7 strong side defensive end, No. 2 prospect in Tennessee)
- ESPN: 4-star (No. 18 defensive tackle, No. 5 prospect in Tennessee)
- Rivals: 4-star (No. 11 strong side defensive end, No. 3 prospect in Tennessee)
- Scout: 4-star (No. 12 defensive end, No. 1 defensive end in Tennessee)
- Played 2015 Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas
- Had 33 sacks in three seasons at Hillsboro
- Named All-Midstate and one of Tennessean's Dandy Dozen in 2014
- Posted 58 tackles with 22.5 tackles for loss with 13 sacks as a senior in 2014
- Helped Burros to a 14-1 record and Tennessee State Class 5A Championship game
- Recorded eight sacks in 2013 junior season before suffering injury
- Posted 35 tackles with 12 sacks and five forced fumbles as a sophomore
- High school teammate with fellow Tennessee Vol Kyle Phillips
PERSONAL
- Full Name: Kyle Phillips
- Born: May 5, 1997
- Son of Teresa Phillips
- Mother Teresa serves as Director of Athletics at Tennessee State University in Nashville
- Majoring in Communication Studies
- Recipient of Jim & Natalie Haslam Athletic Scholarship
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