Shy Phillips

Photo by: V.L. Duffy

Position:
DB
Height:
6-0
Weight:
165
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hartsville, S.C.
High School:
Hartsville

SENIOR (2017): Appeared in nine games … Made 11 total tackles on the year, including seven solo and four assisted … Had one tackle for a loss of four yards in home game against No. 5 Wofford (10/14) … In that game against the Terriers, had a season-high three solo tackles and matched his season high for total tackles with three … Set his season high of three total tackles the week before against Mercer (10/7) with one solo and two assisted … Had a solo tackle and an assist in 31-25 road win at ETSU (9/16).

JUNIOR (2016): Appeared in all 12 games … Recorded 14 tackles and one pass breakup … Made season-high three tackles and added one pass breakup in 22-14 victory vs. No. 5 Chattanooga … Opened season with two solo tackles in 24-23 win at Mercer … Made two tackles in 31-24 win at Gardner-Webb … Had one stop in 37-14 win at Western Carolina and in 38-14 victory at North Greenville … Made solo tackle in 45-10 win vs. ETSU … Recorded two solo tackles at North Carolina … Made two tackles in second round of FCS Playoffs vs. No. 19 Wofford.

SOPHOMORE (2015): Appeared in all 13 games with starts in both NCAA FCS Playoff games … Recorded 22 tackles, four pass breakups, one interception and one quarterback hurry … Grabbed first career interception and returned 32 yards for touchdown in 41-38 win at Coastal Carolina in first round of NCAA FCS Playoffs … Also recorded two tackles and one pass breakup at Chanticleers … Made two tackles in season-opening 69-0 win vs. Davidson … Had one solo stop at Georgia Southern … Made three tackles in 39-12 win vs. Wofford … Registered season-high four tackles in 44-25 win at Samford … Recorded two tackles and one pass breakup in 35-14 win vs. VMI … Had two tackles at No. 9 Chattanooga … Matched season-high tackles total and added one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry in 23-22 win at South Carolina … Had two tackles and one pass breakup at Charleston Southern in second round of NCAA FCS Playoffs.

FRESHMAN (2014): Appeared in 10 games … Recorded 13 tackles and one pass breakup … Made one solo tackle in collegiate debut at defending national champion Florida State … Registered two solo tackles in 63-56 win vs. Charlotte … Made two solo tackles vs. Chattanooga … Had one solo stop at Western Carolina … Recorded season-high three tackles and one pass breakup in 42-35 win vs. Furman … Made one solo tackle vs. Samford … Tied season high with three tackles in 45-25 win at VMI.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2014 graduate of Hartsville High School in Hartsville, S.C. ... Earned varsity letters in football, baseball and basketball ... Participated in the 2013 Shrine Bowl ... Named to all-state and all-conference teams during his junior and senior seasons ... Accumulated 40 tackles, two tackles for loss and three interceptions in 2013 ... Tallied 62 tackles, two tackles for loss and nine interception (two returned for touchdowns) in 2012 ... Helped his team win the 2012 state championship and regional titles in 2010, 12 and 13.

PERSONAL: Son of Brent Phillips and Quandra Brown ... Major is political science.