Jordan Phillips
Jordan Phillips (born September 21, 1992) is an American football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma.
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | September 21, 1992 Wichita, Kansas | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 341 lb (155 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Circle (Towanda, Kansas) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Oklahoma | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2015 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2021 | |||||||||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||||||||
Early years
Phillips attended Circle High School in Towanda, Kansas, where he played high school football. He was rated by Scout.com as a five-star recruit and Rivals.com as a four-star.[1][2] He committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.[3]
College career
Phillips played at Oklahoma from 2011 to 2014. As a freshman in 2011, he was redshirted. As a redshirt freshman in 2012, he appeared in 12 games, recording 12 tackles. Phillips played in only four games his sophomore season in 2013 due to a back injury.[4] He had seven tackles and 1.5 sacks before the injury. Phillips returned from the injury in 2014.[5][6] He finished the year with 31 tackles and two sacks.
After his junior season, Phillips entered the 2015 NFL Draft.[7][8]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 5+1⁄4 in (1.96 m) |
329 lb (149 kg) |
34+3⁄4 in (0.88 m) |
9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 5.17 s | 1.82 s | 3.01 s | 4.68 s | 7.88 s | 30 in (0.76 m) | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) | 28 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine[9] | ||||||||||||
Miami Dolphins
Phillips was drafted with the 52nd overall pick in the second round by the Miami Dolphins of the 2015 NFL Draft.[10] During his rookie year in 2015, Phillips played 15 games making 19 tackles, 2 sacks, and 4 passes defended.[11]
Phillips entered the 2018 season as a starting defensive tackle. However his playing time dipped as the season progressed, leading to an outburst on the sideline about his playing time in a Week 4 blowout loss to the New England Patriots.[12] On October 2, 2018, Phillips was waived by the Dolphins.[13]
Buffalo Bills
On October 3, 2018, Phillips was claimed off waivers by the Buffalo Bills.[14]
On March 4, 2019, Phillips re-signed with the Bills.[15] In week 5 against the Tennessee Titans, Phillips sacked Marcus Mariota three times in the 14-7 win.[16] Phillips emerged as a premier pass rusher for the Bills, racking up 9.5 sacks in the 2019 season.[17]
Arizona Cardinals
On April 6, 2020, Phillips signed a three–year contract with the Arizona Cardinals.[18]
In Week 2 against the Washington Football Team, Phillips recorded his first sack as a Cardinal, a strip sack on Dwayne Haskins which was recovered by teammate Chandler Jones during the 30–15 win.[19] In Week 6 against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football, Phillips recovered a fumble lost by running back Ezekiel Elliott and forced a fumble on Elliott on the Cowboys' next drive of the game during the 38–10 win.[20] He was placed on injured reserve on November 19, 2020 with a hamstring injury.[21] He was activated on December 12, 2020.[22] He aggravated the hamstring injury in Week 14 and was placed on injured reserve on December 19, ending his season.[23]
On September 2, 2021, Phillips was placed on injured reserve to start the season.[24] He was activated on October 16.[25]
On March 16, 2022, Phillips was released by the Cardinals.[26]
Buffalo Bills (second stint)
On March 17, 2022, Phillips signed with the Buffalo Bills on a one year deal.[27]
References
- Scout.com bio
- Rivals.com bio
- OU gets commitment from Kansas defensive tackle Jordan Phillips
- DT Jordan Phillips out for season
- OU Sports: Jordan Phillips is back, and that's big for the Sooners
- John E. Hoover: Jordan Phillips trying to stay 'G-rated' about touchdown that wasn't
- Oklahoma DT Jordan Phillips to enter draft
- Oklahoma DT Jordan Phillips declares for NFL Draft, leaves big gap in OU defense Archived December 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- "NFL Combine: Jordan Phillips". NFL.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- "2015 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- "2015 NFL Draft Profile: Jordan Phillips". NFL.com. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- Wolfe, Cameron (October 3, 2018). "Jordan Phillips 'couldn't be happier' after Dolphins cut ties with DT". ESPN.com.
- "Dolphins Make Roster Moves". MiamiDolphins.com. October 2, 2018.
- Brown, Chris (October 3, 2018). "Bills claim former second round pick DT Jordan Phillips". BuffaloBills.com.
- Alper, Josh (March 4, 2019). "Bills re-sign Jordan Phillips, tender Eddie Yarbrough". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports.
- "Josh Allen throws 2 TD passes as Bills smother Titans 14-7". www.espn.com. October 6, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- White, Stephen (December 18, 2019). "Jordan Phillips is a BIG reason why the Bills are in the NFL playoffs". SBNation.com. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- "Cardinals Boost Pass-Rush By Adding Jordan Phillips". AZCardinals.com. March 19, 2020.
- "Washington Football Team at Arizona Cardinals - September 20th, 2020". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- "Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys – October 19th, 2020". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- Urban, Darren (November 19, 2020). "Jordan Phillips, Corey Peters Put On IR As Cardinals Deal With D-Line Woes". AZCardinals.com.
- Urban, Darren (December 12, 2020). "Jordan Phillips, Kevin Peterson Activated From IR; Johnathan Joseph Put On IR". AZCardinals.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- Urban, Darren (December 19, 2020). "Cardinals Place Zane Gonzalez, Jordan Phillips On IR; Sign D.J. Foster". AZCardinals.com.
- Urban, Darren (September 2, 2021). "Jordan Phillips Goes On Injured Reserve, Justin Pugh Activated". AZCardinals.com.
- Urban, Darren (October 16, 2021). "Rodney Hudson Placed On Injured Reserve; Jordan Phillips Activated". AZCardinals.com.
- Urban, Darren (March 16, 2022). "Maxx Williams Returns To Cardinals To Complete Tight End Duo". AZCardinals.com.
The Cardinals also released defensive tackle Jordan Phillips on Wednesday
- Brown, Chris (March 17, 2022). "Bills bring back defensive tackle Jordan Phillips". Buffalo Bills. Retrieved March 17, 2022.