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  • DT
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Berrien Springs, Michigan
    Hometown
  • 6'4
    Height
  • 305
    Weight
  • Berrien Springs HS/Michigan
    High School
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Phillip Paea
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Phillip Paea
DT
Position
Graduate Student
Class
Berrien Springs, Michigan
Hometown

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Biography

HONORS
Academic All-Big Ten (2019).

2022 (SENIOR SEASON)
Started the first three games of the season before missing the rest of the year due to injury… Finished the season with two tackles (1-solo, 1-assist), one interception and one pass breakup… Had one tackle in each of his first two games against UConn (8/27) and at No. 1 Alabama (9/3), and intercepted his first-career pass and returned it 16 yards against Weber State (9/10)… Lone pass breakup on the season was against UConn.

2021 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Played in all 14 games and finished the season with 14 tackles (4-solo, 10-assist), which included 2.0 tackles for loss… Had a career-high four tackles at Air Force (9/18) and a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss at San José State (11/13)… Recorded other tackle for loss at New Mexico (11/26).

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Spent four years at Michigan (2017-20), where he appeared in three games... Redshirted the 2017 season and then played in two games on the offensive line the following season against Western Michigan and Nebraska... Did not play his sophomore season in 2019 and appeared in one game along the defensive line in 2020 against Wisconsin... Earned academic all-Big Ten honors in 2019.

HIGH SCHOOL
A Max Preps All-American and three-time all-conference selection along the defensive line at Berrien Springs (Michigan) High School... Tallied 53 tackles, including 3.0 sacks and 8.0 tackles for loss, to go along with two fumble recoveries and two pass breakups as a senior... Recorded 67 tackles, including 2.0 sacks and 12.0 tackles for loss, to go along with two fumble recoveries as a junior... An ESPN four-star prospect that was rated as the 30th-best defensive tackle in the nation... A three-star recruit that was rated as the 38th-best defensive tackle in the nation and 13th-best overall player in the state of Michigan by 247Sports.com... Scout.com three-star recruit that was rated as the top defensive tackle in Michigan... Also a PrepStar three-star recruit that was named to the publication’s All-Midwest Region... Selected to the USA Today All-USA (Michigan) first team as a senior... Chosen the Division 5-6 Player of the Year as a senior and twice named first-team Division 5-6 All-State by The Associated Press... Also selected to the Detroit News All-State Dream Team in both 2015 and 2016... Played in the inaugural Polynesian Bowl in 2017.

PERSONAL
Graduated from Michigan in the spring of 2021 with a general studies degree... Last name is pronounced Pie-uh. 

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