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2019 (SR): Started all 11 games he played in and finished the season leading the team with 11 pass breakups and 12 passes defended... Had 37 tackles (27-solo, 10-assist), which included 1.0 sacks, to go along with two forced fumbles and one interception... Had four tackles and a career-high three passes breakups in his first game of the season at San Diego State (9/21)... Had a season-high six tackles, which included his first-career sack, to go along with his first-career forced fumble and a career-high-tying three pass breakups against Colorado State (9/28) the following weekend... Intercepted his first-career pass and added a pass breakup the following weekend at No. 5 LSU (10/5)... Also forced a fumble at Air Force (10/26)... Added two pass breakups against No. 20 Boise State (11/23)... Other pass breakups were against BYU (11/2) and Wyoming (11/16)... Finished the season with multiple tackles in all 11 games he played in and had at least four stops in six games.  

2018 (JR): Played in all 13 games, making one start… Finished the season with 26 tackles (18-solo, 8-assist), which included 2.5 tackles for loss, while ranking second on the team with seven pass breakups… Had a season-high six tackles and added one pass breakup in his only start of the season at No. 21 Boise State (11/24)… Had four tackles, which included a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss, at Colorado State (11/17)… Also had four tackles against North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl (12/15)… Added four tackles and a season-high two pass breakups at Hawai’i (11/3)… Also had two pass breakups against New Mexico (10/27)… Posted three tackles at No. 11 Michigan State (8/31) and added two tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, against New Mexico State (9/8)… Also had two tackles against UNLV (10/13), to go along with one stop at BYU (10/5)… Added pass breakups against Tennessee Tech (9/13) and San José State (11/10). 

2017 (SO): Played in 12 games, making eight starts… Finished the season with 31 tackles, which included 2.0 tackles for loss, while adding one fumble recovery and six pass breakups, which ranked second on the team… Had a season-high five tackles against Idaho State (9/7)… Had four tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, to go along with one pass breakup at Wake Forest (9/16), and had four more tackles against Hawai’i (11/18)… Had a career-high three pass breakups at UNLV (10/21), while adding three tackles in the game… Recorded three tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, against Colorado State (10/7)… Had three tackles and recovered his first-career fumble at New Mexico (11/4)… Had two tackles and one pass breakup at San José State (9/23), and another pass breakup at Air Force (11/25). 

2016 (R-FR): Played in all 12 games, making one start… Finished the season with 16 tackles (11-solo, 5-assist) and three pass breakups to rank tied for fourth on the team… Recorded a career-high eight tackles, to go along with a season-best two pass breakups, in his first-career start against Fresno State (10/22)… Had two tackles and one pass breakup against New Mexico (11/12)… Added one tackle in six other games.

2015 (RS): Redshirted during his first season at Utah State. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) first-team all-state and first-team All-Angelus League honors at cornerback as a prep senior at Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, Calif., as he recorded 33 total tackles, which included 1.0 tackles for loss, to go along with 29 passes defended... Offensively, he rushed for 350 yards on 35 carries (10.0 ypc) with five touchdowns and caught eight passes for 76 yards (9.5 ypc) with one touchdown... Recorded one 100-yard rushing game during his senior season as he carried the ball 10 times for 114 yards with a career-long 60-yard touchdown run against Harvard-Westlake HS... Also had a season-high eight tackles against Harvard-Westlake HS... Returned six kickoffs for 199 yards (33.2 ypr) and three punts for 54 yards (18.0 ypr) during his senior season... Earned second-team all-Angelus League honors at cornerback during his junior season as he recorded 23 total tackles, which included 1.0 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks, to go along with five passes defended and one forced fumble... Offensively, he completed 17-of-29 (.586) passes for 196 yards (11.5 ypc) with one touchdown, carried the ball 31 times for 289 yards (9.3 ypc) with five touchdowns, and caught three passes for 90 yards (30.0 ypr) with one touchdown during his junior season... Also returned one kickoff for 18 yards as a junior. 

PERSONAL: One of three children of Troy and Karen Phillips... Graduated from Utah State University in the fall of 2019 with a degree in communications.

CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 8, vs. Fresno St. (10/22/16); Sacks: 1.0, vs. Colorado St. (9/28/19); TFL: 2.0, at Colorado St. (11/17/18); INT: 1, at LSU (10/5/19); PBU: 3, vs. two opponents; FF: 1, vs. two opponents; FR: 1, at New Mexico (11/4/17).