Kyle Philips
| UCLA Bruins – No. 2 | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Class |  |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | June 17, 1999 |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 191 lb (87 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | San Marcos (San Marcos, California) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kyle Michael Philips (born June 17, 1999[1]) is an American college football player who is a wide receiver for the UCLA Bruins. He was a first-team all-conference selection in the Pac-12 in 2021.
Early years[]
Philips grew up in San Marcos, California,[2] and attended San Marcos High School. As a junior, he had 65 receptions for 909 yards and eleven touchdowns.[3] In his senior year, Philips caught 59 passes for 1,318 yards and 10 touchdowns. He also made 59 tackles on defense in his high school career.[3]
Philips was ranked as a four-star recruit by ESPN and listed as the No. 31 recruit in California. He was recruited by Jimmie Dougherty, who was the receivers coach for UCLA at the time. He signed his NLI on December 20, 2017.[4] He was the first official signing for new head coach Chip Kelly.[4]
College career[]
As a freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles, Philips played in three of the first four games of the 2018 season before suffering a concussion and opting to redshirt.[5] He led the team in 2019 with 60 catches, 681 receiving yards and five touchdown receptions.[6][7]
In 2021, he was named to the preseason watch list for the Paul Hornung Award, awarded to the most versatile player in the nation.[8] He also received preseason All-Pac-12 first team honors. Philips had seven catches for 113 yards, including scores of 42 and 15 yards, in a loss to Fresno State.[9] The two touchdown catches tied his career high with the other occurring in 2019 against the Stanford Cardinal. At the game against Colorado on November 13, 2021, Philips caught eight passes, giving him a total of 151 career catches at UCLA, the school's 7th best. Also in this game, he returned a 82-yard punt in the fourth quarter, his second career return and the third longest in UCLA history. For the season, he was named first-team All-Pac-12 as a receiver and garnered second-team honors as a return specialist. Philips led the conference with 10 receiving touchdowns and was second in receiving yards per game with 67.2.[10] He also averaged 22.6 yards per punt return, which led the conference among players with more than one return.[11]
After the season, Philips declared for the 2022 NFL Draft. He ended his career ranked fourth in UCLA history with 163 career receptions.[11]
Statistics[]
- Updated through 2021
| Season | Team | GP | Receiving | ||
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| Rec | Yards | TD | |||
| 2018 | UCLA | 4 | 6 | 31 | 0 |
| 2019 | UCLA | 11 | 60 | 681 | 5 |
| 2020 | UCLA | 7 | 38 | 370 | 2 |
| 2021 | UCLA | 11 | 59 | 739 | 10 |
| Career | 33 | 163 | 1,821 | 17 | |
Source:[12]
Professional career[]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 11+1⁄4 in (1.81 m) |
189 lb (86 kg) |
29+5⁄8 in (0.75 m) |
8+5⁄8 in (0.22 m) |
4.58 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) |
10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) | ||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[13][14][15] | ||||||||||||
References[]
- ^ @UCLAFootball (June 17, 2019). "Happy Birthday, @kylephilips17!