The Chargers’ star special teams player is up next! Let’s get to know linebacker and ST ace Del’Shawn Phillips!
Height: 6’2
Weight: 230 pounds
College: Illinois
Experience: 7
Phillips hails from Highland Park, Michigan where he starred as Cass Tech High School. Originally committed to Western Michigan, Phillips was ruled academically ineligible and needed to step away from the sport to get his grades in order.
After taking a year away from football, Phillips joined the team at Garden City Community College. He had a standout freshman season with 12.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks. In his sophomore season at Garden City, he helped his team win that year’s NJCAA National Championship. After committing initially to play for the University of Arizona, he wound up swapping to Illinois.
Earning a job right away with the Illini, he recorded 84 tackles, four tackles for loss, and a sack in his first season in the Big Ten. He was named a team captain as a senior and capped off his career with a 95-tackle, four-interception season en route to earning Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors.
Height: 6’2
Weight: 230 pounds
College: Illinois
Experience: 7
Phillips hails from Highland Park, Michigan where he starred as Cass Tech High School. Originally committed to Western Michigan, Phillips was ruled academically ineligible and needed to step away from the sport to get his grades in order.
After taking a year away from football, Phillips joined the team at Garden City Community College. He had a standout freshman season with 12.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks. In his sophomore season at Garden City, he helped his team win that year’s NJCAA National Championship. After committing initially to play for the University of Arizona, he wound up swapping to Illinois.
Earning a job right away with the Illini, he recorded 84 tackles, four tackles for loss, and a sack in his first season in the Big Ten. He was named a team captain as a senior and capped off his career with a 95-tackle, four-interception season en route to earning Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors.
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