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Eric Phillips Season 2024

PositionDE
Weight260 lbs
Height6-3
ClassRedshirt Senior
HometownCincinnati, Ohio

CAREER  
Six-year contributor appeared in 52 games in his Cincinnati career, making 34 starts...Finished his career with 82 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, nine sacks, five pass breakups, and three forced fumbles...Homegrown product starred at Colerain High School before joining Bearcats in 2019...Played in nine games in UC’s historic 2021 season. 

2024 
Started all 12 games at defensive end...Collected 20 tackles, six tackles for loss, four sacks, and six quarterback hurries...Tallied two sacks in the win at Miami (Ohio) to help Cincinnati reclaim the Victory Bell...Had one sack in the season opener vs. Towson...Was disruptive in the shutout victory vs. Houston, recording three tackles, 1.5 TFL, one sack, and forcing a fumble...Two tackles and two QB hurries in the win against eventual Big 12 Champion Arizona State...Had three tackles and a hurry at Iowa State. 

2023
The starting edge rusher for the second straight season, started in all 12 games this season… Totaled 14 tackles and two sacks and added 5.5 TFL’s… Tied his career high with seven tackles and added 1.5 TFLs versus UCF…Finished with a sack and a quarterback hurry at Pittsburgh…Totaled two TFLs, a forced fumble, and a sack against Eastern Kentucky.

2022
Breakout season for the local product out of Colerain High School … Started the final 12 games of the season at defensive end and appeared in all 13 contests … Registered 38 tackles, including 8.0 TFLs and three sacks … Added four passes defended, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Totaled five stops, 2.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks and had a forced fumble in dominant performance against Indiana … Opened the season with four tackles and a fumble recovery as a reserve at Arkansas … Made four stops and a half TFL against USF … Tallied career-best seven tackles against Navy … Had four tackles versus East Carolina … Had one TFL in each of the final three games - at Temple, versus Tulane and against Louisville in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl. 

2021
Played in nine games, totaling five tackles (three solo), including two stops against Navy.

2020
Saw action in five games, recording five tackles … Tallied his first career tackles against Army … Recorded three tackles against East Carolina.

2019
Redshirted but made his collegiate debut late in the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl against Boston College … Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Competed for head coach Tom Bolden at Colerain High School … Three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN … Member of the Ohio Division I State Runner-Up team in 2018 … Earned First-Team All-Greater Miami Conference and Honorable Mention Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Southwest All-District honors … Finished with 39 tackles and 4.5 sacks as a senior in 2018 … Had a season-best 10 stops and 1.5 sacks in the state championship game against St. Edward … Had a pair of touchdowns receptions on offense … Totaled 30 tackles, a forced fumble and a 19-yard interception return as a junior in 2017 … Also played varsity basketball.

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Redshirt Senior
2023

DE
6-3 / 260 lbs
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Redshirt Junior
2022

Defensive Line
6-3 / 260 lbs
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Sophomore
2021

Defensive Line
6-3 / 265 lbs
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Freshman
2020

Defensive Tackle
6-3 / 295 lbs
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Freshman
2019

Defensive Tackle
6-3 / 302 lbs