:Jason Phillips (wide receiver)

{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (born 1966)}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jason Phillips

| current_team = Colorado Buffaloes

| number =

| position = Wide receivers coach

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|10|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Crowley, Louisiana, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 166

| high_school = Sterling {{nowrap|(Houston, Texas)}}

| college = Houston

| draftyear = 1989

| draftround = 10

| draftpick = 253

| pastteams =

Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1989|1990}})
Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1991|1994}})
Birmingham Barracudas ({{CFL Year|1995}})
Hamilton Tiger-Cats ({{CFL Year|1996|1997}})

| pastcoaching =

Houston Marshals (WR, 1999–2000)
Houston (Off. Asst., 2001)
Texas State (WR, 2002)
Houston (WR/CB, 2003–2006)
Baylor (Inside Rec., 2007)
Houston (Co-OC/WR/Recruit, 2008–2011)
SMU (Co-OC/WR, 2012–2014)
Kansas (WR, 2016)
Oregon State (WR/PGC, 2017)
Utah State (WR/PGC, 2019–2020)
Jackson State (Co-OC/WR, 2021)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (WR, 2022–2023)
Colorado (WR, 2024–present)

| highlights =

CFL South All-Star (1995)
Consensus All-American (1988)
SWC Co-Offensive Player of the Year (1988)
2× First-team All-SWC (1987, 1988)
SWC Newcomer of the Year (1987)
Member of the SWC's All-Decade Team of the 1980s

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 49

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 578

| statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = PhilJa00

}}

Jason Howell Phillips (born October 11, 1966) is an American football coach and former player who is the wide receivers coach for the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big 12 Conference. He played professionally as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons.{{cite web|title=Jason Phillips|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PhilJa00/splits/1989/|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=December 23, 2010}} He played college football for the Houston Cougars, earning All-American honors in 1988.

Early life

Phillips attended Ross Sterling High School, where he received All-District and All-Greater Houston honors as a senior quarterback. After high school he joined Taft Junior College, receiving All-Conference honors as a freshman quarterback. He was converted into a wide receiver as a sophomore. In 1987, he transferred to the University of Houston to play under new head coach Jack Pardee. He tallied 99 receptions (led the nation) for 875 yards (led the conference) and 3 touchdowns.

In 1988, the Cougars were employing the run and shoot offense with Andre Ware at quarterback and James Dixon as the second wide receiver. Phillips led the nation in receptions (108), receiving yards (1,444) and receiving touchdowns (15).

Phillips and Dixon also became the first teammates in school history to register 1,000-receiving yards seasons in the same year. They are also the only wide receiver unit in NCAA history to each record over 100 receptions and rank 1–2 in the nation in receiving in the same season.{{cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19881127&id=bWQfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vdQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3639,3418683&hl=en | title=Houston hands Rice 18th straight defeat | accessdate=February 19, 2018}}{{cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19881127&id=_z9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IuoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6725,4197081&hl=en | title=There's big catch to Cougar success | accessdate=February 19, 2018}}

In 2006, Phillips was selected to the Southwest Conference All-Decade Team for the 1980s. In 2006, he was inducted into the Houston Hall of Honor.

Professional career

Phillips was selected by the Detroit Lions in the tenth round (253rd overall) of the 1989 NFL draft, who were using the run and shoot offense.{{Cite web |title=1989 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1989/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He set a franchise rookie record with 10 receptions for 155 yards against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

On April 1, 1991, the Atlanta Falcons signed Phillips as a Plan B free agent, who were using the run and shoot offense. He played there for 3 seasons under head coach Jerry Glanville and offensive coordinator June Jones.{{cite web|title=Jason Phillips|url=http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011112aaa.html|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=December 10, 2012|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102174245/http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011112aaa.html|url-status=dead}} He was released on August 23, 1994.

In 1995, Phillips reunited with Pardee, his former college coach, in the Canadian Football League with the Birmingham Barracudas and was named to the South All-Star Team. In 1996, he was signed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In two seasons, he posted 136 receptions for 2,029 yards and 16 touchdowns.

Coaching career

On Sunday, December 20, 2015, the University of Kansas announced the hiring of Phillips as their new WR coach.{{cite web |title=Veteran Wide Receivers Coach Jason Phillips Joins Kansas Football Staff | date=20 December 2015 |url=http://www.kuathletics.com/news/2015/12/20/FB_1220155106.aspx?path=football |publisher=KU Athletics |accessdate=March 19, 2016}}

In October 2018, Phillips joined the Salt Lake Stallions of the newly-formed Alliance of American Football as the WR coach.{{cite web|url=https://aaf.com/erickson-stallions-all-smiles-after-assistant-coach-additions/|title=Erickson, Stallions stack up coaching staff|work=Alliance of American Football|date=October 11, 2018|accessdate=October 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030131200/https://aaf.com/erickson-stallions-all-smiles-after-assistant-coach-additions/|archive-date=October 30, 2018|url-status=dead}}

On February 7, 2022, it was announced that Phillips had joined the coaching staff of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as the team's wide receivers coach.{{cite web |title=Ticats announce 2022 coaching Staff |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2022/02/07/ticats-announce-2022-coaching-staff/ |publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats |date=February 7, 2022}}

In 2024, Phillips joined the Colorado Buffaloes as the WR coach. He is of one of the many new coaches brought in by Coach Prime (Deion Sanders) for the 2024 season.

References

External links

[http://www.kuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=998 Kansas Jayhawks bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130185702/http://www.kuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=998 |date=2016-11-30 }}

{{1988 NCAA Division I-A College Football Consensus All-Americans}}

Category:1966 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Crowley, Louisiana

Category:Sportspeople from Acadia Parish, Louisiana

Category:Players of American football from Houston

Category:Players of Canadian football from Houston

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Category:Canadian football wide receivers

Category:Taft Cougars football players

Category:Houston Cougars football players

Category:Detroit Lions players