Kenny Phillips
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Position (s): Safety |
Jersey numbers: 21, 30 |
| born on November 24, 1986 in Miami , Florida | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 2008 - 2016 | |
| NFL Draft : 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 31st | |
| College : University of Miami | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Tackles | 274 |
| Interceptions | 8th |
| Passes prevented | 26th |
| Forced fumbles | 1 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Kenneth Phillips (* 24. November 1986 in Miami , Florida ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of Safety's . With the New York Giants he could win the Super Bowl XLVI .
college
Phillips played for the Hurricanes, the University of Miami team, from 2005 to 2007 and was also repeatedly elected to All-American selection teams .
NFL
New York Giants
In the NFL Draft 2008 he was selected in the first round by the New York Giants and used regularly as Free Safety and in the special teams in his rookie season . His second season was already over after two games, as he was put on the injured reserve list for the rest of the season due to severe problems with his left knee and even an early injury-related career end was in the room. But he returned after an operation the following year and completed the 2010 and 2011 seasons as a starter , where he even won the Super Bowl with the Giants in 2011. In 2012 he played seven more games for the Giants before he was again incapacitated by knee problems.
Philadelphia Eagles
On March 13, 2013 Phillips signed a contract with the Philadelphia Eagles , which, however , was dissolved again on August 25 - so still in the preseason . Since the end of May he was again suffering from a knee infection.
New Orleans Saints
After the disappointing 2014 season, in which the play-offs could not be reached, not least due to the poor performance of the secondary , the New Orleans Saints Phillips signed on December 31, 2014. He went through all the preparation, but was dismissed shortly before the start of the season. After Rafael Bush suffered a serious injury in the first game and was out for the rest of the season, Philips was reinstated.
On October 6th, Phillips was released again.
On July 6, 2016, he announced his retirement from active sport for health reasons.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bleacher Report, September 24, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- ↑ USA Today, May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- ↑ Times Picayune, December 31, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- ↑ foxsports.com, September 8, 2015. Accessed September 14, 2015.
- ↑ Times-Picayune report from September 16, 2015. Accessed January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Report on nbcsports.com of 6 October 2015. Accessed September 17, 2015.
- ↑ Times-Picayune report of July 6, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Phillips, Kenny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Phillips, Kenneth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miami , Florida , United States |