Dashaun Phillips

Dashaun Phillips (born January 3, 1991) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Tarleton State University, and signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2014.

Dashaun Phillips
Phillips with the Washington Redskins in 2016
Free agent
Position:Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1991-01-03) January 3, 1991
Dallas, Texas
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:186 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:Duncanville
(Duncanville, Texas)
College:Tarleton State
Undrafted:2014
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:14
Forced fumbles:0
Fumble recoveries:1
Pass deflections:0
Interceptions:0
Player stats at NFL.com

Phillips has also been a member of the New York Jets, Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Dallas Renegades.

Professional career

Dallas Cowboys

After going unselected in the 2014 NFL Draft, Phillips signed with the Dallas Cowboys as a college free agent on May 12, 2014.[1] He was waived on August 28.

New York Jets

Phillips signed with the practice squad of the New York Jets on October 7, 2014. On December 30, he signed a futures contract with the Jets.[2]

The Jets waived/injured him on September 1, 2015.[3] He was waived off the team's injured reserve with a settlement on September 5, 2015.

Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins signed Phillips to their practice squad on September 15, 2015.[4] He was promoted to the active roster on November 27 to replace Chris Culliver, who was placed on the team's injured reserve.[5] On January 3, 2016, he left the last game of the regular season against the Dallas Cowboys with a severe neck injury. He was carted off and transported to a local hospital where he had feeling in all extremities.[6]

Phillips was waived on November 12, 2016 and was re-signed to the practice squad three days later.[7][8] He was promoted back to the active roster on December 2, 2016.[9] On December 5, Phillips was once again released by the Redskins and re-signed to the practice squad.[10][11] He was promoted back to the active roster on December 22, 2016.[12]

Pittsburgh Steelers

On August 23, 2017, Phillips was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers for Lucas Crowley.[13] He was waived on September 2, 2017, and was signed to the Steelers' practice squad the next day.[14][15] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Steelers on January 15, 2018.[16]

On September 1, 2018, Phillips was released by the Steelers.[17]

Dallas Renegades

In 2019, Phillips was selected by the Dallas Renegades in the 2020 XFL Draft.[18] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[19]

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References
  1. Archer, Todd (May 12, 2014). "Cowboys add Dashaun Phillips to undrafted list". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. Lange, Randy (December 30, 2014). "Jets Sign Simms, Plus 8 to Reserve/Future Deals". NewYorkJets.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  3. Shpigel, Ben (September 1, 2015). "Jets Put Jace Amaro on Injured Reserve With Shoulder Injury". NYTimes.com. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  4. Walker, Andrew (September 15, 2015). "Redskins Add Will Blackmon To Secondary". Redskins.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  5. "11/27: Redskins Make Roster Moves". Redskins.com. November 27, 2015. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  6. Keim, John (January 3, 2016). "Redskins CB Dashaun Phillips taken to hospital with neck injury". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  7. "11/12: Redskins Make Roster Moves". Redskins.com. November 12, 2016. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  8. "11/15: Redskins Make Roster Moves". Redskins.com. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017.
  9. "12/2: Redskins Make Roster Moves". Redskins.com. December 2, 2016. Archived from the original on May 9, 2017.
  10. Jones, Mike (December 5, 2016). "Redskins waive defensive back Dashaun Phillips". Washington Post. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  11. Czarda, Stephen (December 7, 2016). "Redskins Designate Kory Lichtensteiger For Return". Redskins.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2017.
  12. Czarda, Stephen (December 22, 2016). "Redskins Sign Cornerback Dashaun Phillips To Active Roster". Redskins.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017.
  13. Varley, Teresa (August 23, 2017). "Steelers trade for Phillips". Steelers.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017.
  14. "Steelers trim roster to 53". Steelers.com. September 2, 2017. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018.
  15. "Steelers announce practice squad". Steelers.com. September 3, 2017. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017.
  16. Varley, Teresa (January 15, 2018). "Steelers sign two to extensions". Steelers.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2018.
  17. "Steelers reduce roster to 53". Steelers.com. September 1, 2018.
  18. Bender, Bill (October 21, 2019). "XFL Draft picks 2019: Complete results, rosters, players for new football league". Sporting News. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  19. Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
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