Jermaine Phillips

Jermaine Phillips (born March 27, 1979) is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia.

Jermaine Phillips
No. 23
Position:Safety
Personal information
Born: (1979-03-27) March 27, 1979
Roswell, Georgia
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:Roswell (GA)
College:Georgia
NFL Draft:2002 / Round: 5 / Pick: 157
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:417
Sacks:3.0
Interceptions:11
Player stats at NFL.com

Phillips earned a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII. He also played in the United Football League for the Omaha Nighthawks and Sacramento Mountain Lions.

Jermaine is currently the Defensive Coordinator at Roswell High School in Roswell, Georgia and helped coach the team to back-to-back GHSA State Finals appearances in 2015 and 2016. He resides in Smyrna, Georgia with his wife, Adrianne, and their son Jaedon.

Early years

Phillips played high school football at Roswell High School in Roswell, Georgia. While there he played line backer, tight end and defensive back. In 1996, he was a first-team All-Area and Area Player of the Year and was named to the Fox Sports All-South second-team.

College career

Phillips played college football at Georgia. From 1998–1999 he was one of Georgia's back up wide receivers. In 2000, he became a strong safety and was third on the team in total tackles with 85 and also had two interceptions. In 2001, Phillips was All-Southeastern Conference first-team selection by the National Sports Bureau after leading his team with three interceptions, four forced fumbles, and second on the team with eighty tackles. He was invited to play in the 2002 Senior Bowl college all-star game. His major was health and physical education.

Professional career

Phillips was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round (157 overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft. He took over the starting role when long time Buccaneer player John Lynch (who signed with the Denver Broncos) was released because of salary cap issues before the start of the 2004 season.[1] During the 2007 season he had a career-high four interceptions.

An unrestricted free agent in the 2009 offseason, Phillips re-signed with the Buccaneers on March 5. Shortly after, it was reported the Buccaneers would experiment with moving Phillips from safety to weak-side linebacker.[2]

Phillips played in the United Football League for the Omaha Nighthawks in 2010 and Sacramento Mountain Lions in 2011.

NFL statistics
YearTeamGPCOMBTOTALASTSACKFFFRINTIR YDSAVG IRLNG IRTDPD
2002TB169810.001000000
2003TB14473890.011111101
2004TB94332111.000100003
2005TB136146150.000000003
2006TB1610888201.05124522.52908
2007TB158370131.03042.5207
2008TB115948110.011372245805
2009TB211650.000000000
Career96421336853.01041116014.558027

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Key

  • GP: games played
  • COMB: combined tackles
  • TOTAL: total tackles
  • AST: assisted tackles
  • SACK: sacks
  • FF: forced fumbles
  • FR: fumble recoveries
  • INT: interceptions
  • IR YDS: interception return yards
  • AVG IR: average interception return
  • LNG: longest interception return
  • TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
  • PD: passes defensed
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References
  1. Bucs release John Lynch
  2. "Phillips to LB? He'll give it a try". Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
  3. "Jermaine Phillips Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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