Cam Phillips

Wide receiver for Virginia Tech. 2017: 71 catches, 964 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Virginia Tech · #5

6′0″ · 199 lb · Laurel, MD

Virginia Tech 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 430 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech

Career night14 rec · 189 yds · 3 TDat East Carolina (FBS) · W 64-17

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Virginia Tech. 2017: 71 catches, 964 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Virginia Tech, 3,027 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 189 yds at East Carolina.East Carolina · W 64-172017

201410 games

Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of DeMatha Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#430 national

CFB

College

Virginia Tech

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2015

Frank Beamer

Virginia Tech

2016–2017

Justin Fuente

Virginia Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Frank Beamer → Justin Fuente. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Virginia Tech7-6HC: Frank Beamer · Balanced

2015Virginia Tech7-6HC: Frank Beamer · Run-leaning

2016Virginia Tech10-4HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Virginia Tech9-4HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (94th percentile). Strength: rec yards (93rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#29 / 539 · 94th pct

Rec yards#36 / 539 · 93rd pct

964

Rec TDs#52 / 539 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#258 / 539 · 51st pct

13.6

Rush yards#154 / 283 · 45th pct

Fumbles lost#64 / 223 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Long catch#321 / 539 · 40th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.3	87.0	13.4	0.6
Road5g	5.4	71.0	11.6	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.0	101	14.2	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	59.3	11.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Virginia Tech	71	964	13.6	7	--
2016	Virginia Tech	76	983	12.9	5	--
2015	Virginia Tech	49	582	11.9	2	--
2014	Virginia Tech	40	498	12.4	3	--
Career		236	3,027	12.8	17	--

Season	Team
2017	Virginia Tech	1	10	--	--	--
2016	Virginia Tech	30	140	--	34	--
2015	Virginia Tech	1	24	--	--	--
2014	Virginia Tech	5	65	--	--	--
Career		37	239	--	34	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017

W 24–3

vs Duke

4 rec · 35 yds

Dominant 21-point win at home against Duke.

With J. Jackson — 200 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 43.4 · 20 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · O. Bradburn — 39 AVG · 49 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-24vs West Virginia	7	138	19.7	1	32	138-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 27-0vs Delaware	6	90	15.0	1	28
Wk 3	W 64-17@ East Carolina	14	189	13.5	3	45	Season-high 189 yds
Wk 4	W 38-0vs Old Dominion	7	106	15.1	0	29
Wk 5	L 17-31vs Clemson	7	74	10.6	0	21
Wk 6	W 23-10@ Boston College	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 8	W 59-7vs North Carolina	5	49	9.8	1	14
Wk 9	W 24-3vs Duke	4	35	8.8	0	18
Wk 10	L 10-28@ Miami	7	101	14.4	0	32
Wk 11	L 22-28@ Georgia Tech	2	8	4.0	0	7
Wk 12	W 20-14vs Pittsburgh	8	117	14.6	1	36
Wk 13	W 10-0@ Virginia	3	46	15.3	0	23
Total		71	964	12.7	7	45

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology