#10

Gregory Phillips

Wide receiver for Purdue. 2017: 44 catches, 424 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Purdue · #10

6′0″ · 200 lb · Atlanta, GA

Purdue 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1781 nationally · Signed with Purdue

Statement game14 rec · 149 yds · 2 TDvs Arizona (FBS) · W 38-35

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Purdue. 2017: 44 catches, 424 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Purdue, 889 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 149 yds vs Arizona.Arizona · W 38-352017

20146 games

Signed with Purdue3-star out of Arabia Mountain

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1781 national

CFB

College

Purdue

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

3 coaches

2014–2015

Darrell Hazell

Purdue

2016

Gerad Parker

Purdue

era →

2017

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Darrell Hazell, Gerad Parker, and Jeff Brohm. Multi-era developmental context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Purdue3-9HC: Darrell Hazell · Balanced

2015Purdue2-10HC: Darrell Hazell · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Purdue3-9HC: Gerad Parker · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017Purdue7-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (11th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#136 / 539 · 74th pct

Rush yards#98 / 283 · 65th pct

Rec yards#254 / 539 · 53rd pct

424

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#279 / 539 · 40th pct

Long catch#353 / 539 · 34th pct

Yards / catch#478 / 539 · 11th pct

9.6

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	4.3	43.0	11.0	0.3
Road5g	2.8	24.6	8.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.2	50.5	9.9	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	20.2	10.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Purdue	44	424	9.6	2	--
2016	Purdue	17	172	10.1	0	--
2015	Purdue	13	142	10.9	2	--
2014	Purdue	10	151	15.1	0	--
Career		84	889	10.6	4	--

Season	Team
2017	Purdue	2	26	--	--	--
2016	Purdue	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Purdue	1	5	--	--	--
2014	Purdue	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	31	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2017

W 35–3

at Missouri

21 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 32-point win on the road against Missouri.

With D. Blough — 187 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.7 · 7 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · J. Schopper — 48 AVG · 63 LONG · 4 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	L 28-35vs Louisville	7	59	8.4	0	13	Season-high 149 yds
Wk 2	W 44-21vs Ohio	2	25	12.5	0	22
Wk 3	W 35-3@ Missouri	4	29	7.3	0	12
Wk 6	W 31-17vs Minnesota	2	15	7.5	0	9
Wk 7	L 9-17@ Wisconsin	2	26	13.0	0	14
Wk 8	L 12-14@ Rutgers	3	14	4.7	0	7
Wk 9	L 24-25vs Nebraska	3	22	7.3	0	10
Wk 10	W 29-10vs Illinois	1	29	29.0	0	29
Wk 11	L 13-23@ Northwestern	4	49	12.3	0	19
Wk 12	W 24-15@ Iowa	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 13	W 31-24vs Indiana	1	2	2.0	0	2
Bowl	W 38-35vs Arizona	14	149	10.6	2	42
Total		44	424	10.0	2	42

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