Gregory Phillips

#10 · WR · Purdue6′0″ · 200 lb · Atlanta, GA · Arabia Mountain

Gregory Phillips: WR · Purdue · #10.

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Gregory Phillips

WR · Purdue · #10

Moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches in four seasons at Purdue. One game to point at: 149 receiving yards and 14 receptions against Arizona — Bowl, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Purdue in the news

Purdue releases unofficial depth chart247Sports Oct 30
NCAA sues Ohio governor over eligibility orderOct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Purdue	44	424	9.6	2	42
2016	Purdue	17	172	10.1	0	26
2015	Purdue	13	142	10.9	2	62
2014	Purdue	10	151	15.1	0	29
Career		84	889	10.6	4	62

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 28-35vs No. 16 Louisville	7	59	8.4	0	13	2 TD catches
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@ No. 7 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	9.6	2	42

Signature game

Bowl · 2017

W 38-35

vs Arizona · neutral site

14 rec · 149 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Arizona at a neutral site in a shootout.

With E. Sindelar — 396 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 67.5 · J. Schopper — 43.2 yards per punt · 6 punts · 52 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Arizona · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.57Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Gregory Phillips for 22 yds for a TD, (Spencer Evans KICK)
Week 1 · Arizona · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.29Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Gregory Phillips for 42 yds for a TD, (J.D. Dellinger KICK)
Week 1 · Arizona · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.29Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Gregory Phillips for 17 yds to the Ariz 43 for a
Week 11 · Northwestern · 1st and 25 · Q4 · EPA +2.58Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Gregory Phillips for 19 yds to the 50 yard line
Week 11 · Northwestern · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Gregory Phillips for 18 yds to the Prdue 41 for a
Week 10 · Illinois · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +2.04Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Gregory Phillips for 29 yds to the Illin 3 for a

4 more plays

Week 3 · Missouri · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +1.57Gregory Phillips run for 21 yds to the Prdue 34 for a
Week 9 · Nebraska · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +1.17David Blough pass complete to Gregory Phillips for 10 yds to the Neb 34 for a
Week 6 · Minnesota · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.11Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Gregory Phillips for 9 yds to the Prdue 29
Week 1 · Louisville · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.98Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Gregory Phillips for 13 yds to the Lvile 42 for a

Teams and coaches

2014Purdue3-9HC: Darrell Hazell · Balanced

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

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

2017Purdue7-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#253 / 709 · 64th pct

71.4%

TD rate#417 / 709 · 40th pct

3.6%

Yards / catch#577 / 709 · 19th pct

9.3

EPA / target#593 / 709 · 16th pct

0.26

Explosive rate#596 / 709 · 16th pct

5.4%

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

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

17th → 16th percentile

Explosive rate

7th → 16th percentile

Catch rate

25th → 64th percentile

TD rate

9th → 40th percentile

Yards / catch

23rd → 19th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.8	18.6	11.7	0.0
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

2017 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

Pass share

52.8%

489 pass / 438 run

Plays / game

71.3

13 games

Team sack rate

6.0%

514 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

44 catches and 2 carries in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Gregory Phillips

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

44 catches and 2 carries in 12 games

Four seasons at Purdue

2014 6 games