#11

Nate Phillips

Wide receiver for Arizona. 2016: 33 catches, 414 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Arizona · #11

5′7″ · Chandler, AZ

Arizona 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1115 nationally · Signed with Arizona

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Arizona. 2016: 33 catches, 414 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Arizona, 1,250 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 106 yds at Colorado.Colorado · W 38-312015

2013

Signed with Arizona3-star out of Basha

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1115 national

CFB

College

Arizona

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Rich Rodriguez

Arizona

Played his entire career under Rich Rodriguez.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Rich Rodriguez — 20-19 over that span.

2014Arizona10-4HC: Rich Rodriguez · Balanced, fast tempo

2015Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Arizona3-9HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#147 / 524 · 71st pct

Receptions#236 / 524 · 54th pct

Rec yards#259 / 524 · 51st pct

414

Yards / catch#298 / 524 · 43rd pct

12.5

Rec TDs#266 / 524 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 216 · 40th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.1	44.9	18.3	0.1
Road4g	2.8	25.0	8.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	30.3	9.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	46.4	21.7	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Arizona	33	414	12.5	2	--
2015	Arizona	44	564	12.8	4	--
2014	Arizona	25	272	10.9	2	--
Career		102	1,250	12.3	8	--

Season	Team
2016	Arizona	--	--	--	34	--
2015	Arizona	--	--	156	121	1
2014	Arizona	1	8	--	32	--
Career		1	8	156	187	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 16-18vs BYU	7	69	9.9	0	24	Season-high 69 yds
Wk 3	W 47-28vs Hawai'i	3	35	11.7	0	23
Wk 4	L 28-35vs Washington	2	5	2.5	0	4
Wk 5	L 24-45@ UCLA	2	13	6.5	0	13
Wk 6	L 23-36@ Utah	2	21	10.5	0	12
Wk 7	L 14-48vs USC	3	39	13.0	0	17
Wk 9	L 10-34vs Stanford	1	43	43.0	0	43
Wk 10	L 7-69@ Washington State	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 11	L 24-49vs Colorado	4	55	13.8	0	30
Wk 12	L 17-42@ Oregon State	6	58	9.7	1	13
Wk 13	W 56-35vs Arizona State	2	68	34.0	1	64
Total		33	414	14.8	2	64

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