Andru Phillips

Originally a 3rd-round (70th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2024.

TRANSACTIONS:

• Originally a 3rd-round (70th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2024.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Phillips played in 38 games with 16 starts in 4 seasons at Kentucky…Career totals include 82 tackles (55 solo), 3 stops for loss and 10 passes defensed.
• In 2023, started all 12 games in which he played…Did not play vs. Alabama due to injury…Posted a career-high 47 tackles 33 solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, and was 2^nd on the team with 5 passes defensed…Played both outside corner and in the slot…had a career-high 7 tackles vs. Tennessee…Totaled 5 solo tackles, including one stop for loss, and broke up one pass, vs. Vanderbilt.
• In 2022, played in all 13 games with 4 starts…Tallied 31 tackles (19 solo), 1.5 tackles for loss and 5 passes defensed…Made 5 tackles and a pass defensed in his first career start, vs. Miami (Ohio)…Broke up 2 passes vs. Tennessee…Collected a career-high 6 tackles, including 1.5 for loss, vs. Missouri…Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
• As a redshirt freshman in 2021, played in 9 games and had 3 tackles – one each vs. Georgia, New Mexico State, and Iowa.
• In 2020, played in 4 games before being redshirted…Made his collegiate debut vs. Vanderbilt…Credited with his first tackle vs. South Carolina.

PERSONAL:

• Graduated in December 2023 with a degree in integrated strategic communication…Starred at Mauldin (S.C.) High School…As a senior, contributed 38 tackles, 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, and one fumble recovery…Named 5A first-team all-state by the South Carolina Football Coaches Association…Selected to the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas… As a junior, posted 29 tackles, 1.0 sack, one interception and one forced fumble…Varsity starter as a sophomore, when he finished with 50 tackles, 15 passes defended and one interception, earning all-region honors and helping the team to an 8-5 record… Three-year letterwinner on the track team…Ranked No. 1 nationally, 2-time state champion and 3-time all-region selection in the triple jump…Won he 2019 state championship with a jump of 49 feet, 4 inches…Son of Carlos and LaTonya Phillips…Carlos played linebacker at Kentucky and LaTonya was a standout athlete at Danville High School.