Jordan Phillips

Originally a 2nd-round (52nd pick overall) draft choice by the Miami Dolphins in 2015…Waived on Oct. 2, 2018…Awarded off waivers to the Buffalo Bills on Oct. 3, 2018…Signed as a free agent by the Arizona Cardinals on March 18, 2020…Released by Arizona on March 16, 2022…Signed as a free agent by the Buffalo Bills on March 17, 2022…Signed as a free agent by the Giants on April 22, 2024.

TRANSACTIONS:

• Originally a 2^nd-round (52nd pick overall) draft choice by the Miami Dolphins in 2015…Waived on Oct. 2, 2018…Awarded off waivers to the Buffalo Bills on Oct. 3, 2018…Signed as a free agent by the Ariznoa Cardinals on March 18, 2020…Released by Arizona on March 16, 2022…Signed as a free agent by the Buffalo Bills on March 17, 2022…Signed as a free agent by the Giants on April 22, 2024.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Phillips has played in 120 regular-season games with 62 starts for Miami, Arizona, and Buffalo, and in 3 postseason games with 2 starts for the Dolphins and Bills…Totals include 181 tackles (120 solo), 24.0 sacks, 51 quarterback hits, 36 tackles for loss, 24 passes defensed, 3 forced fumbles, and 2 fumbles recoveries in the regular season, and 4 tackles (3 solo) and 2 stops for loss in the playoffs.
• In 2023, played in 14 regular-season games with 9 starts for Buffalo…Placed on injured reserve on Dec. 21 and missed the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery for a wrist injury…Finished with 15 tackles (10 solo), 2.5 sacks, 5 quarterback hits, 2 tackles for loss, and a career-high 5 passes defensed…Made a season-high 3 solo tackles, including a 12-yard sack of Zach Wilson, at the Jets (9/11)…Sacked Dak Prescott for a 9-yard loss vs. Dallas (12/17).
• In 2022, played in 12 regular-season games with one starts and played in one postseason games…Tallied 20 tackles (9 solo) and 1.5 sacks in the regular season and one solo stop in the playoffs…Recorded 1.5 sacks as part of his career-high-tying 4 tackles (2 solo) at the Rams (9/8).
• In 2021, played in 9 games with 8 starts in his final season in Arizona…Contributed 22 tackles (14 solo), 3.0 sacks, 4 quarterback hits, 3 tackles for loss, and 2 passes defensed…Made 4 unassisted tackles vs. Carolina (11/15)…Posted a career-high 5 tackles (3 solo), including an 8-yard sack, vs. the Rams (12/12).
• In 2020, started all 9 games in which he played and collected 11 tackles (one solo), one tackle for loss, 2.0 sacks, 3 quarterback hits, 2 forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery…Inactive with a hamstring injury at Buffalo (11/15)…Placed on injured reserve (hamstring) on 11/19, designated for return on 12/9 and activated on 12/12...Strip-sacked Dwayne Haskins, Jr. vs. Washington (9/20)…Sacked Matthew Stafford for a 10-yard loss vs. Detroit (9/27)…Recorded 2 solo tackles, 2 quarterback hits, forced and recovered one fumble at Dallas (10/19) just 2 days after attending his father's funeral; marked the first time in his career that he had a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the same game…Returned to injured reserve (hamstring) on 12/19.
• In 2019, played in all 16 games with 9 starts and started the Bills' playoff game in his first full season in Buffalo…Produced career-high totals of 31 tackles (25 solo), 9.5 sacks, 16 quarterback hits, and 13 tackles for loss…Collected a career-high 3.0 sacks at Tennessee (10.6) and 2.0 sacks at Pittsburgh (12/15).
• In 2018, played in 4 games for Miami and 12 for the Bills…Totaled 24 tackles (15 solo), 1.0 sack, 3 quarterback hits, and 3 tackles for loss…Sacked Ryan Tannehill for a 5-yard loss at the Jets (9/16).
• In 2017, played in 13 games in 11 starts (tying his career high) in his final full season in Miami…Recorded 16 tackles (10 solo), including 2.0 sacks.
• In 2016, played in all 16 games with 11 starts…tallied 13 tackles (10 solo)…Picked off a Ryan Fitzpatrick pass that he returned 17 yards for his first career interception vs. the Jets (11/6)…Made 2 tackles ( one solo) in the AFC Wild Card Game at Pittsburgh (1/8).
• As a rookie in 2015, played in 15 games with 4 starts…Tallied 19 tackles (14 solo), 2.0 sacks, 5 quarterback hits, 2 tackles for loss, and 4 passes defensed…Had one solo tackle, an 8-yard sack of Kirk Cousins, in his NFL debut at Washington (9/13)…Sack Tyrod Tayor for a 6-yard loss at Buffalo (11/8).

COLLEGE:

• Three-year letterman at Oklahoma, where he played in 28 games with 17 starts and totaled 57 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 2 passes defensed, and one fumble recovery…As a junior in his final season in 2014, started all 13 games and earned 2nd-team All-Big 12 honors after totaling 38 tackles, 2.0 sacks, and one fumble recovery in 13 games…In 2013, started 4 games and collected 7 tackles, 1.5 sacks, and one pass defensed before a back injury ended his season…Redshirted as a true freshman in 2011…Declared for the 2015 NFL Draft following his junior year.

PERSONAL:

• Crimonology major…Earned All-American honors in football and all-state recognition in basketball and baseball at Circle High School in Towanda, Kan…Played tight end, defensive lineman and punter for the Thunderbirds…As a senior in 2010, earned all-state honors with 68 tackles, 8.5 sacks, one interception, and 2 fumble recoveries…Added 17 receptions for 40 yards and 4 touchdowns, blocked 2 kicks, and had a 36.9-yard gross punting average…Threw a no-hitter in a varsity game as a freshman…Avid bowler who once bowled a 299…Picked up photography after his son, Malik, was born…Lived with his grandparents, Willie and Irene Alford, after he lost his mother, Sherry, to a car accident at the age of 2; moved in with family friends, Kody and Sheller Kinder, at the age of 12 when Irene suffered a stroke; adopted by Shane and Cindy Waggoner at the age of 25 so Malik would have legal grandparents.