Kyle Philips

BIOGRAPHY

Kyle Philips was born June 17, 1999, in San Marcos, California. Philips was ranked as a four-star recruit by ESPN and listed as the No. 31 recruit in California. 

As a freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles, Philips played in three of the first four games of the 2018 season before suffering a concussion and opting to redshirt. He led the team in 2019 with 60 catches, 681 receiving yards and five touchdown receptions.

In 2021, he was named to the preseason watch list for the Paul Hornung Award, awarded to the most versatile player in the nation. He also received preseason All-Pac-12 first team honors. Philips had seven catches for 113 yards, including scores of 42 and 15 yards, in a loss to Fresno State. The two touchdown catches tied his career high with the other occurring in 2019 against the Stanford Cardinal. At the game against Colorado on November 13, 2021, Philips caught eight passes, giving him a total of 151 career catches at UCLA, the school's 7th best. Also in this game, he returned a 82-yard punt in the fourth quarter, his second career return and the third longest in UCLA history. For the season, he was named first-team All-Pac-12 as a receiver and garnered second-team honors as a return specialist. Philips led the conference with 10 receiving touchdowns and was second in receiving yards per game with 67.2. He also averaged 22.6 yards per punt return, which led the conference among players with more than one return. After the season, Philips declared for the 2022 NFL Draft. He ended his career ranked fourth in UCLA history with 163 career receptions.

In the 2022 NFL Draft, Kyle Philips was taken 163rd by the Tennessee Titans.