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KENNY PHILLIPS<br />
21<br />
Safety<br />
Height - 6-2<br />
Weight - 217<br />
College - Miami<br />
high school - carol CITY (fla.)<br />
Birthdate - November 24, 1986<br />
How Acquired - Draft (1st round, 2008)<br />
nfl exp. - 5th year<br />
giants exp. - 5th year<br />
new york football giants<br />
TRANSACTIONS:<br />
- Originally a 1st round (31st pick overall)<br />
draft choice by the <strong>Giants</strong> in 2008.<br />
GIANTS NOTE:<br />
- Phillips is the only safety selected by the<br />
<strong>Giants</strong> in the 1st round of the NFL Draft<br />
since Shaun Williams in 1998.<br />
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:<br />
- Has played in 55 regular-season games<br />
with 40 starts and in five postseason games<br />
with four starts…Regular season totals<br />
include 259 tackles (198 solo), eight interceptions,<br />
24 passes defensed, one forced<br />
fumble, three fumble recoveries and five<br />
special teams tackles…In the postseason,<br />
Phillips has 19 tackles (17 solo), three passes<br />
defensed and a forced fumble.<br />
2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:<br />
- Inactive vs. <strong>New</strong> Orleans (12/9) due to<br />
injury (knee).<br />
- Saw limited action at safety vs.<br />
Washington (12/3) due to a knee injury he<br />
reaggrevated in Week 12 vs. Green Bay.<br />
- Started as the third safety vs. Green Bay<br />
(11/25)...Recorded five solo tackles.<br />
- Inactive for the sixth-straight contest at<br />
Cincinnati (11/11).<br />
- Inactive for the fifth-straight game vs.<br />
Pittsburgh (Knee, 11/4).<br />
- Inactive for fourth-straight games at<br />
Dallas (Knee, 10/28).<br />
- Inactive for third-straight games vs.<br />
Washington (Knee, 10/21).<br />
- Inactive for the second-straight contest<br />
at San Francisco (10/14) due to injury<br />
(knee).<br />
- Inactive versus the Browns (10/7, Knee).<br />
- Started at strong safety at Philadelphia<br />
(9/30)...Suffered a sprained knee with 8:12<br />
remaining in the first quarter and did not<br />
return.<br />
- Started at strong saftey at Carolina<br />
(9/20)...Recorded five tackles (four solo)...<br />
Part of the <strong>Giants</strong> defense that held Carolina<br />
to seven points, the fewest allowed by the<br />
<strong>Giants</strong> in a regular-season game since a 21-3<br />
victory over Minnesota in Detroit on Dec. 13,<br />
2010...Helped force Cam <strong>New</strong>ton throw three<br />
interceptions and finish the game with a 40.6<br />
quarterback rating.<br />
- Started at strong safety against Tampa Bay<br />
(9/16)...Recorded six tackles (three solo)...His<br />
big hit on Vincent Jackson which caused an<br />
incompletion helped swing momentum into<br />
the <strong>Giants</strong>’ favor in the third quarter.<br />
- Made four tackles (three solo) against the<br />
Cowboys (9/5) in the season opener while<br />
starting at strong safety.<br />
PHILLIPS’ BEST GAMES<br />
Tackles: 10, at Dallas (9/20/09)<br />
Sacks: none<br />
Interceptions: 2, at Dallas (9/20/09)<br />
Forced Fumbles: 1, at Philadelphia (9/25/11)<br />
Fumble Recoveries: 2, vs. Philadelphia (12/19/10)