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Brandon Phillips

1 Michael Pettway

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Alabaster, Ala.
  • Highschool Thompson HS

Biography

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC First Team

JAX STATE CAREER:
2024:
Started all 14 games...Second-leading receiver on the team with 25 catches for 454 yards and three touchdowns...Had a 92-yard touchdown reception in season opener against Coastal Carolina (8/29) which was the longest play of the season and the longest play by a Jax State player since joining the FBS...Made four catches for 30 yards at Louisville (9/7)...Made season-high five catches for 91 yards and a touchdown at Eastern Michigan (9/14)...Second-longest reception of the season was a 54-yarder which came in win over NM State (10/9)...Had three catches for 25 yards with a touchdown in win over Middle Tennessee (10/23)...Made four catches for 46 yards in win over FIU (11/16).

2023: Appeared in every game for Jax State as a redshirt sophomore, earning the start at wide receiver in the first seven games of the season … made 17 catches for 196 yards and a touchdown … had three catches for 74 yards and his TD at Sam Houston … touchdown catch was a 31-yard strike from Logan Smothers … had four catches for 47 yards in the regular season finale at NM State.  

2022: Played in all 11 games for JSU and hauled in 11 receptions for 183…had three games with multiple catches including three in the finale at Central Arkansas on Nov. 19 for a season-best 73 yards as the Gamecocks clinched the ASUN Conference championship…averaged over 30 yards per return as a leading kick returner taking five for a gain of 153 yards. 

2021: Appeared in four games for JSU where he had 13 receptions for 121 yards…caught a career-high seven passes against North Alabama on Sept. 18 for 69 yards in JSU’s 27-24 victory…returned a pair of kickoffs for 32 yards. 

FALL 2020/SPRING 2021: Started two of his nine games played during his first season with the Gamecocks... earned All-OVC First Team specialist honors for returning eight kickoffs for 201 yards while averaging 27.2 yards per return, with his longest of 36 yards coming against UT-Martin on March 14... made 18 catches for 239 yards and two touchdowns with the first of his career coming on a 14-yard catch-and-run against UT-Martin... also ran the ball eight times for 55 yards with a long of 17 to finish the season with 495 all-purpose yards.

PRIOR TO JSU: (Washington State) Sat out the season as a redshirt. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Thompson High School in Alabama…as a junior, caught 64 passes for 1,119 yards and 17 touchdowns…helped THS to an 11-2 record…as a SENIOR, named to 7A All-State First Team and to the Super All-State Football Team by the Alabama Sports Writers Association after catching 63 passes for 1,164 yards and 16 touchdowns…also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns…helped THS to a 12-1 record and Alabama 7A State Title…selected to play in Mississippi-Alabama Football Classic…rated three-star prospect by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com…rated No. 36 prospect in the state by 247Sports.com.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2020Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 170 lbs
    13
  • 2

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 170 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 170 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 175 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 175 lbs
    2
  • 1

    2025Redshirt Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 180 lbs
    1
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