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5   Derrick Phillips
Derrick Phillips

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Olympia Fields, Ill.

Last College:
Joliet J.C.

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 210

Position:
CB

2003: Don Hansen's Football Gazette Honorable Mention All-American...D2Football.com Defensive Player of the Week...GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week...First-Team All-GLIAC...Fifth on the squad in tackles with 72...Set a GVSU single-season record with 13 pass deflections...Picked off four passes, recovered two fumbles and forced two fumbles...Notched a season-high 14 tackles (10 solo) at Hillsdale (9/27)...Recorded 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss (-4) in first meeting with Saginaw Valley State (10/18)...Tallied four tackles, intercepted one pass, forced a fumble and notched a pass breakup at Northern Michigan (10/11)...Picked off a pass in closing minute and recorded six tackles at Saginaw Valley State in NCAA DII playoffs to help the Lakers preserve a 10-3 victory.

Prior to GVSU - Spent two years at Joliet Junior College...Led team to Junior College National Championship in 2002...First-Team All-N4C...Second-team all-american...Two-time all-region choice...Recorded 56 tackles, five interceptions and three sacks...Prepped at Olympia Fields High School...Two time first-team all-conference choice.

Personal: Son of Ulysses and Mennritta Pollard...Born 3/15/83...Majoring in criminal justice.