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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2012Virginia
Phillip Sims
QB • 6'2" • Chesapeake, VA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Phillip Sims is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.9 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Virginia
12
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Player Story
Phillip Sims built his college career in 2012 as a quarterback from Chesapeake, VA wearing No. 14, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Phillip Sims' career was his passing role: 1,263 passing yards, 9...
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- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Phillip Sims, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Virginia. Phillip Sims is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.9 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,281
- Passing yards
- 1,263
- Rushing yards
- 18
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Phillip Sims quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,281
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Wake Forest
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Milton · Georgia
- High school pipeline
- Milton · 45 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Class 2012
- 2012 Total offense rank
- 1,281 total offense · QB 121st (top 40%) · ACC 13th (top 10%) · National 145th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Virginia | 12 | 1,281 | 1,263 | 18 | 11 | 57.3 |
Related Context
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Phillip Sims played QB for Virginia. Across 1 tracked season, Phillip Sims recorded 1,263 passing yards, 18 rushing yards, and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Virginia paired 1,281 primary output with 57 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 57 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Loss with 270 yards of offense and 55.4 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
106.8
Efficiency
57
Usage
9.9
Consistency
50.5
Best Game by takeover score
Wake Forest
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Richmond: 50. Penn State: 1. Georgia Tech: 60. TCU: 77. Louisiana Tech: 169. Duke: 260. Maryland: 130. Wake Forest: 270. NC State: 108. Miami: 94. North Carolina: 52. Virginia Tech: 10
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Richmond: 6 by 84.3. Penn State: 4 by 45.1. Georgia Tech: 11 by 61.7. TCU: 16 by 55.1. Louisiana Tech: 19 by 63.8. Duke: 43 by 46. Maryland: 35 by 43.4. Wake Forest: 47 by 55.4. NC State: 13 by 69. Miami: 17 by 62.7. North Carolina: 19 by 45.4. Virginia Tech: 7 by 51.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins63.3 · Games = 4 · -65.3 vs Losses
Losses128.5 · Games = 8 · +65.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Wake Forest
Best efficiency game
84.3 vs Richmond
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | @ Virginia Tech | L 14-17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 51.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 11/16 | vs North Carolina | L 13-37 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 47.1 | 1 | 0 | 45.4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Miami | W 41-40 | 11 | 14 | 88 | 78.6 | 0 | 0 | 62.7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ NC State | W 33-6 | 8 | 10 | 115 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 3 | -7 | -2.30 | 1 | 8 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Wake Forest | L 10-16 | 22 | 39 | 253 | 56.4 | 1 | 1 | 55.4 | 8 | 17 | 2.10 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Maryland | L 20-27 | 13 | 28 | 139 | 46.4 | 1 | 1 | 43.4 | 7 | -9 | -1.30 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Duke | L 17-42 | 21 | 42 | 268 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 1 | -8 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 38-44 | 10 | 17 | 166 | 58.8 | 2 | 0 | 63.8 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ TCU | L 7-27 | 5 | 12 | 63 | 41.7 | 1 | 0 | 55.1 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Georgia Tech | L 20-56 | 6 | 8 | 56 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 | 61.7 | 3 | 4 | 1.30 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Penn State | W 17-16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 45.1 | 1 | -4 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Richmond | W 43-19 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 83.3 | 0 | 0 | 84.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Phillip Sims story
Phillip Sims built his college career in 2012 as a quarterback from Chesapeake, VA wearing No. 14, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Phillip Sims' career was his passing role: 1,263 passing yards, 9 touchdown passes, 203 attempts, and 18 rushing yards across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Virginia. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 18 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Phillip Sims moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Virginia
2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Virginia | 1,281 | 57 | 9.9 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wake Forest
Week 8 · L 10-16 · Conference game
Loss with 270 yards of offense and 55.4 efficiency.
270
Total Offense
70.9 takeover
270 total offense with 55.4 efficiency.
#2
vs Richmond
Week 1 · W 43-19
50
Total Offense
51.4 takeover
Win with 50 yards of offense and 84.3 efficiency.
50 total offense with 84.3 efficiency.
#3
@ Duke
Week 6 · L 17-42 · Conference game
260
Total Offense
49.6 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
260 total offense with 46 efficiency.
#4
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 5 · L 38-44
169
Total Offense
45.9 takeover
Loss with 169 yards of offense and 63.8 efficiency.
169 total offense with 63.8 efficiency.
#5
vs Maryland
Week 7 · L 20-27 · Conference game
130
Total Offense
42.9 takeover
Loss with 130 yards of offense and 43.4 efficiency.
130 total offense with 43.4 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Virginia
1,281 primary output · 57 efficiency · 9.9 usage
57.3
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
5
Above avg efficiency
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