Player Dossier

2014-2017

Virginia Tech

Cam Phillips

WR • 6'0" • 199 lbs • Laurel, MD, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Cam Phillips reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

52

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

65

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Player Story

Cam Phillips built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Laurel, MD wearing No. 5, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Cam Phillips' career was his receiving role: 236...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8783

DeMatha Catholic · Hyattsville, MD

Committed To
Virginia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Cam Phillips, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Cam Phillips reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
3,027
Receptions
236
Touchdowns
17

Quick Answers

Cam Phillips quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia Tech · WR
Career Receiving Yards
3,027
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 49 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
Top game
Georgia Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · DeMatha Catholic · Virginia Tech
High school pipeline
DeMatha Catholic · 82 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Class 2017
2017 Receiving yards rank
964 receiving yards · WR 36th (top 4%) · ACC 4th (top 2%) · National 36th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1040498365.9
2015 PostseasonVirginia Tech13333062.4
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1346549262.4
2016 PostseasonVirginia Tech146115085.4
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1470868585.4
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1271964786.1

Related Context

Cam Phillips played WR for Virginia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cam Phillips recorded 239 rushing yards, 3,027 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Virginia Tech paired 964 primary output with 81.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 84.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2014 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

49.8

Efficiency

84.4

Usage

18.2

Consistency

68

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. William & Mary: 34. East Carolina: 89. Georgia Tech: 79. North Carolina: 47. Pittsburgh: 59. Miami: 22. Boston College: 43. Duke: 19. Wake Forest: 33. Virginia: 73

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. William & Mary: 2 by 100. East Carolina: 7 by 84.8. Georgia Tech: 6 by 87.8. North Carolina: 3 by 100. Pittsburgh: 7 by 56.2. Miami: 3 by 48.9. Boston College: 3 by 95.6. Duke: 1 by 100. Wake Forest: 3 by 73.3. Virginia: 5 by 97.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins43.3 · Games = 4 · -10.9 vs Losses
Losses54.2 · Games = 6 · +10.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

100 vs Duke

Result
Sat 11/29vs VirginiaW 24-2057314.614.60136
Sat 11/22@ Wake ForestL 3-6333911017
Sat 11/15@ DukeW 17-161191319019
Sat 11/1vs Boston CollegeL 31-3334314.314.30033
Fri 10/24vs MiamiL 6-303227.37.30011
Thu 10/16@ PittsburghL 16-217598.48.40114
Sat 10/4@ North CarolinaW 34-173471915.70018
Sat 9/20vs Georgia TechL 24-2767913.213.20030
Sat 9/13vs East CarolinaL 21-2878912.712.70128
Sat 8/30vs William & MaryW 34-92341717024

Player Story

Cam Phillips story

Cam Phillips built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Laurel, MD wearing No. 5, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Cam Phillips' career was his receiving role: 236 catches, 3,027 receiving yards, 17 touchdowns, and 239 rushing yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Virginia Tech. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 239 rushing yards, 3 tackles, and 34 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia Tech.

The arc is straightforward: Cam Phillips 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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    Virginia Tech

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech49884.418.2
2015 PostseasonVirginia Tech5826623.484
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech5826623.40
2016 PostseasonVirginia Tech98379.926.4401
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech98379.926.40
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech96481.531.9-19

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia Tech

Week 11 · W 23-21 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

100 takeover

95 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Arkansas

Week 1 · W 35-24 · Postseason

115

Receiving Yards

98.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

115 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ East Carolina

Week 3 · W 64-17

189

Receiving Yards

96.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

189 receiving yards with a 90 efficiency score.

#4

@ Boston College

Week 9 · W 26-10 · Conference game

87

Receiving Yards

96.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

87 receiving yards with a 96.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs Virginia

Week 14 · W 24-20 · Conference game

73

Receiving Yards

93.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

73 receiving yards with a 97.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

964 primary output · 81.5 efficiency · 31.9 usage

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#2

2016 Postseason · Virginia Tech

85.4

983 primary · 79.9 efficiency · 26.4 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

85.4

983 primary · 79.9 efficiency · 26.4 usage

Milestones

7

100+ receiving yards

4

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games