He played college football at Texas Christian University (TCU).

As a senior in 2003, he threw for 1,070 yards and rushed for 1,291 to earn District 18-4A MVP honors.

That year, Phillips led the Horned Frogs in tackles and helped them win their first-ever Mountain West Conference Championship.

Recently Dave Campbell's Texas Football selected Phillips to their 2007 Preseason All-Texas College Team.

[3] On July 29, 2013, Phillips tore his right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the Eagles' first training camp of the preseason.