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2023 Football

Tim Phillis

97 R.J. Ayers

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 245
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown St. Petersburg, Fla.
  • High School Shorecrest Preparatory
  • Position DL
  • Major Aerospace Engineering

Biography

Graduate Student (2023): Appeared in eight games for the Spartans, seeing time primarily at nose guard… Finished the season with 12 tackles (four solo), including 0.5 tackles for loss… Had a season-high four tackles against Carnegie Mellon on November 11… Recovered a fumble against Saint Vincent on October 7… Registered a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup against Bethany on September 30… Named to the 2023 Fall PAC Academic Honor Roll and the NFF Hampshire Society… Finished his career with 36 tackles (12 solo), 5.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, and four pass breakups over 22 games played.

Senior (2022): Played in all 10 games for the Spartans during his senior year, including three as a starter… Finished the year third among all CWRU players with a career-high 3.5 sacks and fourth on the team with four tackles for loss… Totaled 23 tackles, including seven solo, and added three pass breakups… Recorded a career-high five tackles against Bethany on October 22… Named to the PAC Academic Honor Roll… Inducted into the Van Horn Society.

Junior (2021): Appeared in three games during the season… Recorded a tackle for a three-yard loss against Waynesburg on September 11… Received UAA Fall All-Academic honors.

Sophomore (2020): Selected to the PAC Academic Honor Roll… Received UAA Fall All-Academic honors… Team did not play during the 2020-21 academic year due to the pandemic.

First-year (2019): Appeared in one game for the Spartans during his freshman season, making his collegiate debut against Bethany on November 2… Named to the PAC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

Personal: Was a four-year member of the Shorecrest Preparatory High School football team, serving as a team captain during his junior and senior seasons... Coached by Steve Dudley... Was his team's Most Valuable Player in his junior and senior years... Earned his school's Excellence in Mathematics Award and was named to the National Honor Society... Also received the National Merit Scholarship... Played basketball his junior year and threw the shot put for the track and field team, finishing as the state runner-up in the event his senior year... Born January 4... Son of Randy and Juana... His mother played basketball for the University of West Florida and ranks fourth in program history in blocked shots.

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Historical Player Information

  • 97

    2019First-Year

    DL
    6'3" 245 lbs
    97
  • 97

    2020Sophomore

    DL
    6'3" 245 lbs
    97
  • 97

    2021Junior

    DL
    6'3" 245 lbs
    97
  • 97

    2022Senior

    DL
    6'3" 245 lbs
    97
  • 97

    2023Graduate Student

    DL
    6'3" 245 lbs
    97