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Jersey Number 24
Phillip Harris
- Year:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- Safety
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- David W. Butler
- Major:
- Finance
2025:
2024:
High School:
Personal:
- Did not see any action
2024:
- Redshirted to retain a year of eligibility
- 2024-25 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
High School:
- 4A All-State honoree as a junior and senior
- All-Conference selection as a junior and senior
- Recorded 196 career tackles with nine interceptions and three touchdowns
- Had 23 passes defended as a senior and a single-season career-best five interceptions as a junior
- Helped Butler to the 2020 4A state semifinals as a freshman
- Also part of the Bulldogs reaching the 2023 region final and third round of the playoffs in 2022
- Played in the 2023 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas
- Dual-sport athlete who also competed in basketball and track & field
- Received Outstanding Junior Awards for History and Math
- Men’s Mentor Group Award
- Certificate of Excellence CMS Student-Athlete Advisory Council
Personal:
- Son of Christina Paden
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