AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his third season at San Jose State...Joined the team for 2007 fall preseason camp...a running back prospect.

2008: All of his game action occurred as a special teams player…Appeared in each of the first four games.

2007: Redshirted the season.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Lettered in football (Coach John Featherstone) and track and field at El Camino College...was a second-team all-conference football pick and a league champion as a shot put thrower.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years in football (Coach John Aguirre) and four years in track and field at Carson (Calif.) High...was an all-league football and track and field honoree...was a city of Long Beach shot put champion.

MORE ON PHILLIP: Health science major...enjoys singing...an older brother Elias Knight, was a linebacker at Arkansas State... The Long Beach, Calif., native was born on February 7, 1987. .