Temple University Athletics
2016 Football Roster
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Walker, Phillip
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Jersey Number 8
Phillip Walker
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Elizabeth, N.J.
- High School:
- Elizabeth
Bio
A four-year letter winner ('13, '14, '15, '16)
Is Temple's all-time leader in pass attempts (1,410), completions (803), passing yards (10,273), TD passes (72), and total offense (11,100) ... became just the first Owls' QB to lead his team to multiple bowl games.
Honors: 2016 - American Athletic Conference Championship Game Most Outstanding Player ... CFPA National Player of the Year Watch List (top offensive player) ... Davey O'Brien Award Watch List (top quarterback) ... Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List (top quarterback) ... Manning Award Watch List (Nations Most Outstanding QB) ... Maxwell Award Watch List (top offensive player) ... American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (Tulane) ... Offensive Production Player of the Week (Cin, Navy) ... Offensive Effort Player of the Week (Tulane) ... Owlsports.com Student-Athlete of the Week (Navy) ... 2015 - Manning Award Watch List ... American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (9/19 at UMass, 10/2 , at Charlotte) ... 2014 - Davey O’Brien, Manning, Maxwell and CFPA Trophy Watch Lists ... Preseason All-AAC Third Team by Phil Steele Publications ... Preseason All-AAC Third Team by Athlon Sports ... Preseason All-AAC Third Team by College Sports Madness ... American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (8/28, at Vanderbilt; 9/6, at Navy; 9/27, at UConn) ... American Athletic Conference Player of the Week by Athlon’s (9/27 at Connecticut) ... 2013 - Honorable Mention All-Freshman Team from College Football News ... American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week (11/30).
2016 (Senior): Was awarded a single digit jersey during camp (went from 11 to 8) ... Temple awards single digits to the toughest players on the team as voted on by the players ... broke Temple's all-time passing-yards record in the season opener vs. Army ... threw three touchdown passes vs. Stony Brook - fifth time he threw for three-or-more (all four other games were 4-TD performances) ... threw two touchdowns vs. Charlotte ... tied a school record with 445 passing yards and 36 completions while setting the mark with 59 attempts at Memphis ... threw for over 200 yards (209) for the fourth time this season against USF, which launched him over the 9,000-yard passing mark for his career (9,364) ... threw 20th multi-TD game of his career with two TD passes vs. Cincinnati (10/29) ... from the start of the game-winning last-minute drive vs. UCF, Walker is 30-of-44 (68.2%) for 468 yards, 4 TDs and 0 Ints ... threw for 199 yards and two TDs to lead the team to their first AAC Championship against Navy (12/3) ...
2015 (Junior): Only offensive and one of three Owls overall to start every game this season (Sean Chandler, Tyler Matakevich) ... threw for a school record 2,972 passing yards and set the mark for total offense with 3,179 yards ... also set the standard for attempts (432) and completions (245) while throwing 19 TDs and only 8 interceptions ... threw at least one TD in 12 straight games ... set career high with 391 yards at UMass ... also had the rare distinction to throw for and catch a 2-pt conversion in the same game (to Colin Thompson; from John Christopher) vs. UCF ... hit the 2,000 yard mark for the season (becoming just the second Temple QB to do that three times) and passed Mike McGann for second in completions at USF ... broke school’s all-time TD record against #21 Memphis ... broke career completion and single-season yardage records at #19 Houston.
2014 (Sophomore): Led the Owls to their first victory over an SEC team since 1938 playing just midway through the 3rd quarter in a 37-7 game at Vanderbilt ... had career-high completions (29) and pass attempts (49) vs. Navy ... earned honorable mention Offensive Player of the Week by American Athletic Conference in weeks 1,2 and 4 ... had a streak of 15 straight games with a TD pass snapped vs. #21 East Carolina.
2013 (Freshman): Lost an open battle for the starting QB spot to junior Connor Reilly in the summer ... each day it was apparent that Walker would someday emerge as the starter ... was given an opportunity vs. Fordham but was unimpressive in 2 series ... two weeks later vs. Louisville was 10 of 19 for 182 in just over a half ... took over the starting role the following week at Cincinnati on a prime time, national TV broadcast and threw his first TD pass (a 35-yarder to Jalen Fitzpatrick) with 0:38 remaining ... led the Owls to their first win (33-14) under head coach Matt Rhule the following week vs. Army ... at SMU, started the game with 16 consecutive completions and threw for 4 TDs adding his first rushing TD (earned honorable mention QB of the week by CFPA) ... in his first 3 starts threw 6 TD passes of 30+ yards, the Owls had one such pass in the team’s first 5 games ... vs. #15 UCF, threw for a then-career high 382 yards, the third highest mark in school history surpassed only by Henry Burris’ 445 in 1996 (Pittsburgh) and 392 in 1994 (Syracuse) ... his 75-yd TD pass to WR Robby Anderson is his longest ... saved his best performance for the season finale at Memphis with 20-32 passing for 328 yards and 4 TDs ... earned American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week and was a finalist for the Manning Award after leading the Owls to their first conference victory ... set a TU freshman record with 20 TD passes just shy of Brian Broomell’s school record 22 set in 1979 … his 2,084 passing yards tied Henry Burris for 4th best single-season mark in school history … finished the season with 7 straight starts, all in which he eclipsed the 200-yard passing plateau.
High School: Dual-threat QB for coach John Quinn at Elizabeth HS where he was a teammate of fellow Owl Jahad Thomas … 2012 Newark-Star Ledger State Offensive Player of the Year … helped team to the 2012 state title … as a junior was one of the state’s most accurate passers … went 120-of-189 (63.5 percent) for 2,168 yards and 18 TDs … in the NJSIAA sectional final against Piscataway, threw for 257 yards and 3 TDs while rushing for 199 yards and a TD … four-year starter … participated in the North-South Game … also played basketball … team reached the 2012 Group 4 final.
Personal: Born Phillip Walker, Jr. … parents are Tamicha Drake and Phillip Walker, Sr. … played Pop Warner football with former Temple teammate Jihaad Pretlow ... adult and organizational development major.
Is Temple's all-time leader in pass attempts (1,410), completions (803), passing yards (10,273), TD passes (72), and total offense (11,100) ... became just the first Owls' QB to lead his team to multiple bowl games.
Honors: 2016 - American Athletic Conference Championship Game Most Outstanding Player ... CFPA National Player of the Year Watch List (top offensive player) ... Davey O'Brien Award Watch List (top quarterback) ... Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List (top quarterback) ... Manning Award Watch List (Nations Most Outstanding QB) ... Maxwell Award Watch List (top offensive player) ... American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (Tulane) ... Offensive Production Player of the Week (Cin, Navy) ... Offensive Effort Player of the Week (Tulane) ... Owlsports.com Student-Athlete of the Week (Navy) ... 2015 - Manning Award Watch List ... American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (9/19 at UMass, 10/2 , at Charlotte) ... 2014 - Davey O’Brien, Manning, Maxwell and CFPA Trophy Watch Lists ... Preseason All-AAC Third Team by Phil Steele Publications ... Preseason All-AAC Third Team by Athlon Sports ... Preseason All-AAC Third Team by College Sports Madness ... American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (8/28, at Vanderbilt; 9/6, at Navy; 9/27, at UConn) ... American Athletic Conference Player of the Week by Athlon’s (9/27 at Connecticut) ... 2013 - Honorable Mention All-Freshman Team from College Football News ... American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week (11/30).
2016 (Senior): Was awarded a single digit jersey during camp (went from 11 to 8) ... Temple awards single digits to the toughest players on the team as voted on by the players ... broke Temple's all-time passing-yards record in the season opener vs. Army ... threw three touchdown passes vs. Stony Brook - fifth time he threw for three-or-more (all four other games were 4-TD performances) ... threw two touchdowns vs. Charlotte ... tied a school record with 445 passing yards and 36 completions while setting the mark with 59 attempts at Memphis ... threw for over 200 yards (209) for the fourth time this season against USF, which launched him over the 9,000-yard passing mark for his career (9,364) ... threw 20th multi-TD game of his career with two TD passes vs. Cincinnati (10/29) ... from the start of the game-winning last-minute drive vs. UCF, Walker is 30-of-44 (68.2%) for 468 yards, 4 TDs and 0 Ints ... threw for 199 yards and two TDs to lead the team to their first AAC Championship against Navy (12/3) ...
2015 (Junior): Only offensive and one of three Owls overall to start every game this season (Sean Chandler, Tyler Matakevich) ... threw for a school record 2,972 passing yards and set the mark for total offense with 3,179 yards ... also set the standard for attempts (432) and completions (245) while throwing 19 TDs and only 8 interceptions ... threw at least one TD in 12 straight games ... set career high with 391 yards at UMass ... also had the rare distinction to throw for and catch a 2-pt conversion in the same game (to Colin Thompson; from John Christopher) vs. UCF ... hit the 2,000 yard mark for the season (becoming just the second Temple QB to do that three times) and passed Mike McGann for second in completions at USF ... broke school’s all-time TD record against #21 Memphis ... broke career completion and single-season yardage records at #19 Houston.
2014 (Sophomore): Led the Owls to their first victory over an SEC team since 1938 playing just midway through the 3rd quarter in a 37-7 game at Vanderbilt ... had career-high completions (29) and pass attempts (49) vs. Navy ... earned honorable mention Offensive Player of the Week by American Athletic Conference in weeks 1,2 and 4 ... had a streak of 15 straight games with a TD pass snapped vs. #21 East Carolina.
2013 (Freshman): Lost an open battle for the starting QB spot to junior Connor Reilly in the summer ... each day it was apparent that Walker would someday emerge as the starter ... was given an opportunity vs. Fordham but was unimpressive in 2 series ... two weeks later vs. Louisville was 10 of 19 for 182 in just over a half ... took over the starting role the following week at Cincinnati on a prime time, national TV broadcast and threw his first TD pass (a 35-yarder to Jalen Fitzpatrick) with 0:38 remaining ... led the Owls to their first win (33-14) under head coach Matt Rhule the following week vs. Army ... at SMU, started the game with 16 consecutive completions and threw for 4 TDs adding his first rushing TD (earned honorable mention QB of the week by CFPA) ... in his first 3 starts threw 6 TD passes of 30+ yards, the Owls had one such pass in the team’s first 5 games ... vs. #15 UCF, threw for a then-career high 382 yards, the third highest mark in school history surpassed only by Henry Burris’ 445 in 1996 (Pittsburgh) and 392 in 1994 (Syracuse) ... his 75-yd TD pass to WR Robby Anderson is his longest ... saved his best performance for the season finale at Memphis with 20-32 passing for 328 yards and 4 TDs ... earned American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week and was a finalist for the Manning Award after leading the Owls to their first conference victory ... set a TU freshman record with 20 TD passes just shy of Brian Broomell’s school record 22 set in 1979 … his 2,084 passing yards tied Henry Burris for 4th best single-season mark in school history … finished the season with 7 straight starts, all in which he eclipsed the 200-yard passing plateau.
High School: Dual-threat QB for coach John Quinn at Elizabeth HS where he was a teammate of fellow Owl Jahad Thomas … 2012 Newark-Star Ledger State Offensive Player of the Year … helped team to the 2012 state title … as a junior was one of the state’s most accurate passers … went 120-of-189 (63.5 percent) for 2,168 yards and 18 TDs … in the NJSIAA sectional final against Piscataway, threw for 257 yards and 3 TDs while rushing for 199 yards and a TD … four-year starter … participated in the North-South Game … also played basketball … team reached the 2012 Group 4 final.
Personal: Born Phillip Walker, Jr. … parents are Tamicha Drake and Phillip Walker, Sr. … played Pop Warner football with former Temple teammate Jihaad Pretlow ... adult and organizational development major.
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