Jaelan Phillips

BIO

After attending Redlands East Valley High School in Redlands, California, Jaelen was a five star recruit, and the top overall recruit for 2017 by 247sports.com. He had offers from many schools, including m California, Notre Dame, Washington, Alabama, Tennessee, Michigan, FSU, and Florida, but he committed to UCLA in April of 2016.

He enrolled at UCLA in July 2017, and in two years there he had 41 tackles (8 for a loss) and 4.5 sacks. Injuries on the field bothered him much of his first year, and a motor vehicle accident in January 2018, along with concussions during that year, took a large toll on his 2018 season.  In February of 2019 he transferred to the University of Miami, and in 10 games in 2020 he rebounded towards his top player status with 45 tackles (15.5 for a loss) and 8 sacks.

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