University of Pennsylvania Athletics

Career Accolades: 2015, 2016 Ivy League Champion ... 2017 Second-Team All-Ivy ... 2016 Second-Team All-Ivy ... 2016 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (10/31) ... Bone Marrow donor through Penn's "Be The Match" donor registration drive

2019: Team captain … Started all 10 games … Registered 51 tackles … forced one fumble … had four pass breakups … Returned six punts for 23 yards … Had five total tackles at Delaware (9/21) … Had seven total tackles, one interception and one pass breakup versus Sacred Heart (10/12) … Season-high 11 tackles, including six solo stops at Yale (10/26) … Had five tackles, a forced fumble and a pass breakup against Brown (11/02).
 
2018: Team tri-captain ... Started the season opener against Bucknell (9/15) before suffering season-ending injury … Had three tackles against Bucknell.

2017: Second-Team All-Ivy … Started all 10 games at safety … No. 2 in the Ivy League and No. 3 in FCS with three fumble recoveries … Fourth on team with 47 tackles … Had eight total tackles, one TFL and a fumble recovery against Ohio Dominican (9/16) … Had four total tackles against Dartmouth (9/29) … Had nine total tackles and a pass breakup at Central Connecticut (10/7) … Had one tackle and two pass breakups at Columbia (10/14) … Had four tackles, two fumble recoveries and two pass breakups against Yale (10/21) … Had three tackles and a fumble recovery at Brown (10/28) … Had eight total tackles against Princeton (11/4) … Had two solo tackles at Harvard (11/11) … Had six tackles against Cornell (11/18).

2016: Second-Team All-Ivy … Earned Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors after Brown game … (10/31) … Third on team with 58 tackles … Second on team with two interceptions … Had three tackles against Lehigh (9/17) … Was in on four tackles at Fordham (9/24) … Made eight tackles, including five solo stops, at Dartmouth (9/30) … Had eight tackles, including five solo stops, against Central Connecticut (10/8) … Factored in on four tackles against Columbia (10/15) … Had three tackles and an interception at Yale (10/21) … Made four tackles with one pass breakup and added an interception in the end zone late in the fourth quarter to seal a Homecoming win over Brown (10/29) … Had 12 tackles, including six solo stops, as well as a pass breakup at Princeton (11/5) … Registered seven tackles against No. 22 Harvard (11/11) … Had five tackles and a pass breakup at Cornell (11/19) … At the conclusion of the season, donated bone marrow after being found as a match through Penn’s “Be The Match” registration drive.

2015: Played in all 10 games … Finished with 46 tackles (27 solo), one forced fumble, four interceptions and five pass breakups … Had four tackles and an interception at Villanova (9/24) … Recorded 12 tackles against Yale (10/23) … Finished with four tackles and two interceptions at Brown (10/31) … Had three tackles and an interception against Cornell (11/21).

JSerra Catholic HS: Four-year letterwinner ... Served as team captain as a senior ... 2014 first-team all-league ... 2013 second-team all-league ... Selected as Orange County All-Star as a senior ... Also lettered two years in track & field and served as team captain as a senior ... Reached 2014 state finals as a member of the 4x100-meter relay team.

Personal: Son of Kathleen and Dale Philippi ... Father played football at Montana ... Uncle, Mark, is a former ESPN World Strong Man ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.