Illinois-Northwestern Game Notes | Gameday Central
Senior DE Carroll Phillips is having a monster year, leading the Big Ten in TFLs (17.0) and ranking second in sacks (8.0), totals that rank eighth and 30th in FBS, respectively. He is just outside the Illini single-season top-10 list in both categories. The Miami, Fla., native has added 50 tackles, three QB hurries, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
As a team, the Illini defense has been making plays in the backfield often in 2016.
» Illinois ranks 13th in the nation and third in the Big Ten in TFLs per game (7.8)
» Phillips is averaging 1.5 TFLs per game, eighth-most in FBS and most in the Big Ten.
» Senior DE Dawuane Smoot is second in the B1G during conference play, averaging 1.4TFLs per game
» Phillips (17.0) and Smoot (13.0) have combined for 30.0 TFLs, the most of any Big Ten duo and fourth-most in FBS behind pairs from Virginia Tech (32.5), Wake Forest (30.5) and NC State (30.5).
