2015 Football Roster
Phil Mayhue
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 210
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Sicklerville, N.J.
- HS:
- Winslow Township HS
- Prev School:
- Atlanta Sports Academy
Career
Has seen action in 38 games, making 25 starts ... Has 108 receptions for 1,589 yards and seven TD ... Name appears on the program’s career lists for receptions (12th; 108) and yards (10th; 1,589) … Has a career-long reception of 67 yards ... Brings a 28-game reception streak into 2017 campaign (game with at least one catch) ... Has 27 multi-reception contests ... Also has one carry for four yards ... Has 1,593 all-purpose yards (1,589 receive/4 rush).
Honors (Academic/Athletic)
A Dean’s List student for the 2016 spring semester ... Earned Tiger 3.0 Club recognition for the 2015 spring, 2015 fall and 2016 spring semesters.
2016 (Junior)
Logged a reception in all 12 appearances to extend his consecutive games played with a catch to 28 … Squad’s second-leading receiver with 677 yards on 42 catches and four TD … The 677 receiving yards were the 19th-most for a season in program history … Played in 12 games … Did not play in the road win at SMU … Posted 10 games with multiple receptions … Had the second 100-yard receiving game of his career with a 142-yard, six-catch effort vs. Houston in the regular-season finale … Caught a career-best two TD vs. the Cougars … His 142 receiving yards also were a career high … Had a career-long 67-yard TD reception on the second play of the Houston game … The score gave Memphis a 7-0 lead 42 seconds into the contest … His second TD of the game closed the first quarter scoring with the Tigers leading 21-10 … His six catches vs. Houston tied a season high … Also hauled in six receptions vs. Ole Miss (69 yards) and Temple (84 yards) … Also had TD catches in wins over Kansas and Bowling Green.
2015 (Sophomore)
Walk-on turned scholarship player who saw started all 13 games ... Team’s second-leading receiver in catches (51) and third in yardage (670) ... Had 11 multi-reception games ... Hauled in at least one pass in all 13 games ... Had a season-long catch of 43 yards ... Caught one TD pass ... Also had one rushing attempt for four yards ... Fifth on team with 674 all-purpose yards (670 receive/4 rush) ... Started the season-opening win over Missouri State and caught one pass ... Five-reception game (68 yards) vs. Kansas began a streak of 10-straight contests with two or more catches ... Had three receptions for 40 yards in a road win at Bowling Green ... All three catches kept scoring drives that resulted in 10 points ... Team leader in receptions (4) and yards (69) in a road win at USF ... His early third-quarter catch moved Memphis into FG range to tie game at 10-all ... Hauled in three passes (29 yards) vs. Ole Miss and four (60 yards) vs. Tulsa ... Posted career highs for catches (7) in a home win over Tulane ... Led team with 68 receiving yards (5 catches) vs. Navy ... Had five receptions for 43 yards in a road setback at Houston ... Registered his first collegiate rushing attempt vs. the Cougars ... Had one carry for four yards ... Grabbed five passes for 51 yards at Temple ... Had only one reception in the regular-season home finale vs. SMU ... His one catch was a season-long 43-yard TD reception ... One of seven different receivers to catch a TD pass from QB Paxton Lynch in the first half in the regular-season finale victory over SMU ... Hauled in the first of Lynch’s seven first-half TD tosses for a 7-0 lead ... Had four catches for 26 yards vs. Auburn in the Birmingham Bowl.
2014 (Freshman)
Walk-on who played in all 13 games ... Made one start ... Caught 15 passes for 242 yards and two TD ... Team’s sixth-leading receiver for yardage (242 yards) ... Eighth on the squad with 15 receptions ... Had six multi-catch performances ... Among those with multiple receptions, averaged a team-best 16.1 yards per catch … Had a career-long reception of 54 yards ... Finished season with 242 all-purpose yards ... Saw first collegiate action in the season-opening win over Austin Peay ... Received first collegiate start in a home win over Middle Tennessee ... Caught a season-high three passes for 25 yards vs. the Blue Raiders ... First collegiate reception was a six-yarder from QB Paxton Lynch in the first quarter … Had two catches for 38 yards against Houston … Had first collegiate TD reception in a road win at SMU ... His TD catch was a season-long, 54-yard strike for the game’s first score ... Also had another reception for 42 yards vs. SMU ... Finished game with a season-high 96 receiving yards … Caught two passes for 11 yards in a road win at Temple … Had one reception for 16 yards vs. USF ... The catch set up a Brandon Hayes 11-yard TD reception to give the Tigers a 28-13 lead in the third quarter … Tied a season-high with three receptions (33 yards) in the American Athletic Conference championship-clinching win over Connecticut ... With Memphis leading 6-0 in the second quarter, converted a 3rd-and-2 play with a six-yard reception to the Huskies 21 … Four plays later, Memphis scored a TD to extend its lead to 13-0 ... Also snared a 21-yard TD pass late in the third quarter for a 34-3 lead … Had two receptions for 23 yards in the thrilling 55-48 double-overtime win over BYU in the Miami Beach Bowl … With Memphis trailing 28-24 in the third quarter, had a key third-down catch from the Memphis 48 … His 11-yard catch in the series helped lead to a Tigers TD and a 31-28 lead.
2013 (Atlanta Sports Academy)
Played a season of prep football for head coach Damon Dawson at the Atlanta Sports Academy (ASA) ... A wide receiver for the Spartans … The 2013 Spartans posted a 10-5 record ... Closed the season with a 62-0 shutout win at Ohio Mid-Western College … In the only the school’s fourth year, won its first game against a ranked junior college with a 52-49 win at No. 17 Louisburg College (N.C.).
High School
Played at Winslow Township High School for head coach Calvin Thompson ... A 2012 West Jersey Football Conference/Constitution Division All-Star second team selection on defense ... Selected to play in the New Jersey North-South All-Star Game … Named one of five A Few Good Men Award recipients in 2012 ... Had 150 receiving yards and three TD vs. Eastern High School his junior season … Member of the 2013 Winslow Township state champion shuttle hurdles relay … His shuttle hurdles relay was seventh nationally … The shuttle hurdles are rarely ran except at meets consisting entirely of relays ... In the shuttle hurdles relay, each of the four hurdlers runs the opposite direction from the preceding runner.
Personal
Son of Danyell Mayhue and George Mayhue … Has an older brother, George … Born in Voorhees, New Jersey … Birthday is April 11 ... Accounting major.
