Phillip Livas Hometown: Houma, La. High School: South Terrebonne HS Height / Weight: 5-8 / 180 Position: WR Birthdate: 04/24/1989 Experience: 3L

RUSHING	g	att	yards	td	long	avg/c	avg/g
2007	12	10	72	0	18	7.2	6.0
2008	13	30	337	2	78	11.2	25.9
2009	12	25	249	0	37	10.0	20.8
2010	10	19	153	2	62	8.1	15.3
TOTAL	47	84	811	4	78	9.7	17.3

TOTAL OFFENSE	g	rush	pass	total	avg/g
2007	12	72	0	72	6.0
2008	13	337	0	337	25.9
2009	12	249	0	249	20.8
2010	10	153	0	153	15.3
TOTAL	47	811	0	811	17.3

RECEIVING	g	rec	yards	td	long	rec/g	avg/c	avg/g
2007	12	28	504	3	70	2.3	18.0	42.0
2008	13	43	607	2	68	3.3	14.1	46.7
2009	12	20	205	0	50	1.7	10.2	17.1
2010	10	22	266	2	52	2.2	12.1	26.6
TOTAL	47	113	1582	7	70	2.4	14.0	33.7

SCORING	g	td	rush	rcv	ret	pat	2pat	fg	total	avg/g
2007	12	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	24	2.0
2008	13	7	2	2	3	0	0	0	42	3.2
2009	12	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	14	1.2
2010	10	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	36	3.6
TOTAL	47	19	4	7	8	0	1	0	116	2.5

PUNT RETURNS	g	no.	yards	td	long	avg/r	avg/g
2007	12	7	49	0	20	7.0	4.1
2008	13	16	245	2	81	15.3	18.8
2009	12	8	107	1	85	13.4	8.9
2010	10	12	186	1	88	15.5	18.6
TOTAL	47	43	587	4	88	13.7	12.5

KICK RETURNS	g	no.	yards	td	long	avg/r	avg/g
2007	12	17	448	1	78	26.4	37.3
2008	13	32	826	1	97	25.8	63.5
2009	12	23	622	1	100	27.0	51.8
2010	10	35	862	1	95	24.6	86.2
TOTAL	47	107	2758	4	100	25.8	58.7

ALL PURPOSE	g	rush	rcv	pr	kr	ir	total	avg/g
2007	12	72	504	49	448	0	1073	89.4
2008	13	337	607	245	826	0	2015	155.0
2009	12	249	205	107	622	0	1183	98.6
2010	10	153	266	186	862	0	1467	146.7
TOTAL	47	811	1582	587	2758	0	5738	122.1

TACKLES	g	ua	a	total	tfl	pd	ff	fr	blk
2007	12	0	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
2008	13	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
2009	12	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2010	10	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	47	1	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	0

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2010: Ended his collegiate career tied for the NCAA record with eight returns for a touchdown ... Garnered first team all-WAC honors and second team all-Louisiana honors ... Named the Matt Stover Special Teams Player of the Year ... Played in 10 games, starting in six ... Returned 35 kickoffs for 862 yards and one touchdown, averaging 24.6 yards per return while returning 12 punts for 186 yards and one touchdown with a 15.5 average punt return ... Caught 22 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns while running the ball 19 times for 153 yards and two scores ... Ran the ball three times for 30 yards and caught one pass for four yards against Grambling (9/4) ... Caught two passes for 14 yards at Texas A&M (9/11) before leaving the game with a concussion, which caused him to miss the game against Navy (9/18) ... Caught five passes for 47 yards against Southern Miss (9/25) in his best receiving day since Sept. 19, 2009 ... Recorded two catches for 24 yards and returned five kickoffs for 80 yards, averaging 23 yards per return at Hawai'i (10/2) ... Recorded 59 receiving yards on two catches including a 52-yard touchdown reception against Idaho (10/16) ... Caught three catches for 37 yards including a 23-yard touchdown reception at No. 2 Boise State (10/26) ... Named WAC Special Teams Player of the Week as he returned a career-high seven kickoffs for 225 total return yards against Fresno State (11/6), including a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, marking his seventh kickoff/punt return for a touchdown in his career, just one shy of the NCAA record while also returning one punt for 29 yards ... Ran for two touchdowns wtih a 62-yard run for a score off a reverse and a nine-yard cut up the middle to reach the end zone at New Mexico State (11/13) as his scores sealed Tech's first road win in 11 tries ... Overall at New Mexico State (11/13), ran five times for a career-best 84 yards and two scores while catching four passes for 29 yards ... Tied the NCAA record in returns for a touchdown at San Jose State (11/27), returning a punt a career-long 88 yards while also catching one pass for 26 yards and running five times for 22 yards ... Caught two passes for 26 yards and ran the ball twice for 24 yards against No. 14 Nevada (12/4) while returning six kickoffs a total of 162 yards ... Four of his six kick returns against No. 14 Nevada (12/4) were for 20 yards or more.

2009: Named all-WAC second team as a kick return specialist... Despite being hampered by turf toe throughout most of the season and a sprained ankle during the last half of the year, was still one of the most prolific offensive assets on the team... Set the school record for career kick and punt returns for a touchdown with six... Ran the ball 25 times, mostly out of a "Wildcat" formation, for 249 yards... Caught 20 passes for 205 yards and was among the national leaders in consecutive games with a reception as he was tied for 12th before his streak of 29 straight games came to an end at Utah State (10/24)... Opened the year at Auburn (9/5), catching five passes for 43 yards and returning six kicks for 121 yards... Returned a punt for a career-best 85 yards and a touchdown at Navy (9/12), the only time Navy would punt to him... Also returned three kicks for a total of 52 yards at Navy... Named Western Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance at Navy... Also garned LA Tech Special Teams Player of the Week following that game... Caught four passes for 85 yards against Nicholls State (9/19) while also rushing the ball three times for 24 yards... Ran the ball three times for 52 yards in Tech's dominating 27-6 win over Hawai'i (9/30) while catching two passes for 12 yards... Returned three kickoffs for 124 yards at Nevada (10/9), including an 84-yard return... Also at Nevada, caught one pass for a loss of two yards, extending a streak of 28 consecutive games played with at least one reception... Caugh three passes for 29 yards and ran the ball twice for 13 yards against New Mexico State (10/17) while returning one punt for five yards... Set the Louisiana Tech record for kick and/or punt returns for a touchdown at Utah State (10/24), running back a kickoff in the second quarter 100 yards for a touchdown, one of only two WAC players to return a kick 100 yards during the 2009 campaign... That marked the only kick Utah State would allow him to return... Also at Utah State (10/24), ran the ball out of the "Wildcat" formation four times for 37 yards... Returned to the "Wildcat" formation at Idaho (10/31), running the ball three times for 73 yards while catching three passes for 30 yards, all happening in the first half after spraining his ankle right before halftime as he did not return... Came back against No. 5 Boise State (11/6), returning three kickoffs for 75 yards and running the ball three times out of the "Wildcat" for 10 yards... Ran the ball three times out of the "Wildcat" at No. 9 LSU (11/14) for 19 yards while returning three kickoffs for 65 yards... Returned one kickoff at Fresno State (11/21) for 22 yards... In the season finale against San Jose State (12/5), ran the ball twice for 23 yards, returned three kicks for 67 yards and returned four punts for eight yards.

2008: Saw action in 13 games while starting in seven ... Named first team all-WAC as a special teams returner ... Named Independence Bowl Offensive Player of the game 12/28/08 ... Named first team All-Louisiana as a returner and second team All-Louisiana as a receiver by the LSWA...Named LA Tech Offensive POW (Mississippi State and NMSU games) ...Named LSWA Offensive POW (NMSU game) ... Named WAC Special Teams POW (Fresno State game) ...Named LA Tech Special teams POW for performance in IBowl vs. Northern Illinois...Has caught a pass in 23 of 25 career games (23 straight)...Returned a kickoff 97 yards for a TD in the Independence Bowl vs. Northern Illinois...Averaged 25.8 yards per kick return and 15.3 yards per punt return ... Returned 16 punts for 245 yards and two scores ... Returned 32 kickoffs for 826 yards ... Longest punt return of 81 yards came against Fresno State 11/1/08 ... Caught 43 passes for 607 yards and two scores ... Averaged 14.1 yards per catch ... Longest catch of 68 yards came against New Mexico State ... Rushed the ball 30 times for 337 yards and two scores ... Caught touchdowns against New Mexico State and Nevada ... Rushed for scores against Idaho and New Mexico State ... Ranks No. 1 in WAC and No. 18 in the nation in all-purpose yards per game (155.0 ypg) ... 32 kick returns is third most in a season in Tech history ... Second most kick return yardage in a season (826) ... Fifth most career kickoff return yards (1,274) ... Third most all-purpose yards in a season (2,019) ...Third Tech player ever to accomplish over 2,000 all-purpose yards in a season.

2007: Played all 12 games and started five...led team with 504 yards receiving...tied for team lead with three touchdown receptions...averaged 26.4 yards per kickoff return...returned kick 76 yards for a touchdown in season finale at Nevada...had a career-high 129 yards receiving and a touchdown in win over San Jose State...had three catches for 89 yards and a touchdown in win at Idaho.

High School: Lettered four years for coach Richard Curlin at South Terrebonne High School ... Started at safety as a freshman before starting his last three years at running back for the Gators ... Also served as the teams kick returner all four years ... Helped lead South Terrebonne to the District 6-5A title as a senior ... Rushed for 1,936 yards in 2006 and 25 rushing touchdowns ... Caught for 256 yards and six more scores ... Named the District 6-5A Offensive MVP and the Houma Courier all-Regional MVP as a junior and senior ... Named first team all-state as a senior at running back and as a junior at kick returner ... Named all-district all-four years (four times at kick returner and three times at running back) ... Ranked as the 33rd best player in the state of Louisiana by Rivals.com ... Also played basketball for three years ... Was a member of the track and field team, competing in the 100-meters and on the 4 X 100-meter relay team ... His 4 X 100-meter relay team was the district and regional champs his junior year.

Personal: Full name is Phillip Anthony Livas ... Son of Lisa Livas ... Has two older sisters, Ronlynn and Ashley, and one younger brother, Rondale ... Born April 24, 1989, in Houma, La.

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