2024 (True Freshman): Saw action in five games, including Birmingham Bowl vs. Vanderbilt, and maintained redshirt … Finished the season with 565 passing yards (38-for-74 – 51.4%) and one touchdown pass … Ran 12 times for 76 yards and another score … Made collegiate debut against VMI (Sept. 14), completing 3-of-5passes for 49 yards … With starting QB Haynes King out due to injury, Philo returned to action against Virginia Tech (Oct. 26), completing 11-of-26 passes for 184 yards … Split time with King in win over No. 4-ranked and previously unbeaten Miami (Nov. 4), completing 5-of-10 passes for 67 yards and a touchdown … Took the majority of snaps the following week against NC State (Nov. 21), setting season highs with 19 completions on 33 attempts for 265 passing yards, as well as seven carries for 57 yards and a score … Engineered one of Georgia Tech’s biggest drives of the season, when he led the Yellow Jackets 75 yards in seven plays for the game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter of the 30-29 win over NC State … Completed 4-of-4 passes for 33 yards and ran three times for 42 yards on the game-winning drive, which took just 1:08 off the clock and culminated with his 18-yard touchdown run with 22 seconds remaining in the game … Saw action in Birmingham Bowl vs. Vanderbilt (Dec. 27) but did not record any statistics.
High School: Rated as a three-star prospect by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN … Georgia high school football’s all-time leader in passing yards (13,922), breaking the record previously held by current Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (13,902 yds. at Cartersville H.S. – 2014-17) … Third in Georgia high school history with 159 touchdown passes … Tied Georgia H.S. single-season record with 56 touchdown passes as a senior in 2023 … Owns the third- and fourth-highest single-season passing yardage totals in state history (4,598 as a junior in 2022, 4,596 as a senior in ’23) … First-team all-state … Three-year starter led Prince Avenue to back-to-back state championships as a junior and senior (2022 and 2023) … Also won state title as backup QB for Prince Avenue as a freshman (2000) … Threw at least one touchdown pass in every game over his three seasons as a starter … Threw for at least 4,500 yards in each of his three seasons as starter … A dynamic runner, finished his prep career with 32 touchdown runs and nearly 1,200 yards on the ground … Team captain … Coached by Greg Vandagriff … Also lettered in basketball … Threw a no-hitter as a freshman baseball player … Member of National Honor Society and Beta Club … Named Mr. PACS – Prince Avenue’s equivalent of homecoming king – as a senior.
Personal: Majoring in business administration.
