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Dwayne Phillips Biography & Facts
Anthony Dwayne Phillips (born October 5, 1970) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings. He played college football for the Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas. He also played in the Arena Football League (AFL) for the Grand Rapids Rampage and Buffalo Destroyers, winning the Arena Bowl with Grand Rapids in his first season there. Professional career After attending Texas A&M–Kingsville, Phillips was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in 1994. He became a rising star with the Falcons, but in his second season, he suffered a gruesome leg injury. During a game against the Buffalo Bills, Phillips intercepted a pass thrown by Buffalo quarterback Jim Kelly, catching the ball at the Atlanta 2-yard line, and was on his way to returning the ball for a defensive touchdown. However, after 43 yards, Kelly himself caught up to Phillips and tackled him while he was running (in bounds) down the side line, with the latter suffering a compound fracture to both his tibia and fibula on his right leg upon landing awkwardly on it. Phillips was required to stay on his back for a month in order for the bones to heal, and Kelly has since apologized for the injury. Phillips was cut after one additional season with the Falcons. He later signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 1998, but his season ended with a torn ACL. After the season, he played two seasons in the Arena Football League, helping the Grand Rapids Rampage win ArenaBowl XV, before retiring. Personal life Raised in Galveston, Texas, Phillips has two children and later settled in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was diagnosed with kidney failure, stemming from legal steroid usage during his football career. References External links ESPN stats Video of Jim Kelly's tackle on Phillips. Discover the Dwayne Phillips popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Dwayne Phillips books.
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Late
Dwayne PhillipsDoug was standing in the rain waiting for his wife to pick him up. She was late, very late, and he was soaked. Just wait until she arrived. Doug would let her know how he felt. At ...
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Short Stories Set in the South
Dwayne PhillipsSix short stories set in the South. This anthology includes: Highway 340, Esther's Grandfather, Under Control Now, The Pecan Trees, The Room, and The Cat in the Bag.
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Our Last Game of Childhood
Dwayne PhillipsTwo 6thgrade boys play a game of basketball. The game is a terrible mismatch. The victor is unable to come to terms with the outcome for 40 years.
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Dreams Reality
Dwayne PhillipsWhat is real? What is a dream? Life is complicated when you can't tell the difference.
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A Baby and a Banjo
Dwayne PhillipsTwo software developers are struggling to build a product before their supply of ramen noodles runs out. A venture capitalist arrives with a contract, but he also brings a baby and...
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The Candidate and the Engineer
Dwayne PhillipsA candidate for Congress is Iowa astonishes the crowds and earns the suspicions of the New York media crowd. What is that black box in front of him and who is the engineer at his s...
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Thomas Wilson Goes to School
Dwayne PhillipsBetty Walsh had taught school for years, but she had never met anyone like Thomas Wilson, until she met his grandfather.
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The Presley Brothers A Rock and Roll Fable
Dwayne PhillipsOn January 8, 1935, Vernon and Gladys Presley became the parents of twin boys. They named the first Jesse and the second Elvis. That isn't true, but here is one version of what mig...
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Jump for the Flag Pole
Dwayne PhillipsMike Knapp would gaze at the top of the flag pole that stood outside his 4th floor office. It didn't look far. Maybe he could leap out the window and grab it. That was just a daydr...
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The Before Building
Dwayne PhillipsA dust storm leads a wandering man to literally bump into a building. Pulled inside to save his life, the wanderer learns that this building has kept several hundred people alive f...
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What is Happening Down There
Dwayne PhillipsThomas and Karen were winter house sitters at 12,000 feet in the Montana mountains. Spring arrived, but not in the normal fashion. They found a stranger in the barn who was too sic...
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Cooking at the Picnic
Dwayne PhillipsTwo guys volunteer to cook hamburgers at the company picnic. They have opposite temperaments. Can they survive a picnic without grilling each other?
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Armed Robbery
Dwayne PhillipsBrian Hough was robbed at gun point. Well, not really at gun point, and not really robbed, but attempted robbery by a bandit who could not hear and from a store that didn't have an...
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The Human Test Lab
Dwayne PhillipsA student goes to The Human Test Laboratory for a parttime job. Maybe he will watch TV or use a couple of new products. He learns that he can make much more money by participating ...
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Time Frozen
Dwayne PhillipsFour people are in a coffee shop when time freezes for everything outside. One of the four seems to know what is happening and claims to have caused it.
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The Greedy Virus
Dwayne PhillipsPeople on the streets are acting crazy. Several observers and analysts at a think tank are tasked with discovering why and finding a solution. Can they do so before they too are in...
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Sometimes You Roll the Ball
Dwayne PhillipsTwo partners are struggling to expand their business. They hired three project managers, but these people just don't seem to "get it." A breakthrough comes from watching a group of...
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The Gifts of the Wishful Thinkers
Dwayne PhillipsNeal and Joyce were married and loved one another deeply. On this Saturday afternoon they each had prepared a special gift for their spouse. What could possibly go wrong?
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Garage Debt
Dwayne PhillipsKarl's wife has a few things for him to do on a Saturday. However, every time he tries to start a job, he faces a garage that is out of control.
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Visiting the Farm Home
Dwayne PhillipsSherri is taking her boyfriend Todd home to the farm to visit her parents. Todd is looking forward to a change of pace and some relaxation. He learns that Sherri's family has somet...
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The Last Public High School in America
Dwayne PhillipsAdam Hollis has taught public high school in America. He is giving final exams today with graduation set for tomorrow. After that, the last public high school in America will close...
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Biscuits
Dwayne PhillipsTony felt for the homeless people he saw outside the window of his Washington D.C. office. He wanted to help feed them and figured that would be easy. It wasn't as easy as he thoug...
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Quite a Name
Dwayne PhillipsGary Harrison's car breaks down in the small town of Riverside. People mumble his name and give him odd glances. Something happened in the town on Friday, December 5th, 1941.
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This Unending War
Dwayne PhillipsSomeone is crashing one IEDladen aircraft into the United States each month. No one claims credit or seeks negotiation.
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The Monument of Peace and Unity
Dwayne PhillipsDifferent people soldiers, thieves, princes, and children pass through a monument during 30 centuries. The monument remains and provides shelter, learning, and rest.
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Something about the American Dream
Dwayne PhillipsA case of mistaken identity leads two young men to assist a family in their pursuit of the American dream.
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Someone Pushed Down the Sky
Dwayne PhillipsAn old Soviet satellite is found in a pasture in Louisiana. No one knows why. This is only the beginning.
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Al-Qaeda
Dwayne PhillipsTwo bored engineering students from Mississippi take a year from college to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. They never make it. A chance meeting with a former student and a tall,...
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The Water Pistol Zombie Killers
Dwayne PhillipsTwo slackers wandering the woods of Louisiana and Mississippi six months after the Zombie discover an unbelievable way to make the undead really "dead dead." They rescue four young...
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On the Bench
Dwayne PhillipsGeorge is on vacation, at least he thought he was. Instead, he finds himself sitting alone on a bench at an outlet center while his wife is shopping. George is slowly going mad, un...
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Guitar Generations
Dwayne PhillipsA boy sees his family as highachievers all except himself. His grandfather and a guitar change that view and take him through his life in the blink of an eye.
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Uncle Bill
Dwayne PhillipsDavid is on break from his deadend job at the Dollar Store. A scruffy old man approaches him claiming to be his uncle who hasn't eaten in two days. David gives the old man his last...
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Too Much, Too Much, Just Enough
Dwayne PhillipsGilbert Manson has just signed a contract to write a novel. He will buy a new computer and move to a farm outside the city to write the novel. Too much, too much. The publisher, ho...
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Wondering How You were Doing
Dwayne PhillipsMike walks away from a good life to live on the streets with the homeless. He writes notes to his sister asking for items for the homeless and inspires others to give.
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Islands on the Interstate
Dwayne PhillipsThe government has abandoned the dangerous zones. The Interstate routes pass through those dangerous zones. The only entrance is through one of the islands on the interstate.
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A Three-Day Walk
Dwayne PhillipsHurricane Mabel has ravished a large region. People are trapped in either their suburban homes or on the roads with looters. Jack Clark has a plan to walk out of the stormdamaged r...
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Study Hall
Dwayne PhillipsAllen moved in from out of state. He is ahead of his grade in high school and bored to death. He has to sit in Study Hall everyday with a bunch of freshmen. One day, he does the fr...
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The Pecan Trees
Dwayne PhillipsBob Broussard has returned to southwest Louisiana a few years afternoon Hurricane Rita. Something is wrong the wrong people are working in the wrong businesses serving the wrong c...
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Off the Interstate
Dwayne PhillipsStephen sat on the curb of the main street of a small town off the Interstate. He lost his job and was dumped by his girlfriend. As he scratched the pavement with a Bic pen, two ve...
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The Sun is Still Sitting
Dwayne PhillipsMatt and Dave are floating down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon on a raft with four young women. Their only thoughts are survival and the thoughts of a place called Las...
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Short Stories in Rural Settings
Dwayne PhillipsAn anthology of eight short stories in rural settings. This anthology contains: Highway 340, Visiting the Farm Home, Esther's Grandfather, Off the Interstate, Quite a Name, The Old...
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The Car Hackers
Dwayne PhillipsIn the future, all motor vehicles drive themselves. You summon one, it comes to you, and you ride. Yawn. A few people want to have some fun. The people administering the system lea...
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Shed
Dwayne PhillipsThe life of a shed and the people who built and used it written by the shed.
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Suburban Blues
Dwayne PhillipsJay Palmer is a computer programmer who works 16 hours a day. Now he rediscovers his passion for playing the guitar. Will his passions kill him?
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A Chocolate Smuggler
Dwayne PhillipsAll Joel wants to do is buy ten chocolate bars. Joel, however, lives in the near future when sugary foods are sold only at governmentoperated stores to prevent people from becoming...
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Short Stories About Writing
Dwayne PhillipsSix short stories about writing and writers from Dwayne Phillips. This anthology includes: Will Write for Food, Predator and Prey, The Patron of the Arts, The Old Book, Too Much To...
