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Jersey Number 12
Cade Phillips
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 212
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Ala.
- High School:
- Link Academy (Mo.)
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Points: 15 // vs. South Carolina, 3/8/25
- Rebounds: 9 // vs. Austin Peay, 11/17/24
- Assists: 3 // vs. Western Carolina, 12/17/24
- Steals: 1 (9x) // last at Texas A&M, 2/22/25
- Blocks: 5 // vs. Norfolk State, 12/31/24
- Field Goals: 6 (2x) // last vs. South Carolina, 3/8/25
- Field-Goal Attempts: 8 (2x) // last vs. South Carolina, 3/8/25
- 3-Pointers: -- // --
- 3-Point Attempts: 1 // vs. Florida, 2/1/25
- Free Throws: 6 // vs. Wofford (N), 3/20/25
- Free-Throw Attempts: 8 // vs. Wofford (N), 3/20/25
- Minutes: 28:06 // vs. Florida, 2/1/25
HONORS
- 2024-25 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025-26 - JUNIOR
- Appointed Tennessee's representative on the SEC Men's Basketball Leadership Council.
2024-25 - SOPHOMORE
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- One of five players on the roster to see action in all 38 games and set a program single-season record, competing in a reserve role in each of them.
- Averaged 4.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 0.9 blocks and 0.6 assists in 15.0 minutes per game, while shooting 63.0 percent (68-of-108) from the floor.
- Led the team in field-goal percentage (min. 10 FGA), plus ranked second in blocks and dunks (37), third in offensive rebounding (1.7) and fifth in rebounding.
- Placed No. 57 nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (14.3) among players with at least 300 total minutes of action and No. 41 among those with 500-plus minutes.
- First—alone or with a teammate—Volunteer off the bench in 25 contests, second-most on the team.
- Led or co-led the team in blocks nine times, second-most on the roster, and in rebounds twice.
- Scored seven-plus points nine times, reaching double figures in six appearances and 15 once.
- Grabbed at least five rebounds in 12 outings, with nine of them in non-conference play (including three of four NCAA Tournament games), and had seven-plus twice.
- Blocked multiple shots on seven occasions, including four times in SEC play, with three-plus thrice and five once, plus had multiple assists six times, with three twice.
- Made at least five field goals four times, with six twice, and twice hit at least five free throws.
- Logged the highest single-game block total (five) by a Volunteer, tying for the third-best mark in the SEC, plus tied for the top single-game dunk mark (five) on the team.
- Totaled five points, six rebounds, two assists and one block in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 triumph versus UCLA (3/22/25).
- Put up six points and five rebounds in the NCAA Tournament Round of 64 victory over Wofford (3/20/25), shooting 6-of-8 from the line to set career highs in both makes and attempts.
- Pulled down six rebounds, including a career-high-tying five on the offensive end, in his SEC Tournament debut, a victory against Texas (3/14/25).
- Amassed a career-high 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting, tying a career best in makes, in the regular season finale versus South Carolina (3/8/25), posting a career-best five dunks and a adding a game-leading three blocks.
- Notched five points, three rebounds and a 3-of-4 free-throw clip at No. 15/18 Kentucky (2/11/25).
- Played a career-high 28 minutes and put up seven points on 3-of-5 shooting, three rebounds (all offensive) and a game-best three blocks in the triumph over No. 5/6 Florida (2/1/25).
- Logged 10 points on a 5-of-6 field-goal clip in the victory over No. 23 Georgia (1/15/25), adding four rebounds and a career-high-tying three assists.
- Registered 10 points and a career-high five blocks, the latter the first such performance by a Volunteer in 2024-25, versus Norfolk State (12/31/24).
- Stuffed the stat sheet with five points, seven rebounds, a career-high three assists and one steal versus Western Carolina (12/17/24).
- Scored nine points, all in the second half, against Miami (12/10/24) in the Jimmy V Classic, throwing down two alley-oop dunks and going 5-of-6 at the line to set then-career highs in both makes and attempts.
- Made his first five shots and finished with 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting, setting a then-career high in makes, in the win versus Syracuse (12/3/24), adding six rebounds, two assists and two blocks, with the assist mark tying a career best.
- Finished with six points, six rebounds and two blocked shots versus UT Martin (11/27/24).
- Posted 11 points on a perfect 4-of-4 field-goal clip in the triumph against No. 13/14 Baylor (11/2/24) in the Baha Mar Championship final, throwing down three dunks.
- Totaled 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting and pulled down a co-game-high nine rebounds versus Austin Peay (11/17/24), setting at least then-career bests in each category.
- Recorded six points on a perfect 3-of-3 field-goal clip in the win at Louisville (11/9/24), plus grabbed a then-career-high six rebounds in a career-best 21 minutes.
- Set then-career highs in minutes (20), points (seven) and made field goals (three), adding a then-career high four rebounds in the season-opening triumph against Gardner-Webb (11/4/24), plus tied his then-top tally in assists (two).
2023-24 - FRESHMAN
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- Played in 13 contests, including nine of the first 13, and finished with 18 rebounds in 78 minutes on the floor.
- Shot 8-of-9 (88.9 percent) from the free-throw line and went 2-of-3 (66.7 percent) from the field, with both makes coming via dunks.
- Pulled down multiple rebounds in five appearances and blocked a shot in four.
- Placed third on the team with four "One Fly, We All Fly" pregame dunks.
- Finished with two points, a then-career-high-tying three rebounds and a then-career-best two assists in 10 minutes of action against Vanderbilt (2/17/24).
- Scored four points on a perfect 4-of-4 free-throw tally in the win over George Mason (12/5/23).
- Made his official Tennessee debut in the season-opening victory against Tennessee Tech (11/6/23).
HIGH SCHOOL
- Tabbed as four-star recruit by ESPN, as well as a four-star prospect by 247Sports, On3 and Rivals.
- Finished No. 144 in the 247Sports Composite rankings, as well as No. 148 on the On3 Consensus list, the latter good for first among Alabamians and No. 20 at the center position.
- Spent the final year of his prep career at Link Academy, where he played alongside eventual Tennessee teammates Cameron Carr and Ben Linnemeyer.
- Averaged 10.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, helping the team go 27-1, win the GEICO Nationals championship and finish No. 1 in both the ESPN and MaxPreps national rankings.
- Attended Jacksonville High School during his junior campaign, averaging 13.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game, while shooting 57.0 percent from the floor.
- Totaled 109 blocked shots in 24 games as a junior, including 11 in the regional final, en route to ASWA 4A All-State recognition.
- Previously attended Westbrook Christian School in Rainbow City, Ala., where he played varsity basketball from eighth grade through his sophomore year, averaging 19.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game during his last year there.
- Played football his first two years of high school, earning all-state honorable mention as a linebacker during his sophomore campaign and collecting multiple scholarship offers.
- Competed with The Skills Factory on the Nike AAU circuit.
- In addition to Carr and Linnemeyer, played with Elliot Cadeau (Michigan/North Carolina), Corey Chest (Ole Miss/LSU), Ryan Forrest (North Carolina A&T/Northwestern State), Jacolb Fredson-Cole (McNeese State/Oklahoma), Tyler McKinley (Cincinnati) and Ja’Kobe Walter (Toronto Raptors/Baylor), among others, at Link.
- Country music artist Riley Green and 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg also attended Jacksonville High School.
PERSONAL
- Full name is John Caden Phillips, but goes by Cade.
- Born Aug. 16, 2004, in Birmingham, Ala.
- Parents are John David Phillips, who works in the steel industry, and Reagan Phillips, who has her own psychology clinic.
- Father played quarterback and defensive back at Alabama, appearing in 17 games from 1996-98, with Tennessee finishing second in his recruitment.
- Mother, then Reagan Croyle, played basketball from 1996-99 at Alabama, where she was also the homecoming queen.
- Has two younger brothers, Will and Gibbs.
- Grew up on Big Oak Ranch, a large Christian home for children run by members of his family, in both Springville, Ala., and Southside, Ala.
- Grandfather, John Croyle, was an All-American defensive lineman under Paul “Bear” Bryant at Alabama.
- Uncle, Brodie Croyle, played quarterback at Alabama and was a 2006 NFL Draft third-round pick of the Kansas City Chiefs, for whom he competed with for five years.
- Majoring in finance.
- Interests outside of basketball include camping with teammates and adventure activities such as cliff jumping and rock climbing.
- Favorite athlete is his father.
- Best sports memory is winning the GEICO Nationals title during his senior year of high school.
- Committed to Tennessee over Alabama, Auburn, Clemson and Georgia.
- Chose Tennessee because he loved the people, in particular Rick Barnes, Gregg Polinsky and team chaplain Chris Walker.
- Owns a 7-2 wingspan, a standing reach of just under 9-0 and a max trap bar deadlift (565 pounds) of 2.62 times his body weight, plus added 12.5 pounds and upped his standing vertical jump by 2.63 inches between arriving on campus and starting his freshman season.
- Recipient of the Richard & Melba Jackson Athletic Scholarship Endowment.
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