Phil Lutz
WR, Delaware

Ht:  6’0”
Wt: 200 lbs.
College: Delaware
Jersey #: 13
Hometown: North Caldwell, NJ
Born: June 20, 2001

Scouting Report:Sure-handed receiver…Good short area quickness and route runner…Sneaky fast…Strong work ethic, high character, football intelligence and competitive toughness.

Highlights

Career Summary

2024 (DELAWARE): Earned his first All-CAA honors (Third Team) after a breakout 2024 season…Led the Blue Hens with 45 receptions for 863 yards and 11 touchdowns…Tied for the second-most receiving touchdown in a single season in Delaware history…Ranked third in the CAA and sixth nationally in touchdown receptions…The 863 receiving yards were most in a Delaware season since 2013…His 19.2 yards per catch ranked second in the CAA and 10th nationally. 

2023 ( DELAWARE): Appeared in all 13 games, making two starts…Caught 14 passes for 208 yards and a TD…Had four catches for 56 yards and a TD against Duquesne (10/7)…Had three catches for 57 yards at Hampton (10/21)…Earned Honors on the Fall CAA Football Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll. 

2022 (TUFTS): Started in all nine games as number one receiver…AFCA Second Team All American…D3football.com First Team All Region…D3football.com Region 1 Offensive Player of the Year…D3football.com Third Team All American…New England Football Writers All-New England DII-DIII Team…Selected All-NESCAC First Team…NESCAC Offensive Player of the Year…Named NESCAC Player of the week on November 14…Selected to D3Football Team of the Week for performance against Middlebury…Had six touchdown catches on 10 receptions for 237 yards to break the single game record in program history…Finished the year with 78 receptions for 1,221 yards and 14 touchdowns while averaging 15.7 yards per catch…14 touchdowns were both first in the NESCAC as well as fourth in the nation…Ranked second in the nation for receiving yards…Broke his own single season school records for receptions and receiving yards…Led the NESCAC in receiving yards, receptions, receiving touchdowns, receptions per game and yards per game.

2021 (TUFTS): Named to the D3football.com All-Region team…Selected All-NESCAC First Team…Broke Tufts records with 74 receptions and 1,047 yards, leading the NESCAC in both categories and becoming Tufts’ first-ever 1,000-yard receiver…Ranked fifth nationally with 8.2 receptions per game and seventh with 116.3 receiving yards per game…Finished with 17 catches for 182 yards against Colby, the second-most receptions in a game in team history…Had 44 receptions (11 per game) for 503 yards (125.8 per game) during team’s four-game winning streak to close out the season…Had nine catches for 194 yards against Wesleyan, including a 61-yard touchdown…Made three receptions for 104 yards and a 47-yard touchdown against Williams…Had seven catches for 118 yards at Amherst. 

2020 (TUFTS): Season canceled due to COVID-19 

2019 (TUFTS): Made Tufts’ 75-man roster as a freshman. 

Bio: Helped lead West Essex High School to consecutive state championships (2017-18) … Combined for 50 receptions, 1,014 receiving yards and eight touchdowns over junior and senior seasons … Holds the West Essex records for receiving yards in a season (795) and receptions in a season (41) … Earned all-conference first team, all-county first team and all-state honorable mention honors … Also played lacrosse.