2021 NFL Draft prospect profile: Jaelan Phillips, EDGE, Miami

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At what point does talent and potential outweigh the risk that the player won’t be on the field? That’s the question NFL teams have to answer when it comes to EDGE Jaelan Phillips out of Miami.

Phillips originally enrolled at UCLA as the consensus top prospect in the nation. But he was forced to medically retire from football in his sophomore year after a slew of injuries his first two seasons. After enrolling at UCLA, Phillips suffered a wrist injury in a moped accident, sprained ankles (both left and right ankles), and most notably, a trio of concussions which…