Andru Phillips hates to lose.
“It’s almost a sickness” for the New York Giants third-round pick, says Vince Marrow, associate head coach and NFL liaison at Kentucky, where Phillips starred at cornerback.
Marrow, who played two years of college basketball before turning his attention full-time to football and bouncing between NFL practice squads, the World League of American Football and the XFL after being a 1992 11th round (yes, 11th round) pick by the Buffalo Bills told a story to illustrate the point.
“We played ‘PIG’. You’ve probably heard of ‘knockout’ and PIG.