Phil Wise - #27 - FS - Nebraska-Omaha - Profile

PRO: Started the final six games of the year at free safety and did an outsti3-nding job there ... also did some work at SS during the San Diego game .when Burgess Owens was slightly injured ... caused a fumble during that game when he put a jarring tackle on Bo Matthews ... Jamie Rivers made the recovery ... also had a sack of Joe Ferguson on a safety blitz ... one of the best all-around athletes on the team, but has been bothered with a series of groin pulls which have cost him 11 full games ... missed six games in '73 with a pull suffered in the pre-season ... had an 80-yard fumble return for a TD against Baltimore at Shea in '73 when he scooped up loose ball that Owens had knocked from Ray Chester ... drafted 6th in 1971.

PERSONAL: Single majored in criminal justice ... specialized in probation and parole problems ... Hometown: Omaha, Neb.

From 1975 Jets yearbook.