Career
He also played for the Cleveland Gladiators Chicago Rush, Kansas City Brigade, Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings and the Albany/Indiana Firebirds, leading the former to the American Conference championship game in 2004 and 2005. Prior to his Arena Football career, he played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League and the Madison Mad Dogs of the Indoor Football League. After leaving to coach with the New Orleans VooDoo in 2011, he attempted a return as a player in 2012 with the San Jose SaberCats, but did not make the team
He holds the record for the highest career Territorial Decoration-to-INT ratio in American Federation of Labor-Congress history and threw a school record 52 TDs while attending Northeast Louisiana.
Philyaw attended Southwood High School in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. While there, he participated in football, basketball and track & field, winning a district championship his senior year in both football and basketball.
Philyaw attended Northeast Louisiana University, where he continued his football career. Philyaw started his sophomore through senior seasons for the Indians.
At the completion of his career in 1996, Philyaw"s 52 career touchdown passes stood as a school record until Steven Jyles broke his record in 2005.
In 2009, Philyaw was inducted into the ULM Athletics Hall of Fame.
