1975 Profile: Phil Wise

Free Safety
No. 27
Nebraska-Omaha
"Wise started the final six games of the year at free safety and did an outstanding job there. He also did some work at strong safety during the San Diego game when Burgess Owens was slightly injured. Wise caused a fumble during that game when he put a jarring tackle on Bo Matthews- Jamie Rivers made the recovery. He also had a sack of Joe Ferguson on a safety blitz.
Phil is 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; he missed six games in 1973 with a pull suffered in the preseason. Phil had an 80-yard fumble return for a touchdown against Baltimore at Shea in '73 when he scooped up a loose ball that Owens had knocked out of Ray Chester's hands.
Drafted 6th in 1971, Wise majored in criminal justice. He specialized in probation and parole problems. His hometown is Omaha, Nebraska."

-The New York Jets Official 1975 Yearbook