Three-hundred-and-sixty-five days ago, Kalvin Phillips had not yet made his Premier League debut.
For an English player aged 24 years and 258 days old with a raft of league experience, representing one of the country's best-supported clubs - that was quite unusual.
So was the fact that two days later, Phillips would make his England bow, despite never having made a top flight appearance in his career.
But that was - and still is - Kalvin Phillips: an unusual player.
Immensely gifted, refreshingly humble, shy on occasion but ferocious in his duty, Phillips had sufficiently impressed England boss Gareth Southgate for him to hand the distinctly-groomed Leeds midfielder a Three Lions debut.
As it happened, the then 24-year-old would make that long-awaited Premier League bow some days later as Leeds United kicked off their 2020/21 campaign away to Liverpool.
In two days' time, Phillips may well make a 17th senior appearance for his country, exactly a year on from his debut against Denmark last September.
Then, at the end of this week, Phillips will line up once again for his boyhood club in the Premier League, as luck would have it against Liverpool.
Twelve months can be a long time in football, but during that period, the 25-year-old midfield conductor has featured 16 times for his country, and on 34 occasions for club.
In 50 appearances, Phillips has become a household Premier League name and England regular, struck up a telepathic partnership with one of England's best and brightest young midfielders and won the affections of a nation whose supporters had doubted his ability right up until this past summer.
In that time, he has played an integral role in his country's run to a major men's competition final - a first in 55 years, as well as securing a top half Premier League finish at club level, all while battling the personal cost of losing loved ones amidst a global pandemic.
All things considered, last week's England Player of the Year award could only have been presented to one individual, really.
So, naturally it was a little odd to see an England without Kalvin Phillips against Andorra last weekend, rested ahead of a more competitive fixtures versus Poland.
He has become part of the furniture at St George's Park and Wembley Stadium.
The Kalvin Phillips hairdo is now synonymous with the English national team, which not only speaks volumes for Leeds United, but equality, representation and a meritocracy alive and well among the loftiest circles of professional football.
Equally, Phillips has been vocal in his support for the fight against racism, discrimination and inequality in all forms, an unofficial ambassador for change.
He has not cowered, dodged dicey questions or allowed his moral compass to waver, not one bit.
And throughout, he has continued to beam from ear to ear.
Football supporters demand nothing less than one-hundred per-cent effort and for those representing their teams to play with a smile on their face.
For club and country, Kalvin Phillips has been recognised as fulfilling both briefs more capably than any other over the past 365 days.
He's almost certain to continue in the same vein.
