Cedric Tillman with the Cleveland Browns, 2025
With the Cleveland Browns, 2025. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Tennessee, 2018–⁠22

Cedric Tillman

Number
No. 4
Height
6′3″
Weight
215 lb
Class (2022)
Senior
Hometown
Las Vegas, NV
Born
Apr 19, 2000

Cedric Tillman played receiver at Tennessee (2018–⁠22). The Cleveland Browns took Tillman in round 3, No. 74 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,081
Receiving yards, 2021 (Tennessee, 7–⁠6)
Best game
200 yards
Vs. Georgia, week 11, 2021: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 8
In FBS in receiving touchdowns, 2021
Drafted
No. 74
Round 3, 2023 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Career highs

10catches, career highvs. Georgia, 2021200receiving yards, career highvs. Georgia, 20213receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Purdue, 2021

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2018Tennessee1−3−3.000
2019Tennessee46015.0128
2020Tennessee36722.3146
2021Tennessee641,08116.91270
2022Tennessee3741711.3361
Career1091,62214.91770

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Tennessee4WRYr 1
2019Tennessee4WRYr 2
2020Tennessee4WRYr 3
2021Tennessee4WRYr 4
2022Tennessee4WRSr. (Yr 5)6′3″215

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2018Tennessee1-1.14––-1.1–
2019Tennessee51.55––7.8–
2020Tennessee50.80––4.0–
2021Tennessee841.0993rd (n=410)0.6791.610%
2022Tennessee560.5126th (n=683)0.7128.812%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2022 Tennessee 6 games, 37 catches, 417 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.Ball StateW 59–⁠10668018
Sep 10atPittsburghW 34–⁠279162161
Sep 17vs.AkronW 63–⁠621608
Oct 29vs.KentuckyW 44–⁠642208
Nov 5atGeorgiaL 13–⁠27768017
Nov 19atSouth CarolinaL 38–⁠63981221
2021 Tennessee 12 games, 64 catches, 1,081 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 2vs.Bowling GreenW 38–⁠6248140
Sep 11vs.PittsburghL 34–⁠41120020
Sep 25atFloridaL 14–⁠3831005
Oct 2atMissouriW 62–⁠24473129
Oct 9vs.South CarolinaW 45–⁠20659020
Oct 16vs.Ole MissL 26–⁠31784126
Oct 23atAlabamaL 24–⁠527152170
Nov 6atKentuckyW 45–⁠42679137
Nov 13vs.GeorgiaL 17–⁠4110200153
Nov 20vs.South AlabamaW 60–⁠145100143
Nov 27vs.VanderbiltW 45–⁠216106246
Dec 30 ✦vs.PurdueL 45–⁠487150361
2020 Tennessee 2 games, 3 catches, 67 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Oct 10atGeorgiaL 21–⁠441606
Dec 19vs.Texas A&ML 13–⁠34261146
2019 Tennessee 3 games, 4 catches, 60 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.Georgia StateL 30–⁠381303
Sep 14vs.ChattanoogaW 45–⁠0238128
Oct 26vs.South CarolinaW 41–⁠21119019
2018 Tennessee 1 game, 1 catch, −3 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.West VirginiaL 14–⁠401−300

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2023Combine or pro day 2023
Height6′3⅜″
Weight213 lb
Arm length32¾″
Hand size10″
Wingspan79¼″W
40-yard dash4.54 s
10-yard split1.53 s
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′8″
3-cone drill7.32 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 32 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2023Cleveland Browns11212240
2024Cleveland Browns9293393
2025Cleveland Browns12212702
NFL career32718335

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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