Defensive line, Notre Dame, 2015–18
Jerry Tillery
- Number
- No. 99
- Height
- 6′6″
- Weight
- 299 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Shreveport, LA
- Born
- Oct 8, 1996, in Shreveport, Louisiana
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Jerry Tillery played defensive line at Notre Dame (2015–18). The Los Angeles Chargers took Tillery in the first round, No. 28 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
9tackles, career highat NC State, 20164sacks, career highvs. Stanford, 2018All-America: CBS Sports 2018; Sports Illustrated 2018
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Ast | Tot | TFL | Sacks | Int | Yds | TD | PD | FR | FF | |
| 2015 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 8.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Career | 70 | 63 | 133 | 23 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
From the college statistics table in Tillery’s Wikipedia article (Jerry Tillery, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Notre Dame | 99 | DL | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Notre Dame | 99 | DL | So. | ||
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 99 | DL | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 99 | DL | Sr. | 6′6″ | 299 |
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.
Game by game
2018 Notre Dame 11 games, 29 tackles, 8 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Michigan | W 24–17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Ball State | W 24–16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 22–17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | at Wake Forest | W 56–27 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Stanford | W 38–17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | at Virginia Tech | W 45–23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 19–14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | vs. Navy | W 44–22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | at Northwestern | W 31–21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Florida State | W 42–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | at USC | W 24–17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2017 Notre Dame 12 games, 53 tackles, 4.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Temple | W 49–16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Georgia | L 19–20 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at Boston College | W 49–20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Michigan State | W 38–18 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 52–17 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at North Carolina | W 33–10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs.USC | W 49–14 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. NC State | W 35–14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs.Wake Forest | W 48–37 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Navy | W 24–17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atStanford | L 20–38 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. LSU | W 21–17 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
2016 Notre Dame 11 games, 37 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at Texas | L 47–50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Nevada | W 39–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs.Michigan State | L 28–36 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Duke | L 35–38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Syracuse | W 50–33 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atNC State | L 3–10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Miami | W 30–27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Navy | L 27–28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Army | W 44–6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 31–34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atUSC | L 27–45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′6½″ |
| Weight | 295 lb |
| Arm length | 34¼″ |
| Hand size | 10⅝″ |
| Wingspan | 81″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.93 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.69 sW |
| Vertical jump | 32″ |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ |
| Bench press | 23 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.45 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.33 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 103 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Los Angeles Chargers | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Chargers | 16 | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Chargers | 16 | 46 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2022 | Las Vegas Raiders | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | Las Vegas Raiders | 15 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Kansas City Chiefs | 11 | 20 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Indianapolis Colts | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 103 | 192 | 15 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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