Jerry Tillery
![]() Tillery in 2019 | |||||||||||
No. 99 – Los Angeles Chargers | |||||||||||
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Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Born: | Shreveport, Louisiana | October 8, 1996||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 295 lb (134 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Evangel Christian Academy (LA) | ||||||||||
College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2020 | |||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Jerry Tillery (born October 8, 1996) is an American football defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame.
Early years
Tillery attended Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana. As a senior he had 93 tackles and seven sacks. He committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football.[1]
College career
Tillery was originally going to play offensive tackle as a freshman at Notre Dame in 2015, but it was later decided he would play defensive tackle.[2][3] That season, he played in 12 games with three starts and recorded 12 tackles and a sack.[4] As a sophomore in 2016, he started 11 of 12 games, recording 37 tackles. As a junior in 2017, Tillery started all 13 games, finishing the season with 56 tackles and 4.5 sacks.[5] He returned to Notre Dame for his senior year in 2018.[6][7]
Year | Class | Position | GP | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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Solo | Ast | Total | Loss | Sack | Int | Yards | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yards | TD | FF | ||||
2015 | Freshmen | DL | 6 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | Sophomore | DL | 11 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | Junior | DL | 13 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | Senior | DL | 12 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Professional career
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | Wonderlic |
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6 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1.99 m) |
295 lb (134 kg) |
34+1⁄4 in (0.87 m) |
10+5⁄8 in (0.27 m) |
4.93 s | 1.69 s | 2.88 s | 4.33 s | 7.45 s | 32 in (0.81 m) |
9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) |
23 reps | 31 |
All values are from the NFL Combine[8][9] |
Tillery was drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers 28th overall in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft.[10]
In Week 9 of the 2020 season against the Las Vegas Raiders, Tillery recorded a strip sack on Derek Carr that he also recovered during the 27–25 loss. This was Tillery’s first forced fumble and fumble recovery in the NFL.[11]
References
- ^ "Jerry Tillery affirms commitment to Notre Dame, shuts down recruitment".
- ^ "Evangel's Jerry Tillery set to switch to defensive tackle at Notre Dame".
- ^ "Notre Dame coach: Jerry Tillery far and away the story".
- ^ "Why Jerry Tillery is Notre Dame football's most interesting player".
- ^ Tribune, Tom Noie South Bend. "Noie: Having lived and learned, Notre Dame DT Jerry Tillery ready to be better".
- ^ "Travels and tribulations have shaped Irish DL Jerry Tillery". 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Tillery an explosive part of Irish 'D' - Notre Dame - Journal Gazette". www.journalgazette.net.
- ^ https://thespun.com/college-football/the-wonderlic-scores-for-nfl-drafts-top-prospects-have-leaked
- ^ http://www.draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1002842&DraftYear=2019
- ^ Miller, Jeff. "Chargers take Notre Dame DT Jerry Tillery with 28th pick in NFL draft". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers - November 8th, 2020". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Sports Reference (college)
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish bio
- Jerry Tillery on X