Jerry Tillery

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.

Jerry Tillery
Tillery in 2019
No. 99 – Los Angeles Chargers
Position:Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1996-10-08) October 8, 1996
Shreveport, Louisiana
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
Roster status:Active
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2020
Total tackles:47
Sacks:5.0
Forced fumbles:2
Fumble recoveries:1
Pass deflections:2
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

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]

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Year Class Position GP Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
SoloAstTotalLossSackIntYardsAvgTDPDFRYardsTDFF
2015FreshmenDL 693122.01.0000.0000000
2016SophomoreDL 111918373.50.0000.0000000
2017JuniorDL 132531569.04.5000.0000001
2018SeniorDL 121711288.57.0000.0000002

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand size40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard split20-yard shuttleThree-cone drillVertical jumpBroad jumpBench pressWonderlic
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 s1.69 s2.88 s4.33 s7.45 s32 in
(0.81 m)		9 ft 7 in
(2.92 m)		23 reps31
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
  1. "Jerry Tillery affirms commitment to Notre Dame, shuts down recruitment".
  2. "Evangel's Jerry Tillery set to switch to defensive tackle at Notre Dame".
  3. "Notre Dame coach: Jerry Tillery far and away the story".
  4. "Why Jerry Tillery is Notre Dame football's most interesting player".
  5. Tribune, Tom Noie South Bend. "Noie: Having lived and learned, Notre Dame DT Jerry Tillery ready to be better".
  6. "Travels and tribulations have shaped Irish DL Jerry Tillery". 4 October 2018.
  7. "Tillery an explosive part of Irish 'D' - Notre Dame - Journal Gazette". www.journalgazette.net.
  8. https://thespun.com/college-football/the-wonderlic-scores-for-nfl-drafts-top-prospects-have-leaked
  9. http://www.draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1002842&DraftYear=2019
  10. Miller, Jeff. "Chargers take Notre Dame DT Jerry Tillery with 28th pick in NFL draft". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  11. "Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers - November 8th, 2020". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
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