Tillery with Los Angeles Chargers in 2021 | |||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
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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 (2015–2018) | ||||||||||
Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 7, 2022 | |||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Jerry Tillery (born October 8, 1996) is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football at Notre Dame.
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]
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 | |||||||||||||||||
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Season | Class | Pos | GP | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
Solo | Ast | Cmb | TfL | Sck | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF | ||||
2015 | FR | DL | 6 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | SO | DL | 11 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | JR | DL | 13 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | SR | DL | 12 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Career | 43 | 60 | 63 | 123 | 23 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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]
The Chargers declined the fifth-year option on Tillery's contract on May 2, 2022, making him a free agent after the season.[12] Tillery was waived on November 10, 2022.[13]