2018: Enjoyed the most productive season of his career, recording 30 tackles (19 solo), three forced fumbles and a career-high eight sacks…Added 10.5 tackles for loss and a pair of blocked kicks…Earned national recognition with a four-sack performance in a Week 5 win over No. 7 Stanford…Added a forced fumble against Stanford…Registered two sacks and a forced fumble in a season-opening win over No. 14 Michigan…Accolades: First-team Midseason All-America by Sporting News, The Athletic and Sports Illustrated…The Associated Press second-team Midseason All-America…Pro Football Focus College Team of the Week…Walter Camp Defensive Player of the Week…Bronco Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week…Reese’s Senior Bowl Senior of the Week.
2017: Part of a defense that didn’t allow 20 points until the ninth game of the season, the longest stretch to start the season in the Football Bowl Subdivision…Helped the Irish allow just four plays of 40-plus yards and one play of 50-plus, both good for the second-best in the FBS…Recorded 56 tackles (25 solo), nine tackles for loss, a team-high 4.5 sacks and a forced fumble…Posted a season-high seven tackles (four solo) and a sack at Boston College…Had six solo stops, including a career-best three tackles for loss, and a sack at Stanford…Accolades: Moose Krause Lineman of the Year.
2016: Appeared in all 12 games and started 11…Posted 37 tackles (17 solo) and three tackles for loss…Recorded a tackle in 10 contests…Registered a season-high nine tackles (five solo) and a tackle for loss at North Carolina State…Posted five tackles (four solo) and two tackles for loss against Michigan State.
2015: Played in 12 games and made three starts…Recorded 12 tackles (nine solo), two tackles for loss and a four-yard sack…In his collegiate debut against Texas, recorded his first career sack…Made a season-high four solo tackles with a tackle for loss at Clemson…Accolades: Notre Dame’s Defensive Newcomer of the Year.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named Shreveport Times All-City Defensive Player of the Year as a senior at Evangel Christian High in Shreveport, La. …Posted 93 tackles, 15 tackles for loss and seven sacks in his final prep campaign…Ranked as the No. 3 player on the New Orleans Times-Picayune Nifty 50 squad.
PERSONAL: Given name Jerry D. Tillery Jr. …Born in Shreveport, La. …Speaks Japanese and enjoys traveling…Completed two triathlons the summer before his senior campaign…In the summer of 2017, interned for the hedge fund Abbey Capital in Dublin, Ireland…Earned a degree in economics from Notre Dame.
2019 Selected by Los Angeles Chargers in the first round (28th overall) of NFL Draft, April 25…Signed rookie contract, June 11.
