#99

Jerry Tillery

Former defensive lineman at Notre Dame. 2018: 8 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · Notre Dame · Sr. · #99

6′6″ · 299 lb · Shreveport, LA

Los Angeles — drafted 2019, Rd 1, Pick 28, #28 overall

Recruiting

4★

OT recruit

No. 156 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

Statement game6 tackles · 4 TFL · 4 sacksvs Stanford (FBS) · W 38-17

Top 0.1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Notre Dame. 2018: 8 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2015.
Drafted round 1 by the Los Angeles in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Notre Dame, 12 sacks — drafted at #28 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of Evangel Christian Academy

2019

Drafted by Los Angelesround 1, pick 28

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#156 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #28

Los Angeles · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 8th NFL season

#28Rd 1 · Pick 28

Los AngelesEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 26-12 over that span.

2016Notre Dame4-8HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2017Notre Dame10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Run-heavy

2018Notre Dame12-1HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (95th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#37 / 2662 · 98th pct

8.0

QB hurries#103 / 2662 · 95th pct

Tackles for loss#176 / 2662 · 93rd pct

9.5

Solo tackles#1264 / 2662 · 51st pct

Tackles#1401 / 2662 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	1.2	1.2	0.0
Road5g	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	1.1	1.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Notre Dame	29	18	9.5	8.0	--	--	--
2017	Notre Dame	53	23	9.0	4.5	--	--	--
2016	Notre Dame	37	19	3.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		119	60	22.0	12.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 24–17

vs Michigan

2 TFL · 4 TOT · 3 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With T. Newsome — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG · B. Wimbush — 170 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 59 rush yds (19 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week