Senior linebacker for Texas Tech. 2025: 8 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′5″ · 235 lb · Mansfield, TX
The numbers
tackles · 2025
2 TFL · 1 sacks
Best game: 1 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks, vs Kansas
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Texas Tech. 2025: 8 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Terrell Tilmon
Terrell Tilmon has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against UCF, Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Wells → Joey McGuire. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (92nd percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 8 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 9 | 6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Oregon | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 27 | 17 | 6.5 | 5.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 34–10
at Utah
2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL
Dominant 24-point win on the road against Utah.
With W. Hammond — 169 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.3 · 61 rush yds (8 car) · J. Burgess — 41 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 54 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 62-14vs Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-14vs Oregon State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-10@ Utah | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 42-17vs Kansas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 22-26@ Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-0vs Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-9vs UCF | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 0-23vs Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
8 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
2026 Outlook
Texas Tech
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Texas Tech
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas Tech · Last season: 12-2 (AP #4) · Talent rank #29 · 2026 recruiting class #18