UL Monroe · W 62-13
No tackles.
Minnesota · W 38-13
No tackles.
South Carolina · W 41-34
No tackles.
Alabama · L 23-56
No tackles.
LSU · L 0-31
No tackles.
Tillman has tackles in 3 of Mississippi State’s 8 games: none in the other 5.
Mississippi State is 4-4.
Played for two head coaches at Mississippi State: Greg Knox and Jeff Lebby. On tape: 6 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Texas, Week 9, 2026.
13 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mississippi State | 13 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 47 | 15 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 30 | 17 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 95 | 38 | 9.0 | 5.5 | 3 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 9): 6 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 31-24vs No. 19 Missouri | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 15-23vs Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-31@ No. 11 Texas | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Oct. 31 · L 3-31 at Texas, play by play
6 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 sack, tied for 8th-most tackles for loss in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 8-yard loss. Third quarter, down 17-0.
Against his own season: his best backfield disruption game of the season so far.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 3 games with play by play.
How Mississippi State’s defense played that day
Texas’s 11 drives: 7 stopped (1 takeaway) · 4 scored. While the game was within a score they held 2 of 4.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Ratings of the games shown run from +10 to +20 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 6.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Pass share
45.5%
250 pass / 299 run
Plays / game
68.6
8 games
Team sack rate
10.3%
301 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #47 of 76 SEC LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,304 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the SEC.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 28 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Zach Arnett → Jeff Lebby. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
