Biography
2024 Preseason All-CAA
2023: Named Third Team All-CAA…Finished fourth in the CAA with 98 total tackles, and earning all-conference honors for the second straight season…Posted double figure tackles five times over the season, including a career-high 19 against then-No. 4 William & Mary in the 2023 opener…Gathered 5.5 tackles for loss, including 1.5 sacks, forcing two fumbles…Led Campbell in total tackles for the second consecutive season…Added a pass breakup and four QB hurries…Played in all 11 Campbell games, making nine starts…Forced fumbles against Elon and Maine, combining for 18 tackles, with 2.5 TFL between the two games…Gathered a game-high 14 tackles, including a sack, at North Carolina…Tallied 10 tackles, including eight solos, in a CAA win at Monmouth…Made 10 stops with a sack in Campbell’s season finale win at North Carolina A&T…Also posted nine tackles at No. 15 North Carolina Central…2023 Preseason All-CAA honorable mention…2023 Phil Steele Preseason All-CAA third team…
2022: Named Second Team All-Big South…Also named to Phil Steele’s All-Big South second team…Posted 82 total tackles with 7.5 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, an interception, a forced fumble, one fumble recovery and two pass breakups on the year…Made eight starts over 10 games, missing one contest due to injury…A two-time Big South Defensive Player of the Week, first posting 11 tackles with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in a win over The Citadel, also earning honorable mention FCS defensive player of the week accolades...Again earned conference weekly honors after gathering 12 tackles with a TFL in a win over Charleston Southern...Ranked sixth in the Big South in total tackles…Tallied a career-high 16 tackles with 3.0 TFLs and a sack in a win at Delaware State…Notched an interception to go along with five tackles in a win over Robert Morris…Posted 10 or more tackles four times on the year…
2021: Named a Phil Steele Freshman All-American….Also a finalist for the Stats Perform Jerry Rice Award...Led all Big South freshmen with 56 tackles, adding 5.0 TFLs, a forced fumble, and an interception returned for a touchdown…Helped Campbell rank fourth in the FCS in turnovers gained (25) and defensive touchdowns (4)…Returned an interception for a touchdown in a win over Presbyterian, adding four tackles, including a stop for loss…Posted a season-high 11 tackles three times (vs. Monmouth, Kennesaw State, and James Madison)….Honorable mention Stats Perform FCS Defensive Player of the Week (10/25), posting 11 tackles and forcing a fumble, which was returned for a touchdown, against Kennesaw State….Tallied seven tackles, including 1.0 for loss at Charleston Southern…Added 1.0 TFL, part of 11 total stops at No. 3 James Madison…Registered a tackle in 10 of his 11 games…Played in all 11 CU games, making two starts at linebacker…
Prep/Personal: Named defensive player of the year for the Raiders…Also tabbed all-state and all-conference…Tallied 130 tackles as a junior, adding five sacks and two interceptions with three touchdowns…Posted 100 tackles as a sophomore with five sacks an interception and two touchdowns…Coached by Bryan Tillman…Full name is Gary Lamont Tillman, Jr. …Born February 24, 2003…Son of Gary and Crystal Tillman…Has one sibling, Sanajia…
