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A big target at 6-foot-3 with an even larger performance ceiling, while Tillman won’t draw a spotlight that USC’s Jordan Addison, SMU’s Rashee Rice, or TCU’s Quentin Johnston will, he can flat-out get after it on the perimeter. There isn’t much he can’t do as a target hog within head coach Josh Heupel’s offense, as his imposing frame allows him to overpower smaller corners.
In a year that hasn’t gone to plan after suffering a knee injury against Akron, the onus fell on Tillman to produce even larger numbers than last fall. In the weeks in which he has played, he has showcased an athlete capable of producing at the sport’s highest level. The tape is there, the frame and athletic ability are there—heck, playing in the SEC helps as well.
This is about as good as it gets at the college level—and who better to do it against than Alabama? A simple nine-route to the boundary in a 2×2 set, the throw from Hooker isto Tillman some 42 yards downfield. Although defensive back DeMarcco Hellams did well to make up the gap created by the Volunteers wideout at the onset of the route, Hooker placed the ball in a spot only his wideout could make a play.
Opening up your inside hip to locate the football while falling back isn’t your run-of-the-mill reception, and Tillman makes it look so darn easy here, snatching the football out of the air. The play, although it fell into the shadows in a 52-24 Volunteers loss to the Crimson Tide last year, was a culmination of both Tillman’s explosive playmaking ability and Hooker’s easy gas under center.
A wiry product at a tick over 180 pounds, he’s reminded some of Will Fuller during his time at Notre due to their get-up-and-go. A fluid route-runner whose long, gliding strides—like Fuller—allow him to eat up ground and manipulate coverage at his discretion, he’s made it look too easy this fall. No wonder Hyatt is a Biletnikoff award semifinalist.
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