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2025 Football Roster

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13 Jaylon Tillman

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 215
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Plainfield, Ill.
  • Highschool Plainfield North

Biography

Awards:
  • Honorable Mention All-Lone Star Conference (WR) (2025)
2025 (Graduate Student):
Named Honorable Mention All-LSC... Started in all eight of his games played during the regular season after transferring from Bowling Green State University... Played in 11 games overall after making at least three receptions and adding one kick return in all three playoff games... Was the team's starting kick returner in all three playoff games... Tied for the team lead with eight touchdown receptions, was fourth on the team with 558 receiving yards, and was fifth with 35 receptions... Was tied for fourth on the team in scoring (48 points)... Had five kickoff returns for a team-best 93 yards, and averaged a team-high 18.6 yards per return... Averaged 15.94 yards per catch and 42.92 receiving yards per game... Was one of four Falcons' pass catchers with at least five receiving touchdowns and was one of five with over 500 receiving yards... Was tied for third in the LSC and tied for 30th in NCAA Division II in receiving touchdowns... Opened the scoring with a seven-yard touchdown at the end of the first quarter against Adams State (Sept. 6), his first touchdown of the year, and then ripped off a 70-yard touchdown, the eighth-longest reception in the LSC this season, to help put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter at Texas A&M-Kingsville (Sept. 20)... Led the Falcons with five receptions and a season-high 102 receiving yards while also scoring a touchdown for the third game in a row with a 42-yard score in the win over Midwestern State (Sept. 27)... Continued to rack up the long touchdowns with a 60-yard score in the win at Western New Mexico (Nov. 1), giving him two of the 11 longest receptions in the LSC this season... Finished the regular season with a two-touchdown performance vs. Sul Ross State (Nov. 15), UTPB's lone two-touchdown receiving performance of the regular season, and added a season-best two kick returns for 54 yards... Caught three passes for 45 yards, including a 28-yard touchdown catch, as No. 10-ranked UTPB earned its first playoff win in program history with a 37-24 victory at No. 4-ranked and No. 3-seeded Colorado State Pueblo (Nov. 22)... Made a season-high eight catches for 66 yards and had a 21-yard touchdown catch for what went down as both the go-ahead score and game-winning touchdown in overtime as No. 10 UTPB defeated No. 15 Western Colorado 21-15 in the second round of the playoffs (Nov. 29)... Added five more catches for 64 yards as No. 10 UTPB's historic season came to an end in the 2025 NCAA Division II Football Championship Super Region 4 Final with a 34-28 loss at No. 2 Harding (Dec. 6)... Totaled 16 catches for 175 yards and two touchdowns and added three kick returns for 39 yards during UTPB's three playoff games... With a receiving touchdown in the first two playoff games, Tillman had four touchdowns in three games and had his second three-game touchdown streak of the season... In addition, he finished the season with at least one catch in seven straight games, including at least three catches in each of the final five games.

Bowling Green (2023-2024):
Played in 16 games with five starts in two years at Bowlling Green State University (2023-2024)... 2024 | Senior: Appeared  four of BGSU's games with two starts before opting out of the season... Started in the season opener against Fordham and Old Dominion... Missed the Penn State and Texas A&M games with an injury... 2023 | Junior: Appeared in all of BGSU's games with three starts... Secured his first catch as a Falcon on a 35-yard touchdown reception from Connor Bazelak in the first quarter at Western Michigan... Took part in 276 plays, including 186 on offense.

Grand Valley State (2020-2022):
Played in 19 games at Grand Valley State University (2020-2022)... Earned Second-Team All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) honors in 2022 at Grand Valley and helped his team become the 2022 GLIAC Conference Champs... Helped GVS go 22-3 over the 2021 and 2022 seasons, losing to eventual NCAA DII national champion Ferris State in the second round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament and quarterfinal round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament... Accumulated 38 career receptions for 689 receiving yards and six touchdowns... Made 31 receptions for 568 receiving yards and four touchdowns in 2022, earning second-team All-GLIAC honors... Hauled in seven catches for 121 yards and two touchdowns in 2021... Caught first collegiate pass at Michigan Tech (9/25/21)... Pulled down three catches for 61 yards and first collegiate touchdown versus Northwood (10/9/21).

Plainfield North (HS):
Prepped at Plainfield North High School for head coach Anthony Imbardino... Two-time All-Conference (2018, 2019)... Caught 18 passes for 518 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior... Earned First-Team All-SPC honors as a senior... Named team's MVP as a senior... Averaged 28.7 yards per catch during his final prep season... Earned First-Team All-SPC honors as a junior.

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