Player Dossier

2014-2018

East Carolina

Ray Tillman

LB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Lithonia, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ray Tillman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

79

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

59

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · East Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
East Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

Ray Tillman built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Lithonia, GA wearing No. 21, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Ray Tillman's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.82

Miller Grove · Lithonia, GA

Committed To
East Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Ray Tillman, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · East Carolina. Ray Tillman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
77
TFL
6
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Ray Tillman quick answers

Latest team and position
East Carolina · LB
Career Tackles
77
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · East Carolina
Top game
UConn
Recruit profile
3-star · Miller Grove · East Carolina
High school pipeline
Miller Grove · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
40 tackles · LB 367th (top 32%) · American Athletic 104th (top 19%) · National 965th (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonEast Carolina00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonEast Carolina00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonEast Carolina526-0-1016.2
2017 Regular SeasonEast Carolina211-0--051.7
2018 Regular SeasonEast Carolina84061.51-054.6

Related Context

Ray Tillman played LB for East Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ray Tillman recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with East Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

East Carolina paired 8.5 primary output with 31.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 31.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · East Carolina

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

31.5

Usage

6.6

Consistency

32.4

Best Game by takeover score

UConn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina A&T: 0. Old Dominion: 1. Temple: 0. Houston: 3. UCF: 0. Memphis: 0. Tulane: 1. UConn: 3.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina A&T: 3 by 12.5. Old Dominion: 5 by 30.8. Temple: 7 by 29.2. Houston: 4 by 46.7. UCF: 2 by 8.3. Memphis: 5 by 20.8. Tulane: 4 by 26.7. UConn: 10 by 76.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.3 · Games = 2 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · -1.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

76.7 vs UConn

Result
Sun 11/18vs UConn10+ tackles · Splash gameW 55-2110530.500
Sat 11/10@ TulaneL 18-2443100
Sat 11/3vs MemphisL 41-5952000
Sat 10/20vs UCFL 10-3722000
Sat 10/13vs HoustonSplash gameL 20-4244110
Sat 10/6@ TempleL 6-4973000
Sat 9/29vs Old DominionW 37-3553100
Sun 9/2vs North Carolina A&TL 23-2831000

Player Story

Ray Tillman story

Ray Tillman built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Lithonia, GA wearing No. 21, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Ray Tillman's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Ray Tillman's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    East Carolina

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonEast Carolina0
2015 Regular SeasonEast Carolina00
2016 Regular SeasonEast Carolina118.73.31
2017 Regular SeasonEast Carolina022.93.9-1
2018 Regular SeasonEast Carolina8.531.56.68.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UConn

Week 12 · W 55-21 · Conference game

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

92.2 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Houston

Week 7 · L 20-42 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Navy

Week 12 · L 31-66 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

45 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

#4

@ Tulane

Week 11 · L 18-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

39.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.8 takeover score.

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vs UCF

Week 5 · L 29-47 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · East Carolina

8.5 primary output · 31.5 efficiency · 6.6 usage

54.6

#2

2017 Regular Season · East Carolina

51.7

0 primary · 22.9 efficiency · 3.9 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · East Carolina

16.2

1 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games