Last confirmed: East Carolina, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 215 lb · Lithonia, GA · Miller Grove
Ray Tillman: LB · East Carolina · #21.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ray Tillman
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the East Carolina linebacker corps. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against UConn — Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | East Carolina | 40 | 23 | 6.0 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2017 | East Carolina | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2016 | East Carolina | 26 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 77 | 45 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 23-28vs North Carolina A&T | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-35vs Old Dominion | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 6-49@ Temple | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-42vs Houston | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-37vs No. 10 UCF | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 41-59vs Memphis | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 18-24@ Tulane | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-21vs UConn | 10 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Total | 40 | 23 | 6.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Week 12 · 2018
W 55-21
vs UConn
0.5 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 10 tackles
Dominant 34-point win at home against UConn.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
15%6 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups40 tackles · 6 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Scottie Montgomery, all pass-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 9-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery
Pass share
56.8%
561 pass / 426 run
Plays / game
82.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
598 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at East Carolina, 77 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ruffin McNeill → Scottie Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
