Lewis Tillman (American football)

Lewis Tillman

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Personal information

Born:

April 16, 1966 (age 57)
Hazlehurst, Mississippi, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight:

204 lb (93 kg)

Career information

College:

NFL Draft:

1989 / Round: 4 / Pick: 93

Career history

Career NFL statistics

Lewis Darnell Tillman (born April 16, 1966) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played for seven seasons for the New York Giants and the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Jackson State University and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1989 NFL Draft.^[1]

On January 31, 2012, it was announced that Tillman would be the new running backs coach for the Texas Southern Tigers.^[2]

NFL Running Back 7yrs

New York Giants 5 years (1989-1993)
Chicago Bears 2 years (1994-1995)
Tillman was drafted in the 4th round in 1989 by the NY Giants.
He spent five years as a running back and special teams player for the Giants.
He also was part the NY Giants Super Bowl Championship team in 1991.
He spent two seasons with the Chicago Bears where he was the leading rusher in 1994.
Prior to the NFL, Tillman enjoyed a great career at Jackson State University where he broke Walter Payton's school career rushing record with 3,989 yards.
He was a two-time Kodak All-American and Walter Camp All-American.
In addition to being named the SWAC Offensive Player of the Year in 1987, he won the MVP award in both the East-West Shrine and Blue-Gray All-Star games.
Since retiring from the NFL, Tillman has coached for 18 years on the high school and collegiate level.^[3]

^ "1989 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
^ "New Team of TSU Football Coaches now on Board". Texas Southern Athletics. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
^ "Lewis Tillman". Pure Pro-Am Golf. January 28, 2017. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2017.

v t e New York Giants 1989 NFL draft selections
Brian Williams Bob Kratch Greg Jackson Lewis Tillman Brad Henke Dave Meggett Howard Cross Dave Popp Myron Guyton A. J. Greene Rodney Lowe Jerome Rinehart Eric Smith

v t e New York Giants Super Bowl XXV champions
2 Raúl Allegre 3 Matt Stover 5 Sean Landeta 6 Matt Cavanaugh 9 Matt Bahr 11 Phil Simms 15 Jeff Hostetler 21 Reyna Thompson 22 Lee Rouson 23 Perry Williams 24 Ottis Anderson (MVP) 25 Mark Collins 26 Dave Duerson 27 Rodney Hampton 28 Everson Walls 29 Myron Guyton 30 Dave Meggett 34 Lewis Tillman 43 David Whitmore 44 Maurice Carthon 46 Roger Brown 47 Greg Jackson 51 Bobby Abrams 52 Pepper Johnson 55 Gary Reasons 56 Lawrence Taylor 57 Larry McGrew 58 Carl Banks 59 Brian Williams 60 Eric Moore 61 Bob Kratch 64 Tom Rehder 65 Bart Oates 66 William Roberts 70 Leonard Marshall 72 Doug Riesenberg 73 John Washington 74 Erik Howard 76 Jumbo Elliott 77 Eric Dorsey 80 Bob Mrosko 81 Stacy Robinson 82 Mark Ingram 83 Odessa Turner 84 Troy Kyles 85 Stephen Baker 86 Lionel Manuel 87 Howard Cross 89 Mark Bavaro 93 Mike Fox 98 Johnie Cooks 99 Steve DeOssie
Head coach: Bill Parcells
Coaches: Bill Belichick Romeo Crennel Tom Coughlin Ron Erhardt Al Groh Ray Handley Fred Hoaglin Johnny Parker Mike Pope Mike Sweatman Bob Trott Charlie Weis
Personnel: Ronnie Barnes

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