TJ Tillman holds the RCB · Starter spot in UTEP Miners’s cornerback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

TJ Tillman is a cornerback for the UTEP Miners. A native of Amarillo, TX, Tillman attended Tascosa High School, where he played both sides of the ball across a three-year varsity career spanning 33 games. Defensively, he accumulated 79 tackles with 3.0 tackles for loss, six interceptions, 13 pass breakups and two forced fumbles. As a senior, he recorded 25 tackles with 2.0 TFLs, two pass breakups and a forced fumble in 12 games. Offensively, he finished his high school career with 1,030 receiving yards on 49 receptions and 15 touchdowns. In his 2025 freshman season at UTEP, Tillman appeared in 11 games with three starts at cornerback, tallying 11 tackles (six solo). He made his collegiate debut at Missouri State with three tackles.

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