Blue and Gold Illustrated

June-July 2016

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better production there than at nose guard. "This is a different way I can help my team," he said. "It's something I'm starting to learn and enjoying for the most part, and I think I will be successful." RENAISSANCE MAN There's little doubt Tillery will make a splash anywhere in life. In one short year, he has become a Re- naissance man version of senior wide receiver Corey Robinson, who has caught 65 passes in his first three years with the Fighting Irish but whose football future is clouded be- cause of concussion issues. Robinson was elected student body president this spring — while Tillery helped on the campaign that was his opposition. "It was a lot of fun and something I definitely will get into later," Tillery said of possibly entering the political realm, even if only on campus for now. "… That's a good way to make a difference: help people, start things, that's definitely something that in- trigues me." His original plans were to go into medicine — both of his parents are in the medical field and he has a sis- ter who is a nurse — but this spring Tillery opted to take "the Steve El- mer route" by changing his major to economics. "I think I could have done it if I found chemistry more intriguing," Tillery said of continuing his pursuit in medicine. "It wasn't as interesting or fun as I thought it would be, so I decided it wasn't for me. But if it's things I'm interested in, I think I can

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