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