The story of Dondrea Tillman’s career is rapidly becoming the story of his 2025 season. Right place, right time, as opportunities few have seen coming fell into his lap. He’s snatched them and run with them.
And run hard.
With the Raiders near midfield on a crucial third down on Thursday night, Tillman — an increasingly important component of Vance Joseph’s Broncos defense — started to creep in on quarterback Geno Smith from the outside. Running back Ashton Jeanty flared out from the backfield, though, and Tillman backpedaled to catch up. Smith’s delivery to the rookie Jeanty popped right off his hands, did an end-over-end parabola and fell directly into Tillman’s waiting arms.