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After spending 3+ seasons with the Chargers, Jerry Tillery has since played for the Raiders, Vikings and Chiefs. He joins the Colts on a one-year deal
A Colts interior defensive line group that retains its starters from 2025 and added two new players in the first week of free agency has added another veteran to the mix. Jerry Tillery , a former first-round pick who has played for four teams since 2022, has signed a one-year deal with Indianapolis, joining fellow former Chiefs interior defensive lineman Derrick Nnadi , who signed a one-year deal to join the Colts last week. Tillery comes to Indianapolis following one-year stints in Kansas City (2025) and Minnesota (2024), along with a year-plus in Las Vegas (2022-23) that proceeded the three-plus-year start to his NFL career with the Chargers (2019-22).
The sometimes, but rarely consistent, starter who’s spent time as a defensive tackle and edge rusher, has appeared in all 17 regular season games in each of the last three seasons with the Raiders, Vikings and Chiefs – totaling 20 starts in the process. Here’s what you need to know about Indianapolis’ latest signing to bolster its defensive tackle depth: Jerry Tillery stats Tillery has appeared in 113 games and made 53 starts in his seven seasons. The 28 th -overall pick from 2019 has recorded 14.
0 career sacks – logging 9. 5 of those in his first three seasons in Los Angeles. Last season with the Chiefs, Tillery made 1.
5 sacks, 20 tackles, two tackles for loss and two quarterback hits while forcing a fumble in 17 appearances and three starts. During his two early seasons as a consistent starter – 2020 and 2021, where he logged 26 starts across 32 appearances – Tillery managed 14 QB hits each season and combined for 7. 5 sacks.