Tillery SWAC’s ALL Time Leading Rusher
It’s also the philosophy that carried Southern running back Lenard Tillery from a walk-on to the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s career rushing leader and one of the Football Championship Subdivision’s best running backs.
The fifth-year senior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, enters Saturday’s SWAC pivotal contest at Prairie View A&M with 4,257 career yards. Tillery’s 195-yard effort in Southern’s 41-33 over Alcorn State two weeks ago helped him supplant former Jackson State great Destry Wright as the conference’s all-time leader in rushing yards.
“One thing I always emphasize for myself is no matter what accomplishments you have, there’s always going to be more to do,” Tillery said. “I just try to keep moving forward and keep working toward the goal.”
Tillery joined Wright as the second SWAC football player to rush for more than 4,000 yards in their collegiate careers. Currently the SWAC’s leading rusher and FCS’s fourth-leading rusher, Tillery ran for 125 yards in the Jaguars 26-10 win over Texas Southern Saturday to become the first Southern back with three-straight 1,000-yard seasons. He is also 315 yards away from breaking Southern’s 67-year-old single-season rushing record. Odie Posey rushed for 1,399 yards in 1949.
SWAC Scoreboard Week 11
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
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6 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 44 |
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7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
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0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
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10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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21 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 61 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
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0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
Source: SWAC