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Cedric Tillman New Orleans Saints · #19

Wide Receiver · 6' 3", 215 lbs · Las Vegas, NV · Age 26

Cedric Tillman is a Wide Receiver for the New Orleans Saints, drafted 74th overall, 2023. In 2025 he caught 21 passes for 270 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Wide ReceiverDrafted 74th overall3-yr veteran
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New Orleans Saints · #19 · Wide Receiver
Cedric Tillman
Season avg21 rec · 270 yds · 2 td
Career avg71 rec · 833 yds · 5 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
21rec
270yds
2td
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Scouting report

Cedric Tillman — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Wide Receiver · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Cedric Tillman is a Wide Receiver for the New Orleans Saints, drafted 74th overall, 2023. In 2025 he caught 21 passes for 270 yards and 2 touchdowns.
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Receiving
B-
Big-play
B-
Scoring
C+
Receiving yards
Solid · offense
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Volume
Strong · offense
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B-
Big-play
Strong · offense
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B-
Scoring
Strong · offense
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Target share
Strong · offense
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Act II

Where Cedric Tillman stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #491 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
95Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Cedric Tillman — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving
270 YDS
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A+
Volume
21 REC
drill in ↓
B-
Big-play
12.9 Y/R
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A+
Scoring
2 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Cedric Tillman

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026  modeled
24
rec
21–27
288
rec yds
242–334
2
td
1–3
44
targets
40–48
13
games
11–14
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 21 → projected 24 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
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Net vs last season+2.9 rec
Everything it reads
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3 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 26 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 14 / 11 / 13
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Cedric Tillman career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
2023142122404410.7
2024112933934911.7
2025132127023912.9
Career38718335132
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the New Orleans Saints built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record
82off index
98def index
+46net
95%playoff odds
66roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades B+ (82), defense A+ (98) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 71, pass rush 99, coverage 97.
How his role moves
Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Cedric Tillman

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2000-04-19

The beginning

Cedric Tillman is a Wide Receiver for the New Orleans Saints, in his 4th NFL season.

New Orleans Saints

Turning pro

Drafted 74th overall, 2023 as a Wide Receiver.

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Cedric Tillman is a New Orleans Saints wide receiver, drafted 74th overall, 2023.

Chapter

Across 3 seasons (2023–2025) he has caught 71 passes for 833 yards and 5 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 21 passes for 270 yards and 2 touchdowns in 2025.

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 3"
Weight
215 lbs
Draft
74th overall, 2023
Born
Las Vegas, NV
Age
26
Jersey
#19
Background

Cedric Tillman is from Las Vegas, NV and is 26 years old. He was drafted 74th overall, 2023 and plays wide receiver at 6' 3", 215 lbs.

Over 3 seasons (2023–2025) he has caught 71 passes for 833 yards and 5 touchdowns. Tillman is currently on the New Orleans Saints roster.

The person

Cedric Tillman is a rotational receiver who has caught 71 passes for 833 yards and 5 touchdowns across 3 seasons (2023–2025).

Receiving71 career catches, 833 yards, 5 touchdowns.
Best season29 catches for 339 yards in 2024.
Yards per catch11.7 yards per reception over his career.
Draft pedigree74th overall, 2023.
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FAQ

Cedric Tillman — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Cedric Tillman, answered.

What position does Cedric Tillman play?
Cedric Tillman is a Wide Receiver for the New Orleans Saints.
When was Cedric Tillman drafted?
Cedric Tillman was drafted 74th overall, 2023.
How many seasons has Cedric Tillman played?
3 (2023–2025).
What are Cedric Tillman's career stats?
He has caught 71 passes for 833 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Cedric Tillman career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
WR5
behind the starter

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
@ JAX
Week 1 · Plus
Season outlook
50
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
2 / 9
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
66
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 @ JAXW2 @ TBW3 vs CARW4 vs PITW5 @ NYJW6 vs BALW7 @ TENW8 @ PITW9 @ NOW10 vs HOUW11 · BYEW12 vs LVW13 vs CINW14 vs ATLW15 @ NYGW16 @ BALW17 vs INDW18 @ CIN

Each week grades Cedric Tillman's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
9
since 2023
Games missed
6
listed Out
Lower-body
3
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
3
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk15 · Concussion (Questionable)2025 Wk11 · Glute2025 Wk10 · Hamstring2025 Wk4 · Hand2025 Wk1 · Thumb2024 Wk17 · Concussion (Out)

Home surface: sportturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 3 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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