Jameis Winston, Cedric Tillman connect for unbelievable, potential game-winning touchdown vs. Ravens

Jameis Winston found the magic late on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens, connecting with former Tennessee Volunteer wideout Cedric Tillman for a 38-yard touchdown strike in the final minutes of the game for what ended up being the game-winner.

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The Cleveland Browns ended up pulling off the stunner, winning 29-24 on Sunday in Cleveland. It’s definitely one of the bigger upsets of the year thus far. And it’s exactly why the saying, ‘Any Given Sunday’ will always be true. Winston put on a special performance, completing 27 of 41 passes for 334 yards, while tossing in three touchdowns with no interceptions.

Tillman continues to shine in his second year for the Browns. He hauled in seven catches for 99 yards and two touchdowns in the game.

Cleveland needed another weapon to emerge since Amari Cooper was traded to Buffalo a few weeks ago, and Tillman has certainly done that. Against Cincinnati, the former Volunteer hauled in eight catches for 81 receiving yards.

Sometimes it can take a bit for prospects to develop in the National Football League and Tillman seems to have turned a corner in his second year. He’ll only continue to get better with time and is showing signs of rapid progression the past few weeks. The Cleveland Browns originally drafted him in the 2023 NFL Draft with their third-round selection (pick No. 74 overall).

He played his college football with the Tennessee Volunteers, where he hauled in 64 catches for 1,081 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2021. He was injured for much of his senior year, but still hauled in 37 catches for 417 yards and three touchdowns in 2022.

In the 2021 campaign, Tillman teamed up with quarterback Hendon Hooker to form one of the most explosive offensive attacks in all of college football. The Tennessee offense averaged 39.3 points per game that year, ranking them seventh in the nation in that stat category.

Tillman played high school football at Las Vegas (LV) Bishop Gorman, where he was a three-star prospect. He was the No. 1,597 overall recruit in the 2018 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Rankings, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

On3’s Griffin McVeigh also contributed to this article.