He is best known for his brief collegiate career at Alabama State University, where as a sophomore in 1985–86 he was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
[2] Sillmon led the conference with a 20.3 points per game average and narrowly edged Jeff Hart of Jackson State by one vote for the honor.
After sitting out the 1986–87 season due to NCAA transfer eligibility rules, his career at Alabama A&M began as a redshirt junior in 1987–88.
[5] In the 2009 book, ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia, Sillmon was named one of the five greatest players in A&M program history.
[5] Sillmon played professionally in Finland after college[1] but never made it to the National Basketball Association (NBA).