Tillman played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 2000 NFL draft.
He attended Toombs County High School in Lyons, Georgia, and he was a standout in football, basketball, and golf.
In 1999, he was the school's top defensive player and a second-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference selection for the second straight year.
He was ranked among the nation's top ten safeties by Lindy's magazine, which tabbed him to its preseason all-Atlantic Coast Conference first team.
He underwent surgery on June 14, 2005, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to debride a Meniscus tear and articular cartilage damage.
In 2020, he went with Mel to Michigan State, where he worked as a defensive assistant before being promoted to cornerbacks coach for the 2021 season.
[5][6] On December 7, 2021, it was announced that Tillman would return to his alma mater, Georgia Tech as the team's defensive backs coach.
In 2006 Travares married fashion designer and celebrity wardrobe stylist Kiki Tillman (Kirchner) and together the couple has three children.