#30

Fred Giles

Junior defensive lineman for Old Dominion. 2025: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

DL · Old Dominion · Jr. · #30

6′3″ · 245 lb · Jonesboro, AR

CFB Index 38 · #282 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Old Dominion for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6 pm ETvs East CarolinaS.B. Ballard StadiumOld Dominion by 3

The numbers

sacks · 2025

3 TFL · 22 tackles · 3 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 4 tackles, vs Liberty

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive lineman for Old Dominion. 2025: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Old Dominion in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 82nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Fred Giles

DL · Old Dominion · Jr · #30

Wins his gap play after play. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 1 sacks against Liberty, Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Old Dominion10-3HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

38Below cohort / limited sample #282 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Tackles#1869 / 2975 · 36th pct

Solo tackles#1996 / 2975 · 31st pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #282 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #282 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #35 of 48 Sun Belt DLs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Old Dominion	22	10	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		22	10	3.0	2.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 16 · 2025

W 24–10

at South Florida

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL

With Q. Henicle — 127 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 40.2 · 107 rush yds (24 car) · 2 TD · I. Brandt — -4 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 54-6vs North Carolina Central	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 45-26@ Virginia Tech	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 21-7vs Liberty	4	4	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 6	W 47-7vs Coastal Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 27-63@ James Madison	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 24-21vs App State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 31-6@ UL Monroe	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 33-0vs Troy	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 45-10@ Georgia Southern	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 14	W 27-10vs Georgia State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 24-10@ South Florida	4	2	0.5	0.0	—
Total		22	10	3.0	2.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

22Tackles

10Solo

3TFL

2Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

22 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 51 sack
Week 131 sack

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Old Dominion

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Old Dominion

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -7 net (15 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Old Dominion · Last season: 10-3 · Talent rank #122 · 2026 recruiting class #96

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jordan Botelho’s 2021 season.

Jordan Botelho

82%match

Notre Dame · 2021

Amir Siddiq

Charlotte · 2022

All-Conference USA

82%

Noah Lavulo

San José State · 2023

82%

Mukendi Wa-Kalonji

Colorado State · 2024

82%

Devonta Bridges

Fresno State · 2023

82%

Matches Jordan on

Hurry rate

Sack rate

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Billy Pullen's freshman season at UL Monroe (2024).

Billy Pullen

88%match

UL Monroe · 2024

All-Sun Belt

Darius Hodge

Marshall · 2020

All-Conference USA

87%

Lawrence Falatea

Washington State · 2022

83%

Kofi Wardlow

Charlotte · 2021

81%

Riley Tolsma

Ball State · 2024

80%

Matches Billy on

Height

TFL rate

Sack rate

Differs from Billy on

Class year (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Fred Giles

Ethan Day

North Texas · 2025

81%

Tariq Jones

Hawai'i · 2025

81%

The defensive line · Old Dominion

#90Chris ForbesDL · So.9 tackles for loss · 2025
#43Kris TrinidadDE · Sr.7 tackles for loss · 2025
#4Javen GibsonDL · Sr.4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#94Ricardo Williams Jr.DL · Sr.3 tackles for loss · 2025
#30Fred GilesDL · Jr.3 tackles for loss · 2025

15 more on the roster · Old Dominion team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

Players who play like Fred Giles

The defensive line · Old Dominion