Giles Jackson

Former wide receiver at Washington. 2024: 85 catches, 893 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Washington · Sr. · #5

5′9″ · 187 lb · Antioch, CA

CFB Index 82 · #28 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceWashington 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 285 nationally · Signed with Michigan

Career night11 rec · 161 yds · 4 TDvs Louisville (FBS) · L 34-35

Top 0.1% receiving TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Washington. 2024: 85 catches, 893 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2019.
Transferred from Michigan to Washington in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Washington, 1,723 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 162 yds vs Washington State.Washington State · L 19-242024

201911 games

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Freedom

20205 games

The snaps went the other way.

Signed with Washington3-star out of Lawndale
All-Big Tensecond

202112 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#285 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

4 coaches

2019

Chris Petersen

Washington

2020–2021

Jimmy Lake

Washington

era →

2022–2023

Kalen DeBoer

Washington

era →

2024

Jedd Fisch

Washington

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Chris Petersen, Jimmy Lake, Kalen DeBoer, and Jedd Fisch. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2020Michigan2-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Pass-leaning

2021Washington4-8HC: Jimmy Lake · Balanced

2022Washington11-2HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

2023Washington14-1HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

2024Washington6-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

82All-Conference level #28 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (81st percentile). Strength: receptions (98th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#118 / 610 · 81st pct

97.5%

TD rate#187 / 610 · 69th pct

8.6%

Explosive rate#255 / 610 · 58th pct

16.0%

EPA / target#270 / 610 · 56th pct

0.92

Yards / catch#405 / 610 · 34th pct

10.8

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#8 / 541 · 98th pct

Rec yards#44 / 541 · 92nd pct

893

Rec TDs#49 / 541 · 90th pct

Rush TDs#22 / 299 · 87th pct

Rush yards#128 / 299 · 57th pct

Long catch#268 / 541 · 50th pct

Yards / catch#451 / 541 · 16th pct

10.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

8th → 56th percentile

Explosive rate

11th → 58th percentile

Catch rate

19th → 81st percentile

TD rate

40th → 69th percentile

Yards / catch

5th → 34th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	7.0	83.5	11.7	0.8
Road5g	5.8	45.0	7.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	7.2	87.9	12.0	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	38.0	6.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

our read surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-1% reception volume, top-5% overall receiving production.2024 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #28 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #28 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Washington	85	893	10.5	7	--
2023	Washington	14	106	7.6	1	--
2022	Washington	28	328	11.7	1	--
2021	Washington	8	87	10.9	0	--
2020	Michigan	15	167	11.1	0	--
2019	Michigan	9	142	15.8	1	--
Career		159	1,723	10.8	10	--

Season	Team
2024	Washington	4	16	--	--	--
2023	Washington	--	--	--	10	--
2022	Washington	9	48	312	45	--
2021	Washington	8	45	442	81	--
2020	Michigan	2	5	354	45	--
2019	Michigan	10	69	622	--	--
Career		33	183	1,730	181	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 26–21

vs USC

6 rec · 44 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With W. Rogers — 262 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.7 · J. McCallister — 37 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Michigan · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +4.18Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 39 yds to the MICH 34 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.76Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Giles Jackson for 49 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 2 · Eastern Michigan · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +3.69Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 29 yds to the EMU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Washington State · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.67Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 39 yds to the WSU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Oregon · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.28Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Giles Jackson for 28 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 1 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Giles Jackson for 40 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 14 · Oregon · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.17Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Giles Jackson for 23 yds to the ORE 49 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.93Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 45 yds to the WSU 24 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Michigan · 2&17 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 17 yds to the WASH 47 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 31 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-3vs Weber State	10	98	9.8	0	23	4 TD catches
Wk 2	W 30-9vs Eastern Michigan	6	66	11.0	0	29
Wk 3	L 19-24vs Washington State	8	162	20.3	1	45	Season-high 162 yds
Wk 4	W 24-5vs Northwestern	3	16	5.3	0	8
Wk 5	L 18-21@ Rutgers	7	59	8.4	0	12
Wk 6	W 27-17vs Michigan	4	78	19.5	1	39
Wk 7	L 16-40@ Iowa	9	63	7.0	0	20
Wk 9	L 17-31@ Indiana	2	11	5.5	0	6
Wk 10	W 26-21vs USC	6	44	7.3	0	21
Wk 11	L 6-35@ Penn State	5	23	4.6	0	6
Wk 12	W 31-19vs UCLA	8	43	5.4	0	16
Wk 14	L 21-49@ Oregon	6	69	11.5	1	28
Bowl	L 34-35vs Louisville	11	161	14.6	4	49
Total		85	893	10.0	7	49

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

Giles Jackson

201911 games

20205 games

202112 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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