Giles Jackson

#5 · WR · Sr. · Washington5′9″ · 187 lb · Antioch, CA

Giles Jackson: WR · Washington · #5.

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Giles Jackson

WR · Washington · Sr · #5

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. The six seasons span two programs and four head coaches: Jim Harbaugh, Jimmy Lake, Kalen DeBoer and Jedd Fisch. The first career honor came in 2020: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 162 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Washington State — Week 3, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Washington in the news

Hawkeyes RB Kamari Moulton out for seasonCorsicanadailysun Oct 27
Regents and Jones disagree on conduct code deadlineOct 22
Washington exploring extra eligibility for injured WRHuskies Wire Oct 17

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Washington	85	893	10.5	7	49
2023	Washington	14	106	7.6	1	26
2022	Washington	28	328	11.7	1	27
2021	Washington	8	87	10.9	0	33
2020	Michigan	15	167	11.1	0	36
2019	Michigan	9	142	15.8	1	50
Career		159	1,723	10.8	10	50

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 10 Michigan	4	78	19.5	1	39
Wk 7	L 16-40@ Iowa	9	63	7.0	0	20
Wk 9	L 17-31@ No. 13 Indiana	2	11	5.5	0	6
Wk 10	W 26-21vs USC	6	44	7.3	0	21
Wk 11	L 6-35@ No. 6 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@ No. 1 Oregon	6	69	11.5	1	28
Bowl	L 34-35vs Louisville	11	161	14.6	4	49
Total		85	893	10.5	7	49

Signature game

Bowl · 2024

L 34-35

vs Louisville · neutral site

11 rec · 161 yds · 4 TD

With D. Williams Jr. — 374 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.2 · 48 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD · J. McCallister — 36.8 yards per punt · 6 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Michigan · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +4.18Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 39 yds to the MICH 34 for a
Week 1 · Louisville · 1st and 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 · 4th and 1 · Q2 · EPA +3.69Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 29 yds to the EMU 41 for a
Week 3 · Washington State · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.67Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 39 yds to the WSU 40 for a
Week 14 · Oregon · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.28Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Giles Jackson for 28 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 1 · Louisville · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Giles Jackson for 40 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)

4 more plays

Week 14 · Oregon · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.17Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Giles Jackson for 23 yds to the ORE 49 for a
Week 3 · Washington State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.93Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 45 yds to the WSU 24 for a
Week 6 · Michigan · 2nd and 17 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 17 yds to the WASH 47 for a
Week 3 · Washington State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Will Rogers pass complete to Giles Jackson for 31 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)

Teams and coaches

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

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

2021Washington4-8HC: Jimmy Lake and Bob Gregory · Balanced

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

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

2024Washington6-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 82 (#28 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

82All-Conference level #28 of 466 · 2024?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.2	57.5	9.7	0.2
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

2024 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

Pass share

49.9%

416 pass / 417 run

Plays / game

64.1

13 games

Team sack rate

8.0%

452 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

85 catches and 4 carries in 13 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

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 Zeitgeist Score

82 · #28 of 466 WRs · 2024

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

Giles Jackson

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Style of play

Fans

Washington in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Six seasons, two schools

Moves

2019 11 games

2020 5 games

2021 12 games