Jacob Gill

Senior wide receiver for Iowa. 2025: 24 catches, 278 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Iowa · Sr. · #5

6′0″ · 185 lb · Raleigh, NC

CFB Index 33 · #377 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Iowa for 2026

The numbers

278

receiving yards · 2025

24 catches · 1 TD · 11.6 per catch

The play that turned itSwung Iowa from 27% to 67% to win.Michigan State at Iowa · 20-17

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Iowa. 2025: 24 catches, 278 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2021.
Transferred from Northwestern to Iowa in 2024.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Yards / catch: 52nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Jacob Gill

WR · Iowa · Sr · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Pat Fitzgerald, David Braun and Kirk Ferentz. One game to point at: 52 rec yds, 5 receptions against Iowa State — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning

2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2023Northwestern8-5HC: David Braun · Run-leaning

2024Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

33Below cohort / limited sample #377 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#382 / 798 · 52nd pct

11.6

Explosive rate#511 / 798 · 36th pct

7.7%

EPA / target#527 / 798 · 34th pct

0.31

Catch rate#633 / 798 · 21st pct

59.0%

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#317 / 558 · 42nd pct

Receptions#358 / 558 · 35th pct

Yards / catch#361 / 558 · 35th pct

11.6

Rec yards#372 / 558 · 33rd pct

278

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

69th → 34th percentile

Explosive rate

48th → 36th percentile

Catch rate

80th → 21st percentile

TD rate

47th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

48th → 52nd 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

56%22 of his 39 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	24.5	12.2	0.2
Road5g	2.0	26.2	16.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.0	20.4	10.5	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	33.8	19.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #377 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #377 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #52 of 61 Big Ten WRs

How the All-Big Ten 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	Iowa	24	278	11.6	1	--
2024	Iowa	35	411	11.7	2	--
2023	Northwestern	1	11	11.0	0	--
2022	Northwestern	7	99	14.1	1	--
2021	Northwestern	8	85	10.6	1	--
Career		75	884	11.8	5	--

Season	Team
2025	Iowa	--	--	--	--	--
2024	Iowa	5	13	--	--	--
2023	Northwestern	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Northwestern	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Northwestern	--	--	--	--	--
Career		5	13	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 34–27

at Vanderbilt

2 rec · 18 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With M. Gronowski — 212 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.5 · 54 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · R. Dakin — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · USC · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.92(14:19) Shotgun #11 M.Gronowski pass complete deep right to #5 J.Gill caught at USC32, for 44 yards to the USC11 (#7 K.Ramsey), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Michigan State · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.79(01:29) #11 M.Gronowski pass complete short right to #5 J.Gill caught at MSU00, for 13 yards to the MSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:29, 1ST DOWN #18 D.Stevens kick attempt good (H: #99 T.Nissen, LS: #45 B.Worrell)
Week 5 · Indiana · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.23Mark Gronowski pass complete to Jacob Gill for 9 yds to the IOWA 47 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Indiana · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Mark Gronowski pass complete to Jacob Gill for 8 yds to the IOWA 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Minnesota · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +1.94(11:29) Shotgun #11 M.Gronowski pass complete short right to #5 J.Gill caught at Minn23, for 11 yards to the Minn23 (#14 K.Brown), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · UAlbany · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.82Mark Gronowski pass complete to Jacob Gill for 13 yds to the UALB 3 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.78(06:30) Shotgun #11 M.Gronowski pass complete deep left to #5 J.Gill caught at OREGON14, for 38 yards to the OREGON03 (#28 B.Boettcher), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Vanderbilt · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.49(10:05) Shotgun #11 M.Gronowski pass complete short right to #5 J.Gill caught at Iowa35, for 5 yards to the Iowa35 (#4 M.Hight), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Iowa State · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +1.47Mark Gronowski pass complete to Jacob Gill for 5 yds to the IOWA 36 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Iowa State · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.36Mark Gronowski pass complete to Jacob Gill for 16 yds to the ISU 23 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-7vs UAlbany	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 2	L 13-16@ Iowa State	5	52	10.4	0	22	Season-high 52 yds
Wk 3	W 47-7vs Massachusetts	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 4	W 38-28@ Rutgers	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 5	L 15-20vs Indiana	3	28	9.3	0	11
Wk 7	W 37-0@ Wisconsin	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 9	W 41-3vs Minnesota	3	25	8.3	0	11
Wk 11	L 16-18vs Oregon	2	43	21.5	0	38
Wk 12	L 21-26@ USC	1	44	44.0	0	44
Wk 13	W 20-17vs Michigan State	4	23	5.8	1	13
Bowl	W 34-27@ Vanderbilt	2	18	9.0	0	13
Total		24	278	13.9	1	44

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Catch rate says one thing, EPA says another

checked · no story

7/223rd-down conversions

0.303rd-down EPA/target

0.47Other-downs EPA/target

12 of 22 caught on third down (54.5%) — EPA/target 0.30 vs 0.47 elsewhere (7 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

2026 Outlook

Iowa

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Iowa

Returning around him