Receiver, Texas Southern (from Texas Tech, LSU), 2015–⁠21

Jonathan Giles

Lettered 2015–⁠16 at Texas Tech (school media guide)

Number
No. 7
Height
6′0″
Weight
193 lb
Class (2021)
Junior
Hometown
Missouri City, TX

Jonathan Giles played receiver at Texas Tech (2015–⁠16), LSU (2018) and Texas Southern (2021).

At a glance

Best season
1,158
Receiving yards, 2016 (Texas Tech, 5–⁠7)
Best game
219 yards
Vs. Kansas, week 5, 2016: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week

Career highs

12catches, career highvs. Kansas, 2016219receiving yards, career highvs. Kansas, 20163receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Louisiana Tech, 2016

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2015Texas Tech161559.7321
2016Texas Tech691,15816.81364
2018LSU10595.9015
2021*Texas Southern9576.3119
Career1041,42913.71764

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2018LSU13920
2021*Texas Southern1100
Career141020

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2015Texas Tech7WRYr 1
2016Texas Tech7WRYr 2
2018LSU7WRYr 4
2021Texas Southern7WRJr. (Yr 7)6′0″193

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2015Texas Tech210.43––9.04%
2016Texas Tech940.9695th (n=489)0.5290.110%
2018LSU17-0.18––-3.0–
2021Texas Southern (FCS)210.03––0.716%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2021 Texas Southern 2 games, 9 catches, 57 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 11atBaylorL 7–⁠664140–
Sep 25atRiceL 34–⁠4854311

No box score in the source for Nov 13 vs. Alabama A&M, so that game is not listed.

2018 LSU 8 games, 10 catches, 59 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 2vs.MiamiW 33–⁠171901
Sep 8vs.SE LouisianaW 31–⁠0–––1
Sep 15atAuburnW 22–⁠2121001
Sep 29vs.Ole MissW 45–⁠16110–
Oct 6atFloridaL 19–⁠2731204
Nov 10atArkansasW 24–⁠17–––1
Nov 17vs.RiceW 42–⁠1011502
Nov 24atTexas A&ML 72–⁠7421203
2016 Texas Tech 11 games, 69 catches, 1,158 yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 3vs.Stephen F. AustinW 69–⁠174891–
Sep 10atArizona StateL 55–⁠689711–
Sep 17vs.Louisiana TechW 59–⁠4561863–
Sep 29vs.KansasW 55–⁠19122192–
Oct 8atKansas StateL 38–⁠444490–
Oct 15vs.West VirginiaL 17–⁠4881362–
Oct 22vs.OklahomaL 59–⁠66101672–
Oct 29atTCUW 27–⁠242100–
Nov 5vs.TexasL 37–⁠455551–
Nov 12atOklahoma StateL 44–⁠455940–
Nov 25vs.BaylorW 54–⁠354821–
2015 Texas Tech 7 games, 16 catches, 155 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDPR
Sep 5vs.Sam HoustonW 59–⁠452120–
Sep 26vs.TCUL 52–⁠553120–
Oct 3vs.BaylorL 35–⁠633381–
Oct 10vs.Iowa StateW 66–⁠315592–
Nov 7atWest VirginiaL 26–⁠31––––
Nov 26atTexasW 48–⁠452220–
Dec 29 ✦vs.LSUL 27–⁠561120–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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