{"id":72875,"date":"2025-03-11T13:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/?p=72875"},"modified":"2025-09-16T21:38:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:38:59","slug":"jacksons-stand-out-performance-at-washington-pro-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/03\/11\/jacksons-stand-out-performance-at-washington-pro-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson’s Stand-Out Performance at Washington Pro Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giles Jackson<\/a> went out with an exclamation point in his final collegiate game. Against Louisville in the Sun Bowl<\/a>, Jackson hauled in 11 catches for 161 yards and four touchdowns. \u201cWe\u2019ve been doing this,\u201d Jackson told the assembled media at Washington’s Pro Day Monday. \u201cWe\u2019ve been playing like that all year at practice\u2026nothing new I felt like.\u201d At Pro Day he continued to impress, standing out in his individual testing and as a pass catcher during the throwing session.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Giles Jackson’s Pro Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Individual Testing Numbers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cI surprised myself with the bench,\u201d he said. \u201c[I] honestly didn\u2019t know I was going to hit that many reps, but happy about it.\u201d Jackson charted 12 reps at the bench press at the beginning of the day, and it set the tone for what his performance would be the rest of the morning. During the testing period, he was measured at 5\u2019-8 \u215b\u201d and 187 pounds. Jackson sprung 37.5\u201d into the air in his vertical jump, the highest of all 14 Huskies participating.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI ran slow,\u201d Jackson began somewhat jokingly. He said afterwards that his goal was a 4.3-second 40-yard dash time. But the number he clocked was still impressive. \u201cThey said 4.42, 4.41,\u201d he said. That time would have been tied for eighth-fastest at this year\u2019s NFL Combine out of over 30 wide receivers that participated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Position Group Drills<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The last session of the morning was the throwing session, where Jackson caught passes from quarterback Will Rogers<\/a>. He hauled in around a dozen catches during the drill. That included an impressive diving catch on a deep ball from Rogers. It was a pass that traveled around 50 yards in the air. Jackson\u2019s post route took him from the far side of the field to the near side, where he caught the football over his left shoulder as he dove to the turf. The catch received a roar from his teammates in attendance, and left scouts and members of the media impressed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Afterwards, Jackson said he felt good about his performance during the throwing session. \u201cI ran good routes I felt like\u2026I\u2019m happy with it.\u201d The six-year collegiate player logged just 26 catches in two years as a Michigan Wolverine. After transferring to Washington, he never surpassed 30 receptions in a season until 2024. This past season was the year it all changed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can play football, I\u2019ve been doubted a lot,\u201d Jackson said after Pro Day. His utilization as a receiver had been limited during his career until last Fall. Jackson removed all doubt that he can play the position, and play it well. His 2024 campaign included 85 receptions, 893 receiving yards, and seven touchdowns. All three metrics were career highs for Jackson. His pitch to organizations at the next level is,\u00a0 \u201cI can do it all.\u201d Jackson continued, \u201cRunning back, receiver, kick return, kickoff, whatever you need me to do, I can do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main Image: Steven Bisig-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Giles Jackson went out with an exclamation point in his final collegiate game. Against Louisville in the Sun Bowl, Jackson hauled in 11 catches for 161 yards and four touchdowns. \u201cWe\u2019ve been doing this,\u201d Jackson told the assembled media at Washington’s Pro Day Monday. \u201cWe\u2019ve been playing like that all year at practice\u2026nothing new I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3944,"featured_media":72881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,35612],"tags":[33521,509,7237],"class_list":["post-72875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-bigten","category-washington-huskies","tag-giles-jackson","tag-washington-huskies","tag-will-rogers"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3944"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72875"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72882,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72875\/revisions\/72882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}