A Tight End
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Career Totals
Games | Pro Bowls | Rec | Total Yards | Yds/Rec | TD's | Longest Rec | Catches/TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average of Hall of Fame TE's | 157 | 5 | 462 | 6,417 | 14.13 | 40.7 | 73.5 | 11.26 |
Jimmie Giles | 188 3rd | 4 6th | 350 5th | 5,084 6th | 15.4 3rd | 41 4th | 81 - TD Tied for 2nd | 8.53 1st |
Career Highlights
6-3, 239 lbs., Alcorn State
1977 NFL Draft - Round 3, 70th overall Career 1977-89
Houston Oilers 1977, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1978-86, Detroit Lions 1986-87, Philadelphia Eagles 1987-89
350 receptions, 41 TD’s, 5,084 yards, 14.5 yards per reception
● Four-time Pro Bowl Selection (1980, 1981-82, 1985), 1979 Alternate
● 1982 1st Team All-Conference UPI
● 1980, 1981, 1985 2nd Team All-Conference UPI
● Three times led entire NFL TE’s (min 25 rec) with most yards per reception (1980, 1982, 1985)
● 1980 led NFL TE’s (min 25 rec) with 18.2 yards per reception (33 rec, 602 yards)
● 1981 led NFC TE’s (min 25 rec ) with 17.5 yards per reception (45 rec, 786 yards)
● 1981 2nd in the NFL TE’s (min 25 rec) with 17.5 yards per reception (45 rec, 786 yards)
● 1982 led entire NFL TE’s (min 25 rec) with 17.8 yards per reception (28 rec, 499 yards)
● 1985 led entire NFL TE’s (min 25 rec) with 15.7 yards per reception (43 rec, 673 yards)
● Led all NFL TE’s 1979-85 with an average of 16 yards per reception
● 8-year stretch 1978-85, averaged 15.8 yards per reception
● Scored TD every 8.5 receptions, 2nd among all nine PFHOF TE’s
● Only two of the nine PFHOF TE’s had a yards per reception average better than Jimmie Giles 14.5
● *Tied for 3rd in NFL history for TE’s with a career average of 14.5 yards per reception (min 350 rec)
● TD reception of 81-yards (1981) (Longest tied for 1st with PFHOF TE’s from his era (1977-89), 80-yard reception (1983), 75-yard reception (1981), 66-yard TD reception (1979, 1989)
● Tampa Bay Ring of Honor (2011) First Offensive Player
● 112-yards on 7 receptions in a single game vs Chicago Bears (1985) – considered to be one of the greatest defensive units in the history of the NFL
● Scored 4 TD’s (7 rec, 116-yards) in single game against Miami Dolphins (10.20.85). Only TE opponent in Miami Dolphins history to achieve such a feat
● Played with 15 different QB’s at Tampa Bay, a run-oriented team, scoring 34 of his 41 career TD’s – Doug Williams (20), Steve DeBerg (10), Mike Rae (2), Jack Thompson (1), Steve Young (1), Detroit Lions Eric Hipple (2), Joe Ferguson (1), Philadelphia Eagles – Randall Cunningham (4)
● Retired as Tampa Bay Buccaneers career leader in TD receptions (34), currently 2nd in franchise history
● *Caught passes from 14 different NFL QB’s
● Blocking skills – sealed edge for 5th leading NFL rusher, RB, Ricky Bell, as part of 1979 NFC Central Division Champions. Followed up in 1984 by leading the way for NFL’s leading rusher, RB, James Wilder, and the next year in 1985 he was 3rd in the league