Joe Giles-Harris
Joe Giles-Harris (born April 1, 1997) is an American football linebacker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Duke.
![]() Giles-Harris with Duke in 2017 | |||||||||||
No. 42 – Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Born: | Nyack, New York | April 1, 1997||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | St. Joseph (NJ) | ||||||||||
College: | Duke | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2019 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 18, 2021 | |||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com |
College career
During his time with the Blue Devils, Giles-Harris had 313 total career tackles along with 9 and a half sacks, two interceptions, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery.[1]
Professional career
Jacksonville Jaguars
Giles-Harris went undrafted in the 2019 NFL Draft. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent on April 27, 2019.[2][3] He was waived on September 2, 2019 and was re-signed to the practice squad.[4] He was promoted to the active roster on October 21, 2019.[5] He was waived again on November 2, 2019 and re-signed to the practice squad.[6] He was promoted back to the active roster on December 5, 2019.[7]
On September 5, 2020, Giles-Harris was waived by the Jaguars and signed to the practice squad the next day.[8][9] He was placed on the practice squad/COVID-19 list by the team on October 17, 2020,[10] and was activated back to the practice squad on October 22.[11] He was elevated to the active roster on November 7 and November 14 for the team's weeks 9 and 10 games against the Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers, and reverted to the practice squad after each game.[12][13] He was signed to the active roster on November 21, 2020.[14] In Week 14 against the Tennessee Titans, Giles-Harris recorded his first career sack on Ryan Tannehill during the 31–10 loss.[15] He was waived after the season on May 4, 2021.[16]
Buffalo Bills
On May 16, 2021, Giles-Harris signed a one year contract with the Buffalo Bills.[17] He was waived on August 31, 2021 and re-signed to the practice squad the next day.[18][19] After the Bills were eliminated in the Divisional Round of the 2021 playoffs, he signed a reserve/future contract on January 24, 2022.[20]
NFL Statistics
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | FR | ||
2019 | JAX | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | JAX | 9 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 14 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Source: [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GileJo01.htm > |
References
- Connelly, Kevin (2019-04-27). "Duke Football: UDFA Joe Giles-Harris signs with the Jacksonville Jaguars". Ball Durham. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- "Joe Giles-Harris among five Duke football products to sign with NFL teams as undrafted free agents". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- "Jaguars' Joe Giles-Harris: Signs with Jags". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- Alper, Josh (September 3, 2019). "Jaguars claim Austin Calitro". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- "Jaguars promote LB Joe Giles-Harris to active roster". Jaguars.com. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- "Jags promote WR Michael Walker from practice squad, waive LB Joe Giles-Harris". Jaguars Wire. USA Today. November 2, 2019.
- "Jaguars promote LB Joe Giles-Harris to active roster". Jaguars.com. December 5, 2019.
- Oehser, John (September 5, 2020). "Roster Reduction: Jaguars move to 53 players". Jaguars.com.
- "Notes on each member of the Jaguars initial 2020 practice squad". Sports Illustrated. September 6, 2020.
- DiRocco, Michael (October 17, 2020). "Jaguars close facility and place 12 practice-squad players, Josh Mauro on reserve/COVID-19 list". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- Williams, Charean (October 22, 2020). "Jaguars remove 11 players from reserve/COVID-19". NBCSports.com. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- Johnson, James (November 7, 2020). "Jags make roster transactions on defense in preparation for Texans". USAToday.com. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- "Jaguars Make Roster Moves and Announce Updates for Tomorrow's Game". Jaguars.com. November 14, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- "Jaguars Make Roster Moves Before Tomorrow's Game Against Pittsburgh". Jaguars.com. November 21, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- "Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars - December 13th, 2020". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- Johnson, James (May 4, 2021). "LB Joe Giles-Harris among 4 released by Jags". USAToday.com. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- "Bills sign LB Joe Giles-Harris". BuffaloBills.com. May 16, 2021.
- "Bills release 23 players to set the initial 2021 53-man roster". BuffaloBills.com. August 31, 2021.
- "Bills sign 15 players to the 2021 practice squad". BuffaloBills.com. September 1, 2021.
- Jenkins, Chris (January 24, 2022). "Bills sign 10 players to reserve/future contracts for 2022". BuffaloBills.com. Retrieved January 24, 2022.