Missouri City (Texas) Elkins star Jonathan Giles was one of six wide

receivers signed as part of Texas Tech's2015 recruiting class. Giles played

quarterback throughout high school but will make the switch to pass catcher with

the hope of adding an explosive element to the Red Raiders' offense.

Giles is profiled below in the latest installment of our signee Q&A feature which we are running on all of the members of

the Red Raiders' 2015 signing

class.

"Something that might surprise people that I do football-wise is going up and

catching the ball. A lot of people don't think I can do that because of my size

and height but when you watch film you can see that I have the athleticism to go

up and get the ball and do something after the catch."

"My favorite class right now is probably Pre-Cal because I love dealing with

numbers. I think I'm very good at dealing with numbers, too. My least favorite

subject is probably English. It's a lot of reading books and stuff and it takes

a lot of time, and it is not really any fun."

"A giant duck over 100 mini-horses because I feel like I could hang and fight

with the best of them. It doesn't matter to me how big you are, how strong you

are, it doesn't matter. I like to take down the beast."

"My pregame ritual is to always eat a bag of Skittles. For pregame, I get two

handfuls of Skittles and I eat them. That's in the locker room, right before we

head out onto the field. It's a lot like Marshawn Lynch except I don't have them

on the sideline."

"They call me Super Mario."

"It is a tie on that one between Subway or Chipotle."

"The four most played songs on my iPod right now is Meek Mill, I love his music,

he is my favorite artist, number two is Lil Wayne, then three is Drake, then

four is Rick Ross."

"Probably my freshman year because my middle school days I didn't take football

very seriously. Once I got to high school, I realized how good I was and my

coaches started seeing how good I was. Once I realized how good I could be and

how good I was, I decided to put my mindset on getting better and making it to a

Division I school."

"The most interesting thing was actually from coach (Kliff) Kingsbury. When I

was on my unofficial visit, it was one of my first times down there and one of

the things he told me -- this was the first time I have ever heard this from a

coach -- he told me that down here in Lubbock there is plenty of time to have

fun and they have fun and stuff, but there are other times when it is time to be

serious. I had never heard that from a coach before, usually the coaches are

always very serious and hard on you but these coaches were laid back and fun but

at the same time they took care of business. This is something that I had always

kept with me."

"Just the fans, the city, and the people of Lubbock. When I went down there,

already Texas Tech was my dream school, so I know if they were to offer that's

where I wanted to go, but secondly the city. When we went down there, the people

were so welcoming. They welcomed my mom, my dad, my whole family. They were just

nice and stuff like that. The fans, the coaches and how cool they were and how

great of coaches they were. Once I took that all in, I knew I was home."

"My favorite moment was receiving all of those letters every day. I never would

have thought growing up that I would be playing football let alone receiving all

these letters from some of the top programs in the country. I still have them

all and that's something I really appreciated."

"Probably the interviews. I'm a very shy person, and I like being in front of

the cameras and stuff like that or talking to the media. I wouldn't say I hate

it, but it is something I am going to have to get used to."

"Probably just meeting all of the community members and getting to spend time

with the coaches and things like that. Then getting to try on the uniforms and

hang out with the players."

"If I wouldn't have signed with Texas Tech, I probably would have gone to

Houston."

"The coaches didn't really stop by and sit down and eat. They just stopped by

for a short time to talk and stuff like that."

"Yes sir."

"I'll be playing the Y position which is the inside slot position."

"No sir. I had talked to coach (Eric) Morris and coach (Mike) Jinks about it and

they said that they wanted me to come in right away and have an impact on the

team."

"June 6 is the report date. I'm going to arrive May 31 and that's for

orientation and to get checked into classes and stuff like that. Then I'll come

back and graduate from Elkins on June 6 and then I'll leave for Lubbock on June

7."