Jacob Gill
Jacob Gill
Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Pat Fitzgerald, David Braun and Kirk Ferentz. One game to point at: 52 rec yds, 5 receptions against Iowa State — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Iowa | 24 | 278 | 11.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Iowa | 35 | 411 | 11.7 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 75 | 884 | 11.8 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Iowa | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Iowa | 5 | 13 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 | 13 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025
W 34–27
at Vanderbilt
2 rec · 18 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Iowa
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Iowa
Returning around him
- 49% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 7 Iowa players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +7 net (15 in / 8 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Iowa · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #42 · 2026 recruiting class #26
DNA match
Player DNA
Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Gabriel Rogers’s 2021 season.
Matches Gabriel on
Differs from Gabriel on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Antwan Davis’s path through Ball State.
Antwan Davis
Neno Lemay
Matches Antwan on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tyson Mobley's graduate season at Liberty (2024).
Matches Tyson on
Differs from Tyson on
Player DNA
Players who play like Jacob Gill
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2021–2025+227%
Up 227% from first season to most-recent.