Giles-Harris signed with Cincinnati as a free agent in April, after previously spending one week on the team's practice squad in December 2024 ... He joined Jacksonville's active roster after his previous Bengals stint and saw action in two games with Jaguars ... Has played in 22 career regular-season games, spending time both on active rosters and practice squads of the Jaguars (2019-20, '24), Buffalo Bills ('21-22) and New England Patriots ('23-24) ... Career totals are 20 tackles with two TFLs and one sack ... Originally entered NFL as college free agent signee of Jaguars in 2019, following three-year career at Duke ('16-18) ... Was team captain and first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection in final season with the Blue Devils.
Signed with Jacksonville as college free agent on 5-10-19 ... Waived by Jaguars on 9-3-19 ... Signed to Jacksonville practice squad on 9-5-19 ... Signed to Jaguars roster on 10-21-19 ... Waived by Jaguars on 11-2-19 ... Signed to Jaguars practice squad on 11-5-19 ... Signed to Jaguars roster on 12-5-19 ... Waived by Jaguars on 9-5-20 ... Signed to Jaguars practice squad on 9-6-20 ... Signed to Jaguars roster on 11-21-20 ... Waived by Jaguars on 5-4-21 ... Signed with Buffalo as free agent on 5-17-21 ... Waived by Bills on 8-31-21 ... Signed to Bills practice squad on 9-1-21 ... Signed to Bills roster on 1-24-22 (Reserve/Future) ... Waived by Bills on 8-30-22 ... Signed to Bills practice squad on 8-31-22 ... Released by Bills from practice squad on 1-17-23 ... Signed with New England as free agent on 8-9-23 ... Released by Patriots on 8-29-23 ... Signed to Patriots practice squad on 8-30-23 ... Signed to Patriots roster on 1-8-24 (Reserve/Future) ... Released by Patriots on 8-27-24 ... Signed to Patriots practice squad on 9-2-24 ... Released by Patriots from practice squad on 12-2-24 ... Signed to Cincinnati practice squad on 12-17-24 ... Signed off Bengals practice squad by Jacksonville on 12-24-24 ... Jaguars contract expired on 3-12-25; received no minimum salary offer and became free agent ... Signed with Cincinnati as free agent on 4-9-25.
2019—Played five games as rookie for Jacksonville; spent 10 games on Jaguars' practice squad ... Had three special teams tackles ... Spent first seven games on practice squad, then signed to active roster Oct. 21 ... Made NFL debut Oct. 27 vs. N.Y. Jets ... Waived in early November and was not with team for Game 9, then was signed Nov. 5 to practice squad, where he spent following three contests ... Signed back to active roster in early December and saw action in each of team's final four games.
2020—Played nine games with three starts for Jacksonville ... Spent first seven games on practice squad ... Made first career start at LB Dec. 6 at Minnesota and had five tackles ... Notched first career sack Dec. 13 vs. Tennessee ... Started at DB Dec. 27 vs. Chicago and had one solo tackle.
2021—Played two games for Buffalo; spent 15 games on Bills' practice squad ... Recorded one special teams tackle Dec. 12 at Tampa Bay.
2022—Played one game for Buffalo; spent 16 games on Bills' practice squad ... Tallied one special teams tackle Oct. 9 vs. Pittsburgh.
2023—Spent entire season on New England's practice squad.
2024—Spent first 13 weeks of season on New England's practice squad, then spent one game (Game 15) on Cincinnati's practice squad ... Signed to Jacksonville's active roster on Dec. 24 ... Played in five total games, with first three appearances as practice squad elevation for the Patriots ... Recorded two defensive tackles and one special teams stop for New England ... Played in two games for Jaguars, registering one assisted ST tackle.
Spent three seasons (2016-18) at Duke ... Started all 34 career games played and totaled 313 tackles, 32.5 TFLs, 9.5 sacks, two INTs, eight pass breakups, one FF and one FR ... Named first-team All-ACC in 2017-18 and honorable mention All-ACC in '16 ... Ranked third in ACC in tackles (125) and fourth in TFLs (16) in 2017 ... Named 2017 and '18 recipient of the Vincent Rey Award, an honor presented to Duke's most outstanding linebacker which is named after former Blue Devils and Bengals LB Vincent Rey.
Hometown is Montvale, N.J. ... Attended St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, where he helped lead team to back-to-back New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Non-Public Group 3 state championships in 2012-13 ... As a senior in 2014, recorded 95 tackles, three sacks and four INTs defensively, and 24 receptions for 315 yards and two TDs offensively ... Earned first-team all-state honors ... Graduated from Duke with degree in cultural anthropology and political science ... Younger brother, J.T. Giles-Harris, was an All-American lacrosse player at Duke and current plays for the Denver Outlaws of the Premier Lacrosse League.
NOTE ABOUT NFL EXPERIENCE: Giles-Harris did not earn an accrued year of experience toward NFL free agency in 2019, '21, '22, '23 or '24.
