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New No. 7: How Texas Southern and a football-playing father made LSU WR Jonathan Giles

Lonzo Giles raised his son around the athletic facilities at Texas Southern.

Jonathan first learned to swish 3-pointers and bank in layups from inside the H&PE Arena. There he was, at age 8, on the court surrounded by TSU’s basketball players and coaches, all of them ogling over the nifty moves and impressive stroke of such a young kid.

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LSU WR Jonathan Giles (7) works in drills on the first day of Football Spring Training Sunday at the LSU football practice complex.

Jonathan retrieved his first punts and caught his first real passes at the on-campus football practice fields.