Jonathan Echols

Position:
Tight End
Height:
6-6
Weight:
235
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Franklin, Ga.
High School:
IMG Academy

2025: Saw action in 10 games and made seven starts...caught nine passes for 109 yards and three touchdowns....had two catches for 18 yards at No. 5 Miami (9/13)...had a 22-yard touchdown catch vs. South Carolina State (9/20)...made a 24-yard catch vs. Charlotte (10/3)...had a two-yard touchdown catch at North Texas (10/10)...made two catches for 26 yards and a touchdown vs. FAU (10/18)...made a nine-yard catch at Memphis (10/25) and an eight-yard catch at UAB (11/22).

2024: Saw action in two games and recorded one catch, the first of his career, for a 59-yard touchdown against Tulsa (11/23).

IMG ACADEMY: A promising edge rusher turned tight end for IMG Academy… rated a four-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals…as a sophomore in 2021, played both ways for Franklin (Ga.) Heard County, getting snaps at quarterback, wide receiver, tight end, defensive end, and linebacker…passed for 231 yards, and rushed for 348 more yards…also accounted for 181 receiving yards, scoring seven touchdowns on offense. Defensively, registered 25 tackles, six quarterback hits, three sacks, and a pass break up…as a junior in 2022, transferred to IMG Academy and mainly saw action at tight end catching eight passes for 133 yards and a touchdown…as a senior in 2023, hauled in 14 receptions for 232 yards and four touchdowns…made a name for himself during his first semester at IMG Academy, posting a laser-timed 4.8 in the 40-yard dash to go along with a 4.5 short shuttle and a 120-inch broad jump at the national powerhouse’s annual Pro Day…also a track and field athlete, competing in the 4x100, 200m, 300m hurdles, high jump and long jump as a freshman…had offers from Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Tennessee, LSU, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, Texas A&M, Penn State, Florida State, Mississippi, Miami, Michigan State, South Carolina, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Mississippi State, Arkansas, UCF, Virginia Tech, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Jackson State, Liberty, and Troy.

PERSONAL: Earned USF Athletic Honor Roll recognition in the fall of 2025.

ECHOLS’ GAME-BY-GAME
2024 Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs)
vs. Bethune-Cookman (0-0-0); at Alabama (DNP); at Southern Mississippi (DNP); vs Miami (DNP); at Tulane (DNP); vs Memphis (DNP); vs UAB (DNP); at FAU (DNP); vs Navy (DNP); at Charlotte (DNP); vs Tulsa (1-59-1); at Rice (DNP); vs San Jose St. (DNP).

Quoting Coach Golesh
“Jonathan was one of the first recruits I spoke to after taking the Head Coaching job at South Florida. Our relationship from the last school was so strong and ended up being the difference at the end. We are fired up to have this young man here and practicing with us in Boca!”