Josh Jacobs (American football player)

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Josh Jacobs
Las Vegas Raiders - No. 28
Running back
Date of birth: February 11, 1998
Place of birth: Tulsa , Oklahoma
Height: 1.78 m Weight: 100 kg
NFL debut
2019 for the Oakland Raiders
Career
College : Alabama
NFL Draft : 2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24
 Teams:
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Erlaufene yards     1,150
average     4.8 yards
Run touchdowns     7th
Captured passports     20th
Space gain     166
Captured touchdowns     0
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Joshua Jacobs (born February 11, 1998 in Tulsa , Oklahoma ) is an American football player in the running back position . He is under contract with the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide , the University of Alabama football team . Jacobs was selected by the Raiders as the 24th pick in the 2019 NFL Draft .

Early career

Jacobs attended McLain High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During his high school career, he scored 5,372 yards and 56 touchdowns. He signed up to play college football at the University of Alabama.

college

Jacobs' talent was not yet recognized in high school; he eventually got a college spot through Twitter. A friend gave Jacobs the idea to upload videos of his game to Twitter. The videos spread like wildfire, and he received dozens of requests from the most prominent colleges. Eventually he went to the University of Alabama.

A freshman to Alabama in 2016, he ran 567 yards and four touchdowns in 85 runs. As a sophomore in 2017, he ran 284 yards and a touchdown on 46 runs. After the season it was found that he had played with a broken ankle for most of the season. As a junior, he was named MVP of the 2018 SEC Championship Game after running 83 yards with two touchdowns.

NFL

The Oakland Raiders selected Jacobs in the first round (24th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft. The pick was originally acquired by the Chicago Bears in a deal that brought Khalil Mack to Chicago.

Personal

As a child, Jacobs lived in poverty with his father and sometimes had to sleep in the back seat of his father's car. Not used to his own bed, he slept on the floor for the first few months at the University of Alabama.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SEC Country Christopher Walsh: Josh Jacobs, recruiting's forgotten man, continues to show it belongs at Alabama. Accessed June 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Matt Zenitz: From unknown to Alabama in two months: The story of new Tide RB Joshua Jacobs. March 17, 2016, Retrieved June 1, 2019 (American English).
  3. ↑ NFL - Josh Jacobs: First round candidate thanks to Twitter. April 23, 2019, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  4. ^ Healthy Josh Jacobs ready to shine for Alabama. August 14, 2018, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  5. ^ SEC Country Connor Riley: Alabama running back Josh Jacobs played on a broken ankle, to have surgery on Friday. Accessed June 1, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Michael Casagrande: Alabama's Josh Jacobs played sick, on empty stomach needing 2 IVs and won MVP. December 2, 2018, Retrieved June 1, 2019 (American English).
  7. ↑ Unlikely SEC MVP Jacobs kept Crimson Tide in game with two touchdowns. Accessed June 1, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Oakland Raiders select RB Josh Jacobs at No. 24. Retrieved June 1, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Raiders rookie RB Josh Jacobs is no longer reluctant to tell his remarkable story. Retrieved June 1, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Jacobs, Josh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jacobs, Joshua (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Tulsa , Oklahoma , United States