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| Biography |
HEIGHT: 6'4"
WEIGHT: 225
HOMETOWN: DELRAY BEACH, FL
COLLEGE: BOWLING GREEN
RECRUITED TO BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY BY URBAN MEYER, JACOBS MADE HIS IMPACT AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2004 SETTING THE BEST TOUCHDOWN TO INTERCEPTION RATIO IN NCAA DIVISION I-A. AS A JUNIOR IN 2005, JACOBS WAS EXPECTED TO CONTEND FOR THE HEISMAN TROPHY, AWARDED TO THE YEAR'S BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER, BUT AN INJURY TO HIS NON-THROWING SHOULDER CONSIDERABLY REDUCED HIS PRODUCTIVITY.
JACOBS SKIPPED HIS SENIOR SEASON AT BOWLING GREEN TO ENTER THE NFL DRAFT LEAVING BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY AS THE SCHOOL'S ALL-TIME LEADER IN TOUCHDOWN PASSES (71) AND THIRD IN CAREER PASSING YARDS (6,938)
DRAFTED IN THE 5TH ROUND OF 2006 NFL DRAFT BY THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS, JACOBS WAS RELEASED AFTER TRAINING CAMP AND WAS SIGNED TO THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES PRACTICE SQUAD WHERE HE SPENT THE 2006 SEASON. HE WAS SIGNED IN 2007 BY THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AND WAS ALLOCATED TO NFL EUROPE AND PLAYED FOR THE BERLIN THUNDER, HE SUFFERED AN INJURY AND MISSED THE ENTIRE PRE-SEASON AND WAS RELEASED. HE WAS THEN PICKED UP BY THE FLORENCE PHANTOMS IN 2008 OF THE A.I.F.A. WHERE HE COMPLETED 208-362 PASSES FOR OVER 3,000 YARDS WITH 56 TOUCHDOWNS AND 12 INTERCEPTIONS TO LEAD THE PHANTOMS TO THEIR FIRST EVER AIFA CHAMPIONSHIP BOWL VICTORY. HE ALSO WON THE AIFA CHAMPIONSHIP BOWL II MVP AWARD, AND THE AIFA LEAGUE MVP AWARD.
GREW UP AND PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WITH SAN JOSE WOLVES WR A.J. BENNETT AT ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL IN DEL RAY BEACH, FLORIDA.
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Opponent |
Location |
Time |
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Ogden Knights |
Cow Palace |
W 48-16 |
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Arctic Predators |
Cow Palace |
W 64-12 |
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Ogden Knights |
Ogden, Utah |
W 36-29 |
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Ogden Knights |
Cow Palace |
W 58-32 |
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Yakima Valley Warriors |
Yakima, Washington |
W 82-50 |
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