.jpg) Jacobs with the Raiders in 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 8 – Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born: | February 11, 1998 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 223 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | McLain (Tulsa, Oklahoma) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Alabama (2016–2018) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2019 / round: 1 / pick: 24 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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Joshua Cordell Jacobs (born February 11, 1998) is an American professional football running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft. Jacobs rushed for over 1,000 yards in each of his first two seasons, while being named to NFL All-Rookie Team in 2019 and to his first Pro Bowl in 2020. In 2022, he led the league in rushing yards with 1,653 and became the first Raider since 1985 to surpass 2,000 scrimmage yards. After five years with the Raiders, Jacobs signed with the Packers in 2024.