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Born: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | September 26, 1997||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 203 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | South Cobb (Austell, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
College: | Hutchinson Community College (2016–2018) Arkansas State (2018–2019) Arkansas (2020) | ||||||||||||
Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2021 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Jerry Jacobs (born September 26, 1997) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Hutchinson Community College, Arkansas State and Arkansas.
Jacobs began his collegiate career at Hutchinson Community College. He Earned KJCC All-Conference honors with the Blue Dragons and recorded 39 tackles and four interceptions. In the fall of 2018 he transferred to Arkansas State. During the 2018 season he recorded 31 tackles, four interceptions and eight pass breakups in 13 games. Following the season he was named second-team All-Sun Belt Conference. [1] During the 2019 season, he made four starts with 21 tackles, and two pass breakups, before suffering a season-ending ACL tear. [2]
Following the season he transferred to Arkansas. [3] [4] On October 26, 2020, Jacobs opted out of the remaining six games of the season and declared for the 2021 NFL Draft. In four games with the Razorbacks, he recorded 17 tackles, including one for a loss. His 249 defensive snaps were the fourth-most on the team. [5] [6]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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5 ft 10+1⁄4 in (1.78 m) | 208 lb (94 kg) | 30+5⁄8 in (0.78 m) | 9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.53 s | 1.64 s | 2.63 s | 4.33 s | 6.95 s | 34.5 in (0.88 m) | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) | 20 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [7] |
On May 1, 2021, Jacobs signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent. [8] He was named to the Lions' 53-man roster and made his first career start in Week 5. [9] [10] He started the next nine games before suffering a torn ACL in Week 14. He was placed on injured reserve on December 13, 2021. [11]
Jacobs was placed on the reserve/PUP list to start the 2022 season. [12] He was activated on October 22. [13]
Jacobs entered the 2023 season as a starting cornerback for the Lions. In Week 4, he recorded two interceptions on Packers quarterback Jordan Love in a 34-20 win. He finished the season with 55 tackles, eight passes defensed, and three interceptions through 15 games and 12 starts.
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