Jacob Jacobs: Wiki, Bio, Age, Height, Career, Football, American football, NFL, Family, Parents, Kids, Children, Son, Wife, Girlfriends, Contract, NFL Draft, Salary, Stats, Injury, Nationality, Ethnicity, Liverpool, Fc, Football, Net Worth: Josh Jacobs is an American football player. He is known for the running back position for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). While playing his college football game in Alabama he was drafted by the Raiders in just the first round (24th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft. The draft was originally acquired by the Chicago Bears in a trade that sent Khalil Mack to Chicago. He also signed his four-year rookie contract with the Oakland Raiders on July 9, 2019. Josh has graduated from McLain High School where he achieved score of 5,372 yards and 46 touchdowns in his whole high school football career. After his professional NFL Draft, he got many achievements under his belt. Let’s find out more about his professional career and as well his personal life, net worth, and much more interesting about Josh Jacobs.
Josh Jacobs Childhood & Family
Josh or Joshua Jacobs was born on February 11, 1998, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. His father Marty Jacobs worked as an ordinary job of shipping and receiving in their local warehouse, and his mother Lachelle was a housewife. In 2006 his parents got divorced, he want to be with his father but due to some circumstances his father told him and his other four siblings to live with his mother. Which he did not like at all, as his mother misused the child support money. That leads to both parents fighting for the custody of the children.Â
Due to the legal between of the parents regarding the custody and coming from a low-income family Jacob’s family suffered a lot. And in middle school, he was once homeless with no food on the table and no roof to sleep on. But that did not hold him down he finally graduated from McLain High School where he achieved 5,372 yards and 46 touchdowns as highest football high school. Currently, he is playing at the University of Alabama and is soon to be a graduate with a degree.
Jacobs College Era
After such hardship and difficulties facing in his middle school and back at home. He got into the University of Alabama where he is currently playing his college football. In his freshman year 2016, he showed his talents by playing a marvelous game by split time with Bo Scarborough and Damien Harris, rushing a score of 85 times for 567 yards and four touchdowns. And, in sophomore year in 2017, he got 284 yards on 46 carries with one touchdown.
As the season ended it was revealed that Jacobs was suffering from a broken ankle and still choose to play for most of the season. In his junior year, he was named the MVP of the 2018 SEC Championship Game after rushing for 83 yards with two touchdowns.
 Josh Jacobs NFL Draft
Jacobs made his first debut in NFL Week 1 against the opponent Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football. Jacobs rushed 23 times for 85 yards and was able to get two touchdowns and one pass for 28 yards in the 24-16 victory. In his next game, he went against the Kansas City Chiefs, where he rushed 12 times for 99 yards, and unfortunately, the Raiders lost by a score of 28-10.
Three weeks later after his first debut, they went after the Chicago Bears at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where he managed to rush 26 times for 123 yards and two touchdowns and caught 3 passes for 20 yards in the 24-21 win. And, during Week 7 they played with the Green Bay Packers, where they eventually lost the game with his rushed 21 times for 124 yards in the 42-24. Two weeks later they retrieved from the loss against the Detroit Lions, where Jacob perfectly managed to rushed 28 times for 120 yards and two touchdowns in the 31–24 with a victory trophy.
After a continuous eighth game of the season, Jacobs got the Raiders rookie record for rushing yards in a season with 740, surpassing former American football player Marcus Allen’s old record of 697. In his next game against the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday Night Football, he rushed for 71 yards and with the winning game touchdown and caught five passes for 30 yards.
In Week 11 the team went against the Cincinnati Bengals, where he rushed 23 times for 112 yards in the 17–10 win. In Week 13 against the Kansas City Chiefs, with rushed 17 times for 104 yards in the 40–9 loss. During the game of loss, Jacobs became the first rookie running back in Raiders’ history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
During 2019 Jacob missed three games among the last four games due to his shoulder injury and skin infection. But during his final season, he was able to finish with 1,150 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns.
Josh Wife/ Girlfriend
Josh is a private person who likes to keep within himself. Naturally, he likes to keep his private life a private affair especially in his dating life. He is a young spectacular athlete with a bright future ahead maybe in the future the fans would get to know about his dating life.
Josh Jacobs Son/Â Children’s
In a surprising scenario, Josh has a son named Braxton, who was born in the same year he was committed to Alabama University. The mother of the child is not known, nor she was declared as his current girlfriend or fiancé. According to the rumor mill, it was assumed the mother of the Josh child is his past girlfriend. But regard to having a child at such young age, Jacob is taking full responsibility. And that made his father Jacob’s father Marty grateful that he is doing such a great job being a dad at a young age. According to the current information on the web he is now father of eight children.
Josh Jacobs Salary and Contracts
With his rising popularity and great talent, he landed a full 4-year contract with the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). With a new position and a new contract, the deal was signed worth $11,933,398 with a whopping $6,698,836 additional signing bonus. Jacob’s salary was announced publicly at $11,933,398 and with an annual salary of $2,983,350. Sources have also confirmed that Jacobs is currently earning a base salary worth $1,037,427.Â
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Josh Jacobs Bio, Height, Weight, Profile, Net Worth
| Name | Josh Jacobs |
| Nickname | Not Known |
| Gender | Male |
| Profession | American Professional Football Player |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters– 178 cm
in meters– 1.78 m in feet inches– 5 ’10’ |
| Weight (approx.) | in kilograms– 100
in pounds– 220.462 |
| Figure Measurement (approx.) | Not Known |
| Eye Colour | Brown |
| Hair Colour | Dark Brown |
| Date of Birth | 11 February 1998 |
| Age (as in 2022) | 23Â Years |
| Birth Place | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Aquarius |
| Nationality | American |
| Hometown | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| School | Not Known |
| College/University | McLain High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Educational Qualification | Â Not Known |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Ethnicity | Black |
| Caste | Not Known |
| Address | Not Known |
| Hobbies/Interests | Not Known |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Affairs/Boyfriends/Girlfriends | Not Known |
| Sexuality | Not Known |
| Parents | Father:Â Marty Jacobs
Mother: Lachelle Jacobs |
| Siblings | Not Known |
| Husband/Wife/Spouse | N/A |
| Children | |
| Net Worth | Not Known |
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Josh Jacobs!
- Josh was drafted for NFL in the first round.
- He signed his four-year contract with the Oakland Raiders.
- In his freshman year in college he was suffering from a broken ankle but still played the game.
- Jacob’s is a very private person
- He has a son named Braxton and a total of 8 children.
- Josh was once homeless in his middle school days.
- At age of 8, his pargets got separated.
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