Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2016-2018Alabama
Josh Jacobs
RB • 5'10" • 216 lbs • Tulsa, OK, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Josh Jacobs leans balanced backfield option traits and 56 efficiency.
Impact Production
85
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
77
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Player Story
Josh Jacobs built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a running back from Tulsa, OK wearing No. 8, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Josh Jacobs' career was his backfield work: 1,488 rushing...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 24
- Overall
- No. 24
- NFL Team
- Las Vegas Raiders
Josh Jacobs, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Alabama. Josh Jacobs leans balanced backfield option traits and 56 efficiency.
Quick Answers
Josh Jacobs quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Alabama · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,069
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Alabama
- Top game
- Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · McLain · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- McLain · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 1 · Pick 24 · Las Vegas Raiders
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 887 scrimmage yards · RB 102nd (top 15%) · SEC 20th (top 7%) · National 172nd (top 7%)
Josh Jacobs played RB for Alabama. Across 3 tracked seasons, Josh Jacobs recorded 1,488 rushing yards, 581 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Alabama.
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