The Oakland Raiders picked up their second straight win on Thursday evening towards the Los Angeles Chargers in an AFC West showdown. For What happens at the end of the Little Mermaid , Jacobs wasn't the beginning the RB at Alabama for a lot of his time there. Jacobs rushed for eighty two yards and two scores on just eight careers within the SEC Championship Sport towards Georgia. During every of his three seasons at Alabama, Jacobs by no means finished higher than third in dashing yards after accumulating a profession-finest 640 last yr.
Pretty heady reward for somebody who was a virtual unknown among major school recruiting circles as nationwide signing day approached three years in the past despite dashing for five,372 yards dashing and 56 touchdowns as quarterback in the Wildcat formation throughout his career at McLain.
The Raiders won't win every recreation. He arrived at Alabama one of the lowest rated prospects in comparison with the slew of four and 5 star prospects Saban brings in. Jacobs had no stars till his provide to play for the Alabama Football team. He is additionally coming off one of his finest video games with Alabama.
Jim Nagy, an NFL scout for 18 seasons and now the chief director of the Senior Bowl, defined Jacobs' limited publicity in a Bleacher Report story and the dilemma of having so much expertise in a single backfield. The combination of illness and sport script meant for the first time this season, Jacobs played fewer snaps (25) than Jalen Richard (29).
Gruden also touted Jacobs' toughness, as the operating back tweaked his shoulder on the primary play of the game however got here again to play. Inexperienced Bay took a 7-three lead on its opening drive on a 21-yard go from Aaron Rodgers to running again Aaron Jones.
Earlier than his days with the Alabama Football crew, instances had been powerful for Jacobs. Or perhaps it was the shoulder injury that forced Jacobs to miss a very good chunk of his junior season—though he nonetheless managed to amass nearly 1,000 dashing yards and 13 touchdowns in limited action.