 Brandon Jacobs at the Giants 2007 Training Camp. |
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| No. 27 New York Giants | |
| Running back | |
| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: July 6, 1982 | |
| Place of birth: Napoleonville, Louisiana | |
| Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | Weight: 264 lb (120 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: Southern Illinois | |
| NFL Draft: 2005 / Round: 4 / Pick: 110 | |
| Debuted in 2005 for the New York Giants | |
| Career history | |
As player:
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| Roster status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2009 | |
| Rushing yards | 3,008 |
| Rushing average | 4.5 |
| Rushing TDs | 36 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Brandon Jacobs (born July 6, 1982, in Napoleonville, Louisiana) is an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Giants in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern Illinois.
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Early years
Brandon Jacobs attended Assumption High School in Napoleonville, Louisiana, where he rambled for a state-best 3,032 yards in 2000. He earned Class 4A Offensive MVP honors while averaging 215 yards per game and totaling 35 touchdowns[1].
College Career
Brandon Jabobs' college career started at Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kansas, under the direction of then head coach Jeff Leiker (current athletic director) and running backs coach Dickie Rolls. Coffeyville is a member school of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. In 2001, his freshman year at Coffeyville, he ran for 1,349 yards and 17 TDs and gained Kansas Jayhawk Conference All-Conference honorable mention. He was also named the team MVP for CCC. In his sophomore season for the Red Ravens he racked up 1,896 yards and 20 TDs on 267 carries for a 7.1 yard-per-carry average. In light of these efforts Jacobs was named a JUCO All-American [2] and to the KJCCC All-Conference First Team [3]. He once again garnered the Team MVP trophy and was also named the recipient of the Reb Russell Memorial Football Scholarship Award [4]. The statistic of 1,896 yards rushing ranks second all-time on the Ravens individual season rushing yardage record [5].
Jacobs continued his college career at Auburn University, along with first-round draft picks Carnell Williams, Ronnie Brown, and Jason Campbell. Jacobs was the third-string running back behind Williams and Brown. Jacobs gained 446 yards on 72 carries and 2 touchdowns in 2003 for the Tigers. After the completion of the 2003 college football season, Jacobs transferred to then Division 1-AA Southern Illinois.[6]. Jacobs' one year at Southern Illinois was another solid one. He led the team with 150 carries for 992 yards (6.6 avg) and 19 touchdowns, one less than the school's all-time leader, Muhammad Abdulqaadir, another great running back that got his start at Coffeyville Community College. Jacobs was an All-American first-team selection by The NFL Draft Report and All-Gateway Conference first-team choice and was also named Gateway Conference Newcomer of the Year. He led the conference and ranked tenth in the nation in scoring, averaging 9.5 points per game. Brandon had eight receptions for 83 yards (10.4 avg), returned six kickoffs for 140 yards (23.3 avg) and had five 100-yard rushing games including the playoffs [7].
Professional career
New York Giants
Going into the 2006 season Jacobs stated that he studied film of famed power running back Eddie George in an effort to refine his running style. Eddie George, like Jacobs, was a large, power running back.[8] In the 2006 season, Jacobs carried the ball 96 times for 423 yards and 9 touchdowns, averaging 4.4 yards per carry. He added 11 receptions for 149 yards.
With the retirement of Tiki Barber, Jacobs took over the starting running back spot for the Giants in the 2007 season. He injured his knee in the first game of the season against the Dallas Cowboys, but returned four weeks later against the New York Jets to rush for 100 yards and a touchdown. Jacobs would miss two more games later in the season with a hamstring injury, but finish the regular season with rushing totals of 1,011 yards and four touchdowns on 201 carries. He also added 23 receptions for 174 yards and two touchdowns. In the playoffs, on January 13, 2008, Jacobs scored the winning touchdown against the #1 seeded Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Divisional Playoffs. Jacobs started every game in the playoffs on the Giants road to their superbowl victory over the previously undefeated New England Patriots.
Jacobs underwent wrist surgery during the 2008 offseason.[9] He returned to play all of the preseason, but missed two games in the regular season due to recurring difficulty with his knee. He finished the 2008 regular season with 219 carries for 1089 yards and 15 touchdowns, similar yardage to 2007, but many more touchdowns. In 2008, he and Derrick Ward became the fifth pair of teammates to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season.
He is the "Earth" in the running back corps of the Giants nicknamed "Earth, Wind, & Fire" with Derrick Ward (Wind) and Ahmad Bradshaw (Fire). He also is nick-named Juggernaut because of his ability to break multiple tackles and the difficulty in bringing him down.[10][11]. Similarly, he has been dubbed "The Creator"[12] by the satirical sports website Ramon Hernandez Put Down The Gun, and is considered complimentary to Justin Tuck, who is known as "The Destroyer."[13]
On February 13, 2009 the Giants placed the Franchise Tag on Jacobs. He signed a four-year, $25 million dollar contract with the Giants a week later and currently slated to have most of the carries this upcoming season.
Professional stats
| Rushing | Fumbles | Receiving | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | Att | Yards | AVG | LNG | TD | FUM | LOST | Rec | Yards | Y/R | TD | LNG |
| 2005 | New York Giants | 16 | 38 | 99 | 2.6 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | New York Giants | 15 | 96 | 423 | 4.4 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 149 | 13.5 | 0 | 43 |
| 2007 | New York Giants | 11 | 202 | 1009 | 5.0 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 174 | 7.6 | 2 | 34 |
| 2008 | New York Giants | 13 | 219 | 1089 | 5.0 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2009 | New York Giants | 6 | 107 | 388 | 3.6 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | 61 | 158 | 3008 | 4.5 | 44 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 45 | 382 | 8.5 | 2 | 43 | |
| Source:sports.yahoo.com[14] | ||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ http://southernillinois.scout.com/a.z?s=467&p=8&c=1&nid=1488619
- ^ http://coffeyville.edu/athletics/football/wallofhonor.htm
- ^ http://kjccc.org/football/region_vi_fb/2002/02all_kjccc.html
- ^ http://coffeyville.edu/athletics/football/records.htm
- ^ http://coffeyville.edu/athletics/football/individual_records.htm
- ^ http://auburn.rivals.com/playerstats.asp?Team=AUBURN&year=2003
- ^ http://www.giants.com/history/DraftPickBrandonJacobs.asp
- ^ Altavilla, J Jacobs' Height Requires Change In Style. (2006, July 31). The Hartford Courant, p. Sports.
- ^ Vacchiano, Ralph. Brandon Jacobs at MSG with arm injury, New York Daily News, April 18, 2008, accessed on December 28, 2008
- ^ Brandon Jacobs powers Nasheville Toupee past Terry Tate All Stars, 101-69
- ^ Jacobs confident, but wants one more day before deciding status, Associated Press, National Football League, accessed on December 28, 2008
- ^ Ten Reasons Why Brandon Jacobs is The Creator
- ^ A Special Thanksgiving Message from Justin Tuck
- ^ "Brandon Jacobs > Career Stats". Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! & Stats LLC. 19 October 2009. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7286/career;_ylt=Ap.ZZEr4iN._kLU_ygE37B3.uLYF. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
External links
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- New York Giants Player Bio
- TSN.ca NFL Player Bio
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- Brandon Jacobs 2008 ESPYS - TheConcreteJournal.com [2]
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| Preceded by Tiki Barber |
New York Giants Starting Runningbacks 2007- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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