Brandon Jacobs
- New York Giants (2005-2011)
- San Francisco 49ers (2012-2013 )
- New York Giants (2013 - )
- NFC Offensive Player of the Month (October 2007)
- 2x Super Bowl champion (XLII, XLVI )
- BBI Giant of the Year Award (2008)
- Most overflowed touchdowns in the history of the New York Giants (56 )
Brandon Jacobs ( born July 6, 1982 in Houma, Louisiana), nicknamed " Big Meat ", is an American professional American football player in the position of running backs. He plays for the New York Giants in the National Football League ( NFL).
Career
High School
Even at Assumption High School in Napoleonville, Louisiana, Brandon Jacobs was an above average player, both physically and playful. Throughout his high school years, he scored eight touchdowns after a kick-off. In his last year he reached with his runs 3,000 yards and 38 touchdowns.
College
His college career started Brandon Jacobs in Coffeyville, Kansas Community College. In his first season he reached 1,349 yards and 17 touchdowns. He then moved to the Auburn Tigers. He was one of the best running backs in college football. In his time with the Auburn Tigers he reached 446 yards and three touchdowns in 72 attempts. After the end of the college season, 2003, he moved to Southern Illinois. In his years in Southern Illinois he latched on to 992 yards in 150 attempts and scored 19 touchdowns.
NFL Draft 2005
He moved into the fourth round, as 110 players, the 2005 NFL Draft to the New York Giants. The Giants drafteten three more players this year, Corey Webster, Justin Tuck and Eric Moore except Jacobs.
New York Giants
In his first NFL season, he scored in 38 attempts 99 yards and seven touchdowns. With the retirement of Tiki Barber in the 2007 season, he took over the position of the "Starting running backs ." Many did not believe that he could replace Tiki Barber. Nevertheless, the Giants put on him. Videos of him have been Youtube hits, because the athletic running back often ran away over the defenders.
Super Bowl XLII
On 3 February 2008, the Giants met in Super Bowl XLII to the New England Patriots at University of Phoenix Stadium. Brandon Jacobs ran in 14 attempts 42 yards. The Giants, who were regarded as " underdog " won the game 17:14.
Statistics
Suspension
On December 11, 49ers was suspended for the rest of the season after he repeated in social networks expressed his dissatisfaction about the lack of operating time with the 49ers Brandon Jacobs of the San Francisco. So he posted, inter alia, on Instagram photos of himself in his old Giants jersey and his Super Bowl rings and wrote: " I am on this team rotting away so why would I wanna put any pics up of anything did say niners ". An official reason for the suspension was the team not to.
Returning to the Giants
On September 10, 2013 Brandon Jacobs signed a one - year contract with the New York Giants.
Family
Brandon Jacobs married his wife, Kim, 2005. 2007 came their child Brayden Jacobs of the world. He owns two dogs, a Golden Retriever named Jake and a Puggle named Reese. When his wife was pregnant, he scored a touchdown by taking the football Unters jersey. But it condemned the NFL to a penalty of $ 5,000.