At a glance

JERRY JACOBS

CLASS Redshirt junior

POSITION Defensive back

HEIGHT/WEIGHT 5-11, 206 pounds

AGE 22 (Born Sept. 26, 1997)

HOMETOWN Atlanta

HIGH SCHOOL South Cobb

LAST STOP Arkansas State University

NOTEWORTHY Besides football, Jacobs also played basketball, baseball, lacrosse and ran track in high school. … After high school, he played in junior college at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College under Coach Rion Rhoades, who is now Arkansas’ linebackers coach. Arkansas Coach Sam Pittman also coached at Hutchinson in the early 1990s. … In 12 games at Hutchinson, Jacobs had 4 interceptions, 12 pass breakups, 6.5 tackles for loss, 39 tackles and was a 2017 all-conference selection. … In 16 games at Arkansas State, Jacobs tallied 4 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 4 tackles for loss and 52 tackles. He was a second-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection in 2018. … Has experience at both cornerback and safety. … Has a second year of eligibility remaining because he didn’t play in more than four games in 2019 as a result of his injury.