Chuck Jacobs

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Chuck Jacobs
No. 17
Position:Wide receiver / Specialist
Personal information
Born: (1990-05-11) May 11, 1990 (age 33)
San Francisco, California
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High school:John F. Kennedy High School
College:Utah State
Undrafted:2013
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Chuck Jacobs (born May 11, 1990) is a former American football wide receiver. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the San Francisco 49ers in 2013. He has also been a member of the Baltimore Ravens and Toronto Argonauts. After attending Laney College he went on to play at Utah State.

College career[edit]

Laney College[edit]

Jacobs began attending Laney College after graduating from high school in 2009. While playing for Laney he caught 27 passes for 238 yards and 2 touchdowns in 2010.

Utah State[edit]

In 2011, he began attending Utah State and playing for their football team as a wide receiver. As a junior in his first season with Utah State, he played in all 13 games, while starting in 5. He ended his junior season with 20 receptions, 218 receiving yards, and 2 touchdown receptions.

Jacobs returned as a senior to play in all 13 games with 6 starts. He had his best year at the collegiate level, ending the 2012 season with 41 receptions, 608 receiving yards, and also tied for a team-high 5 touchdown receptions.[1]

He finished his collegiate career at Utah State with 61 receptions, 826 receiving yards, and 7 receiving touchdowns.

Professional career[edit]

San Francisco 49ers[edit]

Jacobs went undrafted during the 2013 NFL Draft and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Francisco 49ers.[2]

On August 8, 2014, the 49ers waived/injured Jacobs due to tearing his ACL in the 49ers first 2014 pre-season game.[3] He was placed on the team's injured reserve the following day.

Jacobs was waived on August 31, 2015 as part of mandatory roster cuts before the start of the season.[4]

Baltimore Ravens[edit]

After a rash of injuries to Steve Smith Sr. and their receiving corps, Jacobs was signed to the Baltimore Ravens practice squad on November 4, 2015.[5] On November 23, 2015, the Ravens released newly acquired veteran wide receiver Joe Morgan and promoted Jacobs to the active roster.[6] He was waived by the Ravens on November 30.[7] On December 2, 2015, he was re-signed to the practice squad. On May 6, 2016, the Ravens waived Jacobs. On August 29, 2016, Jacobs was waived by the Ravens.[8]

Toronto Argonauts[edit]

Jacobs signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on February 1, 2017.[9] He was released on May 27, 2017.

Personal life[edit]

Jacobs was born to JoAnn and Jesse Jacobs and has 7 sisters and 5 brothers. He graduated from Kennedy High School in Richmond, California and also lettered in track and field and basketball, leading his basketball team to a 27-6 record his senior year. He graduated in the fall of 2012 with an interdisciplinary studies degree with an emphasis on sociology and physical education from Utah State.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Utah State Aggies Player Bio:Chuck Jacobs".
  2. ^ "Rookie Report with Chuck Jacobs". 49ers.com. June 23, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  3. ^ "49ers Sign WR Lance Lewis, Waive WR Chuck Jacobs". 49ers.com. August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  4. ^ Barrows, Matt (August 31, 2015). "49ers waive 10, put Kilgore on injury list". SacBee.com. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  5. ^ Mink, Ryan (November 4, 2015). "Ravens Sign Wide Receivers Joe Morgan, Chuck Jacobs". BaltimoreRavens.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  6. ^ Mink, Ryan (November 23, 2015). "Ravens Promote WR Chuck Jacobs, Waive WR Joe Morgan". BaltimoreRavens.com. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  7. ^ Mink, Ryan (November 30, 2015). "Ravens Bring Up WR Daniel Brown, G Kaleb Johnson". BaltimoreRavens.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  8. ^ "Ravens Place Benjamin Watson & Kyle Arrington On IR, Release 9 Other Players". Archived from the original on 2017-10-10.
  9. ^ "Argos sign former NFL LB Butler - Article - TSN". TSN. 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2017-02-02.

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