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| Height: 6-4 Weight: 256 Born: Jul 6, 1982, Napoleonville, LA |
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| November 30, 2008 Running back Brandon Jacobs rushed 21 times for 71 yards and a touchdown in the Week 13 win over the Redskins. |
| November 30, 2008 Running back Brandon Jacobs (knee) is active and will start in Week 13 against the Redskins. |
| November 30, 2008 Brandon Jacobs intends to play today at Washington after missing Week 12 due to his ailing knee, according to ESPN. |
| November 28, 2008 Brandon Jacobs (knee) is listed as questionable for Week 13's game against the Redskins, according to the Newark Star-Ledger. |
| November 27, 2008 Brandon Jacobs fully practiced Thursday, according to the Star-Ledger. |
| November 26, 2008 Giants running back Brandon Jacobs has a small tear in his MCL, according to John Clayton of ESPN.com. |
| November 26, 2008 Brandon Jacobs is going to miss Wednesday's practice while nursing his ailing knee, according to the Star-Ledger. |
| November 25, 2008 Coach Tom Coughlin noted that he is optimistic that Brandon Jacobs will be available for Week 13 at Washington, according to the NY Post. Coughlin said, "We did everything the right way. I really believed that he would play and then he felt like he wasn't going to be able to contribute. So then we logged every issue every day. What was our mistake? Listing him as probable? We did think he was probable." |
| November 24, 2008 Brandon Jacobs considers himself day-to-day while recovering from his knee ailment, and would not comment on whether he will play in Week 13, according to the NY Daily News. |
| November 23, 2008 The Cardinals have filed an informal complaint to the league, after Brandon Jacobs wasn't listed as inactive for Sunday's game in Arizona until 90 minutes prior to kickoff, according to the Newark Star-Ledger. Jacobs had been listed as probable until that point. |
| November 23, 2008 Giants inactives: K Lawrence Tynes, DB Sammy Knight, RB Brandon Jacobs, CB Sam Madison, LB Gerris Wilkinson, T Adam Koets, WR Mario Manningham, DE Jerome McDougle. |
| November 23, 2008 Brandon Jacobs (knee) will be inactive for the Week 12 game against Arizona, according to Jay Glazer of Fox Sports. |
| November 23, 2008 Brandon Jacobs is expected to play today, according to Adam Schefter of NFL Network. |
| November 21, 2008 The New York Daily News reports that running back Brandon Jacobs is listed as probable for Week 12. |
| November 20, 2008 Brandon Jacobs, who is dealing with a knee ailment, is practicing Thursday, according to the Star-Ledger. |
| November 19, 2008 Brandon Jacobs is sitting out Wednesday's practice while nursing his knee ailment, according to the NY Daily News. |
| November 19, 2008 Brandon Jacobs feels he can play Sunday against the Cardinals, but the Giants remain concerned about swelling in his ailing knee, and the bruising running back may be held out as a precaution, according to the Arizona Republic. |
| November 18, 2008 Updating an earlier report, Jacobs says he's "good to go" for Sunday's game, but it's HC Tom Couglin's call, according to Newsday.com. |
| November 18, 2008 Updating an earlier report, Brandon Jacobs may not play in Week 12 due to his knee injury, according to the NY Daily News. He said, "I could line up and go play on Sunday if our team was in serious need of a running back. But as everyone knows, theyre not. We have a stable of horses lined up and ready to go. So I could play if I wanted to and I needed to, but I dont know if theyll let me." |
| November 18, 2008 Brandon Jacobs' MRI revealed no structural damage to his knee, according to the Star-Ledger. |
| November 17, 2008 Giants running back Brandon Jacobs will have an MRI on his swollen knee, but the team does not believe the injury is serious, according to the New York Daily News. |
| November 16, 2008 Running back Brandon Jacobs injured his knee during the Week 11 win over the Ravens. "He took a shot on the knee and he is sore, very sore," head coach Tom Coughlin tells the team's official web site. Jacobs counters, "I could have gone out there and played but we have two other backs in there and there was no need to do that." |
| November 16, 2008 Running back Brandon Jacobs rushed 11 times for 73 yards and two scores in the Week 11 win over the Ravens. |
| November 9, 2008 Giants running back Brandon Jacobs rushed for 126 yards and two scores in the Giants' 36-31 win over the Eagles. |
| November 2, 2008 Brandon Jacobs had a huge day against the Cowboys on Sunday, rushing for 117 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries. |
| October 19, 2008 Giants running back Brandon Jacobs scored twice on 17 carries, gaining 69 yards in New York's 29-17 win over San Francisco. |
| October 13, 2008 Brandon Jacobs ran the ball 14 times for 67 yards and one touchdown, but the Giants were overcome by Eli Manning's interceptions and lost to Cleveland, 35-14. |
| October 10, 2008 Cleveland Browns defensive end Corey Williams has proclaimed that the running back his team will face this week, New York's Brandon Jacobs, is someone who can be slowed if hit enough, according to the New York Times. "If we can come out and hit him in the mouth from the jump, he tends to slow down and do some tiptoeing," Williams said. |
| October 5, 2008 Brandon Jacobs rushed 15 times for 136 yards and two touchdowns in the Week 5 win over the Seahawks. He added one catch for nine yards. |
| September 21, 2008 Brandon Jacobs compiled 14 carries for 35 yards and a touchdown in the Week 3 victory over Cincinnati. |
| September 14, 2008 Brandon Jacobs carried the ball just 15 times Sunday, but he made the most of it, gaining 93 yards. He added a two-yard catch. |
| September 4, 2008 Brandon Jacobs rushed 21 times for 116 yards and added one reception for 8 yards against Washington Thursday night. |
| July 23, 2008 Brandon Jacobs has been thought of as the Giants lead back heading into the season, and while that might still be the case, it also appears that he is in danger of losing touches, according to the Giants Official Website. When asked about how the team's runners will be treated this season, here is what OC Kevin Gilbride said. "...depending on how certain defenses are playing us, which guy's playing better that day, in other words, kind of who has the hot hand, who is playing the best, that is the guy that we would certainly feature that day." |
| July 16, 2008 Right now it looks like Brandon Jacobs will not be getting a contract extension before training camp opens on July 24. Although there is no deadline in place, both sides are still working to bridge the gap between what Jacobs wants and what the Giants are willing to pay, according to the New York Daily News. |
| June 26, 2008 Brandon Jacobs is nearing a resolution to his contract negotiations with the Giants and is on the cusp of signing a reported four year deal, according to the Bergen Record. |
| June 19, 2008 Running back Brandon Jacobs is entering the final year of his contract and looking for a big payday. The New York Giants have a differing view on the possible compensation package, but the Newark Star-Ledger is speculating that the recent probation violation of Ahmad Bradshaw could possibly jump-start the negotiations. |
| May 30, 2008 Brandon Jacobs suffered through a season full of nagging injuries. The big back missed five games and part of a sixth because of a variety of injuries. If the Giants want to repeat as Super Bowl champs, Jacobs must stay healthy. |
| April 20, 2008 Brandon Jacobs was reportedly spotted at Madison Square Garden on Saturday with a cast on his left forearm and his arm wrapped up in a sling, according to the NY Daily News. Jacobs had surgery recently on his left wrist, to just "clean some stuff out." He commented that he will definitely be ready for the start of training camp. |
| April 12, 2008 The Giants and Brandon Jacobs' reps are reportedly way apart on contract talks, according to the Star Ledger. The talks are only preliminary, and the team still has plenty of time to work out a new deal for him. |
| January 6, 2008 Brandon Jacobs had 50 totals yards and two scores (one rushing, one receiving) Sunday before leaving in the second half after he cramped up. He'll be fine for next week. It was Ahmad Bradshaw, not Reuben Droughns, that stepped in when Jacobs went down. |