Brandon Jacobs Biography

The only thing more amazing than the size of NY Giants RB Brandon Jacobs is his sheer athletic ability.

Brandon Jacobs: High School
Even in high school Brandon Jacobs was a bigger-than-average athlete. But the bulky frame of the Louisiana native did nothing to slow him down. Over his high school career, Brandon Jacobs returned eight kickoffs for touchdowns and showed brilliant speed in the open field. In his senior year, Brandon Jacobs amassed a ridiculous 3,000 yards rushing and 38 touchdowns. These numbers coupled with his freakish body made Brandon Jacobs a prime target for recruiting.

Brandon Jacobs: College
After a short time at Coffeyville, Kansas Community College, Brandon Jacobs transferred to the running back factory that is the Auburn Tigers. His junior season with the Auburn Tigers was a good one as he played as part of the best backfield in college football. With Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams ahead of him, however, Brandon Jacobs decided to find greener pastures and transferred to the Southern Illinois Salukis where he could be the man. In spite of the small-market team, there was plenty of interest in Brandon Jacobs in the 2005 NFL Draft.

Brandon Jacobs: 2005 NFL Draft
Brandon Jacobs impressed scouts at the NFL Combine by running a 40-yard dash in 4.56 seconds with a 6-foot-4 frame and tipping the scales at 267 pounds. Having attended a small college for most of his career hurt Brandon Jacobs’ stock, as did a ton of talented underclassmen. Brandon Jacobs was forced to watch as former teammates Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams both went early in the first round. Both the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants hit back to back when they took Marion Barber and Brandon Jacobs in the fourth round, respectively.

Brandon Jacobs: New York Giants
It was perfectly understandable for fans with New York Giants tickets not be jumping for joy when Brandon Jacobs came off the board. He was an unknown commodity to all but the most hardcore of NFL Draft fanatics. His large size also reminded many of first-round bust Ron Dayne. Brandon Jacobs did have a great fan in RB Tiki Barber though as the smaller back needed a guy to spell him as the season wore on. Brandon Jacobs and Tiki Barber showed fans with New York Giants tickets what the thunder-n-lighting running attack was supposed to look like.

With Tiki Barber firmly in the starting spot, the role of short-yardage back naturally fell to the beastly Brandon Jacobs. Defenses learned to fear the giant New York Giant when big No. 27 stepped onto the field. It became next to impossible to stop Brandon Jacobs near the endzone, and he finished his rookie season with a New York Giants rookie record seven touchdowns. Fans with New York Giants tickets were ecstatic about the future of a Barber-Jacobs combo for years to come.

Brandon Jacobs: Tiki Torched
The entire New York Giants organization and all its fans were shocked when RB Tiki Barber announced that he would retire in his prime after the 2006 NFL season. Many critics said that Brandon Jacobs would not be the heir-apparent, and the New York Giants would have to look elsewhere. New York Giants tickets featured Tiki Barber and Brandon Jacobs as a lethal combination, and New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin gave Brandon Jacobs more touches to see if he had a full-time future. Brandon Jacobs had nine touchdowns on the ground and became a highlight film.

Brandon Jacobs: 2007 NY Giants
Tiki Barber retired and left both Brandon Jacobs and Eli Manning holding the bag. The New York Giants showed confidence in Brandon Jacobs and did not do much to acquire any talent at the running back position with the exception of seventh round pick Ahmad Bradshaw. Brandon Jacobs rewarded Tom Coughlin and fans with New York Giants tickets for their faith by ripping up defenses. Brandon Jacobs videos became an internet phenomenon as the big back would often run over and through defensive backs like they were piles of leaves.

Even injuries to Brandon Jacobs that kept him out of several games did not stop him from breaking 1,000 yards on the ground. Brandon Jacobs was named the NFC Offensive Player of October, and his play was a huge part of the New York Giants 11-game road win streak. The pass rush of the New York Giants defense, the play of Eli Manning, and the running of Brandon Jacobs were all instrumental in getting the New York Giants to Super Bowl XLII after three-straight road games in the playoffs.

Brandon Jacobs: Super Bowl XLII
Fans with New York Giants tickets pretended not to be shocked, but the underdog New York Giants in the Super Bowl was something no one expected. Brandon Jacobs did his part by ramming into the aging New England Patriots defense play after play, using his size to wear down the old linebacking corps. This assault helped Eli Manning and David Tyree work their magic in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl. Brandon Jacobs could only smile on the sidelines as the Golden Boy Tom Brady was destroyed by the New York Giants pass rush.

Brandon Jacobs: 2008-09 NFL Season
In a contract year, Brandon Jacobs has a lot more to prove to both the New York Giants and the other teams of the NFL. The New York Giants have exploded in the 2008-09 NFL season and have jumped to the top of the NFC as perhaps the best team in football. The running of Brandon Jacobs has been a big factor in this and defensive backs all over the NFL run in fear when they see the freight train wearing No. 27 heading their way. Fans with New York Giants tickets all hope that their team re-signs Brandon Jacobs before the 2009 season.