GusJacobs

Re-joined the team during the summer after having sat out a year … Will play at fullback when UK goes to a two-back set … Excellent blocker … Also can contribute on special teams … Has played in 12 games.

2000 (Junior): Sat out the season.

1999 (Junior): Redshirted while rehabilitating his knee injury.

1998 (Sophomore): Played in the first eight games, mostly on special teams, before sustaining a season-ending knee injury … Made four tackles … Received his first varsity letter.

1997 (Freshman): Played linebacker in all five junior varsity games … Joined the varsity at the end of the season and played in four games.

High School: Three-year letterman and two-year starter at St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Ky. … Played safety and outside linebacker … Team had a record of 23-3 in his two years as a starter, winning the state championship his junior year … Earned all-district, all-region, and all-state honors … Made 78 tackles and eight interceptions his senior year … Team?s Most Valuable Defensive Player and team captain … Named to the academic all-state team … Had 30 tackles and four interceptions as a junior … Played in the Kentucky-Tennessee High School All-Star Game in the summer of 1997 … Coached by Mike Glaser … A three-year letterman in wrestling and also played one year of baseball … Member of the student council … Honor roll student.

Personal: Full name is Jack Paul Jacobs … Born 3-31-79 in Louisville … Son of Jack and Suzi Jacobs … Major is economics.