JockBio: Brandon Jacobs Facts

JockBio Vital Stats
• New York Giants	• Running Back	• #27
• Height: 6' 4"	• Weight: 264	• Born: 7/6/82

Brandon returned eight kickoffs for touchdowns during his high school caree.
Brandon was a two-time All-Jayhawk Conference Pick with Coffeyville in 2001 and 2002.
Brandon played with defensive end Tony McClain at Coffeyville, Auburn and SIU. They were roommates the entire four years.
Brandon’s Auburn running mates, Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams, were both Top 10 picks in the 2005 NFL draft. Brandon was the 110th player chosen that year.
In 2003, Dustin was voted the top defensive player in college baseball.
Brandon was the first Giants rookie to score in his first two NFL games since Tiki Barber in 1997.
Brandon was the first Giants rookie to score seven rushing touchdowns since Bill Paschal in 1943.
Before Brandon and Ahmad Bradshaw ran roughshod over the Buffalo Bills in 2007, the last pair of backs to top 140 yards in the same game were Marshall Faulk and Trung Canidate of the St. Louis Rams in 2001.
In 2007, Brandon and Palxico Burress gave the Giants a 1000-yard rusher and receiver in the same year for just the seventh time.
Brandon’s TD catch against Tampa Bay in the 2007 playoffs marked the first time a Giants’ back caught a postseason scoring pass since Greg Comella in the 2000 NFC title game.
One of Brandon’s closest friends in junior college was running back Damien Nash. Nash, who was drafted by the Denver Broncos, died during a pickup basketball game in 2007.
Brandon underwent surgery for an injured wrist prior to the 2008 season.
Brandon is a soap opera fan. His favorite is "One Life to Live."
Brandon breathed a sigh of relief at the start of his rookie year when the worst of Hurricane Katrina largely spared Napoleonville.
Brandon volunteers as a football coach at JFK High in Paterson, NJ.
Brandon credits Tiki Barber with teaching him that sometimes you can win with your mind what you can’t with your body.
Brandon was a sociology major in college.
Brandon’s nickname is B-Jac.
Brandon’s favorite food is gumbo.
Brandon owns two dogs, a golden retriever named Jake and a puggle named Reese.
Brandon and his wife Kim married prior to the 2005 season. They have one child, a boy named Brayden, who was born in the winter of 2007.
While Kim was pregnant, Brandon celebrated a TD by tucking the ball under his uniform. He was fined $5000 by the NFL, and the Giants were assessed a 15-yard penalty.

Ron Brown, 2005 Playoff Insert

Plaxico Burress, 2006 Heritage

Tiki Barber, 2004 Sunday Sports