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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born | (1981-05-30)May 30, 1981 (age 44) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | FAMU Developmental Research (Tallahassee) | ||||||||
| College | Florida | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2003: 2nd round, 44th overall pick | ||||||||
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Taylor Houser Jacobs (born May 30, 1981) is an American former professionalfootball player who was awide receiver for five seasons in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theFlorida Gators and was selected in the second round of the2003 NFL draft. He played in the NFL for theWashington Redskins,San Francisco 49ers andDenver Broncos.
Jacobs was born inTallahassee, Florida in 1981.[1] He attendedFlorida A&M University's Developmental Research High School in Tallahassee,[2] and played high school football for the FAMU DRS Rattlers.[3] He was named to PrepStar's high schoolAll-America team.[3] He caught thirty-seven passes for 685 yards and six touchdowns as a senior. As a junior, he caught thirty-three passes for 708 yards and eleven touchdowns and rushed for 362 yards. He was also an outstandingbaseball player and giftedtrack athlete. In 1999, he clocked automatic times of 10.50 and 22.05 seconds, respectively, in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash finals at the Florida Class 1A track and field championship meet.
Jacobs accepted an athletic scholarship to attend theUniversity of Florida in Gainesville, Florida,[3] where he played for coachSteve Spurrier and coachRon Zook'sFlorida Gators football team from1999 to2002.[4] In 1999, Jacobs was the only true freshman wide receiver to play, appearing in ten of twelve games including theCitrus Bowl. As a sophomore in2000, he played in all twelve regular-season games with five starts, and recorded seventeenreceptions for 198 yards and two touchdowns. As a junior in2001, Jacobs played in all twelve games with three starts including theOrange Bowl, and posted thirty-eight catches for 712 yards and seven touchdowns. As a senior team captain in2002, Jacobs was Florida's most productive receiver—he finished with seventy-onereceptions for 1,088 yards, an average of 98.8 receiving yards per game, and had four 100-yard receiving games.[3] He started all eleven games, was one of ten semifinalists for theBiletnikoff Award, was a first-teamAll-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection, and played in theSenior Bowl and theHula Bowl all-star games.
Jacobs returned to the University of Florida after his NFL career was over, and completed his bachelor's degree in sociology in 2009.
The Washington Redskins, led by Jacobs' former head coach at Florida, Steve Spurrier, selected Jacobs in the second round (forty-fourth pick overall) in the2003 NFL draft.[5] He played for the Redskins from2003 to2005.[6] Jacobs saw limited playing time as he struggled through a series of injuries in his rookie season in 2003. He finished his rookie campaign with eight games played, three catches for 37 yards and a touchdown. In 2004, he appeared in 15 games with four starts. He logged 16 catches for 178 yards, an 11.1 yards per catch average, with a long of 45.
Jacobs was traded to theSan Francisco 49ers on August 14, 2006, forMike Rumph, and released on October 2, 2007.
Jacobs was signed by theDenver Broncos on November 6, 2007, and released on August 26, 2008.
