.jpg) Jacoby in 2018 | |||||||||
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| Position | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born | (1959-07-06)July 6, 1959 (age 66) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 295 lb (134 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Western (Louisville) | ||||||||
| College | Louisville | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1981: undrafted | ||||||||
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Joseph Erwin Jacoby (born July 6, 1959) is an American former professionalfootball player who was anoffensive tackle for theWashington Redskins of theNational Football League (NFL). He won threeSuper Bowls during his tenure with the team.
Jacoby started off as an offensive tackle for theUniversity of Louisville from 1978 to 1980.[1] He was a three-year letterman, and the team co-captain in his senior season. Jacoby was inducted into Louisville's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.[2] Still, the team achieved limited success with Jacoby, posting a 16–16 overall record in his three seasons, with only one season with a winning record and no Bowl game appearances.[3]
After college, Jacoby went undrafted. He signed a free agent contract with the Washington Redskins in 1981, where he embarked on an enviable career—fourSuper Bowl appearances, of which his team won three (XVII in 1983,XXII in 1988, andXXVI in 1992), plus four consecutivePro Bowl selections from 1983 to 1986.
Along withJeff Bostic,Mark May,George Starke andRuss Grimm, Jacoby was a founding member of the Redskins' renowned "Hogs" offensive line of the 1980s and early 1990s (deemed one of the best front fives of NFL history), which was a mainstay of the Redskins' glory years during the firstJoe Gibbs era.[4][5]
Jacoby was the lead blocker onJohn Riggins' famous touchdown run which ensured the Redskins'Super Bowl XVII win over the Dolphins in 1983. In that game, the Redskins set a Super Bowl record for most rushing yards with 276. The Hogs helped the Redskins break that record five years later inSuper Bowl XXII, in which Washington trampled over theDenver Broncos with 280 rushing yards en route to the second of the Redskins' three championships.
In 1990, Jacoby was selected by the Pro Football Hall of Fame to the1980s All Decade Team. Despite his three 1st team All-Pro selections and three Super Bowl championships as a member of the Redskins, he remains the only offensive tackle from the all-decade team not enshrined in the Hall of Fame. From 2016 to 2018, Jacoby was a finalist but was not selected.
One year after the Redskins' third Super Bowl victory in 1992, Jacoby retired, after which he became the owner of an auto dealership inWarrenton, Virginia.
Jacoby became an assistant football coach atShenandoah University inWinchester, Virginia. He began as a part-time volunteer in 2008 and was hired as a full-time employee in 2009.[6] In 2014, Jacoby was hired as the offensive line coach forConcordia University Chicago.[7]
Jacoby and his wife, Irene, have two daughters.[citation needed]