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2009 Football

34 John Jacobs

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 230
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Prudenville, Mich.
  • Highschool Midland Dow HS

Biography

2008: Named to the All-GLIAC First Team and theGLIAC All-Academic Team....appeared and started in all 10games...led the GLIAC and all of Division II in tackles with 13.1per contest, with a season total of 131...named a Daktronics SecondTeam All-American ... had double-digit tackles in eight of 10 games... currently ranks 12th on the SVSU career tackles list with atotal of 273...recorded 18 tackles against Ashland (Oct. 18) and 16tackles against #2 Grand Valley (Sept. 13)...recorded nine tackles,one sack and an interception against Findlay (Nov. 1)...led theteam in fumble recoveries and fumble return yardage with one for 18yards against Ferris State (Nov. 8)...also led the team in fumblesforced with three...recorded 16 tackles and two forced fumblesagainst Michigan Tech (Oct. 25)...had two interceptions on theseason...played an outstanding game against Tiffin (Oct. 11) with12 total tackles (seven solo), two tackles for loss (-10 yards),one interception and one pass break-up.

2007: Named Honorable Mention All-GLIAC afterregistering 74 total tackles (44 solo), tying for the team leadwith two interceptions, and leading the team with 27 interceptionreturn yards and three quarterback hurries...was second on the teamwith 12.5 tackles for loss (-42 yards)...also had four sacks (-21yards), including three against Northern Michigan (Sept.22)...recorded two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and two passbreak-ups on the season...had a monster game against NorthernMichigan (Sept. 22) for the second year in a row, recording 14total tackles, five tackles for loss (-10 yards), three sacks (-8yards) and one pass break-up...had nine tackles and a sack (-13yards) against Grand Valley (Nov. 3)...had eight tackles, one forloss (-3 yards), an interception, two quarterback hurries and onepass break-up against Ferris State (Sept. 15)...had nine tackles,two for loss (-5 yards) and one forced fumble against Northwood(Sept. 29)...had five tackles, one forced fumble and one fumblerecovery against Findlay (Oct. 6)...had eight tackles, one for loss(-2 yards) and an interception against Indianapolis (Oct.27)...also a member of the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

2006: Named Honorable Mention All-GLIAC...turnedin one of the finest freshman campaigns by a linebacker in SVSUhistory...fell one tackle-for-loss shy of the single-season schoolrecord with 19 for a loss of 80 yards...ranked second on the teamwith 68 tackles and also led the team with 7.5 sacks for a loss of42 yards...named GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week twice for hisperformance against Gannon and Northern Michigan...named NationalDefensive Player of the Week by Don Hansen's Football Gazette andD2Football.com for his performance against Gannon...collected 12tackles and was two tackles-for-loss shy of the Division II recordwith seven against Gannon...recorded one tackle-for-loss in eightof 10 games...registered nine tackles and one forced fumble againstNorthwood...had six tackles and 3.5 sacks, including a safetyagainst Northern Michigan.

Prior to SVSU/Personal: Prepped at Midland H.H.Dow High School...named to the Midland Daily News Dream Team as asenior...received All-Saginaw Valley League honors as asenior...majoring in Health Sciences...son of Ricky Jacobs...born7-19-87.

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