2019-20 Season
One of five players to appear in all 30 games…came off the bench in each game and sacrificed stats to handle the dirty work…had a massive plus/minus ratio of +111, easily the best mark on the team and one of the top marks in the Big Sky Conference…no other Hornet was within 35 points of Jacobs’ plus/minus…the Hornets outscored the opposition by an average of 3.7 points per game when Jacobs was on the floor…averaged 4.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.4 steals, 0.6 blocked shots and 17.7 minutes per game…scored in double figures three times in the final five games of the year, averaging 8.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.2 blocked shots and 22.0 minutes on 52% (16-31) shooting during that span…finished the season shooting 33% (12-36) from the 3-point line and 76% (25-33) from the free throw line…had six points, six rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal in the Hornets’ Big Sky Tournament win over Weber State…season-high 12 points came on two occasions…played in 118 games during his four seasons, the sixth best mark in program history…shot 39% (31-80) for his career from the 3-point line…a Big Sky all-academic selection and NABC Honors Court choice for academic excellence…earned both of those awards for the second straight season.
2018-19 Season
One of six Hornets to appear in all 31 games, starting five times…finished the season with averages of 4.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.4 steals and 0.4 blocked shots per game…shot 45% (42-94) from the field, 37% (10-27) from the 3-point line and 67% (29-43) from the free throw line…had a career-high 19 points (6-8 FG, 2-2 3FG, 5-5 FT) in a home win over Montana State…averaged 13.6 minutes per game, but that average spiked to 20.5 minutes over the final four games of the season…played 22 minutes in the Hornets’ Big Sky Tournament first round win over Northern Arizona, and 23 minutes in the quarterfinals vs. Montana…scored in double figures twice during the season, including 12 points and five rebounds at Northern Colorado…career-high 11 rebounds came against Westcliff…had eight points and four rebounds in a home win over Cal State Fullerton…a Big Sky all-academic selection and NABC Honors Court choice for academic excellence.
2017-18 Season
Appeared in 27 of the team’s 32 games…battled a nagging knee injury throughout a good portion of the season…averaged 1.6 points, 1.3 rebounds and 7.6 minutes per game while shooting .500 (14-28) from the field, .600 (3-5) from the 3-point line and .857 (12-14) from the free throw line…averaged 10.2 minutes during the last nine games of the season…season-high 18 minutes came in the regular season finale when he five points (2-2 FG, 1-1 3FG) and four rebounds in a win over Northern Colorado…season high of seven points came against Notre Dame de Namur.
2016-17 Season
Appeared in 30 of 31 games as a true freshman…averaged 1.9 points, 1.7 rebounds, 0.4 blocked shots and 7.5 minutes per game…shot .525 (21-40) from the field, .500 (6-12) from the 3-point line and .909 (10-11) from the free throw line…of his season total of 52 rebounds, 16 came on the offensive glass…season high of seven points came in back-to-back games in wins over Montana and Portland State, and on the road at Washington State…played a season-high 14 minutes in the season opener at Colorado and on the road at South Dakota…had four points in five minutes in the Big Sky Tournament quarterfinals vs. Eastern Washington.
High School
A 2016 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif…played three years of varsity basketball for Notre Dame after spending his freshman season at Santa Clarita’s Golden Valley High School…also competed in track & field all four years of high school in the high jump, long jump, 400 meters, 4x100 and 4x400…played football as a wide receiver during his first two years of high school…in basketball, the versatile Jacobs played all five positions on the floor for Notre Dame HS head coach Vince Oliver, and would guard the opponent’s best player whether that player was a guard or a post…as a senior and team captain, Jacobs led the Knights to the CIF Southern Section Div. 4AA championship game and a second round appearance in the state tournament…Jacobs was named the 4AA Co-Player of the Year, first team all-section, first team all-area and first team all-Mission League after averaging 24.2 points and 12.1 rebounds per game while shooting .570 from the field, .469 from the 3-point line and .800 from the free throw line…in fact, it was Jacobs’ pullup 15-foot jumper with 3.5 seconds remaining that defeated Harvard-Westlake High School, 56-54, in the section semifinals…in that game, he finished with 30 points and 13 rebounds…in the final high school game of his career, which came in a second round state tournament loss to Viewpoint HS, Jacobs had 33 points and 17 rebounds…in addition, he was selected to play in the 2016 Valley Sports Foundation’s “Battle of the Valley” Senior All-Star Game in April of 2016…during his junior season, when he was also a full time starter, Jacobs helped lead Notre Dame HS to a quarterfinal appearance at the section tournament after averaging 16.5 points and 9.2 rebounds per game…was a part time starter as a sophomore when he averaged 6.4 points and 4.2 rebounds during his first season at Notre Dame…also played on the varsity team as a freshman at Golden Valley High School.
Personal
Parents are Tony and Theresa…a communication studies major who will graduate in the spring of 2020…brother, Leon Jacobs, currently plays linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL after spending five years (2013-17) at Wisconsin.
