Packers RB Josh Jacobs eligible to return despite NFL investigation
The league’s review remains open and it can impose additional discipline later after Jacobs missed six games on the exempt list.
- On Monday, Oct. 19, the National Football League will remove Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs from the Commissioner's Exempt List, making him eligible for the team's Week 7 game against the Detroit Lions on Oct. 25.
- The league placed Jacobs on the Commissioner's Exempt List on Aug. 30 after he was charged with misdemeanor battery and criminal damage to property stemming from a May altercation with his then-girlfriend.
- Jacobs pleaded no contest in September, receiving a $1,000 fine; he and the victim filed injunctions against the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department on Oct. 14 to block release of garage surveillance footage.
- While cleared to play, the NFL's personal conduct investigation remains ongoing, and the league reserves the right to impose additional discipline if new evidence emerges from the disputed video.
- Jacobs' return addresses the Packers' rushing crisis; they rank last in the NFL with 60.4 yards per game, and his six weeks on the exempt list could count toward any future league-mandated suspension.
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NFL to remove Green Bay Packers’ Josh Jacobs from commissioner’s exempt list. RB can play again Oct. 25.
GREEN BAY — Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs is getting removed from the commissioner’s exempt list and will be eligible to play again Oct. 25 in Detroit. The NFL announced Friday that Jacobs would be removed from the list Monday, although the league’s investigation of him under its personal conduct policy continues unaffected […]
NFL Clears Packers’ Josh Jacobs and Broncos’ Jonathon Cooper to Return From Exempt List
The NFL has lifted Commissioner's Exempt List suspensions for Packers running back Josh Jacobs and Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper, though both remain under league investigation tied to domestic abuse allegations from this past offseason.
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, USA (AP) — Josh Jacobs, Green Bay Packers runner, will be removed from the commissioner's exempt list and will again be eligible to play on October 25 in Detroit.
Packers RB Josh Jacobs, Broncos LB Jonathon Cooper taken off exempt list
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Jonathon Cooper is back for the Broncos, but the NFL's personal c
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver Broncos pass rusher Jonathon Cooper was removed Friday from the commissioner’s exempt list, which had kept him out of the team’s first six games. He’ll be eligible to play in the Broncos’
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