The Green Bay Packers are just over one week away from the 2026 NFL Draft and there is one name that is garnering attention. One superstar who knows his brother is about to join the big leagues hopes that Green Bay takes a chance on him.
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Packers’ RB Josh Jacobs Hopes To Play With His Brother In The NFL
Josh Jacobs’ brother Isaiah will be eligible for the NFL Draft next week. Isaiah is a running back out of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) who has dreams of playing for an NFL team. While he is currently projected as an un-drafted free agent, he has fought his tail off to even get to this point.
Originally Isaiah committed to the University of Maryland after a standout high school career. However, two quiet years there led to him entering the transfer portal where he eventually landed with UAB. Injuries have unfortunately had a drastic impact on his college career, however, he finally was able to play a full season in 2025.
However, it is his resilience that got him to this point:
Jacobs was a hot recruit and picked Maryland, which was coached by Mike Locksley, who was his brother’s offensive coordinator at Alabama. After two quiet years with the Terps, he hit the transfer portal. Power-conference schools were interested but issues with his transcripts forced him to transfer to Independence Community College in Montgomery, Kan.
After one season there, he transferred to UAB for the 2023 season. It was a chance to reignite his NFL aspirations. He was voted a team captain but suffered the ACL injury in the fifth game of the season. Next came the season-ending foot injury in the fourth game of the 2024 season; a month later, he was named a semifinalist for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award.
Those were hard times. But Jacobs is a strong man.
“Thankfully, we did face those adversity challenges growing up,” he said. “That’s what helped me be able to not even see those things as great challenges and to be able to continue to bounce back and be resilient and continue to come back from significant injuries like those.”
But didn’t it dawn on him that one setback after another might have ruined his chances of joining his brother in the NFL?
“No, not at all,” he said. “Man, I’m extremely optimistic. I believe that with enough time and opportunity that I’m going to get exactly where I need to be and I’m going to achieve whatever it is. And as long as I have that timetable and as long as I get that opportunity, I think that that’s all I need.”
Isaiah Jacobs’ Career College Stats
Here is what Isaiah was able to accomplish in his five years in college:
- 30 games played
- 222 rushing attempts
- 930 yards
- 7 touchdowns
- 247 receiving yards
- 1 receiving touchdown
Despite the lack of on-field success, it will be interesting to see if Green Bay adds a brother to their roster.