One of the most recent NFL Draft themes is don’t waste a first-round selection on a running back. That idea mirrors a growing reality that passing drives all offensive decisions in today’s NFL.
Josh Jacobs’ story is about so much more than becoming a first-round selection in the NFL Draft. it is certainly more than a college career that included playing on an Alabama football national championship team.
It is as much as anything a story about survival. A story about beating odds that too often result in far less sustaining outcomes.
Much of what follows in this post, describing Josh Jacobs’ life path comes from The Players Tribune.