When Arkansas extended a scholarship offer to junior running back Isaiah Jacobs during Saturday’s Prospect Day, he reflected back on some very trying times.
Jacobs was diagnosed with Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome, an extra electrical pathway between the heart's upper and lower chambers that causes a rapid heartbeat, and had to have surgery the summer before his sophomore season to correct the problem.
“They removed it though, so I’m fine,” Jacobs said.
Shortly before the start of the season, his cousin was stabbed to death, and not long afterward, he was in a serious car accident that saw his grandmother thrown from the car and suffer cracked ribs.