*NOTE: This feature story on the Tigers junior punter Nick Jacobs first appeared in the Nov. 12 Memphis Football GameDay Program vs. USF.
"It was a process that I didn't really expect," junior punter said. "We sent some film over, they liked what they saw and offered me a scholarship."
Almost three years later it sounds so simple. But, Jacobs' athletics path had him headed in another direction.
Jacobs' athletic career started as a semi-professional soccer player for his hometown club, South Melbourne FC, in Australia. Injuries derailed his soccer career though, and he was forced into an early retirement from that sport.