Packers RB Josh Jacobs To Be Removed From Commissioner Exempt List, Eligible for Week 7

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs will be eliminated from the NFL’s Commissioner Exempt list on Monday, ESPN reported Friday, and is anticipated to be qualified to play in Week 7.

The league’s examination will stay open, so the NFL reserves the right to include more discipline if and when it is called for, according to ESPN.

Jacobs was put on the list Aug. 30, days after the Brown County district lawyer charged him with 2 misdemeanors, battery and damage to residential or commercial property. The charges originated from a May 23 run-in with a lady at his home, and he was jailed 3 days later on. Cops had actually referred 5 possible charges, consisting of strangulation and suffocation, however district attorneys submitted just the 2.

At the time, Jacobs’ lawyers called the exempt list an administrative action while the league examined the matter. “It is not a final determination,” they stated.

On Sept. 10, Jacobs pleaded no contest to both charges. He was fined $1,000 plus court expenses on the battery count, and the residential or commercial property damage count will be dismissed in 12 months if he fulfills the regards to the contract, that include therapy and paying restitution. “I fully understand the seriousness of the situation, and I take full responsibility,” Jacobs stated in court. Ever since, both he and the female have actually litigated to keep video and records of the event from being launched, consisting of to the NFL.

Gamers on the exempt list can’t practice or participate in video games, and Jacobs has actually missed out on all 5 of Green Bay’s video games. The Packers are 3-2 without him, and MarShawn Lloyd ran for 2 goals in a 31-7 win over the Chicago Bears in Week 5.

Green Bay hosts the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night, the 6th video game Jacobs will miss out on. His very first video game back would come Oct. 25 versus the Detroit Lions.

Jacobs signed a four-year, $48 million handle the Packers in 2024 and made the Pro Bowl that season after running for 1,329 lawns and 15 goals. Last season, he had 929 hurrying backyards and 13 goals in 15 video games.

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