Josh Jacobs holds the RB · Starter spot in Green Bay Packers’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Josh Jacobs played 16 games in 2025 with a 59% snap share.

Josh Jacobs is a running back for the Green Bay Packers. Selected 24th overall by Oakland in 2019, the Alabama product ranks second in the NFL in rushing yards (6,874) and rushing touchdowns (61) since entering the league. He was the 2019 PFWA Offensive Rookie of the Year, setting a Raiders franchise rookie record with 1,150 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 242 carries. Jacobs earned first-team All-Pro honors in 2022 after leading the league with 1,653 rushing yards. He signed with Green Bay as an unrestricted free agent in March 2024 and posted 1,329 rushing yards with 15 touchdowns on 301 carries in his first season with the team, earning Pro Bowl recognition.

Alabama2016 – 2018

Raiders2019 – 2023

Packers2024 — present

CollegeAlabamaDraftRound 1 · No. 24 overall · 2019 · OAKAcquiredAcquired from Las Vegas Raiders · drafted thereHometownTulsa, OK