Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs is facing five criminal charges after police responded to a disturbance complaint involving him over the weekend.
Jacobs was arrested on Tuesday and booked into Brown County Jail in Wisconsin on charges of strangulation and suffocation, battery-domestic abuse, criminal damage to property-domestic abuse, disorderly conduct-domestic abuse and intimidation of a victim.
Police were been dispatched to a complaint involving Jacobs on Saturday at 8.37am.
Jacobs’ lawyers – David Chesnoff, Richard Schonfeld and Clarence Duchac – issued a joint statement on his behalf, which read: “Josh vehemently denies the allegations, and this matter is in the early stages of investigation with important evidence that has not yet been made public.
“We ask for fairness and restraint while the judicial process takes its course.”
Josh Jacobs has been the Green Bay Packers’ leading rusher the past two seasons
Jacobs is the Packers’ leading rusher after running for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns last season. That followed a 2024 season in which he tallied 1,329 yards and 15 touchdowns while earning his third career Pro Bowl selection.
He’s the only player on Green Bay’s roster who rushed for as many as 200 yards for the Packers last season. Emanuel Wilson, the Packers’ second-leading rusher last year, signed with the Seattle Seahawks in the offseason.
The Packers began their organised team activities on Tuesday, with head coach Matt LaFleur set to face reporters on Wednesday.
“We are aware of the matter involving Josh Jacobs,” a Packers spokesman said. “As it is an ongoing legal situation, we will withhold further comment.”
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said that “we are aware of the report and have been in contact with the club.”
Jacobs spent his first five seasons in the NFL with the Raiders. He earned All-Pro honors and had an NFL-leading 1,653 yards rushing with Las Vegas in 2022.
He has rushed for 7,803 yards and 74 touchdowns in his seven-year career. The only active players with more career touchdown runs are Baltimore’s Derrick Henry (122) and Buffalo’s Josh Allen (79).
