Omar Jacobs
Photo: Scott Taylor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Bowling Green, 2002–⁠05

Omar Jacobs

Lettered 2003–⁠05 (school media guide)

Born
Mar 3, 1984, in Delray Beach, Florida

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Omar Jacobs played quarterback at Bowling Green (2002–⁠05). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Jacobs in round 5, No. 164 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
4,002
Passing yards, 2004 (Bowling Green, 9–⁠3)
Best game
458 yards
At Wisconsin, week 1, 2005: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in passing touchdowns, 2004
Drafted
No. 164
Round 5, 2006 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Career highs

458passing yards, best game on fileat Wisconsin, 20055touchdown passes, best game on filefour times; last at Ball State, 20052rushing touchdowns, best game on fileat Northern Illinois, 2004

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2004Bowling Green30946266.94,0028.7414
2005‡Bowling Green16929158.12,2647.8217
On file (2004–⁠05)47875363.56,2668.36211

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2004Bowling Green953003.2426
2005‡Bowling Green36451.3119
On file (2004–⁠05)1313452.6526

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2005 (Oct 1 vs. Temple): the source has no box score for it.

Game by game

2005 Bowling Green 8 games, 2,264 passing yards, 21 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3atWisconsinL 42–⁠56305145851−23
Sep 10atBall StateW 40–⁠3127434275117
Sep 21atBoise StateL 20–⁠4818362203015
Oct 8vs.OhioW 38–⁠1424413811119
Oct 15atBuffaloW 27–⁠718341871218
Oct 22vs.Western MichiganL 14–⁠45699800−5
Nov 15atMiami (OH)W 42–⁠14213417832−3
Nov 22vs.ToledoL 41–⁠442543315307

No box score in the source for Oct 1 vs. Temple, so that game is not listed.

2004 Bowling Green 12 games, 4,002 passing yards, 41 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4atOklahomaL 24–⁠4024412182015
Sep 11vs.Southeast Missouri StateW 49–⁠1024372854128
Sep 24atNorthern IllinoisL 17–⁠3429422750038
Oct 2atTempleW 70–⁠1621263674120
Oct 9atCentral MichiganW 38–⁠1431423874075
Oct 16vs.Ball StateW 51–⁠1319252794019
Oct 23atOhioW 41–⁠1628443892022
Oct 30vs.Eastern MichiganW 41–⁠203044333306
Nov 6vs.Western MichiganW 52–⁠017203004012
Nov 13vs.MarshallW 56–⁠3524373895123
Nov 23atToledoL 41–⁠4936604154033
Dec 22 ✦vs.MemphisW 52–⁠352644365519

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2006
Height6′3⅞″
Weight232 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size10½″
40-yard dash4.84 s
10-yard split1.69 sW
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′0″
3-cone drill7.47 s
20-yard shuttle4.29 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2010–⁠12ArenaJacksonville Sharks

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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